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crowded letter contains chiefly domestic de- 

 tails, but closes with a postscript from'Mme. 

 Agassiz, filling, as she says, the only remain- 

 ing corner, and expressing her delight in his 

 diploma and in the completion of his book. 



FROM HIS MOTHER. 



August 16, 1829. 



. . . The place your brother has left me 

 seems very insufficient for all that I have to 

 say, dear Louis, but I will begin by thanking 

 you for the happiness, as sweet as it is deeply 

 felt, which your success has given us. Already 

 our satisfaction becomes the reward of your 

 efforts. We wait with impatience for the mo- 

 ment when we shall see you and talk with you. 

 Your correspondence leaves many blanks, and 

 we are sometimes quite ashamed that we have 

 so few details to give about your book. You 

 will be surprised that it has not yet reached 

 us. Does the gentleman in Geneva intend to 

 read it before sending it to us, or has he per- 

 haps not received the package ? Not hearing 

 we are uneasy. . . . Good-by, my dear son ; 

 I have no room for more, except to add my 

 tender love for you. An honorable mention 

 of your name in the Lausanne Gazette has 

 brought us many pleasant congratulations. . . . 



