240 Caroline Lucretia Herschel. 



so enured to receiving honours in my old age, that I take 



them all upon me without blushing 



Jan. 12/i. No letter for me yet ! and no news, excpet 

 that the Landgrafin of Hesse-Homburg sent me yesterday a 

 very handsome fur mantle to wear when I go to the play, 

 with a message that if I did not put it on, by way of saving 

 it, the next thing she sent me would be a rod. I am accused 

 of having been clothed too thin, for which I have been suf- 

 fering these last three weeks. . . *. . I will give my opinion, 

 and in style of a critic, and you will find yourself not to 

 come off quite free from blame. You have represented me 

 as a goddess, whereas I have done nothing but what I 

 believe to be right; and wherever I did wrong, it was 

 because I knew no better ! 



MISS HERSCHEL TO J. F. W. HERSCHEL, ESQ. 



HANOVER, June 18, 1830. 



MY DEAREST NEPHEW, 



This letter will go by to-day's post, which I believe 

 is the last before the messenger leaves Hanover, and Lega- 

 tions Eath Haase has promised to direct the box for me, so 

 that it is to be called for at Mr. Goltermann's either by 

 yourself, or somebody who will look to it, that it may come 

 safely to your hands. And I will give you here a list of 

 the contents of the box, by which you will see that I must, 

 be very anxious till I know that it is safely come to hand, 

 especially as I was obliged to have the box made very slight 

 on account of saving size and weight. 

 Contents : 



Wollaston's Catalogue. 



Bode's Catalogue. 



My Index to Flamsteed's Observations. 



Herschel's and South's Observations, bound in red 

 morocco. 



