V. I.

Lenin

1904

149

To:   HIS MOTHER

January 8, 1904

Mother dearest, I forgot to reply to Manyasha about the 150 rubles she
was enquiring about. Let them remain with you, for the time being at any rate. I would, however, ask you to buy
a few books with some of the money. I have already written about a Russian-French Dictionary. To this I should
like to add Sechenov’s Elementy mysli (a recently published book).

A few days ago I had a wonderful outing to Salève with
Nadya and a friend. [1]

Down below in Geneva it was all mist and gloom, but up on the mountain (about 4,000 feet above
sea level) there was glorious sunshine, snow, tobogganing—
altogether a good Russian winter’s day. And at the foot
of the mountain— la mer du brouillard , a veritable sea
of mist and clouds, concealing everything except the mountains jutting up through it, and only the highest at that.
Even little Salève (nearly 3,000 feet) was wrapped in mist.

So we are beginning to get to know Switzerland and its scenery. In the spring we intend to make a long walking
tour.

I embrace you fondly, my dear. Are you keeping well?
How are you?

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Notes:
[1]
F. V. Lengnik.— Ed .