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123. 



HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN. 



BERLIN, May 30th, 1846. 



PERHAPS, my dear friend, it will not be without some 

 interest to you to possess a copy of the poem of the 

 Crown Prince of Bavaria. The language is less crude 

 than that of Walhalla ; and some passages show a good 

 deal of feeling, if but little poetical fervor. 



Yours, 



A. v. HUMBOLDT. 



SATUBDAY. 



134. 



HUMBOLDT TO YARNHAGEN. 



POTSDAM, November 14^, 1846. 



WHAT a splendid reception, my dear friend, have 

 you given the fifth volume of my brother ! Pardon me 

 if, in the excessive bustle of the last few days upon the 

 cold " historic hill," I have not written some commen- 





