From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir Henry Taylor
Date:
[7 April 1862]
Source of text:
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Summary:
Thanks for HT's St. Clement's Eve. Has been reading it with much interest. Praises it.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Thanks for HT's St. Clement's Eve. Has been reading it with much interest. Praises it.
Thanks JH for favorable notice of his play. Sends sample of D. G. Rossetti's translation of Dante's Vita nuova.
Thanks JH for sending JH's work on Dante's Divine Comedy. Confesses not to be a Dante expert, but believes terza rima best for the poem in English.
Has received HT's pamphlet on crime and its prevention and punishment. Praises it and questions some particulars.
Distributed a pamphlet on his theory of criminal punishment. Believes present system not effective. Draws favorable response.