Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-11

| March so, 1905. wealth Versus Common.
wealth"-Henry A. Lloyd.
| April 2, 1885, "History OF tho United States, y
| volume 4-J. b. McMaster.
1t will be noted that Mr.. Cleveland is
| rather severe In his tastes and that ho goes
| In for both old and new works. These
| books arc merely those which have been
ordered by him and sent from New York.
lie constantly receives books from all over
the world His library grows apace.
AS reader, however, Mr. Cleveland Is
known to devote himself almost wholly to
works which afford him material for his
own essay In authorship. This book will
probably appear when the president lays
down the cares of Office, 1t being well
known that he will not hear of any men,
tion of his name In connection with third
term. The plan Of u Is not new TO those
who have had opportunities of observing
tho progress Of the work, but they are very
few. Mr.. Cleveland II presenting econom-
10 sciences from point OF view somewhat
In advance Of j. Stuart Mill. His book Is
divided into four ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
tion, consumption, distribution and ex-
change-and thcre Is a special chapter,
under the department Of consumption, on
the theory Of marginal utility. This the
ory does not seem to find much favor with
Mr. Cleveland.
From what can be gathered on the au-
thority Of those who have talked with Mr..
Cleveland he does not mean to expound
doctrines 80 much as to make clear the
lines along which progress In economic
thought must proceed. This way Of going
to work has permitted copious illustration,
drawn from American history. In this
Mr.. Cleveland seems to strike a new note.
But there are difficulties In the way Of
forecasting the work itself, owing to the
literary methods of the author. AS has
been stated, Mr.. Cleveland has been some
years now gathering materials for his
book 1t Is merely an intellectual exercise
with him, and he revises and revises and
makes copious references. What he writes
Is the work Of his own hand. In his IL
brary at Woodley Mr.. Cleveland reads far
into the night. He writes at late hours
too. for he is likely to be least disturbed
then. At this rate 1t takes months to
write q chapter, and even then there Is
further delay, because the manuscript Is
laid aside and sometimes not looked at for
many weeks, when the matter Is cruelty
edited by its own author.
OF course the distractions of public life
are largely responsible for the delay. This
Is one reason why the book Is not destined
to appear until Mr. Cleveland becomes
private citizen. Another is the unusual
care the author is taking in the matter of
Mr.. Cleveland's notes and
references are carefully made and filed
away. He can, by means of the system
he has devised, lay his hand ON any para
graph in any work he has ever read, pro
vided he has citation to verify. His IL
brary Is thus always at his fingers ends.
Some anxiety will naturally be aroused
the favorite authors of Mr.. |
Cleveland. Mill seems to stand among the ]
first with him. He seems to have read |
about all the great economist and logician
has produced. An American writer whom |
he warmly esteems Is Professor Arthur |
Latham Perry, perhaps the head Of the |
present American school of economies. |
Professor Perry and Secretary Morton are |
warm friends and the two have discussed