Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Sends Book XIV of John Frederick William Herschel's Iliad translation. Fears he may not live to finish it and may not find a publisher. Glorious winter in England. Son William and wife have arrived in Calcutta. 29 January 1865