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INDEX. 



GEN 



'Genius of Khodes,' the, i. 183; ii. 149 

 Geographical Society of Berlin, for- 

 mation of the, ii. 148 

 Geology, Werner's eminence in, i. 107. 

 Humboldt's recognition of his ser- 

 vices, 108 



Gerabronn, salt works at, i. 124. Hum- 

 boldt's report on the, 125 



Gerard, Baron Fra^ois Pascal, his 

 friendship with Humboldt, ii. 46. 

 Notice of him, 46. His portraits, 

 47. His portrait of Humboldt, 

 410 



German language, ii. 200 



Germans, their pleasure in celebrating 

 certain days, ii. 143 



Germany, Humboldt's estimate of sci- 

 entific genius in, ii. 87. Taste for 

 elegant literature in, 123. Intel- 

 lectual progress of, 127. Humboldt's 

 warm interest in a united, 343 



Geuns, Herr van, of Groningen, at the 

 University of Gottingen, i. 70. 

 Makes a scientific tour with Hum- 

 boldt, 79 



Gide, Casimir, Humboldt's letters to, 

 ii. 233, 235 



Gigantes, Campo de, bones of the mas- 

 todon at, i. 300 



Gili, Pater, his ' Orenoco illustrate,' i. 

 255 



Gill, John, lodges with A. von Hum- 

 boldt at Hamburg, i. 97. At Bar- 

 celona, 240. In shattered health, 

 360 



Giraud, Soulavie, Abbe, his fantastic 

 theories respecting geology, i. 88 



Girtaner, Dr., Humboldt's letters to, i. 

 104, 132 



Glinka, Sergei, recites a poem addressed 

 to Humboldt, i. 385 



< Globe,' the, ii. 88 



Gmelin, his ' History of Chemistry,' i. 72 



Gneisenau, Field-Marshal, his assem- 

 blies, ii. 107. His attendance at 

 Humboldt's lectures, 120 



Goerz, Count, at the Congress of Eas- 

 tatt, i. 147 



Goethe at Tegel, i. 13. Attracted by 

 William and Alexander von Hum- 

 boldt there, 13. His friendship with 

 Humboldt, 163. Phases in the de- 

 velopment of Goethe's genius, 163. 

 His intense love of nature, 163. De- 

 votes himself to botany, 164. His 

 early appreciation of the character 

 and attainments of A. von Humboldt, 



167. Opposes the aqueous theory, 



168. His aversion to the modern 

 theory of upheaval, 171. His angry 



GUI 



vehemence, 172. Bows to the man 

 of science, 173. His remarks on 

 Humboldt's 'Fragmens de Geologic 

 et de Climatologie asiatiques,' 173, 

 174. Estimated highly by Humboldt 

 as a botanist, 175. Humboldt's 

 ' Thoughts upon the Geographical 

 Distribution of Plants,' &c., dedicated 

 to him, 176. His inborn love of 

 nature, 177. His poem of ' Hermann 

 and Dorothea,' 213,214. Humboldt's 

 regard for, 358, 359. Zelter's letter 

 to, respecting the two brothers Hum- 

 boldt, ii. 82. Keenly alive to the 

 views of France and Germany ex- 

 pressed by Humboldt, 88. His 

 letter to Eckermann, 88. Hum- 

 boldt's visit to, 99. Zelter's letter 

 to, 120. William von Humboldt's 

 letter to, 121. A. von Humboldt's 

 testimony to, 132. His criticism on 

 Lord Byron's prose, 323. His 'Let- 

 ters from Switzerland,' and ' Travels 

 in Italy,' 324 



Goethe, Ottilie von, her letter to Hum- 

 boldt, ii. 388. 

 Gold, formation of, according to Semler, 



i. 39 



Goldkronach, condition of the mining 

 station of, i. 125. Humboldt's work 

 at, 137 



Gottingen, University of, students at, 

 in 1789, i. 70. In the height of its 

 glory as a school of science and phi- 

 lology, 71. Formation of the Philo- 

 sophical Society, 78. Jubilee of the 

 University of, ii. 203. Humboldt 

 welcomed by the students at, 203. 

 His speech to them, 203. Ode ad- 

 dressed to him, .203. The King of 

 Hanover delighted wit!h the uni- 

 versity men, 204. Expulsion of the 

 professors by King Ernest, 204, and 

 note. The professors recalled and 

 indemnified by King Frederick Wil- 

 liam IV., 271, 272 

 Grafe, Karl Ferdinand, ii. 92 

 Greek language, Humboldt has in- 

 structions in the, i. 54. His opinion 

 of the language, 54 



Grimm, Hermann, writes to Humboldt 

 as ' last resource in intellectual mat- 

 ters,' for exhibition of the cartoons 

 of Cornelius, ii. 393 

 Grimm, Jacob, his magnanimous con- 

 duct, ii. 208. Suggests the name of 

 Andreas Schmeller for the Order of 

 Merit, 288. Salutation to Humboldt 

 from, 388. Testimony to Humboldt, 

 413 



