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It consists of the
acacia-blossoms in a certain stage of their development fried in
olive-oil. I shall get the receipt from Mrs. Powers, and mean to deserve
well of my country by first trying it, and then making it known; only I
doubt whether American lard, or even butter, will produce the dish quite
so delicately as fresh Florence oil.
Meanwhile, I like Powers all the better, because he does not put his life
wholly into marble. We had much talk, nevertheless, on matters of
sculpture, for he drank a cup of tea with us, and stayed a good while.
He passed a condemnatory sentence on classic busts in general, saying
that they were conventional, and not to be depended upon as trite
representations of the persons. He particularly excepted none but the
bust of Caracalla; and, indeed, everybody that has seen this bust must
feel the justice of the exception, and so be the more inclined to accept
his opinion about the rest. There are not more than half a dozen--that
of Cato the Censor among the others--in regard to which I should like to
ask his judgment individually.


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