MY JUBILEE 



forms of many dear old friends who are now no more. Yes, most of them 

 Bahr, Carius, Kekule, Lothar Meyer, Pebal have gone. Besides we 

 two, our excellent and honoured comrade Landolt is the only one 

 remaining. 



Returning to your own country you continued to delight and astonish 

 us during many succeeding years by your admirable discoveries and 

 investigations. The seed which our great master implanted in you has 

 fructified, and you may look back with satisfaction upon your life's 

 work. 



And now I turn to another picture which is also before me. It shows 

 yourself surrounded by your family and in your own home. It was in 

 August 1894 that, in company with our mutual friend Quincke still an 

 ornament to our Alma Mater in Heidelberg I was a guest in your house 

 at Horsley. You then took a photograph of us, and the picture vividly re- 

 calls those old memories. There, too, I perceived how all-comprehensive 

 your activity was. We foreigners recognise you as one of the most repre- 

 sentative men of our Science. Your excellent manuals and text-books 

 have long since carried your name to the remotest parts of the civilised 

 world. But you have rendered services to your country in many other 

 ways. Others better qualified than I will offer you their thanks for such 

 work. But to me, as one of the oldest witnesses of your services and of 

 your success, it is a welcome opportunity to publicly state that in you we 

 honour one of the most distinguished of men of Science, a devoted 

 teacher and a noble fellow. 



F. BEILSTEIN. 



St. Petersburg. 



Translation of Extract from Letter from PROF. QUINCKE, F.R.S. 



Before I leave for Naples to-morrow with my wife and daughter I must 

 send you my heartiest congratulations on the Jubilee of your Doctorate 

 of fifty years' standing, which you are about to celebrate on the 1 5th of this 

 month. 



I got to know you 97 Semesters ago, when you were already on a higher 

 shelf, adorned with a Doctor's hood. Since that time much light and 

 shadow has passed over us both ; many good comrades who fought with 

 us for their Doctor's Degree and for the progress of Science have gone to 

 join the majority, and now they can make observations on Stella Spectra 

 in other Worlds ! But we, who remain here on Earth, we have the pleasure 

 of recollection, and you can look back upon a life of useful work under the 

 aegis of the Heidelberg Doctorate both with Bunsen and alone. As 

 for me personally, through your whole life you have proved yourself a 

 true friend, and I should like to express my thanks for this on your 

 Jubilee, and also for the introduction to many friends, both past and 

 present, and for many happy hours we have spent together ; and not I 

 alone, but many others too. 



