714 Wohler and Liebig. ["December, 
“ It is quite warm already at Montreux, and the most 
glorious spring weather. I long for the blue lake and the 
beautiful mountains, and quite understand that Davy and 
Faraday should have loved this spot so well.” 
A slight indisposition which befel him in spring obliged 
Wohler to put off the desired journey to the autumn of the 
same year. Liebig was prevented from accompanying him 
by the preparation for an academic speech. 
Wohler to Liebig. 
“ Vernex, September 18, 1872. 
“ It is four days since we have settled down here in one of 
the most comfortable boarding-houses, with a large garden 
close by the water. The mountains of Savoie are steeped 
in light, the lake is perfectly tranquil, and we enjoy with all 
our might this short space of untroubled existence. At 
noon, indeed, the heat is very great, and we are obliged to 
seek the shade of the big plane trees by the lake.” 
Liebig to Wohler. 
“ Munich, September 22, 1872. 
“ Your letter, which pictures so vividly your residence at 
Vernex and Montreux, has given me great pleasure, as it 
clearly shows that the air, the lake, and the comfortable 
lodgings have strengthened your health. I am very sorry 
that we have not met this autumn. I had looked forward 
so much to your coming to see us on your way back.” 
Again and again the delight which Wohler took in the 
contemplation of Nature is reflected in his letters to Liebig, 
breaking forth in exultation when he speaks of the South of 
Italy 
“ On the highest summit of the Blue Mountain stands the 
palace of Tiberius, in whose shade I ate splendid grapes and 
figs, while two brown-faced girls, the guides of our horses, 
danced the Tarantella to the sound of the tambourine. The 
view from there on the blue sea, on the gulfs of Naples and 
Salerno, on the promontory where Circe tried by her singing 
to seduce Ulysses, is something heavenly in its beauty, — 
words are not strong enough to describe this splendour.” 
Besides the repeated journeys to Italy, Wohler visited 
England in 1835. Though the letter in which he describes 
his stay is not addressed to Liebig, but to Professor Dr. 
Hofmann, it may be yet of interest to an English public : — 
