392 ELIZABETH CARY 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. Acassiz 
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 pear 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.” 
