vi CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. 



CHAPTER III. 



CHARACTERISTIC TRAITS AND PERSONAL INCIDENTS. 



Preservation of a Position of Independence Cautious Behaviour as a 

 Foreigner Egyptian Antiquaries Daily Routine Places of Resi- 

 dence Social Intercourse Readiness to assist Fellow-Countrymen 

 Patronage of Artists and Men of Science Visit of King Frederick 

 William III. to Paris in 1814 Humboldt accompanies the King to 

 London, Aix-la-Chapelle, Verona, Rome, and Naples Termination of 

 his Sojourn in Paris PAGE 48 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. THE MERIDIAN AND DE- 

 CLINE OF LIFE j BERLIN, 1827-1859. BY ALFRED DOVE. 



CHAPTER I. 



RESIDENCE AT BERLIN TO THE REVOLUTION OF JULY. 



Observations upon the Advance of Age Impossibility of preserving a strict 

 Chronological Order Reasons for a Change of Residence The Berlin 

 of 1827 contrasted with Paris The State of Scientific Culture at Berlin 

 Preliminary Visit in the Autumn of 1826 Final Settlement in his 

 native City New Position at Court and in Society ; Activity in various 

 Departments of Science Lectures upon Physical Geography ; their 

 Significance and Connection with i Cosmos ' Meeting of the Scientific 

 Association in 1828 Hnmboldt and Gauss Magnetic Observations 

 and other Scientific Labours The Asiatic Expedition Intercourse 

 with his Brother's Family 75 



CHAPTER II. 



FROM THE REVOLUTION OF JULY TO THE DEATH OF 

 FREDERICK WILLIAM III. 



Humboldt's Diplomatic Missions to the new French Court Mode of Life 

 in Paris after 1880 Death of William von Humboldt, and Publi- 

 cation of his Works Introduction of a new Epoch in the Investigation 

 of the Earth's Magnetism Jubilee of the University of Gottingen and 

 Expulsion of the Seven Humboldt's Scientific Pursuits from 1830- 

 1840 Results of his Asiatic Expedition, ' Exam en Critique/ compila- 

 tion of ' Cosmos 'Other Spheres of Labour till the Death of the King 

 Relationship with Frederick William III 161 



