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Herschel6632

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[13 January 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.137
Summary:

Has sent his translation of Homer's Iliad to the publisher and is having a collection of the best portions sent to EC.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6633

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[16 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.142
Summary:

Main object in translating Homer was to 'wipe off the stigma cast on English hexameters by such people as Tennyson.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6634

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[4 October 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.170
Summary:

Thanks for EC's poetry; comments on other translators of Homer, and on mythical beasts.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6635

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[10 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.180
Summary:

On the 'Great Phenomenon' of 13 and 14 Nov. [meteor shower]; JH appears to believe that there is an annular ring of very minute planets circling the sun.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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