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Was pleased to receive JH's version of Book I of the Iliad. Comments on the difficulties of translating ancient works into modern language. Hopes his health is sounder.
Please accept the enclosed book, which he has dedicated to JH. Has been unsuccessful at the R.S.L. Hopes some day to have ample means with which to pursue science.
Has instructed the printers to send JH proofs of RM's book on the phonetic alphabet. [Note by JH: 'sent the first proofs to France.']
Sends drawings of masses of ice that fell in the neighborhood on the 7th. Would like drawings returned to deposit them in the museum. Hopes grandchildren reached Collingwood safely.
Sends a cutting from the Stroud Journal concerning JH's father, which may interest JH.
[Written on back of printed notice from Smithsonian Institution, asking British correspondents to forward literary and scientific materials via WW in London.] Received JH's note and vol. 7 of Smithsonian Collections. Sent JH's parcel to Washington.
About disposal of extra copies of JH's printed observations.
Note of thanks to accompany payment for JH's first installment of the Iliad translation.
Thinks application of heat will not harm carbonate of lead crystal, and urges JH to 'boil, torture, or otherwise put it to the question in whatever way' JH sees fit.
Wants suggestions as to whom R.S.L. should award medals.
Cannot travel to London. Wishes she could return to her country and friends. Thankful for her health. Wants Herschels to visit Italy.
Seeks clarification of the position of one of the listed nebulae [see JH's 1862-4-30].
Acknowledges his letter and his invitation to Collingwood. Was pleased to have the company of the young ladies on their journey from Paris.
His gift has given her great pleasure. Will show his translation of Homer to the Tennysons. Has lost her neighbor Mr. Clough. Would like a visit from the Herschels. News of Alfred Tennyson's current work.
Would be glad to know in which work he argued against the eternal existence of matter.
Thanks for his long and valuable reply to his query. States how the query originated.
Thanks for sending him a copy of his translation of the first book of the Iliad. Although his health is better he spent some time near Naples and saw the eruption of Vesuvius. Comments on volcanic activity.
Many years ago JH had said his time was nearly up; now he is doing it again. Hopes it is a good omen. Regarding Greek hexameters and English translations of heroic poetry.
Is meditating on a paper on the infinity of magnitude. Does he recollect a paper by J. J. Sylvester on the passage of a bullet in a gun barrel?