CHAPTER II. 



LIFE OF THE BROTHER AND SISTER IN BATH. 



AT the time when William Herschel brought his 

 sister back with him to Bath, he had established him- 

 self there as a teacher of music, numbering among his 

 pupils many ladies of rank. He was also organist of 

 the Octagon Chapel, and frequently composed anthems, 

 chants, and whole sendees for the choir under his 

 management. On the retirement of Mr. Linley 

 (father of the celebrated singer, afterwards the beau- 

 tiful Mrs. Sheridan) from* the direction of the Public 

 Concerts, he at once added this to his other avoca- 

 tions, and was consequently immersed in business of 

 the most laborious and harassing kind during the 

 whole of the Bath season. But he considered all this 

 professional work only as the means to an end ; devotion 

 to music produced income and a certain degree of leisure, 

 and these were becoming every day more imperatively 

 necessary. Every spare moment of the day, and 

 many hours stolen from the night, had long been 



