. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. med to ascribe it to the friendship that Bo-chow had entertained for his deceased father. These few mo-ments could scarcely have been very pleasant to the poor General. During this first visit to Frankfurt, Bismarck resided with hisfriend Count Lynar (who subsequently died at Paris), in thehouse of M. Krug, a merchant, in the Hoch-Strasse, whose wifewas a native of Berlin. He was unable to work much at theBills of the Bund, and General von Bochow, famous for his wit,jested not a little at Bismarcks late habits of rising, although he LITERARY ACTI
. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. med to ascribe it to the friendship that Bo-chow had entertained for his deceased father. These few mo-ments could scarcely have been very pleasant to the poor General. During this first visit to Frankfurt, Bismarck resided with hisfriend Count Lynar (who subsequently died at Paris), in thehouse of M. Krug, a merchant, in the Hoch-Strasse, whose wifewas a native of Berlin. He was unable to work much at theBills of the Bund, and General von Bochow, famous for his wit,jested not a little at Bismarcks late habits of rising, although he LITERARY ACTIVITY. 221 was far more industrious than was generally apparent, being en-gaged in an active correspondence with his political friends inBerlin, especially with the Actual Privy Councillor, Freiherrvon Manteuffel II. Before dinner he usually rode out, and, inorder to feel his ground, visited the neighboring Courts of Darm-stadt, Biebrich, and Karlsruhe, where his old friend Yon Savignywas then Prussian Envoy. An acute, sometimes a severe, judge. of character, as well as an observer of passing events; Bismarckhad, at the desire, or, at any rate, with the consent of Eochow,undertaken an immediate part in the press. The articles con-tributed or suggested by him created much attention ; they pos-sessed wit and point, often destroying the arguments of his oppo-nents ; this became his peculiar province. At other times, as anew man in diplomacy, he assisted at the discussions in the so- 222 VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA. ciety of Herr von Rochow, in order to become familiar with thecourse of business and the exterior formalities of diplomacy. On the 11th of July, 1851, the then Prince of Prussia (nowKing) visited Frankfurt, and was received by the body corporateof the Bund, and the general staff. The Prince was graciouslyinclined towards Bismarck, but made some observations duringhis passage to the terminus to Herr von Eochow, on the anomalyof this militia-lieutenant—for Bismarck ha
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