Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-27
10 YOUNGEST NANpERBl.T.
A Student Of Books and Art-tiis Welt illed
Library.
New York World.


past and presentand the probable future
Of Che two Vanderbilt brothers--the
two eldest and richest that is to say
But how about the other brothers, for
there are two other brothers, a younger
son cut Off WILMA paltry len million
which is Vanderbilt for IA
shilling. But stopI Was not the
youngest left something else by bis
iather's will? Yes, indeed he was, and
something more in accordance with his
tastes than endless millions OF money,
with the care and anxiety that such Il
vast property must involve The ex-
qmsite collection of pictures, the gor
geous Vanderbilt palace, all these are
George Vanderbilts, or will be Mt the
death of his mother. Besides this he
already owns all the large Staten Island
property with its hundreds OF acres.
When Phaeton, the son Of Apollo,
tried to drive his fathers sun-charot,
he drove 1t "all to smash" with great
neatness and dispatch. Are the young
Vanderbilt's going to manage any bet
ter with the great chariot they have to
manage? Can they hold in hand all
these great iron horses and drive
their huge railways and vast enterpri-
SEES any better than poor Phaeion did?
Surprising, however, that they do drive
10 financial perdition, George will still
have his great Staten Island estate, that
must surely increase enormously in
value, and bis collection of gems OF
modern art, which must also become
more and more valuable, so that his
pittance is probably safer and suror, and
more suited to a man Of his quiet tastes
than his brothers turbulent hundreds
of millions would be. His fortune is
invested rather In the Astor than in the
Vanderbilt style There is a literary
Aston in tliis generation. Behold, now,
there is also literary Vanderbilt
George Vanderbilt, with rare taste and
|, discretion, confines lis literary tastes to
reading, loving and collecting books.
He is literary IN he passive rather
than in the active sense of the word
r aud has us yet added nothing to the al
ready swollen sire I'm Of modern litera-
Jurc. But his collection OF books 81
,, original MSS, is very fine, and arranged
, in the most tasteful manner. Tier upon
/ tor OF hook rise to the lofty ceiling
= md their owner has shown both inge
, nuity and good taste IN the arrange
o ment Of valuable pamphlets, origina
! manuscripts, etc. lie has too much 0
the true Bibliophle to spoil old book
y by the PROCLAMATION OF new covers; neithe
e does he want to fill his fine library witt
a shelves containing rows of ragged look
= ing backs. SO he has hit upon an in
genious and excellent device. He ha
had beautiful separate covers, that is t.
say, bindings that can be removed
y placed on these rare works. In thi
d library George Vanderbilt loves to pas
y his time alone-yet not alone-with hi
avorites. Not a man of very robus
: health, he has wisely chosen to spen
{ his time in the pursuits most congenia
J. to him. He cares very little for societ
u and refuses almost all invitations
i Simple in his tastes, he does not EMO
u the pomp and ceremony OF great din
{ ners, during his fathers lifetime h
. often excused himself from the state en-
T" tertainments OF the Vanderbilt man
sion.
Such is George Vanderbilt, the intel
!, leGtual member of family eminen
u chiefly for their extraordinary bushes
: talent. Young, pensive, retiring, ye
; bright and agreeable among his friend
II and intimates, delicate rather tha
: strong, with none of the horsey inclina
d ton OF his father and grand father; wit
y true scholarly tastes, loving books
pictures and beautiful things; a bachelo
! owning 100000 in his own righ
y besides 400 acres only few miles fror
New York City, and holding the revei
sionary interest in grand picture ga
lery and veritable palace-how does h
compare with the youngest son of a
% English nobleman i? Indeed, is he nc
g better off than a younger SON of roy
y alty-living pensioned off in one of til
=, Queens palaces? His present incom
may he estimated at about five hundre
i thousand dollars per annum, all til
Il stocks and bonds left by his father bein
! above par
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