His response was, 'Where did you find it ?' and rolling it up, he put it in his coat-tail pocket; and I saw it no more.

Afterwards, in speaking of the matter to Mr.Lincoln's partner, he said, 'I believe he has at times scribbled some verses; but he is, I think, somewhat unwilling to have it known.'" Lincoln's love of poetry is further shown by the following incident, related by a gentleman who visited the old law-office of Lincoln & Herndon, at Springfield.

He says: "I took up carelessly, as I stood thinking, a handsome octavo volume lying on the office table.

It opened so persistently at one place, as I handled it, that I looked to see what it was, and found that somebody had thoroughly thumbed the pages of 'Don Juan.' I knew Mr.Herndon was not a man to dwell on it, and it darted through my mind that perhaps it had been a favorite with Lincoln.

'Did Mr.Lincoln ever read this book ?' I said, hurriedly.