10 APRIL 1909, Page 27

The Perfect Tribute. By Mary R. S. Andrews. (Bickers and

Son. 2s. 6d. net.)—A very pathetic story of Lincoln is hero told. (We take it as true.) He had made his speech at the con- secration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, and felt that it had been a failure,—some of the graces that go to make up eloquence had been wanting. The next day he hears the " perfeot tribute" from the lips of a dying Southerner whom he befriends,—makes the man's will as he lies in a Washington hospital. The story is admirably told.—The Man who Freed the Slaves, by Frank Mundell (S.S.U., (Id. net), is a brief biography of the great President, with as much put into a narrow compass as could In) expected.