248 Caroline Liicrctia HerscJicL [issi. 



description of Paganini's face and looks, which I could not 

 have given better myself after having had some conversation 

 with him (through an interpreter) ; on coming one evening 

 at the end of a play out of my box, I found some gentlemen 

 waiting to introduce him to me, which I believe was partly 

 done to give the people an opportunity to see him. 



I am reading all the Parliamentary speeches as given in 

 The Sun, and there I meet with some excellent ones by a 

 Sir James Mackintosh ; pray is he any connexion of your 

 family ? In the paper of July 6th I saw a quotation (by a 

 speaker, Mr. E. Lytton Bulwer,) from a celebrated philoso- 

 pher (meaning our own J. Herschel) who had felicitously 

 observed that " the greatest discoverer in science can do no 

 more than accelerate the progress of discovery." .... 

 I remain, my dear niece, 

 Your most affectionate 



CAR. HERSCHEL. 



The following letter, from the celebrated Eiicke, is 

 one of the few preserved which belong to this period, 

 and gives graceful expression to the high esteem in 

 which she was held : 



FROM PROFESSOR ENCKE TO MISS HERSCHEL. 



BEKLIN, Aug. 17, 1831. 

 MADAME, 



I feel great pleasure in informing you that the parcel 

 which has been forwarded to me through your kindness is 

 safely arrived here, and has been delivered to Professor 

 Mitscherlich, according to the directions given by your 

 celebrated nephew, J. Herschel. 



I hardly know, madame, how to return you my thanks 

 for the trouble you have so kindly taken in transmitting the 

 parcel to me. It would, indeed, have been an irretrievable 



