92 Caroline Lucretia HerscJiel. [1791-1705. 



and are wishing it may not be long before you visit 

 England again. 



I remain, dear sir, 



With greatest esteem, &c., &c., 

 C. HERSCHEL. 



Another foreign correspondent was inspired to soar 

 above the ordinary level of scientific communications, 

 and addressed Miss Herschel in a strain of high-flown 

 adulation, of which the following is a translation : 



GOTTINGEN, May 10, [about 1793.] 



Permit me, most revered lady, to bring to your remem- 

 brance a man who has held you in the highest esteem ever 

 since he had the good fortune to enter the Temple of 

 Urania, at Slough, and to pay his respects to its priestess. 

 I still recall the happy hours passed in England in earlier 

 days of sweet remembrance, and above all, those which I 

 was privileged to spend near you in a society as genial as it 

 was intellectual. 



Give me leave, noble and worthy priestess of the new 

 heavens, to lay at your feet my small offering on eclipses of 

 the sun, and at the same time to express my gratitude and 

 deepest reverence. The bearer is a young Mr. Johnston, 

 who has been studying here, and is now returning to 

 England. He is a young man of excellent character, and 

 possessed of unusual capacity and attainments. 



May I venture to ask, most honoured Miss, that when 

 you or your brother make any discovery, you will grant 

 me early notice of it, as you once had the kindness to 

 promise to do. You can hardly fail to make them at 

 Slough, where every day is rich in discovery, especially 

 when one of your own subjects the comets comes to offer 

 its homage. 



