Letter from W H [William Henry] Smyth, St John's Lodge, near Aylesbury, to Sir John [Frederick William Herschel] He lent Herschel's 'The Iliad' to his Archdeacon, who is 'a tight critic' and forwards the resulting comments. He takes it for granted that Herschel has seen [Charles] Babbage's 'Autobiography' and he knows who reviewed it for 'The Athenaeum'. 30 July 1864