s been made to faithfully reproduce the original book
in this etext. The inconsistent, alternate and archaic spelling and
usage that one would expect in a collection of poets and authors from
1915 and earlier have been preserved. Errors in the Index, obvious
and simple enough to be assumed typesetter's errors, have been
corrected. Other problems and corrections are listed below.

Page: 1
Text: extends his grateful acknowledgment
Change: acknowledgement changed to acknowledgment (to match
spelling of section title)

Page: 6
Text: Abraham Lincoln Foully Assassinated, by Tom Taylor
Change: removed comma after Taylor

Page: 11
Text: The Funeral of Lincoln, in East Room of White House
Change: removed comma after White House

Page: xvi
Text: Yours truly,
Change: Comma added

Page: xvii
Text: It matters not to me whether Shakspeare be well or
ill acted
Change: Shakespeare changed to Shakspeare (alternate spelling
used by Carpenter)

Page: xx
Text: performed this function in a still more
Change: added the word "in"

Page: 22
Text: Like all great souls with vision unobscured
Change: version changed to vision

Page: 116
Text: May be forgotten by and by
Change: fogotten changed to forgotten

Page: 117
Text: Shrewd, hallowed, harassed
Change: harrassed changed to harassed

Page: 172
Text: (5) Hon. W. H. Wallace, Idaho
Change: Walace change to Wallace

Page: 172
Text: (3) Hon. Lyman Trumbull, Illinois
Change: Hon changed to Hon.

Page: 189
Text: And hang my wreath on his world-honored urn
Change: wealth changed to wreath

Page: 216
Text: He filled the Nation's eyes and heart
Change: We changed to He

Page: 216
Text: Pathetic, kindly, droll or stern
Change: added comma after Pathetic

Page: 223
Text: Here, Captain! dear Father!
Change: Hear changed to Here

Page: 243
Text: funds to remove it from
Change: extra "to" removed

Page: 252
Text: The George A. Fuller Company of Washington
Change: removed comma after Company

Harper's Bazar (page 109) did not change the spe