Brazil and the Brazilians : portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches . urnals of science. Dr. Beinhardtfurther added, that the young monarch, in his enthusiasm, paid noattention to the time that flew by as they, in a tropic clime and aclose room, were cooped up for hours over fumigating chemicals. It is well known at Bio de Janeiro that he is a good topo-graphical engineer, and his theoretical knowledge of perspective issometimes put in practice; for the German Prince Adalbert, inthe published account of his visit to Brazil, states that the Emperorpresented him with a veiy creditable p
Brazil and the Brazilians : portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches . urnals of science. Dr. Beinhardtfurther added, that the young monarch, in his enthusiasm, paid noattention to the time that flew by as they, in a tropic clime and aclose room, were cooped up for hours over fumigating chemicals. It is well known at Bio de Janeiro that he is a good topo-graphical engineer, and his theoretical knowledge of perspective issometimes put in practice; for the German Prince Adalbert, inthe published account of his visit to Brazil, states that the Emperorpresented him with a veiy creditable painting from the Imperialpalette. He has a great peiichant for philological studies. I haveheard him speak three different languages, and know, by report,that he converses in three more; and, so far as translating is con-cerned, he is acquainted with every principal European tongueHis library abounds in the best histories, biographies, and encyclo-pedias. Some one has remarked that a stranger can .scarcely starta subject in regard to his own country that would bo foreign to. The Accomplishments of D. Pedro II. 233 Dom Pedro II. There is not a session of the Brazilian HistoricalSociety from which he is absent; and he is familiar with the modernliterature of England, German}1-, and the United States, to a degreeof minuteness absolutely surprising. When Lamartines appeal forassistance was wafted over the waters, it was the Emperor ofBrazil who rendered him greater material aid than any other, bysubscribing for five thousand copies of his work, for which heremitted to the sensitive litterateur one hundred thousand favorite modern poet is Mr. Longfellow, for whom he has anunbounded admiration. In literature and science he is not, however, confined to largetomes, but a portion of each morning is allotted to the perusalof foreign periodicals and journals, as well as the publicationsof Brazil. That which emanates from his own pen is rarely seen;but I have before me some orig
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