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wife, a salutary lesson to all not to marry, who want to 
devote their time to Nat. Hist. 
Of Joseph's University work Sir Wilham writes : 
WiUiamand Joseph have entered upon their College duties 
of the present session apparently with much satisfaction. 
They both take Mathematics and Moral Philosophy. Joseph 
in addition attends the private Greek class, and Wilham, 
Surgery. ; 
The following letter from Lady Hooker may be quoted at 
length for the Hght it throws on the family's work and successes. 
Lady Hooker, it will be observed, cultivated a sub-Johnsonian 
style ; or perhaps more truly reflected that of the Swan of 
Lichfield, itself a reflection from the authentic Johnson. 
' Your son ' is an affectionate trope for son-in-law, and 
his ' honors ' mean that he is now created Sir William, Knight 
of Hanover, an order which became extinct with the separation 
of Hanover from the British Crown. 
Saturday, May 7, 1836. 
Many thanks for your affectionate congratulations on 
your son's honors and your grandsons' prizes, on the industry 
of the latter, I should rather say. The hope of pleasing their 
relations and gaining their good opinion, goes so far with 
both William and Joseph (especially the former), and they 
value so highly (as they ought to do) yom' favor and com- 
mendation, that I feel particularly gratified at your having 
taken the trouble of writing to them upon this occasion. 
Your present to them is quite too munificent, as perhaps 
they felt, — for Joseph immediately remarked he hoped his 
grandfather was very rich, or he should not like to take so 
much money from him. They would, I am sure, gladly add 
a few hnes to thank you, in their own hand- writing, but their 
father and I have just left them at Helensburgh, where they 
will spend the Sunday with their grandpapa and sisters, 
returning home early on Monday morning. A fortnight ago, 
Joseph walked 24 miles — from Helensburgh to Glasgow — 
rather than wait for the steamer next morning, by which 
delay he would have missed a lecture. Wilhe has gone to-day 
to fish in Loch Lomond, — he started at 3 o'clock this morning : 
Joseph has been equally earnestly employed in turning over 
