Life of Alexander Von Humboldt, Vol. 1 of 2: Compiled in Commemoration of the Centenary of His Birth (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The need experienced in Germany of an adequate biography of Alexander von Humboldt has perhaps been felt with scarcely less urgency in this country: and there is therefore every reason to hope that this attempt to place before the world in a true light the life and labours of the Author of Cosmos,' will meet in England with a welcome no less cordial than that which has been granted to the work in its original form.

In preparing this biography for English readers, it has been deemed advisable to omit the third volume, devoted to a critical investigation of Humboldt's scientific labours, since these are given with sufficient minuteness for the general reader in the biographical portion; nor has it been thought desirable to include the last'. Section of the second volume, consisting of an elaborate catalogue of his voluminous works. With these exceptions, the omissions consist only of official documents and some passages of purely local interest.

In rendering quotations from Faust,' the translators have followed the metrical version of Mr. Bayard Taylor. The thermometric readings are given according to Fahrenheit's scale. The notes within brackets have been added by the translators.

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