Copy extract of a letter from Edward Bickersteth, The Prebendal, Aylesbury, to Admiral [William Henry] Smyth He has found time to read Sir John Herschel's hexameters [translation of 'The Iliad'] which are very telling in some parts, such as Agamemnon's prayer to Jupiter, and wonderfully accurate. They have not reconciled him to English hexameters but have removed some of his prejudices. 30 July 1864