The Life 



Travels and Books 





OF 



Alexander Von Humbold 



T. 



WITH AN INTRODUCTION 



By BAYARD TAYLOR. 



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'•' I am become a name ; 

 For always roaming with a hungry heart 

 Much have I seen and known; cities of men 

 And manners, climates, councils, governments, 

 Myself not least, but honored of them all." 



TENNYSON. 



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New York: 



Rudd & Carl eton, 130 Grand Street, 



(brooks building, cor. of broadway.) 



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