SENDS HOME HIS BOOK. Ill 



A letter from his brother contains a few 

 lines in reference to this. " Last evening, 

 dear Louis, your two diplomas reached me. 

 I congratulate you with all my heart on your 

 success. I am going to send to grandpapa 

 the one destined for him, and I see in advance 

 all his pleasure, though it would be greater 

 if the word medicine stood for that of phi- 

 losophy." 



The first part of the work on the Brazilian 

 Fishes was now completed, and he had the 

 pleasure of sending it to his parents as his 

 own forerunner. After joining a scientific 

 meeting to be held at Heidelberg, in Septem- 

 ber, he was to pass a month at home before 

 returning to Munich for the completion of 

 his medical studies. 



TO HIS PARENTS. 



Munich, July 4, 1829. 

 ... I hope when you read this letter you 

 will have received the first part of my Bra- 



ziUan Fishes from M. , of Geneva, to 



whom Martins had to send a package of 

 plants, with which my book was inclosed. I 

 venture to think that this work will give me 

 a name, and I await with impatience the crit- 

 icism that I suppose it will receive from Cu- 



