The writing in this letter has a _fidgetty_ appearance, and would seem
to indicate a mind without settled aims--restless and full of
activity. Few of the characters are written twice in the same manner,
and their _direction_ varies continually. Sometimes the words lie
perpendicularly on the page--then slope to the right--then, with a
jerk, fly off in an opposite way. The thickness, also, of the MS. is
changeable--sometimes the letters are very light and fine--sometimes
excessively heavy. Upon a casual glance at Mr. F.'s epistle, one might
mistake it for an imitation of a written letter by a child. The paper
is bad--and wafered.