| Description | She forwards the pamphlet 'Astronomical Phenomena for 1872' by W F [William Frederick] Denning sent by Alick [Alexander Stewart Herschel]. She asks if John was aware that he was to be made a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. Mary notes new postal arrangements. She considers the study of ferns to be depressing, having no idea that their numbers were so enormous. She does not mind hearing of John's hard manual work and asks how the observatory stands in a gale. She has no incidents to relate other than a call on Mrs Gunning, when she took her and her boys out for a drive. They have had to beg for a Librarian at Bangalore and she notes the circumstances. |