of rival candidates. The first party to go into action was the Democratic party which opened its convention in the hotbed of secession chatter, Charleston, South Carolina. It deadlocked after ten days and only reconvened forty-six days later in Baltimore at which time United States Senator Stephen A

. The following statistics of one great collection reflects the interest taken in the life of this noble character. Books and pamphlets-3800 Lincoln volumes. Magazines—more than 3000 separate articles indexed and bound. Newspapers—many thousands of clippings filed according to subject ma- terial