This edition contains all 3 Volumes in one binding. The type was reset for a clean look and appearance. The object of this work is to deal with Mr. Lincoln individually and domestically: as lawyer, as citizen, as statesman. Special attention is given to the history of his youth and early manhood, and while dwelling on this portion of his life the liberty is taken to insert many things that would be omitted or suppressed in other places. The endeavor is to keep Lincoln in sight all the time, to cling close to his side all the way through - leaving to others the more comprehensive task of writing a history of his times. I have no theory of his life to establish or destroy. Mr. Lincoln was my warm devoted friend. - William H. Herndon Springfield, Illinois, 1888 This Edition contains the following Appendix and A Full Index APPENDIX. Unpublished Family Letters 613 An Incident on the Circuit 619 Lincoln's Fellow Lawyers 620 The Truce with Douglas. - Testimony of Irwin 621 The Bloomington Convention. 621 An Office Discussion. - Lincoln's Idea of War 622 Lincoln and the Know-Nothings 623 Lincoln's Views on the Rights of Suffrage 625 The Burial of the Assassin Booth 625 A Tribute to Lincoln by a Colleague at the Bar 626 INDEX 629