From:
Alexander J. B. Hope
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 February 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.473
Summary:
Many thanks. There is no name he prizes more than JH's.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Many thanks. There is no name he prizes more than JH's.
No summary available.
Has heard that Variation sold the whole edition of 1500 copies in a week [see 5844]. Has done him a world of good. Pall Mall Gazette has review which pleased him exceedingly [see 5874].
Sending the dimensions of the Great Stone in the quarry near Baalbek. Has sent his paper to the Consul in Egypt. Greatly enjoyed his stay at the Herschels'.
Sends prospectus of forthcoming work by his brother [Henry Trimen] and W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [Flora of Middlesex (1869)]. Hopes CD will subscribe.