Publisher's Synopsis
Because the author is a man of vision and of unusual analytical power this picture of Lincoln as the "practical mystic'' is a real contribution to the voluminous Lincoln literature of our day. It embodies not merely Mr. Grierson's own view of Lincoln's personality, but the pith of several important contemporary estimates. A book by the same author, entitled "The Valley of Shadows," which appeared several years ago, contains a picturesque account of Lincoln's life in Illinois before the Civil War and particularly of the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates.
-The American Review of Reviews, Volume 59
