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Herschel6625

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[12 July 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.333
Summary:

Sends a work on physical geography in return for a receipt of some lines of poetry.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6626

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[3 January 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.3
Summary:

Thanks for a number of items of poetry and sends EC a translation of some poetry by Friedrich Schiller.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6627

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[14 January 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.6
Summary:

Thanks for a collection of poems; comments on lunar eclipses.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6628

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[15 December 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.25
Summary:

About a great meteor seen earlier in the year; JH is slowly translating Homer's Iliad.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6629

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[8 March 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.34
Summary:

Coincidences between observations of a meteor seen by EC and another account.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6630

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[10 December 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.76
Summary:

Comments about translating Homer and about other translations appearing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6631

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[26 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.107
Summary:

Comments on the unevenness of generations; speculations about life on Uranus; expects to finish translation of the Iliad by the end of the year.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

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

Herschel6636

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[4 February 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.187
Summary:

Is in poor health; laments poor reception of his translation of the Iliad.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6637

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[20 August 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.205
Summary:

Thanks EC for her sonnet; talks about solar photography.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6638

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[9 December 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.211
Summary:

Comments on reports of meteor sightings from the United States and Italy; explains why one may see a satellite of Jupiter where there is none.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6639

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[1 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.213
Summary:

Comments on the death of a number of friends, his own poor health, and how he spent the winter working through his double-star observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6640

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[8 May 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.216
Summary:

Comments on several aspects of poetry, including EC's; JH has been quite ill; talks about walking on water with a water velocipede.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6641

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[1 September 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.226
Summary:

Given up idea of translating Dante; comments on meteor shower report; suggests EC write an ode on poverty.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6642

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[30 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.236
Summary:

Thanks for verses on the transit of Mercury; comments on observation of an auroral arch and eclipse observations of the solar corona.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6643

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[26 December 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.244
Summary:

Comments on observations of meteors, comets, and the transit of Mercury.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6644

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
1869-5
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.257
Summary:

Comments on 'rubbish' published by Poet Laureate, EC's report of the weather of 1849, and the flowers and plants growing in JH's garden.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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