The life and public services of Abraham Lincoln ... together with his state papers, including his speeches, addresses, messages, letters, and proclamations, and the closing scenes connected with his life and death. By Henry J. Raymond. To which are added anecdotes and personal reminiscences of President Lincoln, by Frank B. Carpenter.

"The tribute of a free-will offering." —Deut. xvi. o.

THE TRIBUTE BOOK:
A RECORD OF THE
MUNIFICENCE, SELF-SACRIFICE, AND PATRIOTISM
OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE,
IN VEt'KNCE OF TIHEIR INTEGRITY AS A NATION, DURING THBE W l FOB TUE ULION.
ILL US TR ATED.
By FRANK B. GOODRICH,
Author of "TuE COVRT OF NAPOLEON," &C.
THE undersigned will publish, about October first, a book with the above
title, the object of which is to preserve, in a permanent form, as large a portion
as may be, of the names of those who have given of their means, or devoted
their energies, to aid the Government in prosecuting the war for the maintenance of the union of the States.
The work will thus be not only a record of those who have paid " tribute " to
the cause, but will be itself a "tribute" to them.
The subject naturally falls under two heads-the first comprising the spontaneous gifts of money to aid in the raising of regiments, the equipment of troops,
the outfit of officers, &c., upon the breaking out of the Rebellion; and the second
-when this work had been assumed by the Government-chronicling the collecting, purchasing, forwarding and distribution of supplies to promote the
health, comfort, and efficiency of the army.
The first work was, of necessity, done without order or system; the second
was accomplished by organized bodies, known as the Sanitary and Christian
Commissions.
The book will in nowise be a mere list of names or catalogue of subscriptions,
though in this respect it is intended to be as full as its limits will allow. In the
first place, it will contain a general narrative of the events of the period connected with the subject, enlivened by such incidents of personal effort and mu.
nificence (and the widow's mite will not be overlooked) as may properly find a
place there, by authentic anecdotes, sketches of persons and places, &c., &c.;
and, secondly, it will be profusely illustrated by engravings upon wood, from de.
signs by our first artists, executed in the best possible manner. The field for
illustration is wide, and in this respect it is intended that the book halla not
suffer by comparison with the finest issues of the American Press.