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Show EDISON AND "MONTE CRISTO." New York Times. ' The play "of 'Thomas A. Edison's mind is as wonderful as the characteristic character-istic way in which he does his reading. Outside of his technical reading he is said never to read a book unless it is ppoken of to him by his wife or some friends. . Then he sits down and reads until he has finished it. One evening he happened to be unusually engrossed with some "problem," and was nervously ner-vously pacing up and down his library like a caged lion. To divert his thoughts his wife came In and picked up the first book she saw. It happened to be "The Count of Monte Crlsto." "Have you.ver read this story?" said ' Mrs. Edison'to her husband. He stopped and looked at the title. "No, I never have. Is it good?" Mrs. Edison assured hlmthat it was. "All right. I guess I'll read It now." and within two minutes the "problem," whatever it was. had been forgotten, and he was absorbed In Dumas' great story. As he finished the book he noticed no-ticed the light of day peeping in, and on looking at his watch found it was o'clock in the morning. No sooner had he laid down the book than the forgotten 'problem" Jumped into his mind, and, putting on his hat, he went to his laboratory and worked unceasingly, without food or sleep, for thirty-six hours. |