McClures Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896

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1896, Vol. VI.,
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McCLURE'S MAGAZINE
MARCH, 1896.
VOL. VI. NO. 4.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By Ida M. Tarbell.
Lincoln Is Admitted to the Bar. Lincoln in the Tenth Assembly of
Illinois. The Removal of the Capital to Springfield. Lincoln's First
Reported Speech. Abraham Lincoln's First Protest Against Slavery.
Social Life in Vandalia in 1836 and 1837. Lincoln Moves to
Springfield. Lincoln's Position in Springfield. THE SHIP THAT
FOUND HERSELF. By Rudyard Kipling. A CENTURY OF
PAINTING. By Will H. Low. CY AND I. By Eugene Field. A
YOUNG HERO. By John Hay.
CHAPTERS
FROM A LIFE. By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. LOST YOUTH. By R.L.
Stevenson. THE DIVIDED HOUSE. By Julia D. Whiting.
SCIENTIFIC KITE-FLYING. By Cleveland Moffett. How to Make a
Scientific Kite. How to Send Up a Kite. Runaway Tandems. The
Lifting Power of Kites. The Meteorological Use of Kites. The Highest
Flight Ever Made by a Kite. Drawing Down Electricity by a Kite-string.
The Use of Kites in Photography. Possible Use of Kites in War. A
DRAMATIC POINT. By Robert Barr. EDITORIAL NOTES. "Justice,
Where Art Thou?" "A Disgrace to Civilization." The Real Lincoln.
Lincoln in 1860--J. Henry Brown's Journal.
ILLUSTRATIONS

LINCOLN IN 1860. LINCOLN IN 1860. EBENEZER PECK.
MEMBERS OF THE SANGAMON SOCIETY DELEGATION IN
THE TENTH ILLINOIS ASSEMBLY. ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY.
LINCOLN IN 1863 OR 1864. FRONTISPIECE OF "ALTON
TRIALS," A SMALL VOLUME PUBLISHED IN 1838. STUART
AND LINCOLN'S PROFESSIONAL CARD. OFFICE CHAIR FROM
STUART AND LINCOLN'S LAW OFFICE. STUART AND
LINCOLN'S LAW OFFICE. A STAGE-COACH ADVERTISEMENT,
1834. MARY L. OWENS. LINCOLN AND HIS SON THOMAS,
FAMILIARLY KNOWN AS "TAD." PAGE FROM STUART AND
LINCOLN'S FEE BOOK. OLD SECOND PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. WILLIAM BUTLER.
INVITATION TO A SPRINGFIELD COTILLION PARTY. MAP OF
ILLINOIS. THE WAVE "WENT OUT IN THREE SURGES,
MAKING A CLEAN SWEEP OF A BOAT." THE "DIMBULA"
TAKING CARGO FOR HER FIRST VOYAGE. "AN UNUSUALLY
SEVERE PITCH ... HAD LIFTED THE BIG THROBBING SCREW
NEARLY TO THE SURFACE." THE GARROTED MAN. FROM AN
ETCHING BY GOYA. DEATH ON THE BATTLE-FIELD. FROM
AN ETCHING BY GOYA. GOYA. FROM A PORTRAIT ETCHED
BY HIMSELF. ST. JUSTINA AND ST. RUFINA. FROM A
PAINTING BY GOYA. THE BLIND FIDDLER. FROM A
PAINTING BY SIR DAVID WILKIE. CHOOSING THE WEDDING
GOWN. FROM A PAINTING BY WILLIAM MULREADY.
CONTRARY WINDS. FROM A PAINTING BY THOMAS
WEBSTER. SANCHO PANZA IN THE APARTMENT OF THE
DUCHESS. THE RAFT OF THE "MEDUSA." FROM A PAINTING
BY GÉRICAULT. INGRES. FROM A PORTRAIT PAINTED BY
HIMSELF. DELACROIX. FROM A PORTRAIT PAINTED BY
HIMSELF IN 1837. A PORTRAIT OF INGRES, DRAWN IN ROME
IN 1816. APOTHEOSIS OF HOMER. FROM A PAINTING BY
INGRES. THE SEIZURE OF CONSTANTINOPLE BY THE
CRUSADERS. DANTE AND VIRGIL CROSSING THE LAKE
WHICH SURROUNDS THE INFERNAL CITY OF DITÉ. HENRY H.
MILLER, A MEMBER OF THE ORGINAL COMPANY OF
ELLSWORTH ZOUAVES. ELLSWORTH IN THE SPRING OF 1861.
ELLSWORTH IN 1860. FRANK E. BROWNELL, WHO KILLED

THE ASSASSIN OF COLONEL ELLSWORTH. THE DEATH OF
COLONEL ELLSWORTH. THE MARSHALL HOUSE,
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. COLONEL ELLSWORTH AND A
GROUP OF MILITIA OFFICERS. "THE OLD BRICK ACADEMY,"
PHILLIPS ACADEMY, ANDOVER, MASSACUSETTS. ABBOT
ACADEMY, ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS. "THE STONE
BUILDING," PHILLIPS ACADEMY, ANDOVER,
MASSACHUSETTS. THE HOUSE IN ANDOVER,
MASSACHUSETTS, CONTAINING THE SCHOOL CALLED "THE
NUNNERY." HENRY MILLS ALDEN, EDITOR OF "HARPER'S
MAGAZINE." ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON AT THE AGE OF
FOURTEEN. "THE DOCTOR DON'T SEEM TO THINK I SHALL
TUCKER IT OUT MUCH LONGER." THE DIVIDED HOUSE. "AS
ARMIDA SAT ON THE BENCH UNDER THE OLD RUSSET
APPLE-TREE, ..." EVENING IN THE DIVIDED KITCHEN.
"LOOKING BEFORE THEM THEY COULD SEE BOTH
HUSBAND AND WIFE MOTIONLESS IN THE ROAD."
HARGRAVE LIFTED SIXTEEN FEET FROM THE GROUND BY A
TANDEM OF HIS BOX-KITES. FRANKFORT STREET.
PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEW FROM A KITE. FRANKFORT STREET.
PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEW FROM A KITE. (ANOTHER VIEW.) THE
EDDY TAILLESS KITE. THE HARGRAVE BOX-KITE. NEW
YORK, EAST RIVER, BROOKLYN, AND NEW YORK BAY,
FROM A KITE. PHOTOGRAPHING FROM A KITE-LINE. CITY
HALL PARK AND BROADWAY FROM A KITE. MURRAY AND
WARREN STREETS, NEW YORK CITY, FROM A KITE.