THE BIOGRAPHY OF AGASSIZ 191 



TO AUGUSTE MAYOR 



Germantown, Pa., June 10, 1887 



I HAVE constantly intended to thank you for your 

 letter giving me an account of the fete given by the 

 Societe de Belles Lettres on the occasion of placing 

 Louis's bust in the new Academic Building. 



It is most touching to me to see the ever increas- 

 ing affection and respect for Louis's memory in his 

 own country. Even in this last letter you give me 

 most remarkable instances of it; not the least strik- 

 ing is of the person at Nice who was steadied in the 

 long hours of waiting in danger and doubt by the 

 story of his life. 



I received the Italian notice of the book and was 

 much pleased with it, as you were. It had a dif- 

 ferent character from any of the other reviews, but 

 it was very graceful and gracious in tone. I was 

 glad also to hear of the old friend at Porrentruy, 

 who had made the book his companion in the long 

 winter months. 



Many of the currents in Mrs. Agassiz's life spoken of 

 above continued long after 1879. In that year she began to 

 share a new interest destined to become important to her, 

 although always standing apart from her other occupa- 

 tions. This interest was the "Harvard Annex," to which 

 the next chapter is devoted. 



