Abraham Lincoln And The Bixby Letter Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln in Periodical Literature, 1860-1940 The task Of gathering the magazine material that has been written about Abraham Lincoln into an intelligible index was undertaken with the full realization of the hazards presented. I can only hope that my answers to the peculiar problems pre sented in a project of this kind have been somewhere near correct. The first problem was to establish, if possible, the dividing line between the subject material about Lincoln and that deal ing with Civil War politics and military affairs with which he was connected. How far could the lap of one over the other category be safely extended Secondly, would a comprehensive or selective list best serve the collector and reader interested in Lincolniana? Several years search has revealed an abund ance of short poems of questionable quality and worth, short editorials, reprints in abundance of the Gettysburg address, the Bixby letter and other Lincoln classics, as well as hundreds of book reviews. Obviously, it would not be desirable or possible to include all this material if the listing was to be kept to a respectable length and practical in purpose. And thirdly, what form should such a check-list take? Standard listings Of writ ings offered no pattern into which such a list might be fitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.