Collingwood | Nov. 21. 1864
My dear Sir
I wish you & your coadjutors every success in your undertaking2 and I wish it could be accomplished to unite the best [matter] which crops up, now being in the form of Memoirs presented to the great Scientific bodies of the country into one good monthly or bimonthly Journal of Science—and that I fear is hopeless.—As regards my cooperation in the way of taking shares in it whether paid up or as you suggest capitalised by contributions I am sorry to say I must decline it. I have no funds available for the one trade and have no inclination to pledge myself either expressly or implicitly to the permanent support of a periodical in the other.
Wishing I could give you a more satisfactory reply I remain | my dear Sir | Yours very truly | John Herschel
RS HS/398b
‘Draft copy’ appears at the top of the letter in Herschel’s hand; the original sent version is missing.
your undertaking: see letter 2184, in which Tyndall asked Herschel if he wished to take part in the ownership of The Reader. See also letter 2185, n. 1, and letters 2181, 2184, 2187, 2189, 2197, 2196, 2200, 2202, and 2206
Please cite as “Tyndall2186,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on