392 ELIZABETH GARY AGASSIZ 



programme in an afternoon in the Conservatoire in 

 Paris: Ave Verum Corpus, Mozart; Gloria, Pales- 

 trina; Fifth Avenue. 



But I want to talk to you of your book and tell you 

 how much I loved it. I, too, when I was before the 

 river used to float down to the beach, the soft bells 

 following me with their soft thrill. At that time Mr. 

 Agassiz was living at the island, having the privilege 

 of a cottage there to be used as a laboratory, and the 

 girls and I used to go down to pass Sunday with him. 

 And so, you see, this book had a special and personal 

 charm for me and I thank you doubly for sending it 

 to me. It is the delightful renewal of many old and 

 pleasant associations. 



Good-bye, and may a blessing ever follow you and 

 yours. 



Think of me always as 



Your faithful old friend, 



E. C. AGASSIZ 



TO PROFESSOR CHARLES ELIOT NORTON 



(Written after Mrs. Agassiz had received Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 

 containing Longfellow's chief autobiographical poems and a sketch of 

 his life by Norton.) 



[1907] 



MY DEAR MR. NORTON: How shall I thank you? 

 You have called up the fairest memories; you have 

 knitted a chain which I had thought dissevered, from 

 the "Prelude" to the closing lines, 



"And as the evening twilight fades away 

 The sky is filled with stars invisible by day." 



