Chapter I: By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, (5)

PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, _October 23, 1895._

MR. S. S. MCCLURE.

_My Dear Mr. McClure_: I thank you very much for the portrait of Lincoln you were kind enough to send me, reproduced from an early daguerreotype. It seems to me both striking and singular. The fine brows and forehead, and the pensive sweetness of the clear eyes, give to the noble face a peculiar charm. There is in the expression the dreaminess of the familiar face without its later sadness. I shall treasure it as a notable picture.

Very sincerely yours,

WOODROW WILSON.

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FROM C. R. MILLER, editor of the New York "Times."

NEW YORK, _October 24, 1895._

S. S. MCCLURE, ESQ., _City_.

_Dear Mr. McClure_: I thank you for the privilege you have given me of looking over some of the text and illustrations of your new Life of Lincoln. The portraits are of extraordinary interest, especially the "earliest" portrait, which I have never seen before. It is surprising that a portrait of such personal and historic interest could so long remain unpublished.

Yours very truly,