446 



INDEX. 



VIL 



of society at, 218. Bloodshed at, ii. 



345 

 Villele, Humboldt speaks against, ii. 



104 

 Vincke, Von, at the University of Got- 



tingen, i. 70 

 Vladimir, i. 377 

 Voght, his gardens at Hottbeck, i. 



99 

 Vogt, Karl, his account of Humboldt's 



daily routine in Paris, ii. 56, 57 

 Voisaco, Indian village of, i. 303 

 Volcano at Turbaco, i. 295 

 Volta, Humboldt's visit to, at Como, i. 



353 



Voss, Claudius, i. 99 

 Voronesch, i. 379 



WAAGEN, his essay on the develop- 

 ment of landscape-painting, ii. 

 117 



Wagner, Professor Moritz, his particu- 

 lars of Humboldt, i. 317 



"Wales, Prince of, christening of the, ii. 

 256 



Warsaw, ceded to Prussia, ii. 9. Con- 

 verted into a dukedom by Napoleon 

 for the King of Saxony, 9 



Washington, his death, ii. 380 



Wattenbach, the historian, A. von Hum- 

 boldt's letters to, i. 105. Letters from 

 A. von Humboldt to, 112, 132, 360 



Weaving, Humboldt's dissertation on 

 the, of the ancients, i. 76. The 

 author's letter to Wolf respecting, 77 



Weber, Wilhelm, Humboldt's sympathy 

 with, ii. 143. His letter to Hum- 

 boldt, 143. Humboldt's endeavour 

 to obtain his reappointment, 206. 

 His intercourse with Humboldt, 204. 

 Expelled by the King from the Uni- 

 versity, 205 



Wegeuer, his theme 'On the Gift of 

 Tongues in Apostolic Times,' i. 55. 

 Letter from Humboldtjto, 63. Letters 

 from Humboldt, to, 89-91, 100 



Weimar, state of society at, i. 161. 

 Visit from Goethe to the Court of, 

 162. Schiller occupies the chair of 

 history at the University of, 162. 

 Mode of life at, 162. The Emperor 

 Napoleon at, ii. 51. Humboldt pro- 

 poses to pay a hasty visit to, 98 



Weiss, his eminence in mineralogy, ii. 

 92 



Werchoturje, i. 378 



Werner, letter from Humboldt to, i. 

 94. Werner's services to the science 



ZAG 



of mineralogy, 95. Letter from A- 

 von Humboldt to, 102. His emi- 

 nence in geology, 107. His reception, 

 of Humboldt, 109. His lectures on 

 the art of mining, 110. Centenary 

 of his birth, 115. His death, 171 



Wieland, entrusted with the education 

 of the Princes Karl August and 

 Constantine, i. 161. His 'Goldeuer 

 Spiegel,' 161 



Wilkeu, his researches in the field of 

 universal history, ii. 91 



Willdenow, Herr, his Flora of Berlin, i. 

 26. His friendship with Humboldt, 

 53. Humboldt's letters to, 160, 240, 

 247, 280, 331, 348 



William, Prince of Prussia, sent to- 

 Paris, i. 364. Accompanied by Hum- 

 boldt and General von Hedemann,. 

 364. 



Witte, Professor, his explanation of the 

 Pyramids of Egypt, i. 88 



Wittgenstein, Prince, ill brooks the 

 close proximity of A. von Humboldt 

 about the King, ii. 96 



Wittgenstein, Caroline, Princess, her 

 thanks to her benefactor, Humboldt, 

 ii. 389 



Witzleben, General von, ii. 96. His 

 attachment to the Humboldts, 157 



Wolf, Friedrich August, receives a 

 dissertation from A. von Humboldt 

 on the weaving of the ancients, i. 77. 

 Letter from Humboldt to, 361. His 

 emotion, and gratitude to Humboldt, 

 ii. 389 



Wollner, his edict and its effects, i. 62,, 

 63 



Woltmann, his learning and talents, i. 

 74 



Wolzogen, Frau von, Humboldt's let- 

 ters to, i. 358 ; ii. 66. Humboldt's 

 characters of his nieces and their 

 children, 196. Humboldt's letters 

 to, 244 



Wunsiedel, condition of the mining 

 station of, i. 125 



Wurtemberg, invasion of the Duchy of, 

 and flight of the Duke, i. 153. Ap- 

 pointment of A. von Humboldt to a 

 diplomatic commission connected with 

 the war, 153. 



'PSILANTI, Prince, ii. 382 



ZACH, Von, letter from A. von Hum- 

 boldt to, i. 223. Letter from La- 



