. McClure's magazine. FAMILIAR mtQTmEK V SIsSTESf OF ^. THE KIRKHAMS GRAMMAR USED BY LINCOLN AT NEW SALEM.—NOW FIRST PUBLISHED. The copy of Kirkhams Grammar studied by Lincoln belonged to a man named Vaner. Some of the biographers sayLincoln borrowed it; but it appears that he became the owner of the book, either by purchase or through the generosityof Vaner, for it was never returned to the latter. It is said that Lincoln learned this grammar practically by heart. Sometimes, says Herndon, he would stretch out at full length on the counter, his head propped up on a stack of c
. McClure's magazine. FAMILIAR mtQTmEK V SIsSTESf OF ^. THE KIRKHAMS GRAMMAR USED BY LINCOLN AT NEW SALEM.—NOW FIRST PUBLISHED. The copy of Kirkhams Grammar studied by Lincoln belonged to a man named Vaner. Some of the biographers sayLincoln borrowed it; but it appears that he became the owner of the book, either by purchase or through the generosityof Vaner, for it was never returned to the latter. It is said that Lincoln learned this grammar practically by heart. Sometimes, says Herndon, he would stretch out at full length on the counter, his head propped up on a stack of calicoprints, studying it ; or he would steal away to the shade of some inviting tree, and there spend hours at a time in a deter,mined effort to fix in his mind the arbitrary rule that adverbs qualify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. He presentedthe book to Ann Rutledge [the story of Ann Rutledge will appear in a future number of the Magazine], and it has sincebeen one of the treasures of the Rutledge family. After the death of Ann it was studied by her brother,
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