My dear Mr Tyndall,
Walter’s invitation2 is not a very definite one so I must inform you that he expects his young friends from half past six to ten o’clock next Saturday evening3 and that we are to have charades, children’s games, and then at half past nine, supper.
One or two grown ups good naturedly join us in our attempts to amuse the children and I feel that if it is in your power to add to that number, you will
We were vexed to miss seeing you last ..4
You must take care of your health in earnest and I think you should avoid late crowded parties though society in a quieter, earlier, and as I think better form, the society of intimate friendship may be a useful relaxation for you—you have given me many lectures:5 now I have given you one.
Yours always most truly | Juliet Pollock
We hope still to have some walks with you
You shall have a copy of Keats6 when I next see you. I must beg you to return the little Julien7 as it is Fred’s8 property.
RI MS JT/1/TYP/6/1896
LT Typescript Only
[16 February 1857]: the date is given based on relationship to letter 1336, and most likely posted together.
Walter’s invitation: letter 1336.
next Saturday evening: 21 February.
seeing you last ..: the typescript has no day inserted here.
you have given me many lectures: Juliet was a regular attendee of Tyndall’s public lectures at the RI.
copy of Keats: referring to a work by John Keats (1795–1821), the English Romantic poet (ODNB).
the little Julien: J. Pollock, Stories of Julian and his Playfellows (London: Grant and Griffith, 1852).
Fred’s: Frederick Pollock, Walter’s brother.
Please cite as “Tyndall1337,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on