226 LOUIS AGASSIZ. 



sealed, addressed outside, " To the King's Maj- 

 esty, Berlin." Send the letter, not through me, 

 but officially, through M. de Pfiiel. 1 



The letter to the King is not absolutely 

 necessary, but it will give pleasure, for the 

 King likes any affectionate demonstration from 

 the country that has now become yours. 2 It 

 will be useful, also, with reference to our re- 

 quest for the purchase of some copies, which 

 we will make to the King as soon as the first 

 number has appeared. Had I obtained the 

 King's name for you to-day (which would have 

 been difficult, since the King detests subscrip- 

 tions), we should have spoiled the sequence. 

 It seems to me that a letter of acknowledg- 



1 At the head there must be "Allerdurchlauchtigster, gross- 

 machtigster Konig, allergnadigster Konig und Herr." Then 

 you begin', " Euer koniglichen Majestat, wage ich meinen leb- 

 haftesten Dank fur die allergnadigst bewilligte Unterstii- 

 tzung zum Ankauf meiner Sammlung fur das Gymnasium 

 in Neuchatel tief geriihrt allerunterthanigst zu Fiissen zu 

 legen. Wiisste ich zu schreiben," etc. The rest of your let- 

 ter was very good, put only, " so vieler Gnade zu entspre- 

 chen" instead of "so vieler Giite." You should end with 

 the words, " Ich ersterbe in tiefster Ehrfurcht Euer kbnigli- 

 cher Majestat aller unter thanigsten getreuester." The whole 

 on small folio, sealed, addressed outside, "An des Kb'nig's 

 Majestat, Berlin." 



These forms are no longer in use. They belong to a past 

 generation. 



2 It may not be known to all readers that Neuchatel was 

 then under Prussian sovereignty. 



