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XI. 



HUMBOLDT TO EAHEL. 



Berlin, 9th February, 1833. 



I have been with Beuth again to recal to his recol- 

 lection his old friendship for L. He thought it wonld 

 be more to the interest of the family to separate the 

 purely architectural drawings from the mere landscapes 

 and engravings. The architectural were the only ones 

 of use to his institution, and if it were an object to the 

 family, he was prepared to purchase to the extent of 

 some hundred thalers (400 to 500 thalers?) Uninvit- 

 ing as the proposal is, I thought, my dear lady, I might 

 mention it to you. Beuth wishes, in the event of its 

 being entertained, to treat with some one who will 

 call on him at his own house. May the spring-time be- 

 stow on both of you warmth, cheerfulness, and strength. 

 The Byzantine empire (I mean ours here), is seriously 

 divided into two parties, one espousing the cause of 

 Bunsen's " Gresangbuch," the other that of Eisner's 

 "Liederschatz."* The sympathies of the men of the 

 sword and of all the aides-de-camp are with the " Lie- 

 derschatz." I am still undecided. 



Saturday. A. HT. 



XII. 



HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN. 



Saturday, 9th March, 1833. 



A mind like yours, my noble-hearted friend, requires 

 solitude and calm. It is ever drawing on its own re- 



* Eisner's " Liederschatz " is a collection of sacred hymns. TH. 



