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plores the Mexican Cordilleras, 334. 

 At Vera Cruz and Havana, 335. 

 Courteously received by President 

 Jefferson, in the United States. 335. 

 Leaves America, and returns to Eu- 

 rope, 337. His letter to Frederick 

 William III., 341. How received by 

 the Emperor Napoleon, 344. Co- 

 operates with Pictet, 345. Attracted 

 to Geneva, 345. His proposed works 

 and their publication, 346-349. His 

 investigation of the chemical consti- 

 tution of the atmosphere, 348. His 

 press of work, 348. At Eome, 351. 

 Visits Vesuvius, 352. At Florence, 



353. Crosses the pass of St. Gothard, 

 and writes from Heilbronn, 353. 

 Beaches Gottingen, 354. In Paris, 



354. Nominated a member of the 

 Royal Academy of Sciences, 354. 

 Honoured by his King, 354, 355. 

 His industry at Berlin, 355. His 

 papers read before the Academy, 356. 

 His observations upon the earth's 

 magnetism, 356. Prepares his ' As- 

 pects of Nature ' for the press, 357. 

 His letter to Henriette Herz, 357, 

 note. His state of feeling as shown 

 in his letters, 358. His reflections, 

 359. His regard for Goethe, 359. 

 Dedication of the ' Aspects of Nature,' 

 363. Accompanies Prince William 

 of Prussia to Paris, 364. His 

 brother William's poem to him, 364. 

 His travels in Asia, 365. Studies 

 the Persian language, 365. Proposals 

 from Russia in 1811, 365. His 

 treatise on the Mexican calendar, 

 365. Invited to take part in the 

 mission to Central Asia, 366. His 

 acceptance of the offer, 366. The 

 chief objects of interest to him, 366. 

 His schemes, 367. The instruments 

 required, 368. His projected schemes, 



369. His memoir, * Sur les Mon- 

 tagnes de 1'Inde/ 370. At the Con- 

 gress of Aix-la-Chapelle, 370. 

 Yearly stipend, and purchase of 

 instruments, granted by the King, 



370. Completion of his preparations 

 and selection of his companions and 

 scientific fellow-labourers, 371. His 

 journey again relinquished, 371. His 

 work ' Sur la Limite inferieure des 

 Neiges perpetuelles,' &c., 371. Pro- 

 posal of the Russians through Count 

 Cancrin, 373. Humboldt's reply, 

 373. The yearly pension granted by 

 the King of Prussia, 374. Meets 

 Bessel at Konigsberg, 376. Diffi- 



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culties of the journey, 376. Reaches 

 St. Petersburg, 376. Resides with 

 Lieutenant-General von Scholer, 376. 

 His portrait by Saczollow, 377. At 

 Moscow, 377. Route selected by 

 Humboldt, 377. Visits the Imperial 

 laboratories, 378. At Astrachan, 



379. Objects of this visit, 379. 

 On his homeward journey, 379. 

 Reaches St. Petersburg, 379. Dis- 

 tance traversed by the expedition, 



380. Incidents of personal adven- 

 ture, 380. His prophecy as to the 

 Ural Mountains, 383. His dedica- 

 tion of the ' Asie Centrale ' to the 

 Emperor Nicholas, 383. Complains 

 to his brother of the fete after fete 

 at Moscow and Kazan, 385, note. 

 Writes to his brother from St. Peters- 

 burg, 386. Loaded with favours, 

 386. His letter to the King respect- 

 ing Madame Kunth, 387. Returns 

 to Berlin, 388. His work on his 

 return home, 388. Attack made 

 upon him in England, 388. His 

 unselfishness, 388. Scientific results 

 of his Asiatic journey, 389, 390. His 

 ' Cosmos,' 390. The Baronne de la 

 Motte Fouque's sketch of the Hum- 

 boldt household, 391. A. von Hum- 

 boldt's visit to England in 1790, 392. 

 His passport on leaving Paris, 394. 

 Warrant of arrest against him, 394. 

 His letter to M. Guizot relating to 

 Bonpland, 407. In Paris, ii. 4. 

 Humboldt's letter to Pictet, 5. Se- 

 questration of his property, 8. French 

 edition of his ' Aspects of Nature,' 

 11. His letter to Bonpland in 1810, 

 11. Manages the details of his works, 

 15. Criticisms of his books, 15, 16. 

 His industry while in Paris, 16. 

 Title of the work on America in its 

 complete form, 16. His note in a 

 copy of one of his works, 18, note. 

 His publishers, 19. Renders an ac- 

 count of the disbursement of an ad- 

 vance of 24,000 francs, 20. Four 

 magnificent copies of his works taken 

 in payment of this sum, 21. Notices 

 of his friends and coadjutors at Paris, 

 22-47. His letter to Defrance, 39. 

 His letters to Guizot, 41-45. To 

 whom he sends a copy of his ' Essai 

 politique sur 1'Ile de Cuba, and of 

 his brother's 'La Metaphysique des 

 Indous,' 44. Renews his personal 

 intercourse with Guizot, 46. Refuses 

 a seat in the Cabinet, 48. Maintains 

 a position of independence, 48. De- 



