I sat at the table where he made his discovery.
"We went to the Porcelain Manufactory, and, singularly enough, met there the daughter of Oersted, to whom I had the pleasure of an introduction.
Oersted was a most amiable man and universally beloved.

The daughter is said to resemble her father in her features, and I traced a resemblance to him in the small porcelain bust which I came to the manufactory to purchase." "_St.Petersburg, August 8, 1856._ Up to this date we have been in one constant round of visits to the truly wonderful objects of curiosity in this magnificent city.

I have seen, as you know, most of the great and marvellous cities of Europe, but I can truly say none of them can at all compare in splendor and beauty to St.Petersburg.It is a city of palaces, and palaces of the most gorgeous character.

The display of wealth in the palaces and churches is so great that the simple truth told about them would incur to the narrator the suspicion of romancing.
England boasts of her regalia in the Tower, her crown jewels, her Kohinoor diamond, etc.

I can assure you that they fade into insignificance, as a rush-light before the sun, when brought before the wealth in jewels and gold seen here in such profusion.