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my amusement. And if you could send me the names of 

 the President and of the gentlemen of the present Council, 

 it would greatly oblige me. 



I hope you will pardon my having intruded so long on 

 your time, but it has ever been my fault to be tedious in 

 expressing my thoughts on paper ; but will now only add 

 that, with great esteem and regard, 



I remain, my dear Sir, 



Your humble servant, 



CAROLINE HERSCHEL. 



FROM MRS. SOMERYILLE TO MISS HERSCHEL. 



ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA, 



April 16, 1835. 



DEAB MADAM, 



I have sincere pleasure in availing myself of the 

 opportunity of writing to you which the Astronomical 

 Society of London has afforded me, by placing my name in 

 the number of Honorary Members, and greatly adding to 

 the value of that distinction by associating my name with 

 yours, to which I have looked up with so much admiration. 

 My object in writing is to request that you will accept 

 of a copy of my book on the Connexion of the Physical 

 Sciences, which is offered with great deference, having 

 been written for a very different class of readers. 



I am proud of the friendship of your nephew, the worthy 

 son of such a father, who is 'succeeding so well hi his 

 glorious undertaking at the Cape. I have seen a letter of 

 the 27th January, when they were all well and prospering. 

 I remain, dear Madam, 



With sincere esteem, 



Very truly yours, 



MARY SOMERVILLE. 



