Library of Congress Catalog Card Number, which is 2006030830.  ABOUT AUTOGRAPH EDITIONS Autograph Editions is committed to bringing readers some of the best of fine quality contemporary literature in unique, beautifully designed books, many of them illustrated with original art specially created for each book. Each of our books aspires to be a work of art in itself—in both its content and its design. The press was established in 1975. Over the years Autograph Editions has published a variety of distinguished and widely commended books of fiction and poetry. Our most recent publication is the remarkable quintet, Voices from the Past, by bestselling author Paul Alexander Bartlett, whose novel, When the Owl Cries, has been widely acclaimed by many authors, reviewers, and critics, among them James Michener, Pearl S. Buck, Ford Madox Ford, Charles Poore, James Purdy, Russell Kirk, Michael Fraenkel, and many others. EBOOK NOTICE I n addition to this book’s availability in a printed edition, the copyright holder has chosen to issue this work as an eBook through Public Domain Archive as a free open access publication under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license, which allows anyone to distribute this work without changes to its content, provided that both the author and the original URL from which this work was obtained are mentioned, that the contents of this work are not used for commercial purposes or profit, and that this work will not be used without the copyright holder’s written permission in derivative works (i.e., you may not alter, transform, or build upon this work without such permission). The full legal statement of this license may be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode VOICES FROM THE PAST A Quintet: SAPPHO’S JOURNAL CHRIST’S JOURNAL LEONARDO DA VINCI’S JOURNAL SHAKESPEARE’S JOURNAL LINCOLN’S JOURNAL BOOKS BY PAUL ALEXANDER BARTLETT NOVELS VOICES FROM THE PAST: Sappho’s Journal  Christ’s Journal  Leonardo da Vinci’s Journal Shakespeare’s Journal  Lincoln’s Journal When the Owl Cries Adiós Mi México Forward, Children! POETRY Wherehill Spokes for Memory NONFICTION The Haciendas of Mexico: An Artist’s Record VOICES FROM THE PAST A Quintet: SAPPHO’S JOURNAL CHRIST’S JOURNAL LEONARDO DA VINCI’S JOURNAL SHAKESPEARE’S JOURNAL LINCOLN’S JOURNAL by PAUL ALEXANDER BARTLETT and Illustrated by the Author Edited by STEVEN JAMES BARTLETT AUTOGRAPH EDITIONS Salem, Oregon AUTOGRAPH EDITIONS P. O. Box 6141  Salem, Oregon 97304  Established 1975  This book is protected by copyright. No part may be reproduced in any manner without written permission from the publisher. Copyright © 2007 by Steven James Bartlett First Edition ISBN 978-0-6151-4120-6 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2006030830 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Bartlett, Paul Alexander. Voices from the past : a quintet : Sappho's journal, Christ's journal, Leonardo da Vinci's journal, Shakespeare's journal, Lincoln's journal / by Paul Alexander Bartlett and illustrated by the author ; edited by Steven James Bartlett. -- 1st ed. p. cm. Summary: "A collection of five historical novels written in the form of journals by the Greek poet Sappho of Lesbos, Christ, Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare, and Lincoln, integrating their thought, writings, and the testimony of others"--Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-0-6151-4120-6 1. Sappho--Diaries--Fiction. 2. Jesus Christ-- Diaries--Fiction. 3. Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519-- Diaries--Fiction. 4. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616-- Diaries--Fiction. 5. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865-- Diaries--Fiction. I. Bartlett, Steven J. II. Title. PS3602.A8396V65 2006 813'.6--dc22 2006030830 VOICES FROM THE PAST CONTENTS PREFACE by Steven James Bartlett xiii SAPPHO’S JOURNAL FOREWORD by Willis Barnstone 3 SAPPHO’S JOURNAL 5 CHRIST’S JOURNAL 155 LEONARDO DA VINCI’S JOURNAL 221 SHAKESPEARE’S JOURNAL 343 LINCOLN’S JOURNAL 511 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 621 COLOPHON 625 PREFACE Steven James...