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Show Lincoln's Favorite Authors. Lincoln "read Shakespeare more than all other writers together," and he went occasionally to the theater. His favorite plays were "Hamlet," "Macbeth," and the histories, especially especial-ly "Richard II." He often quoted from the last the amaranthine passage De-ginning: De-ginning: T.et us sit upon the ground. And tell s:vl slnrit-s of the rin-ith oi kintrs. For relaxation he turned to Thomas Hood and to Artemus Ward, Nasbj and other professional jokers ol tne time. But most of his evenings ne spent in his office, unless there wis a dinner party. From the Diary ol lolm Hay, edited by William Roscoe rha.cr, for Harper's Magazine |