INDEX. 



427 



GEU 



Grtison, his eminence, ii. 92 



Guachucal, environs of, i. 303 



Gualgayoc, mines of, i. 324. Value of 

 the produce of the, 324. 



Guanaxuato, Humboldt at, i. 330. Po- 

 pulation of, 330. Mines of, 330 



Guano as manure, Humboldt first calls 

 attention to, i. 325 



Guayaquil, Humboldt at, i. 325 



Guberlinsk, i. 379 



Guiana, mosquitoes of, i. 285 



Guizot, M., his friendship and corre- 

 spondence with Humboldt, ii. 41, 44, 

 45, 166, 175. His marriage. 43. 

 Becomes a member of the Lafitte 

 Ministry, 45. Death of his wife, and 

 second marriage, 45. Becomes min- 

 ister, 166. His efforts for peace, 

 176. Humboldt's letter to, 177 



Gulich, Herr von, his good offices for 

 Bonpland, i. 402. To whom he con- 

 veys several presents from Humboldt, 

 402 



Gummeschewskoi, i. 378 



Gutknecht, George Christ., pastor of 

 Hermsdorf and Wulkow, his unpub- 

 lished chronicles, quoted, i. 5 



HAFTEN, Lieutenant Eeinhard von, 

 his friendship with A. von Hum- 

 boldt, i. 144. Joins Humboldt in a 

 tour, 145. His return, 147. His 

 marriage, 148. At Jena, 213. At 

 Dresden, 215 



Hagen, Von der, as a philologist, ii. 91 

 Hagen, Count von, anecdote of, i. 119 

 Hainbund at Gottingen, i. 110 

 Halle, University of, threatened with 



impending dissolution, i. 361, 362 

 Hamburg, as a sea-port, i. 96. School 

 of Commerce at, 86. A. von Hum- 

 boldt's studies and mode of life at, 

 97 



Hammer-Purgstall, Humboldt recom- 

 mends the election of, for the Order 

 of Merit, ii. 289 

 Hanover, Humboldt at, ii. 204 

 Hansen, his lunar tables, ii. 281 

 Hansteen, his scientific journey, i. 377, 



note 



Harbke, Humboldt's visit to, i. 69 

 Hardenberg, Von, furnishes official as- 

 sistance for a journey of Humboldt, 

 i. 124. Appointed Governor of the 

 Principalities, 134. Wishes to secure 

 the services of Humboldt for the 

 State, ii. 48 



Hardenberg, Prince, Chancellor of State, 

 friendship of, for Humboldt, i. 370 



Haring, Wilhelm (Willibad Alexis), 

 edits the 'Berliner Conversations- 

 blatt,' ii. 84. 



Hartmann, Professor, his lectures and 

 Latin versification at Frankfort-on- 

 the-Oder, i. 49 



Hase, his lectures on philology, ii. 178 



Hassenpflug, demonstration against the 

 crimes of, ii. 346 



Hause, Von, appointed Director-General 

 of the Berlin Museum, ii. 158. 



Haiiy, the Abbe Eene Just, in Paris, 

 i. 233. Notice of him, ii. 38. 



Havana, Humboldt at, i. 290 



Heat, mechanical theory of, ii. 359 



Hedemann, General, accompanies Prince 

 "William of Prussia to Paris, i. 364. 

 The king's kindness to, ii. 157. His 

 wife, 196. Death of his wife, Adel- 

 heid von Humboldt, 398. Watches 

 Humboldt's death-bed, 411 



Hegel, circle of literati gathered round, 

 ii. 84. The ' Jahrbucher fur Wissen- 

 echaftliche Kritik,' 84. The ruling 

 spirit of the day, 84. Scheme of na- 

 tural philosophy promulgated by, 110, 

 111. Humboldt's 'protest against/ 

 114. His death, 121. His philo- 

 sophy, 122. Assumes the lead in 

 Northern Germany, 205 



Heim, distinguished for his scientific 

 investigations and professional re- 

 putation, ii. 92 



Heine, his excitement at the news of the 

 Revolution of July, 1830, ii. 161 



Heinitz, Von, letter from Humboldt to, 

 i. 100. His School of Mines at Frei- 

 berg, 107. Minister of Mines, 120. 

 Traits of his character, 121. Letter 

 from Humboldt to, 149. 



Helena, Princess (afterwards Duchess 

 of Orleans), her victory over the 

 Eussian party in Berlin, ii. 172. Her 

 appreciation of Humboldt and his 

 works, 173. Her friendship for him, 

 174. Death of her husband, 174. 

 Her misfortunes, 349. 



Helmersen, General von, i. 375, note. 

 His sketch of the incidents of the 

 journey, 380-382 



Helmholtz, his treatise ' Upon the Con- 

 servation of Force,' ii. 358 



Helmstadt, visit of A. von Humboldt 

 to, i. 68. Museum of Professor 

 Beireis at, 68 



Hemprich, expedition of Ehrenberg 

 and, ii. 99 



Henry, Prince, circle which gathered 

 round, i. 35 



Hermbstadt, his chemistry, ii. 92 



