Humorist.

Mr. Lincoln's flow of humor was a sparkling spring, gushing out
of a rock--the flashing water had a somber background which made
it all the brighter.


LIKE AESOP'S FABLES,
BY HUGH McCULLOCH, Former Secretary of the United States
Treasury.

Many of Mr. Lincoln's stories were as apt and instructive as the
best of Aesop's Fables.


FULL OF FUN,
BY GENERAL JAMES B. FRY, Former Adjutant-General United States
Army.

Mr. Lincoln was a humorist so full of fun that he could not keep
it all in.


INEXHAUSTIBLE FUND OF STORIES,
BY LAWRENCE WELDON, Judge United States Court of Claims.

Mr. Lincoln's resources as a story-teller were inexhaustible, and
no condition could arise in a case beyond his capacity to furnish
an illustration with an appropriate anecdote.