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Show HE LIKED A GOOD DINNER. j5 tit Glimpses of Hfo in tho oarly part of if the last century are given In tho. let- ll tcrs written by Benjamin DlBraoll to At his sister, Sarah, which aro Included ' Bft in tho first volume of "Tho Life of Sf; ri6njamln Disraeli," by W. F. Mony- ? 1 penny, published last week. The let- fc tera also afford Intimate- pictures of K I Disraeli the man. g ! Writing from Antwerp, he describes K a dinner, which ho had lately par- Vl taken of, a subject, Judging from its if, frequent recurrence, dear to his !?, heart: .' ! I "My Dear 'Sa': I am extremely S tired, and have not room (my fatlier ; positivolj' forbidB our writing separate 1 3m loiters) oven, if I had tlmo enough I&i to wrllo you a letter as long as I I Kj could desire ( ' "We arrived at Ghent after a pleas- ' 1 ant passage of six hours. At St ' H Nicholas we took it Into our heads f la to dine. Tho hostosa seemed panic- 2 uiarly desirous to give ua a specimen j SE , of hor cookery. Enter a waiter. A 1 Si, I fricandeau, the finest I ever tasted; j; IS j a small and very delicate roast Joint fx veal chops, dressed with a rich causo f, K pjquant. capital roast pigeons; a j Y largo dish of peas, most wouderfullv 1 Sfft fine; dessert, a salad preeminent 1 SJS even among the salads of Flanders; L jm I read and beer ad lib., served up In ' Rf the neatest and finest manner imag- ?Y inablo; silver forks, etc.; cost only i5ft a fraucs. ... ' jSi! "The paper in this country is bad, : ! K the ink Infamous and the pens 'wus- vK ser. Lovo to mere and nil. Your ' H alioctionate brother. - gJS B. DISRAELI. tkl |