i8 Humboldt's Letters. 



HUMBOLDT TO YARNHAGEN. 



BERLIN, November 1st, 1827. 



You recollect having once uttered some affectionate 

 words in acknowledgment of my endeavors to describe 

 Nature vividly and truly (that is, with strict correctness 

 as to what we do observe). 



That your words have left agreeable impressions, you 

 will perceive from this insignificant token of my grati- 

 tude.* 







I have altered nearly all " the Explanations," and 

 added " The Genius of Rhodes," for which Schiller has 

 shown some predilection^ 



With friendship and the highest consideration, 

 Yours, 



A. HUMBOLDT. 



Is it not strange, that Koreff has never acknowledged 

 what we did for him here ? 



* With a copy of " Yiews of Nature," new edition. 



