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Show His Five-root Shelf of Books Not Good for the Plain Peoolc i ' Chicago. 1U2. 18.--That Charles W. Fllot president emeritus of Harvard nniveivlty, "nioes on a higher p'one than do meet of mankind." and con-Fequcntly con-Fequcntly Is not the proper person to make o selection of books for the traveling trav-eling public. Is the opinion of James J IJfll. tin? railway magnate. Mr Hill, while In Chicago jester-day.- had a fev comments to make regnrdlng the recent action nf the Chicago. Burlington & Quiney railroad In ousting IVcsidojit RlloCy "five-foot shelf' of books fivm Its parlor cars. ' Presiden' Kllot has so many years of useful life to lord; back noon, that the ordinary person connnt look at him horizontally." said Mr. Mill. "He moves In a much higher plane than icon' of majikind. "Dooks that might appeal to President Pres-ident Eliot probably would not cause the average traveler to enthuse, His books require too much heavy thinking think-ing for a railroad Jrmrney People these days are averse to heavy thinking. think-ing. "I know no more about tho 'five-fool shelf than what I have seen In the newspapers, but I presume te Burlington Bur-lington was Justified In throwing I. out.' I |