In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk
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IN THE BOYHOOD OF LINCOLN
A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk
BY
HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH
AUTHOR OF THE LOG SCHOOL-HOUSE ON THE COLUMBIA
ILLUSTRATED
ILLUSTRATED
PREFACE.
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
IN THE BOYHOOD OF LINCOLN.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCED.
CHAPTER II.
THOMAS LINCOLN'S FAMILY STORIES.
THOMAS LINCOLN'S STORY.
THE HERMIT.
CHAPTER III.
THE OLD BLACKSMITH'S SHOP AND THE MERRY STORY-TELLERS.
JOHNNIE KONGAPOD'S INCREDIBLE STORY.
"HOW ABRAHAM WENT TO MILL.
JOHNNIE KONGAPOD'S INCREDIBLE STORY.
"HOW ABRAHAM WENT TO MILL.
CHAPTER IV.
A BOY WITH A HEART.
CHAPTER V.
JASPER COBBLES FOR AUNT OLIVE.—HER QUEER STORIES.
CHAPTER VI.
JASPER GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF HIS VISIT TO BLACK HAWK.—AUNT INDIANA'S WIG.
AN ASTONISHED INDIAN.
AN ASTONISHED INDIAN.
CHAPTER VII.
THE EXAMINATION AT CRAWFORD'S SCHOOL.
Felling trees in a wood.
Sounds of a bow-string.
The pheasant.
Scylla and Charybdis.
Boisterous and gentle sounds.
Laborious and impetuous motion.
Regular and slow movement.
Motion slow and difficult.
A rock torn from the brow of a mountain.
Extent and violence of the waves.
Pensive numbers.
Battle.
Sound imitating reluctance.
Felling trees in a wood.
Sounds of a bow-string.
The pheasant.
Scylla and Charybdis.
Boisterous and gentle sounds.
Laborious and impetuous motion.
Regular and slow movement.
Motion slow and difficult.
A rock torn from the brow of a mountain.
Extent and violence of the waves.
Pensive numbers.
Battle.
Sound imitating reluctance.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE PARABLE PREACHES IN THE WILDERNESS.
CHAPTER IX.
AUNT INDIANA'S PROPHECIES.
CHAPTER X.
THE INDIAN RUNNER.
CHAPTER XI.
THE CABIN NEAR CHICAGO.
CHAPTER XII.
THE WHITE INDIAN OF CHICAGO.
CHAPTER XIII.
LAFAYETTE AT KASKASKIA—THE STATELY MINUET.
Minuet from Don Giovanni.
Published by the permission of Arthur P. Schmidt.
Published by the permission of Arthur P. Schmidt.
CHAPTER XIV.
WAUBENO AND YOUNG LINCOLN.
CHAPTER XV.
THE DEBATING SCHOOL.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE SCHOOL THAT MADE LINCOLN PRESIDENT.
CHAPTER XVII.
THOMAS LINCOLN MOVES.
CHAPTER XVIII.
MAIN-POGUE.
CHAPTER XIX.
THE FOREST COLLEGE.
CHAPTER XX.
MAKING LINCOLN A "SON OF MALTA."
CHAPTER XXI.
PRAIRIE ISLAND.
CHAPTER XXII.
THE INDIAN PLOT.
CHAPTER XXIII.
FOR LINCOLN'S SAKE.
CHAPTER XXIV.
"OUR LINCOLN IS THE MAN."
We are Marching on to Richmond.
Words and Music by E. W. Locke.
Words and Music by E. W. Locke.
CHAPTER XXV.
AT THE LAST.
THE END.
THE END.
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