OVERWORK AND DE( 



twelvemonth after! "My brother not* life 



despaired of," "permitted to see him. Uit only for two 

 or thn'i- minutes"! And in this tim- of <lintreas the 

 worthless Di causing them no en-i of trouble 



t>y hia conduct Let it be said on his behalf that hi* 

 dang K nipping, atoned in future years, to 



some extent at least, for her father's shortcomings, 

 She was the faithful and trusted attendant of 

 aunt '.i! :.IH.' during the last years of her long 



*trs roll on, the record remains equally mournful 



strength is now (1815), and has for the last two 

 I- three years not been equal to the labour required 

 for polishing 40-feet mirrors"; at a Royal M fete at 

 Frogmore " (1817) " I was obliged to go home with my 

 brother," who " found himself too feeble to remain in 

 company/' But feebleness and ill-health gave no 

 remission from a showman's duty: "The Archduke 



tel of Russia, with a numerous attendance, came 

 to see Jupiter," etc. (1818). Princesses, archdukes, lords 

 and ladies came to see many objects in the 10- ft. and other 

 telescopes (1819), unaware that the sage-astronomer, 

 whom they were treating as a showman, was hastening 

 grave. His sis !i much concern saw that 



;ul exerted himself too much above his strength 

 " A small slip of yellow paper " traced by a tremu- 

 lously feeble hand, indicating the appearance <>: 

 great comet with a long tail/' was among the last 

 communications from Hcrschel to his sister. She kept 

 it as a relic of a lamp of life that once burned brightly, 

 and was then flickering in the socket For three years 



.tinu.-'l 1 the end came, on August 25, 



1822. A noble light of humanity and science then set 

 for ever on this earthly scene. 



