Evening journal., 1888-06-26
expensive life Of Lincoln than he can ever
hope to attempt

IN the meantime the other biography has
taken very well and both Of its authors are
satisfied. They work together here at Wash
ington and they manage TO turn out great
amount Of careful writing. They arc per
fectly harmonious in their composition,.e .ex-
change notes with each other and revise each
others manuscripts. Col Hay tells me he
viii defy amy man to pick out which chap
ters are written by him and which ere the
composition Of Nicolay
Nicolay, however, takes care OF the papers,
and the Lincoln papers possessed by him are
carefully arranged, classified and are stored
in iireproof apartments Many Of them have
been copied and duplicates arc kept ia differ
ont places so that if one set Of papers were
lost the others could stil be used. These
papers have proved to be worth considerably
more than their weight in gold 1 am told
that the biographers got $50 600 for the use
Of their material in The Century alone, and
they have yet to realize on their publication
in book form. 1t win undoubtedly bring in
a greater amount in thisshope, and the result
viii be that IL will add considerably TO John
Hays pile and will put Nicolay into very
comfortable circumstances
asked Col. Hay one day as to his writing
Of poetry and whether he had written any
lately. lie replied that his poetic writing
lasted but two or three weeks He is. |
think, little ashamed Of his dialect poetry.
and he did not care TO make a reputation in
this linc AS it is, doubt not that his 'Iit-
tlo Brooches" will be quoted in many places
whore his history will mover be- thoroughly
read, nor his work "Castilian Days1 be
known. The world would havo gotten more
out Of hin had fortune dealt less kindly with
him, but as it is he is doing more than his
share among the millionaires Of the United
States.
Our millionaires OF today, however. are
by no means literary noneniitics. Some Of
the most striking books OF this decade have
been written by rich men. and YOU will no
where lind more brains and figures in a short
compass than in Andrew Cainegie's sTri-
umphant Democracy mr. Bookwalter. the
Springfield o., millionaire has written some
good politico-economicai treatises. and Ie-
land Stanford could write q very interestjn.r
book if he tried. Take riae millionaires Of
today in the United States and You win find
no brighter and better read men than they.
They arc as a rule men Of education and cul-
ture. Their heads are full os ideas. and they
are far different from the hereditary rich
men Of foreign countries Ttey are as a
rule GOOD takers and many OF them are
very fluent writers Senator Tom Palmer
can write as beautiful an essay as the best OF
our litterateurs. William Walter Phelps con-
tributes able articles to tho magazines, and
Jay Gould began his life by writing history
of New York county. Some Of the brainiest
men OF the United States senate arc the rich
men, and the business of tho government ia
undoubtedly better of IN the hands OF men
who have shown that they knew how to
manage their own affairs before undertaking
to direct those OF Uncle Sam.
Speaking Of millionaires calls attention TO
the late election Of Gen. Samuel Thomas az
trnstna OF the American i,ntlnn OH tr,,aA