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with them Farewell; M. desires to add her 



kindest regards to those of 



Your affectionate nephew, 



J. F. W. HERSCHEL. 



The following letters from the Princesses of Hesse 

 and Dessau afford a pleasing memorial of the kind and 

 affectionate interest which they lost no opportunity of 

 expressing in Miss Herschel and her family. 



HANOVER, Jwte 10, 1834. 



I yesterday received the enclosed note from nry niece, 

 the Dowager Duchess of Anhalt Dessau, but felt too unwell 

 to send it as I could not write, which I wished to do, to 

 thank you also for your great kindness about the book. 

 My niece writes in extasies with your good nature. I am 

 glad to learn from our dear Sophy Beckedorff that you are 

 pretty well. I trust to be well enough soon to see you, but 

 I am still weak and unlike myself. It gave me very great 

 pleasure to learn, that you have had fresh accounts of your 

 nephew, who, I pray God, may be prosperous in all his very 

 interesting and valuable undertakings. 



I am happy of having this opportunity of assuring you of 

 the sincerity of my regard. 



ELISE, 

 The Dowager Landgravine of Hesse, 



born Princess of England. 

 To Miss CAROLINE HERSCHEL. 



[Enclosure.] 



DESSAU, Jutie 6, 1834. 



Miss Caroline Herschel finds here the expressions 

 cf my utmost gratitude for the great kindness to give me 



