To his father.
Heidelberg, May 24, 1826.
. . . According to your request, I am going to write you all possible details about my host, the employment of my time, etc., etc. Mr.——, my ‘philister,’ is a tobacco merchant in easy circumstances, having a pretty house in the faubourg of the city.
My windows overlook the town, and my prospect is bounded by a hill situated to the north of Heidelberg.
At the back of the house is a large and fine garden, at the foot of which is a very pretty summer-house.
There are also several clumps of trees in the garden, and an aviary filled with native birds. . . .
Since each day in term time is only the repetition of every other, the account of one will give an idea of all, especially as I follow with regularity the plan of study I have formed.
Every morning I rise at six o'clock, dress, and breakfast.
At seven I go to my lectures, given during the morning in the Museum building, next to which is the anatomical laboratory.
If, in the interval, I have a free hour, as sometimes happens from ten to eleven, I occupy it in making anatomical 