. American lands and letters. 3= :. THE AUTOCRAT. 353 Autocrats talk, with glee and an appetite thatdoes not pall. There, the Doctor is always delight-fully himself ; conscientious, watchful, chiruppy ;with an opinion always ready, pro or con; butnot ready or apt to magnify or exalt that opinionby resolutions, or the clap-trap of a big meetingand of bass drums ; keen at a wallop of the pillulemethods of the homoeopaths ; and readier yet (if hehad encountered them) at a crack of his resound-ing lash around the flanks and ears of — so-called—Christian Scientists ; tender, too, odd-whiles —as whe
. American lands and letters. 3= :. THE AUTOCRAT. 353 Autocrats talk, with glee and an appetite thatdoes not pall. There, the Doctor is always delight-fully himself ; conscientious, watchful, chiruppy ;with an opinion always ready, pro or con; butnot ready or apt to magnify or exalt that opinionby resolutions, or the clap-trap of a big meetingand of bass drums ; keen at a wallop of the pillulemethods of the homoeopaths ; and readier yet (if hehad encountered them) at a crack of his resound-ing lash around the flanks and ears of — so-called—Christian Scientists ; tender, too, odd-whiles —as where he takes the hand of the pretty School-Mistress in his own, and sets off with her downthe long path. Tis not yet, I think, fully appreciated ; butthis book of the Autocrat, it seems to me, will gowith Montaigne, with the essays of Goldsmith,with Lambs Elia, upon one of the low shelveswhere twill always be within reach, and alwayshelp to give joy in the reading ; and if the prosepassages do not suffice, there remains that p
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