BY

JAMES H. CATHEY.

Truth is Stranger Than Fiction.

"I AM GLAD YOU HAVE UNDERTAKEN THE 'LINCOLN
MYSTERY', IF SUCH IT CAN BE STYLED. I BE-

LIEVE ALL THAT I HAVE HEARD."

-The late Col. Jno. D. Cameron.

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HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

FROM

THE BEQUEST OF

EVERT JANSEN WENDELL

1918

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1899

BY

JAMES H. CATHEY,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress
at Washington, D. C.

(ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.)

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HENRY WARD BEECHER.

"The Characteristic which struck me most was his superabundance of common sense."

CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW.