The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-22

~ they are our favorits novsla IguA
they ara about all the novels we have.
This plural pronoun 10 something pc
culiar to this man Bryan. He and his
wife seem 90 closely connected in habits
and tastes and so constantly in each
others minds that he says 1--WE" where
oil the 999, 900 men ont Of 1000, 600
would say 81.
Bryan had expected that his book
or. if you follow out his plural idea.
"their" book-would be ready by the
first Of the year, but he does not think
now that he can have it ready by that
time. "It is y bigger thing, when you
get into it, than itseemed before, " said
he. "New ideas keep occurring to you
after you get settled to the work, and
you find it necessary to depart from
your original ideas. Then this thing OF
going over all the speeches is great
work. He grabbed up pile of pasted
clippings off his desk-printed speeches
which he had been carefully going
over, cutting ont the applauses and
looking for repetitions II have to hunt
out all the abbreviations, said he,
"and put in the do nots' for the don is, ;
you see, and there is good deal of
work about it. But what do you think
Of my pictures?"
Bryan's pictures are on par with
his library. Fronting him as he sits at
his desk are engravings of Jefferson,
Washington and Lincoln. Over the fire.
place is that old familiar picture OF
Clay, with his arms stretched out in
most unnatural position, addressing
the United States senate. Then all
around the walls are pictures of Doug
las, Calhoun, Webster and all the other
famous orators. A man could hardly be
confined in the room for an hour with
out getting the orator itch. But these
things are not affectkions with Bryan
he loves the memory Of the orators,
because he loves oratory.
Bryan disclaims any descriptive pow
ers, but at the same time he has literary
ambitions beyond those to be realized
by an account of political campaign,
such as he is at present preparing / did
not know that was asking such lead.
ing question when said, "But you in.
tend to do other writing than this, dc
you not?" Bryan has no artifice about
him, and yet he has an idea that it is
not good thing to talk too much for
publication. He hesitated, and then
said, well, yes, perhaps; but please
excuse me if I do not care to discuss
such matter at this time" Later he
laughed, and said: "Now, in writing
about me, say as little as possible. You
newspaper correspondents can do that,
because you can work in 80 much de.
scriptive. That is why / would never
make newspaper correspondent / am
no hand at descriptive writing. have
to content myself with statement OF
facts and ideas.
Bryan has great hopes for the book
he is preparing It will undoubtedly
have one of the largest sales ever
known. About the lecture business he
is not 30 confident. Don't say much
about that" said he, II don't know
how I will like it yet. I don't know
how long the lecture tour will last, and,
although am doing some work upon il
at odd times, I do not care to announce
the subject of my lecture as yet.
In his library, among his books, sur
rounded by the pictures of the great or
ators-among which future generations
will place his own-Bryan. for all his
pleasant smiles and winning ways, is
wonderfully earnest man-earnest, very
much i'll earnest about everything, but
there is still great deal of boyishness
about him. Kansas City Times.