Letters from various correspondents to Sir John Frederick William Herschel, with some draft or copy replies Correspondence on English hexameter verse, usually in response to Sir John Herschel's translation of 'The Iliad' into English hexameters, and to Friedrich von Schiller's 'Der Spaziergang', translated into Latin verse by Herschel. Some offering comments and criticisms as 'The Iliad' is in progress, others giving thanks and for receiving copies of the finished works. 1862-1868 and 1850