1873 i January '2nd 

 Gumbinnen, Germany 



TRANSLATION 



Gumbinnen, January 2d, I873 



Dear Doctor, 



I received your letter of December 10th on December 30th. I was glad 

 to hear from you? I almost believe you had had an accident since you had 

 not written for such a long time. From your letter I see that the weather 

 in St. Louis is still not very agreeable for the growing of Nelurabium? the 

 summer hot and dry and the winter cold. May this also be the reason for 

 the extinction of the woods? How was the last wine crop? I am still surprised 

 by the East Prussian climate as it was in the Fall of 1872 and even now. We 

 had no frost until November 13th; raspberries bloomed twice and even had fruits f 

 daisies, gilliflowers and some other flowers bloomed again in November. I 

 believed to be back in Colonia ''ovar as far as the climate was concerned. 

 ...In ray youth I lived through so many rainy days and cloudy skies in the 

 autumn months, these months in this year (1872) were almost without rain and 

 comparatively mild. According to the newspapers, the situation is different 

 in England and France where there were storms and rain almost daily. The memorable 

 November storm at the Baltic Sea coast as well as at the coast of Denmark did 

 not do much harm in Pillau and Gumbinnen, 15 miles from the coast? it was only 

 noticeable by unusual strong winds, which did not, however, even topple one 

 chimney. As you see we are quite satisfied with* the climate here? compared to 

 it, the American seems unbearable. But, regardless, we shall return to America 

 and probably already at the end of February or beginning of March if the weather 

 should not be too cold. Most everything here is more expensive than in America, 

 with the exception of cloths, but even they are not much cheaper. We donH like 

 the still ever-present narrowminded spirit of the bourgeois, the soldier and 

 officials and my capital is not sufficient to live on. 



I am rushing this letter so that I might possible receive an answer from you 

 before our departure, so please write as soon as possible. It is ray intention to 

 go not much further noth than Washington, D. C. and possibly to take up residence 

 there. If you can give me any advice in this respect, you would oblige me very 

 much. The climate in St. Louis is too continental for me. 



On August 10th I traveled to Berlin with ray brother-in-law and stayed for 

 six to seven days. During this time I not only visited many places of interest, 

 as for instance the acquarium, Sfiafl&dcgKatx Zoological Garden, museums, etc. etc., 

 but also Prof. Braun who very kindly drove me through the Botanical Garden and 

 showed me all its interesting things. I was pleasantly surprised to see the large 



