Humboldt's Letters 



35. 



HUMEOLDT TO THE PRINCESS YON PUECKLER. 



I ARRIVED this very night from Potsdam, and I accept 

 with pleasure the amiable offer of Madame la Princesse 

 for to-morrow, Wednesday night, at eight o'clock pre- 

 cisely, for the spectacle lasts one hour. I feel some 

 fear in fixing it for Thursday, considering the planetarian 

 perturbations. Any persons selected by you will be 

 agreeable to me. I would only beg Madame la Prin- 

 cesse not to invite Rauch, Grans, and Mr. and Mrs. 

 Ruhle, because they have already been bored by this 

 affair. Mr. de Varnhagen may add whomever he pleases. 

 This tact in selecting only those who will have some 

 indulgence in listening to me is unsurpassed. 



Thousand respectful and affectionate devotions. 



A. HlTMBOLDT. 



THURSDAY, ZdMay, 1837. 



