226 LOUIS AGASSIZ. 



sealed, addressed outside, " To the King's Maj- 

 esty, Berlin." Send the letter, not through me, 

 but officially, through M. de Pfiiel.^ 



The letter to the King is not absolutely 

 necessary, but it will give pleasure, for the 

 King likes any affectionate demonstration from 

 the country that has now become yours.^ It 

 will be useful, also, with reference to our re- 

 quest for the purchase of some copies, which 

 we will make to the King as soon as the first 

 number has appeared. Had I obtained the 

 King's name for you to-day (which would have 

 been difficult, since the King detests subscrip- 

 tions), we should have spoiled the sequence. 

 It seems to me that a letter of acknowledg- 



^ At the head there must be "Allerdurchlauchtigster, gross- 

 machtigster Kbnig, — allergnadigster Konig und Herr." Then 

 you begin, " Euer koniglichen Majesfat, wage ich meinen leb- 

 haftesten Dank fiir die allergnadigst bewilligte Unterstti- 

 tzung zum Ankauf meiner Sammlung fiir das Gymnasium 

 in Neuchatel tief geriihrt allerunterthanigst zu Fiissen zu 

 legen. Wiisste ich zu sehreiben," etc. The rest of your let- 

 ter was very good, — put only, " so vieler Gnade zu entspre- 

 chen" instead of "so vieler Giite." You should end with 

 the words, " Ich ersterbe in tief ster Ehrf urcht Euer konigli- 

 cher Majestat aller unter thanigsten getreuester." The whole 

 on small folio, sealed, addressed outside, "An des Konig's 

 Majestat, Berlin." 



These forms are no longer in use. They belong to a past 

 generation. 



2 It may not be known to all readers that Neueh&tel was 

 then imder Prussian sovereignty. 



