1 2o Humboldt's Letters. 



NOTE BY VARNHAGEN. On Tuesday Humboldt wrote me with 

 the feuilleton of the Journal des Debate, in which Philarete Chasles, 

 in the most vulgar manner, abuses the literature of Germany, and 

 eneers at the most distinguished German authors. 



And this miserable fellow has been appointed under 

 Guizot's ministry Professeur des Langues du Nord (litt. 

 anglaise, allemande) au College de France. 



You need not return the silly, spiteful trash. 



A. HT. 



es. 



HUMBOLDT TO YARNHAGEN. 



BERLIN, 16$, March, 1842. 



BE comforted about the mishap. The King pur- 

 chases Italian, but, under no circumstances whatever, 

 French pictures. The portrait of Cherubini is, indeed, 

 very fine, and if I remember aright, I saw it in Cherubini's 

 own house. As the author is not dead, and Ingres very 

 rich, I cannot conceive how the portrait can be for sale ? 

 You can tell the sprightly " Child"* that you sent me 

 the feuilleton. 



In the last number of the Journal des D6bats there is 



* Bettina von Arnim. 



