Lacock
28 Feb. 1841
My Dear Mother
The Literary Gazette of last Saturday contains a Second letter of mine on Calotype much longer than the first.1.
I am glad to hear that Babbage 2 was so fêté and flatté 3 in Italy, and that he did not forget my drawings.
Imagine falling into a fever by talking too much Italian! I am coming to Town in a few days, having various business to transact. What made Kit 4 in so great a hurry as to return without calling on anybody? – The Snowdrops and aconites are now in perfection, it is a very backward season. I am very willing that you should procure for me a stove like Dr Herbert’s. 5
Yours affly
Henry
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