NOTE BY VARNHAGEN.—On Tuesday Humboldt wrote me with the feuilleton of
the _Journal des Debats_, in which Philarète Chasles, in the most
vulgar manner, abuses the literature of Germany, and sneers at the
most distinguished German authors.
And this miserable fellow has been appointed under Guizot’s ministry
Professeur des Langues du Nord (litt. anglaise, allemande) au College de
France.
You need not return the silly, spiteful trash.