THE TRUE STORY OF A GREAT LIFE.

SHOWING THE INNER GROWTH, SPECIAL TRAINING, AND PECULIAR

PITNESS OF THE MAN FOR HIS WORK,

BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD,
ONE OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S SECRETARIES DURING THE WAR OF THE

REBELLION.

With Xllustrations.

"The public life of Hampden.

resembles a regular drama which
can be criticised as a whole, and every scene of which is to be viewed in connection
with the main action.”-MACAULAY'S Essay on Pitt.

PUBLISHED BY

FORDS, HOWARD, & HULBERT;

27 PARK PLACE, NEW YORK.
79 MILK ST., BOSTON.

1020 ARCH ST., PHILADELPHIA.

1884.W