190 ELIZABETH GARY AGASSIZ 



Shortly after its publication the book was translated 

 into French by Monsieur Auguste Mayor and into German 

 by Frau Mettenius. That this labor was performed by 

 friends, who were also members of the family, was a source 

 of gratification to Mrs. Agassiz. The following letters are 

 the best comment on her attitude toward the biography. 



TO MRS. WILLIAM B. ROGERS 



Cambridge 



DEAR MRS. ROGERS: It touched me very much 

 that you should have taken the pains to write me 

 about the memoirs of Agassiz, and it gives me the 

 greatest pleasure to find that your judgment of it is 

 favorable. I knew that the material left to me was 

 interesting in itself, but I was beset by many doubts 

 as to whether it would bring to my readers the im- 

 pression it had made upon me, whether I could so 

 put it together as to show the enthusiasm controlled 

 by patience and industry which seemed to me so 

 characteristic of the life. 



Thank you with all my heart; I feel both your 

 sympathy and your appreciation all the more to 

 me because your own life has brought you into con- 

 tact with pursuits of the same nature, followed with 

 a like ardor and devotion. 



With affectionate remembrances (dating back to 

 our Temple Place days), believe me, 

 Most cordially yours, 



ELIZABETH C. AGASSIZ 



