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the chauffeur to bring us most expeditiously to the 

 Museum, where he told me he would be delighted to 

 await our arrival. 



The ride to Ypiranga consumed half an hour. The 

 Palace is built upon the top of an eminence from 

 which there is obtained a view over a wide expanse of 

 country, with the city lying below in the middle dis- 

 tance. The surrounding grounds are laid out with 

 taste, and there were great parterres of beautiful 

 flowers blooming along the walks and driveways, which 

 lead to the entrance of the edifice. Leaving the car 

 with the chauffeur at the outer gate of the grounds we 

 walked toward the building. Not a soul was in sight, 

 and all the doors of the huge pile seemed to be closed. 

 My companion suggested that instead of going straight 

 up to the main entrance, we perhaps would have done 

 better to have asked a man whom we had passed, as 

 we came through the gates, to guide us. I ventured 

 to dissent, saying that from one or the other of the many 

 windows no doubt Dr. von Ihering had commanded 

 some one to look out for us, and that our approach 

 through the grounds had already been noted. " Front 

 doors for me always, Mr. Minister ! The Great Teacher, 

 you will recall, had some tart things to say about 

 people who try to get in by back doors and over walls. ' 

 So we went up the great flight of stone steps, and as we 

 approached the entrance a servant in livery swung it 

 open, bowed, and said, ' You are the gentlemen whom 

 the Doctor is expecting, not so?' Our reply being in 

 the affirmative, he bade us enter, and in a moment the 

 Doctor himself came to greet us. It was a delightful 

 meeting. After two men have corresponded with each 

 other for years, and have learned to thus know each 

 other, it is a great pleasure to meet face to face, and to 



