140 Caroline Lucretia Herschel. [1822. 



recollection ; but as that would only be a drawback to the 

 satisfaction I almost daily may enjoy by hearing of the fame 

 of my dear nephew, it is best to remove all that can bring 

 the past to my recollection. 



The letters which follow are the only documents 

 from which any particulars can be drawn for this and 

 many following years. No Day-book or note-book of 

 any kind appears to have been kept, or at any rate 

 preserved, from the time of the return to Hanover 

 in October, 1822, until the year 1833. 



