One handsome 12mo. volume., uniform with “The Lettersof Von Humboldt,” elegantly bound in muslin,with an original steel portrait. Price, $1.25.

Containing a full account of his Life from birth todeath; a picturesque summary of his Travels andAdventures in the New World and Asia; biographicalsketches of his relatives and literary associates;a complete résumé of his various works, with extractsfrom his most important ones; a lucid statement ofhis achievements in all departments of science, &c.

“The Life Travels and Books of Alexander vonHumboldt has already gone into a fifth edition. * * *It is entertaining as a romance, and contains the creamof Humboldt’s books. * * * The plan of the work isexcellent. The biography is combined with the wanderingsof the old savant, and the essence of numerousvolumes is here artistically condensed into one. Amore readable and instructive book has not been latelyissued.”—Philadelphia Daily Press.

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LETTERS
OF
Alexander von Humboldt
TO
Varnhagen von Ense.
From 1827 to 1858.
WITH
Extracts from Varnhagen’s Diaries, and Letters of Varnhagen and others to Humboldt.

Translated from the Second German Edition,

By FRIEDRICH KAPP.

NEW YORK:

Rudd & Carleton, 130 Grand Street,

LEIPZIG: F. A. BROCKHAUS.

M DCCC LX.