FROM THE TOW-PATH TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

THE

EARLY LIFE AND PUBLIC CAREER

OF

JAMES A. GARFIELD,

MAJ. GEN'L U. S. A.

THE RECORD OF A WONDERFUL CAREER WHICH, LIKE THAT OF ABRAHAM
LINCOLN, BY NATIVE ENERGY AND UNTIRING INDUSTRY, LED
THIS MAN FROM OBSCURITY TO THE FOREMOST POSI-

TION IN THE COUNCILS OF THE NATION.

INCLUDING ALSO A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF

HON. CHESTER A. ARTHUR.

HUBBARD BROS., PHILADELPHIA ;
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.; CHICAGO; CINCINNATI; Atlanta, Ga.
C. H. LILLINGSTON & Co., ST. LOUIS : T. PROTHERO, EMPORIA,
KANSAS: A. L. BANCROFT & CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

COPYRIGHTED, 1880.

AMROHLIAD

ΤΟ

JAMES A.
A. GARFIELD,

THIS VOLUME,

Recording, though poorly, the steps in a splendidly typical American career—a career that will incite every one who reads it to a braver, better life—is inscribed by his friend,

THE AUTHOR.