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HUM 



283. His complaints of the Knights 

 of the Order of Merit, 287, 288. His 

 personal feeling in two cases, 289. 

 His letter to Uhland, 290, 291. And 

 on the same subject to Bockh, 292, 

 293. Eeceives an autograph letter 

 from King Maximilian, 294. Desig- 

 nated as the King of Science, 294. 

 History of Gotthold Eisenstein, 295- 

 304. His complaints to Gauss and 

 Dirichlet, 302. Humboldt's letter to 

 Eisenstein's father, 304. General 

 discussion of ' Cosmos,' 306-336. His 

 letters to Encke, 320. His letters in 

 French, 332. Various translations of 

 ' Cosmos,' 336. The medal designed 

 by Frederick William IV., 336. The 

 last ten years of his life, 337. Un- 

 eventful character of his closing 

 years, 337. Attacked by a slight 

 stroke of apoplexy, 338. His sympa- 

 thetic rejoicings in the French Revo- 

 lution of 1848, 340. His part in the 

 Kevolution of Berlin, 340, 341. His 

 politics; 343. His letter to Cur- 

 tius, 348. His opinions respecting 

 tutors for the Prince of Prussia, 

 350. Humboldt's view of the change 

 necessary in the Government, 352. 

 Regrets the neutral position of Prus- 

 sia in the Crimean war, 354. 

 Scorns to be associated politically 

 with Stahl and Ranke, 354. Takes 

 leave of the king, 355. Manifests 

 an enthusiasm in honour of his 

 country, 356. Review of ' Cosmos ' 

 in its scientific aspect, 357. Hum- 

 boldt's letter to Bockh, 357. His 

 object in the last volume, 357. His 

 the greatest compilation that ever 

 existed, 361. His appeals t - his 

 friends for assistance, 363. His 

 pasteboard boxes and their contents, 

 366-369. Publishes his 'Miscel- 

 laneous Writings/ 373. His other 

 labours, 373-375. His ' Hints upon 

 Physics and Geology,' 375. Bayard 

 Taylor's visit to him, 375. His 

 orders and decorations, 382. His 

 bust, 383. Honours bestowed by the 

 citizens of the United States upon 

 him, 387- Letters and addresses re- 

 ceived by him during the latter years 

 of his life, 388-395. His protest, 

 395. Seldom resorted to publicity in 

 affairs of a personal nature, 397. 

 Range of his personal intercourse, 

 397. The domestic arrangements of 

 his home, 402. His relationship to 

 Seifert, 402, 403. His petition to 



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the king and the royal answer, 404.. 

 His letter to Seifert, 406. How he- 

 disposed of the remnant of his days, 

 407. His apartments in Berlin, 408.. 

 His works of art, 408, 409. His 

 habits, 409. Portraits of him, 410. 

 Busts of him, 410. His last days,. 

 410. His death, 411. The lying- 

 in-state and public funeral, 411, 412. 

 Estimation in which he was held by 

 his contemporaries, 413. His genius, 

 414. His moral culture, 416 



Humboldt, Caroline von, her illness, L 

 214, 217. Receives Humboldt in 

 Paris on his return from America, 

 344. Writes an account of him, 

 344. Humboldt's letter to, ii. 52. 

 Her death, 155 



Humboldt, Caroline von, eldest daugh- 

 ter of William von Humboldt, in- 

 structed by Fischer, i. 115. Her 

 death, ii. 196 



Humboldt, Conrad, his appointment 

 urged by Cyricus Giinther von Rhe- 

 bergk, Captain of Neuhoff, i. 6. Ap- 

 pointed, 6. Addition of the ' von ' to 

 his name, 7. His official duties as 

 Bailiff of Draheim, 7 



Humboldt, Hans Paul, enters the army, 

 and retires on his pension to Coslin, 

 i. 7. His children, 8 



Humboldt, Heinrich, possesses a small 

 farm at Grunow, i. 5 



Humboldt, Johann, Burgomaster of 

 Konigsberg, i. 5. Impoverished by 

 the frequent quartering of soldiers on 

 him, 5 



Humboldt, Frau von (mother of Alex- 

 ander and William). Account of her 

 in 1785, i. 391. Her illness at Ber- 

 lin, 153. Her death, 158 



Humboldt, Theodore von, son of Wil- 

 liam von Humboldt, joins the Prus- 

 sian Army, ii. 52, note. His death, 



52, note 



Humboldt, William von, his ancestors, 

 i. 3-7. The title of Baron, 7. Oc- 

 cupies Tegel, 14. His early tutors, 

 15-19, 21, 22. Death of his father, 

 30. At the University of Frankfort- 

 on-the-Oder, 44. His letters from 

 there to Henri ette Herz, 46. His 

 account of Alexander, 47. His let- 

 ters from Frankfort-on-the-Oder, 51. 

 Goes to the University of Gottingen, 



53. His intercourse with men of 

 science and literature there, 73. 

 His brother Alexander's account of 

 him, 76. His visit to Paris with 

 Canape, 80. His position in Berlin, 



