no Humboldt's Letters. 



The King has shown more kindness to my son than I 

 can thank him for. I look forward to a most happy 

 future for him, based on his marriage with the amiable 

 Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz. 



I appreciate the good wishes w r hich you address me 

 on this occasion, and remain, with the highest consider 

 ation, Monsieur le Baron de Humboldt, 



Your affectionate 



CHRISTIAN R. 



59. 



BERLIN, May Ilth, 1841. 



[Written at Yarnhagen's. With the preface to Wilhelm von Hum- 

 boldt's works.] 



I AM very sorry not to be enabled amid the annoy- 

 ances of to-morrow's departure (first to Potsdam, then 

 to Paris, until October) to bid you farewell. I appeal 

 to you once more as the source, until Rtickert's arrival, 

 the only source of good taste, of pure language, and 

 of a delicate appreciation of the appropriate sense. 

 Tell me with all indulgence what I ought to strike out 

 from the enclosed preface, but give me also your advice 

 wherever you find fault. I wrote the two pages at 



