76 MEMOIR OF AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN. 



1832. afterwards severed by editors, as Ghetaldi and others. The name 

 of this book, which was quite lost, was Eestituta Mathematica 

 Analysis, and it contained, among other things, the first seven 

 books of the Bestituta Hatliematica, which all the above his- 

 torians agree are lost. Perhaps this book may yet turn up 

 somewhere. I would hope from these circumstances that people 

 will thin it worth while to look a little more into these points. 

 I remain, my dear Sir John, 



Yours very truly, 



A. DE MORGAN. 



To Sir John Herschel. 



5 Upper Gower Street, Dec. 27, 1833. 



MY DEAR SIR JOHN, I have a young relation going your way, 

 and though my lucubrations generally speaking are little worth, 

 yet as I know paper direct from England acquires a certain 

 value by crossing the sea, I shall try to fill up this sheet with 

 English news, or rather with what must pass for such in stag- 

 nation of better. Thank you, in the first place, for your paper 

 on nebulas, which I duly received, proving that you never went 

 to look after the southern hemisphere till you had pretty well 

 rummaged the northern. . . . 



I have written a note to Mr. Baily, informing him of this 

 opportunity, but as I have only had twelve hours' notice of it, I 

 am not sure that you will hear from him. In any case, he is in 

 good health, and thriving as no man better deserves to be. The 

 same as to predicaments of the Astronomical. Your papers, 

 namely, Catalogues and observations of Uranus, duly received, 

 and will be read in course. I shall take care of the proofs, and 

 Mr. Baily also. The Royal has had several meetings about 

 their funds. It appears that they are obliged to sell out to 

 pay arrears, and also that their estimated expenditure exceeds 

 their income. They do not seem to know where to reduce. I do 

 not know whether you left England before or after Captain Ross 

 returned. He was at the Astronomical in November in high 

 feather. To judge by his case, the northern latitudes must be 

 good for consumptive people. 



I am not aware whether you know Mr. I , though I sup- 

 pose you do. A paper by him was read at the Astronomical, 

 containing an account of Flamsteed, &c. As Captain Ross was 

 there, the penny-a-liners got hold of the Astronomical, and com- 



