TALBOT9763

Edinburgh 13 Great Stuart S^t
March 15. 1871

My Dear Sir

I send you the short paper which I promised in my last letter of the 10^th inst. ‘on an Eclipse in the time of Assurbanipal’: which if you think fit, can be read at an early meeting of the Society – If you publish ‘Proceedings’, this will not take when printed more than 3 or 4 pages –¹

If it is the intention of the Authorities of the B. Museum to send me a Copy of their new volume,² will you request them to do so soon? because I shall not stay very much longer in Edinburgh, and it would be inconvenient to have so large a volume forwarded after me from place to place.

I have not heard when the meeting for the Inauguration of the Society³ is to take place. I hope it will be successful and that more members may be induced to join.

Believe me Yours vy Truly
H. F. Talbot

S. Birch Esq B. Mus^m