of the smaller of the "little masters." His followers, those we are considering, with the probable exception of Eicholtz, were not art- ists, for the word artist, when applied to those who have painted, should call up in our minds the names Monet, Goya, and our own Americans—John Twachtman and George

the continued growth of the fame of Lincoln may I refer to the Drinkwater play, which toured the United States about fifteen years ago, after playing in all the principal cities of England; the many movies portraying his life or parts of it; and the "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" play running in the

social groups, called a "mess." Mr. Lincoln lived at Mrs. Spriggs' board- ing house during his first session of congress. One of the members of the group with Mr. Lincoln, was Lancaster's congressman, John Strohm, then serving his second term. Beveridge states that Lin- coln was the best liked man in his

letters testa- mentary on his estate were granted to his brother, David Witmer, his broth- er-in-law, Christian Herr, and John Neff, the other executors, having re- nounced. Negotiations were then again entered into with the county for the purchase of the bridge, but no final conclusion was arrived at

fishing and wildfowl shooting. And always when I come here I visualize Columbia as the capital of the United States. Picking up one of the mysterious "ifs" of history (and the history of the individual as well as of the nation is deeply indented with "ifs") I visualize this river incline, and more