The ravages of a single night. The noble, youthful old man, Vecchio
della Montagna.
Accompanying the book, “Considerations Géographiques sur l’Histoire du
Brézil, Examen critique d’une nouvelle histoire générale du Brézil, par
M. Francois Adolphe de Varnhagen. Rapport fait par M. d’Avezac, Paris,
1857–58.”
221.
HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN.
BERLIN, _March 7th, 1858_.
I presume that you, dear friend, have not seen the indiscreet, almost
talentless, book of Normanby. I shall not return it to Lady Bloomfield
without offering it to you. Skip over it according to the index, and
send it kindly back to me in four or five days. It depicts a badly
played comedy.