This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible....

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature. ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact....

Lincoln in 1860. I T was the unexpected that happened in Chicago on that fateful 18th of l1ay, 1860, when Abraham Lincoln was nominated for President of the United States. It was who11y nnexpected by the friends of Seward; it was hoped for, but not confidently expected, by the friends of Lincoln....

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR\'d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc....