Show 0 JJIOLLISTERS BOOK II How Far the Story of the Life of Colfax hasProgressed ExCollector Hollister who returned from a long visit east on Thursday night was met by a HERALD reporter yesterday and asked for some particulars particu-lars concerning the work he is now engaged en-gaged upon the Life of Schuyler Col fax He replied that there was little to be said except that lIe had been putting put-ting in eleven hours a day for most of I the time since he had been gone at the I home of Mr Colfaxs widow in South Bent the lady felt the death pf her husband very keenly but the presence of Mrs Hollister who is sister to Mr Colfax had helped to assuage her grief I should not thought of entering upon the work of writing Mr Colfaxs life said Mr Hollister had it not been for the strongly expressed wishes of his wife Jt is at her request that I have commenced it I have gone over chestful after chestful of letters which the deceased left behind him burning those which were of no moment and retaining such as might be of value I have been enabled to obtain many letters written by Mr Colfax but there are many such as those he wrote to Lincoln which are not yet in my hands Asked as to the character of the book Mr Hollister said it would be simply a story of Colfaxs life neither statistical nor critical in style he had not gotten so far along as having his publisher secured se-cured as yet as he had to complete his manuscript first he should make bethought be-thought a book which would sell for about 2 Some idea of how busily Mr Hollister has been employed may be gleaned from the reflection that during firs visit he has not had time towrite a < single antiMormon effusion to the Tribune something unheard of in the I history of his previous absences |