TALBOT4450

London
March 7. 1842

My dear Constance

I received the Lit^ry Gazette ¹ from M^r Moore ² all safe. What induced my mother to mention it to him again?

I am coming home tomorrow as I mentioned in my note ³ of yesterday which I hope you received.

I called on Aunt Matilda ⁴ today, & afterwards by her desire went & made acquaintance with Chevalier Bunsen ⁵ the Prussian Ambassador - he told me that the Prussian government were going to send Professor Lepsius ⁶ to explore the antiquities of Egypt, and that the Professor was very desirous of taking Calotype views there, if he only knew how - I replied⁷ that I would send him the printed directions and that if he did not mind the trouble of coming over from Berlin, I should be happy to see him at Lacock & try to make him a proficient in the art.

Your aff^te
Henry