Brother Jacob

es attending the bloom

fectionery line has not,

e son of a British ye

and yeast dumplings, to k

ven in a paradise of gl

s, and that the tedium o

etion cease to offer the

when a confectioner see

t envy--who breakfasts

th-cake, and fills up th

nt--how is he to forese

at the confectioner's c

le to a soaring ambition

aphysical genius, incaut

mence his career as a

t was made of this init

d to warn the public aga

d not give up his danc

, and metaphysics woul

read. It was really the

siness. His uncle, the b

ade a pet of him in his

hat the confectioners' sho

red his tender imaginati

confectioner must be at o

e the things he made

the very best eating, a

ly for his private recr

be put to a trade, David

ired by a sweet tooth, wedded himself irrevoca

nto blank indifference; an

ook new shapes, which co

uthful ardour had chosen

ch mental activity, and,

but then, his faculties w

ium than that of candie

about the identity of th

about the advantage of c

t of butter to flour, and

r the office of prime m

ized state of society, th

htful things in the way

sugar department; but

by the want of knowledge

iently constituted, that

no guarantee of success

with some severity on Mr

ended. His soul swelled

something very remarka

him to put up with a nar

t he could accept an av

ut him: even such a per

it, and probably had a

d he was weighing out gi

tinue. No position could

highest degree easy to th

fallen on the present

c's Institute, he would

itten reviews; but his

e novels from the adjoin

story of Inkle and Yar

Mr. Inkle; so that his

he literary calling; but

unconve