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ise. 



HUMBOLDT TO YABNHAGEN. 



BERLIN, November 20$,, 1856. 



I WANT your literary aid, my noble friend. Our great 

 landscape painter, Hildebrandt, who was in Brazil, Ca- 

 nada, Egypt, Palestine, Greece, and recently at the North 

 Cape, has executed an admirable aquarelle picture of my 

 " Interior Household," in order to replace a smaller one 

 sold in many hundreds of copies in America. " La renom- 

 mee, fruit d'une longue patience de vivre, augmente arec 

 I'imbecilite." I am compelled to make an inscription to 

 this picture of mine, with my own hand. This is no 

 easy task. I pray that you will visit me on Saturday, at 

 one o'clock, if it is possible to you. You shall guide me. 

 Your most grateful 



THURSDAY. A. v. HFMBOLDT. 



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HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN. 



BERLIN, November 21st, 1856. 



I YESTERDAY prayed, dear friend, that you should 

 mnke me the pleasure of your visit on Saturday. I 



