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ment in 1840. Miss Emmy Braun was born in January, 

 1807, and was as gifted as her younger sister Cecile, 

 being an excellent musician. In the spring of 1841 

 she married Mr. Eichhorn, Hofmuziker at Carlsruhe. 

 All four of the Braun children were talented. 



As for the engagement of Agassiz and Miss Cecile 

 Braun, although Alexander and his mother were not 

 very enthusiastic in regard to it, - - for both saw how 

 fully Louis was engrossed in his studies and in himself, 

 and realized his tendency to fly from one subject to 

 another, and his want of steadiness and of business 

 capacity, -- nevertheless during the vacation of 1833, 

 it became " un fait accompli " ; and in October Agassiz 

 brought his wife home to Neuchatel, to a small apart- 

 ment " au faubourg du Lac," No. 21. 



Mrs. Cecile Agassiz, born at Carlsruhe the 2Qth of 

 July, 1809, was a lady with regular and fine features, 

 slender, and of very dark complexion, so much so that 

 she looked more like an Italian or Spaniard than a 

 German. She possessed rare artistic talents, being a 

 pupil of an artist of some repute, Marie Ellenrieder of 

 the Nazarean school, after the style of Fra Angelico. 

 Before her marriage she made many aquarelles of fossil 

 and fresh-water fishes for her " fiance," remarkably 

 exact and well executed, which rivalled those made by 

 the painter Dinkel. She also painted specimens of 

 plants for her brother Alexander. Besides this, she 

 was well acquainted with German literature, and was 

 generally an accomplished young lady. She was a 

 great favourite in her family, and was widely acquainted 

 in Carlsruhe. She was greatly disappointed in Neu- 



