LETTERS OF FRIEDRICH WOHLER 129 



Hofmann's report of the Exhibition of 1862 l has 

 been ready for you for a long time. It affords me pleas- 

 ure to give you this fine copy, which I have received as 

 a gift from Hofmann himself (with a dedication in his 

 own hand). But it is useless to me, since I do not un- 

 derstand enough English. Now I shall not wait any 

 longer for an opportunity to send it to you, but will do 

 so through Dr. Fliigel of Leipzig, commissioner of the 

 Smithsonian Institution. I ought to have done it long 

 ago. Farewell now, dear Doctor. My best remem- 

 brances to your wife, and have always a kindly feel- 

 ing for, 



Your truly devoted, 



WOHLER. 



My wife and three daughters (the fourth is on a 

 visit at Hanau, the fifth is married in Hanover) send 

 their best greetings and are glad that you still remem- 

 ber them. 



Kindly have the enclosed letter forwarded to Eso- 

 pus. Should there be no post connexion with that 

 place, address it to Columbia College, New York, 

 whence it will be sent to Esopus. 



GOTTINGEN, 17 Dec. 1868. 

 DEAR GOSSMANN, 



My best thanks for your letter, which was handed to 

 me by Herr Darmstadt, who is now working diligently 

 in our laboratory at present on boron-nitrogen. 



1 Second International Exhibition, London. On the fly-leaf is written: 

 'Herrn Hofrath Wohler hochachtungsvoll u. freundschaftlicht der verf.'; 

 and underneath: 'Herrn Dr. Gttssmann zur freundlichen Erinnerung an F. 

 Wohler.' 



