CHAPTER PAGE
I.—Introduced 1
II.—Thomas Lincoln's family stories 17
III.—The old blacksmith's shop and the merry story-tellers 33
IV.—A boy with a heart 55
V.—Jasper cobbles for Aunt Olive.—Her queer stories 62
VI.—Jasper gives an account of his visit to Black Hawk.—Aunt Indiana's wig 75
VII.—The examination at Crawford's school 87
VIII.—The Parable preaches in the wilderness 100
IX.—Aunt Indiana's prophecies 108
X.—The Indian runner 115
XI.—The cabin near Chicago 122
XII.—The white Indian of Chicago 133
XIII.—Lafayette at Kaskaskia.—The stately minuet 140
XIV.—Waubeno and young Lincoln 156
XV.—The debating school 166
XVI.—The school that made Lincoln President 177
XVII.—Thomas Lincoln moves 184
XVIII.—Main-pogue 196
XIX.—The forest college 202
XX.—Making Lincoln a "Son of Malta" 214
XXI.—Prairie Island 218
XXII.—The Indian plot 229
XXIII.—For Lincoln's sake 236
XXIV.—"Our Lincoln is the man" 251
XXV.—At the last 265