Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Smith, dated at Collingwood Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Sends John Frederick William Herschel's translation of Book II of Homer's Iliad (1862). Hopes to publish it in Cornhill Magazine. Three reasons for wanting it to appear soon. 1 October 1862