HOTEL BELLEVUE DRESDEN 
August 26, 1880. 
My dear Kate: 
And now a word from Dresden. Leaving Stattgart 
on Wednesday morning at 7, after leaving P.P.C. cards 
for everybody from King to Anthropologist, I reached 
Dresden after 12 hours ride through a most beautiful and 
interesting country. Here I found Marshall and Thomp- 
son at the Hotel Bellevue, on the bank of the Elk. We 
have spent three days seeing the Museums and Art Galleries 
and tomorrow morning are off for Berlin, which is only 2 
hours and 40 minutes away. Today I have seen two 
Museums and an art exhibition, which means that I have 
been on my feet about seven hours. 
Dresden is a most interesting old city and withal 
a real city of importance. We can hardly say that we 
have "done" the city, but Prof. Meyer, of the Anthropo- 
logic Museum, has given us a great lesson in Museum making, 
which is what we are here for. He is the great authority 
on museums and installation. 
We shall be in Berlin 4 or 5 days and go thence to 
Hamburg, Brussells, etc., and reach Paris about September 
20th or earlier. You can write to me care Hotel I ! dena 
after receiving this letter. 
