andsomely hand-carved. As the Scroll of
Time unrolls, it reveals the name of "Nancy Hanks Lincoln." The ivy
represents affection and the branch of oak nobility.

The public celebration of the centenary of Lincoln's birth was held in
the town of North Adams, Massachusetts, February 12, 1909.

Ex-Senator Thomas F. Cassidy, in his address, said: "One hundred years
ago today, in Hardin County, Kentucky, there was ushered into being
the child, Abraham Lincoln.

"As God selected Mary, the humble girl of Judea, to be the mother of
the Saviour of mankind and she gave birth to Him in the stable at
Bethlehem, so it was ordained that in the lowly log cabin of the
Kentucky wilderness, Nancy Hanks should receive into the protection of
her sheltering arms the child who was destined to be the Saviour of
the Republic."

Harriet Monroe, born at Chicago, Illinois, December, 23, 1860.
Graduated Visitation Academy, Georgetown, District Columbia, 1879. In
December, 1889, was appointed to write text for cantata for opening of
Chicago Auditorium in March, 1891. Was requested by Committee on
Ceremonies of Chicago Exposition to write a poem for the dedication;
her _Columbia Ode_ was read and sung at the dedicatory ceremonies on
the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America, October 21, 1892.
Author of _Valerie_, and other poems, 1892; _The Columbia Ode_, 1893;
_John Wellborn, Poet, A Memoir_, 1896; _The Passing Show--Modern Plays
in Verse_, 1903, etc.

NANCY HANKS

Prairie Child,
Brief as dew,
What winds of wonder
Nourished you?

Rolling plain
Of billowy green,
Fair horizons,
Blue, serene.

Lofty skies
The slow clouds climb,
Where burning stars
Beat out the time.

These, and the dreams
Of fathers bold,
Baffled longings
Hopes untold.

Gave to you
A heart of fire,
Love like waters,
Brave desire.

Ah, when youth's rapture
Went out in pain,
And all seemed