74 Humboldt's Letters. 



38. 



HUMBOLDT TO YARNS AGEN. 



BERLIN, 29*A Dec., 1839. 



IT is kind in you, and very humane, dear friend, 

 sending me that little pamphlet,* which otherwise 

 would certainly have escaped my attention. The praise 

 which you bestow on it is of great weight, as you 

 understand so well sketching a life-portrait and adorning 

 it gracefully, without discoloring its characteristic traits. 

 Kries is one of my earliest friends. We were students 

 together in Heyne's Seminary.f I will return the 

 print very soon. 



In great haste, A. HUMBOLDT. 



* FT. Jaco's Jubilee Oration for ELries, at Gotha. 

 f At Gottingen. 



