_Sept. 29, 1826._ MY DEAREST NEPHEW,— Within this hour only I received your dear letter, dated Montpellier, Sept. 17th, which I assure you has made quite another (and what is more) a proud woman of me; for your answers to my few questions are so kindly expressive of approbation, that I shall in future not fear to follow my own opinion, which through my whole lifetime I never ventured to do before. I am glad you did not come to Hanover, for I am sure to part from you once more would finish me before I am quite prepared for going. The letter you mention having written me before you left England I have not received. The fault does not lie here, for the secretary here takes too much pleasure in sending me my letters. I must hasten to get my packet away, but will only beg to let me know through Miss Baldwin as soon as you get home of your safe arrival, for I fear you must often be exposed to great dangers by creeping about in holes and corners among craters of volcanoes, but you know best, and I hope you found something.... I am, My dear nephew’s affectionate aunt, C. HERSCHEL. MISS HERSCHEL TO J. F. W. HERSCHEL. _Nov. 1, 1826._ MY DEAREST NEPHEW,— The 1st vol. of the translation of your dear father’s papers is come out. I shall have it in a few days from the bookbinder, and in February, I am told, the next volume will make its appearance. I wish you would inform me _as soon as possible_ if I shall send you a copy, that I may write for one in time to have it ready by the end of December, when the messenger leaves Hanover. It is a pity you cannot have it immediately. The plates are not with the work, but are to be had bound in a separate book (I suppose when the whole is finished). I long to know that you are arrived safe and in good health in England again, for by your last, dated Montpellier, Sept. 17th, I see that you had then another volcanic mountain to visit, besides an observation to make on solar radiation with your new instrument; the very thought of it puts me in a fever all over—at this present moment, though we have no longer to complain of heat; so I beg you will inform me that your health has not been injured, and that you have not been totally disappointed in your researches. I lead a very idle life, my sole employment consists in keeping myself in good humour and not be disagreeable to others. Groskopf tells me the translation of your father’s papers causes a great sensation among the learned here in Hanover. * * * * * Believe me, dearest nephew, Yours, most affectionately, C. HERSCHEL.