24 Caroline Lucretia Herschel. [ires-mo. 



opened to the Public, and the Court orchestra was called 

 upon to play there, they did it without any emolument, so 

 that there was no way left to increase their small salaries 

 but by giving a few subscription concerts in the winter, or 

 by teaching. So much, by way of apology, for the emi- 

 gration of pail of my family to England.] 



" We passed the winter in the utmost quiet, except when 

 Alexander took it into his head to entertain gentlemen in 

 his own apartment, which always made my mother very 

 cross, else in general nothing disturbed us in our occupa- 

 tion. My mother spun, I was at work on a set of ruffles of 

 Dresden-work for my brother Jacob, whilst Alexander often 

 sat by us and amused us and himself with making all sorts 

 of things in pasteboard, or contriving how to make a twelve- 

 hour Cuckoo clock go a week. . . . As my mother saw 

 that Dietrich's confirmation was still uncertain, she insisted 

 on having him back again. . . . Accordingly at the end 

 of July they [Jacob and Dietrich] arrived, and Dietrich 

 entered school again immediately," but remained only until 

 his confirmation the following Easter. 



A new direction was suddenly given to all their 

 plans by the arrival of letters from the absent brother 

 William, who proposed that his sister should join him 

 at Bath 



. . . " to make the trial if by his instruction I might not be- 

 come a useful singer for his winter concerts and oratorios, 

 he advised my brother Jacob to give me some lessons by 

 way of beginning ; but that if after a trial of two years we 

 should not find it answer our expectation he would bring 

 me back again. This at first seemed to be agreeable to all 



