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oftenest in Hamburg, snatched (as Carlyle says of his 

 cousin, heir of Russia), poor boy, out of Holstein- 

 Gottorp, which is a narrow sphere, into Sweden, 

 which is wide enough. He ' married Ulrique, July 17, 

 1744, with a grandeur and splendour unspeakable/ 

 says Bielefeld, chanting the upholsteries of life. f She 

 was beautiful as Love, in a riding-habit of rose-colour 

 trimmed with silver, the little vest turned up with 

 green-blue (celadon), and collar of the same; a little 

 bonnet, English fashion, of black velvet, with a plume ; 

 her hair floating, and tied with a rose-coloured riband.' 

 What a gay dress ! To us she would have looked like 

 the prima donna at a circus. 



Linnaeus dedicated his 'Oland and Gothland 

 Journey,' published in 1745, to Prince Adolf Friedrich. 

 Most authorities say this book was published in the year 

 following the journey ; but the title-page, which gives 

 1745 as the date, does not say it is a second edition. 1 



Linnaeus mentions 2 May 29, 1744, the death of 

 Andreas Celsius, 'our secretary,' saying it is a great 

 loss to the Swedish Royal Society. On October 12, 

 1744, Linnaeus was appointed secretary of the Royal 

 Society of Science at Upsala, in the room of the late 

 professor of astronomy, Andreas Celsius, and on 

 November 24 he was chosen Inspector Nationis Smo- 

 landicas, also in the place of Professor Andreas Celsius. 3 



1 Oldndska och Gothlandska Resa. Stockholm and Upsala, 1745. 

 8vo. I cannot reconcile this date with Carlyle 's as above. Both 

 are positive. 2 Diary. 



3 Celsius junior was one of Linnseus's two especial personal 



