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are many reminiscences of his congressional life and his 

 estimate of public men. He also prepared a book which 

 he called "Common Place Book," of 400 pages. On the 

 first page he wrote, "In a Common Place Book should 

 be found many things not common place." This book 

 contains many interesting items from many sources. The 

 sketches from abroad are most interesting; always a 

 close observer, he was a student. His observations on 

 churches and places of interest in Europe are well worthy 

 of a place in our literature. 



