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INDEX. 



EYL 



Eylert, Bishop, his encomium of Fred- 

 erick William III., ii. 230, 231 

 Eytelwein, his eminence, ii. 92 



FAKADAY, his outcry against the 

 infatuation of table-turning, ii. 371 



Ferdinand, Prince, his kindness to Major 

 von Humboldt, i. 9 



Feuillee, his travels, i. 254 



Fichte, compelled to retire from his 

 chair, i. 189, note. Opposed to the 

 intuitive method, 201. His death, 

 205. ' Only a philosopher,' 357. 

 His lectures, ii. 108 



Finance, Beckmann's lectures on, i. 45 



Fischer, takes his degree as Doctor of 

 Medicine, i. 215. Met by Humboldt 

 at Moscow, 377. His eminence, ii. 92 



Fischer, Ernst Gottfried, instructs the 

 young Humboldts, i. 20. Describes 

 state of Berlin inl788, 38. Furnishes 

 Humboldt with a letter of introduc- 

 tion to Pfaff, 65. Instructs Caroline 

 von Humboldt, 115 



Flahaut, Comtesse de (formerly Miss 

 Keith), ii. 169 



Florence, Humboldt at, i. 353. The 

 Grand Duke's Museum of Natural 

 Science at, 353 



For ell, Herr von, his kindness to Hum- 

 boldt at Madrid, i. 245. Letters 

 from Humboldt to, 273 ; ii. 7, 8 



Forster, Frau Therese (afterwards the 

 wife of Huber), her translation of 

 some of Humboldt's works, i. 93 



Forster, Friedrich, [edits the ' Berliner 

 Conversationsblatt,' ii. 84 



Forster, George, his remark respecting 

 Campe, i. 17. His account of Hum- 

 boldt in 1790, 31. Account of him 

 and of his influence on Humboldt, 83, 

 et seq. Gives a letter of introduction 

 to Humboldt, 96. His description 

 of Otaheite, 324. His style, ii. 324 



Forster, Eeinhold, anecdote of him and 

 a royal chamberlain, i. 355, note 



Fourcroy, Antoine Fra^ois, notice of 

 him, ii. 32. His severe criticism and 

 friendly counsel, i. 197 



Fourier at Paris, i. 233 



Fouque, Madame de la Motte, a disciple 

 of Lessing and Kant, i. 40 



France an empire, i. 342. Humboldt's 

 estimate of scientific genius in, ii. 87. 

 Humboldt's view of revohitions in 



, France, 161, 162. Complications 

 arising between France and the rest 

 of Europe, 175. Pacific views of 

 Louis Philippe's government, 175. 



FEE 



The Kevolution of July, 1830, ii. 

 159 



Francia, Dr., Dictator of Paraguay, 

 imprisons Bonplancl, i. 401. His 

 great age, ii. 197 



Franck, Johann Peter, i. 220 



Franconian mountains, Humboldt's 

 report on the mines, &c., of, i. 125 



Frankfort-on -the- Oder, the Von Hum- 

 boldts at the University of, i. 44. 

 Entry in the college register, 44. The 

 university sadly deficient in auxili- 

 aries for scientific instruction, 44. 

 The fair at, 48. Society at, 48. 

 Number of students at, 48 



Frankfort, Diet of, its proceedings in 

 1848, ii. 343 



Fraser, Mr. John, i. 281. Account of 

 him and of his son, 282, 283 



Frauenhofer, purchase of his large 

 telescope at Munich, ii. 104 



Frederick the Great, the august form of, 

 the guiding star at Berlin during 

 the early youth of the brothers Von 

 Humboldt, i. 34. Select circle im- 

 mediately surrounding him, 35. His 

 death, 37. Works of, ii. 273 



Frederick Charles, Prince, birthday 

 ode in honour of, ii. 123 



Frederick II., the Emperor, expression 

 imputed to, ii. 188 



Frederick William II. ambitious to be- 

 come a German king, i. 37. Im- 

 provements introduced by him, 37 



Frederick William III., King of Prussia, 

 put to flight by the French, i. 361. 

 Enters Paris at the head of his 

 troops, ii. 67. Goes to London, 68. 

 His desire to have Humboldt near 

 him, ii. 78. His kindness to him, 105. 

 Selects Humboldt to accompany him 

 to the baths of Teplitz, 106. Proofs of 

 his royal favour, 106. His appear- 

 ance'at Humboldt's lectures, 120. His 

 interest in the Scientific Association, 

 128. His communication to Hum- 

 boldt, 151. His kindness to Wil- 

 liam von Humboldt, 156. His death, 

 21 L 229, 230, 233. Encomium 

 of Bishop Eylert on him, 230, 231 



Frederick William, Crown Prince (after- 

 wards king), accompanied by Hum- 

 boldt,ii. 1 59 See Frederick William IV. 



Frederick William IV., his accession to 

 the throne, ii. 235. Eelationship 

 in which Humboldt stood to him, 

 235. His residence at Sanssouci, 

 235. Outline of his character, 237. 

 His friendly intercourse with Hum- 

 boldt, 241. Accompanied by Hum- 



