6386 TRAVEL IN EUROPE AND AMERICA. [1873, 
* Mélanges,” ete., has not yet come to hand, — but it 
is sure to come in time through the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution, and will be received with welcome. I will see 
to the reproduction of the article on the Dominant 
Language of the Twentieth Century, — English of 
course. I am glad you will make a full index of the 
“ Prodromus ” quoad Genera. I wish it had been 
species, also ! 
Glaciers in California! Why, there is a fair rem- 
nant of one now, on the north side of Shasta, —and 
more in the southern part of the Sierra; and as to 
glacial marks, the geologists note them abundantly. 
Iam glad you saw much of Mr. Adams at Vallon. 
Madame A. is the more of a talker, is she not? Or, 
perhaps she does not speak French. Adams is vice- 
president of our American Academy ; and is, I hope, 
presiding this evening at a meeting which I myself am 
not well enough to attend. I hope he will become 
president, for I mean to retire in May. 
Dr. Parry passed last summer in fis Colorado 
Rocky Mountains, where Madame and I visited him, 
in his cabin ; and we ascended Gray’s Peak together 
(14,400 feet). Torrey, old as he is, was there later, 
but did not get up the twin Torrey’s Peak, though his 
daughter did surmount Gray’s Peak... . 
Now about myself. In what time I can save I am 
assisting Brewer in the “ Flora of California,’ and 
shall do for him the Monopetale, and finish next 
summer, if my health does not fail. 
Moreover, this is my last year of university work. I 
finish in July, and then resign, and give my remaining 
time to the “ Flora of North America.” Although it 
is so arranged, it is not yet to be announced. It is 
difficult to drop at once the many things I have charge 
