. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. But, as now, we perceivein his speeches that he had always to contend with the too rapid-ly advancing flood of thought. In his outward appearance hisaspect was the picture of manly perfection ; the tall, strong-bonedframe was erect, but light and unconstrained; his attitude wassomewhat daring, but the blue-gray eye glanced forth earnestlyand sharply, when it was not animated with the light of sincerefriendship. It was not the contemplative eye of the thinker, butthe straightforward look of the man of action. In the last days of autumn, Bismarck w
. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. But, as now, we perceivein his speeches that he had always to contend with the too rapid-ly advancing flood of thought. In his outward appearance hisaspect was the picture of manly perfection ; the tall, strong-bonedframe was erect, but light and unconstrained; his attitude wassomewhat daring, but the blue-gray eye glanced forth earnestlyand sharply, when it was not animated with the light of sincerefriendship. It was not the contemplative eye of the thinker, butthe straightforward look of the man of action. In the last days of autumn, Bismarck was commanded to theroyal hunting-partiesat Letzlingen, as heafterwards alwayscontinued to be, if nottoo far away. Fred-erick William him with es-pecial favor on thisoccasion ; it was alsowith peculiar pleasure that he huntedon the moors andamong the forests,centuries before theproud heritage of hisrace; a heritage hisancestors had sur-rendered only underthe influence of affec-tion for their princes,and reverence fortheir liege 200 THE KING AND THE STAG. These old Bismarckian preserves are the richest in Prussia : thered deer and bucks are counted by thousands, and the royalhunts, which take place every winter since the restoration of themansion of Letzlingen by Frederick William IV., at the begin-ning of his reign, are among the best in Europe. Frederick Wil-liam IV., although familiar with the chase, was not at all times akeen sportsman. Once he leaned his gun against a tree, drew avolume of Shakspeare from his pocket, seated himself on a stump,and was so absorbed in the poetry, that he never noticed that aninquisitive stag, who wished to know what the King was reading,crept up behind him and looked into the book over his pretty scene was witnessed by several sportsmen, and amongthese Bismarck, from a distance. In this winter of 1849-50 Bismarck established his family inBerlin, although he retained his seat at Schonhausen ; his house-hold lived
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