Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . se for a moment beforeof the least pretentious ofthese buildings. Calling upon Mr, Lincoln on oneof the darkest days in the late war, I wassurprised to see upon his mantel-piece acouple of volumes—one a small Bible, theother, Artemus Ward, his Book. Doyou read Artemus Ward? I asked hiin. EUCLID AVENUE. to the office, as decidedly rustic. He was,he says, long and lank, with flowing haii,and loosely fitting coat, and trousers tooshort in the legs and bagging at the humor was irrepressible, and always THE CITY OF CLEVEL
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . se for a moment beforeof the least pretentious ofthese buildings. Calling upon Mr, Lincoln on oneof the darkest days in the late war, I wassurprised to see upon his mantel-piece acouple of volumes—one a small Bible, theother, Artemus Ward, his Book. Doyou read Artemus Ward? I asked hiin. EUCLID AVENUE. to the office, as decidedly rustic. He was,he says, long and lank, with flowing haii,and loosely fitting coat, and trousers tooshort in the legs and bagging at the humor was irrepressible, and always THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. 577 bubbling over, and he kept all about himin a constant state of merriment. He wasa wag—nothing but a wag—but in thatline a genius. He could see only theludicrous side of a subject. Going awayonce on a short vacation, he engaged this San Francisco to deliver a course in Cali-fornia. The season being close at hand,the manager asked him by telegraph:What will you take for forty nightsin California? Answer answered immediately, by tele-.
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