25.HUMBOLDT TO THE PRINCESS VON PUECKLER.
I arrived this very night from Potsdam, and I accept with pleasure the amiable offer of Madame la Princesse for to-morrow, Wednesday night, at eight o’clock precisely, for the spectacle lasts one hour. I feel some fear in fixing it for Thursday, considering the planetarian perturbations. Any persons selected by you will be agreeable to me. I would only beg Madame la Princesse not to invite Rauch, Gans, and Mr. and Mrs. Ruhle, because they have already been bored by this affair. Mr. de Varnhagen may add whomever he pleases. This tact in selecting only those who will have some indulgence in listening to me is unsurpassed.
Thousand respectful and affectionate devotions.
A. Humboldt.
A. Humboldt.
A. Humboldt.
A. Humboldt.
Thursday,2d May, 1837.