antiquity, its significance for the present time, its life in our scenery, and our every-day life which attracts me once more to my native land, as powerfully as my mother's voice.
A visit to my beloved Copenhagen stands before me, like a point of light on my return to Sweden, and I hope that this coming autumn will enable me to greet the cheerful capital of Denmark. I shall esteem myself fortunate if I see there once more the good and beautiful Queen of Denmark, and receive her bright image into the sanctuary of my heart, there to be preserved as one of its most precious treasures.
Your Majesty's kindness makes me bold enough to hope it; and it is also in reliance upon that, that I venture to solicit a place in your Majesty's memory among the many who love your Majesty, as does
Your Majesty's humble and devoted servant,
LETTER XXXVIII.
TO AGATHA.
I have left the island of the sun and of the palms, and am once more on the continent of America.
On the 3d, I went on board the pretty but expensive steamboat, the “Isabel,” where nothing was good, excepting the captain and mate. My host at Havannah, Mr. Woolcott, had the politeness to see me on board himself, and to take charge of my luggage. He is a good and polite host, and understands perfectly everything which a traveller requires, and his hotel in Havannah is excellent,
