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                              THE LIFE OF
                            ABRAHAM LINCOLN

                           FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
                     TOLD IN WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE

                                  BY
                            HARRIET PUTNAM


                            [Illustration]


                         McLOUGHLIN BROS. Inc.
                               New York




                             Copyright by
                          McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS
                                 1905


                Printed in the United States of America




CONTENTS


 CHAPTER I.

 THE BABE OF THE LOG CABIN AND HIS KIN                            5


 CHAPTER II.

 THE NEW HOME AND THE FIRST GRIEF        