[_OEuvres de Frederic,_ xxvii.

part 3d, p.

97.] Civil business, too, of all kinds, the Crown-Prince looked into, with a sharp intelligent eye;--gave praise, gave censure in the right place; put various things on a straight footing, which were awry when he found them.

In fact, it is Papa's second self; looks into the bottom of all things quite as Papa would have done, and is fatal to mendacities, practical or vocal, wherever he meets them.

What a joy to Papa: "Here, after all, is one that can replace me, in case of accident.