196 Humboldt's Letters. 



The sketch on Hormayr, which, in a political view, 

 stops very singularly at 1808, is very interesting. What 

 a mass of writings ! one hundred and fifty volumes. 



103. 



HUMBOLDT TO YARNHAGEN. 



BERLIN, October 2d, 1845. 



I WOULD not like, my dear friend, that a friend of 

 Thiers, whom he has warmly recommended to me, 

 should leave Berlin without having had the pleasure of 

 seeing you. Mr. Thomas, one of the editors of the 

 " Revue des deux Mondes," is the author of a most 

 remarkable work on the ancient provincial constitutions 

 of France, compiled from archives. I recommend him 

 to your indulgence. 



Yours, in great haste, A. v. HUMBOLDT. 



103. 



HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEK 



BERLIN, Nov. 30^, 1845. 



ALL gifts, tendered through a hand like yours, are of 

 double value to me, my dear friend. I have immedi- 



