address is preceded by the following resolution:

"YOUNG MEN'S LYCEUM,
SPRINGFIELD, _January 27, 1837[8]_.

"_Resolved_, That the thanks of this Lyceum be presented to A.
Lincoln, Esq., for the lecture delivered by him this evening,
and that he be solicited to furnish a copy for publication.

"JAS. H. MATHENY, _Secretary_"

The confusion as to the date of the delivery of this address evidently
arises from the fact that the resolution here quoted bears the date of
"1837"--a mere slip of the pen, of course. In January, 1837, Lincoln
was in the legislature at Vandalia. He had not yet become a resident
of Springfield. According to Mr. Herndon, who was a member of the
Young Men's Lyceum, that society was not formed until the fall of
1837.]




[Illustration: THE WAVE "WENT OUT IN THREE SURGES, MAKING A CLEAN
SWEEP OF A BOAT."]




THE SHIP THAT FOUND HERSELF.