Albert Shaw

"Abraham Lincoln was a fatalist who promoted freedom; he was a classical liberal who couched liberalism's greatest deed - emancipation of the slaves - in the unliberal language of divine providence; he was a religious doubter who became a national icon bordering on religion; and he was a rights-oriented liberal who appealed to natural law when confronting slavery"--Provided by publisher.

Reprint of the American monthly review of reviews article, February 1901, containing cartoons from the files of Harper's weekly, Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, and Punch as well as a collection of lithographed poster cartoons issued by Currier and Ives; cartoons dated 1860-1865.

Shaw surveys the educational scene at Hampton Institute and hails the Institute's educational philosophy and its success as a model to be emulated elsewhere in the US.