76 Humboldt's Letters. 



of Friederike, " of whom one has not to care at all" 

 (p. 48), whether the Catholic clergyman who, according 

 to some, caused, and according to others, did not cause, 

 and then did cause her fall, will rejoice at all this, I do 

 not dare myself to decide. About the Troade and the 

 Skamander, they never could exactly determine, and 

 Helen had to suffer much from Hellenic gossip. 

 In old friendship most gratefully, 



Yours, A. v. HDT. 



40. 



HTJMBOLDT TO YARNHAGEN. 



MONDAY, March 9$, 1840. 



THE Crown-Prince, to whom I brought, this morning, 

 your thoughtful " Lebensbuch? has ordered me to 

 express to you, revered friend, his " most friendly 

 thanks." It reminded him, at the same time, of your 

 " Sophie Charlotte," your " Seydlitz," your always 

 delightful language, and your skill in portraying diffi- 

 cult relations of life. The liberal passage on Grimm I 

 read to him. It pleased him much, and brought on a 

 conversation on Hanover. He expressed himself very 

 sensibly in regard to it. " The King of Hanover does 

 not understand how to treat Germans : he does not 



