Letter from Mary Cornwallis Herschel, to [John Herschel] She chides John lightly for his vulgar jokes and instructs him on how a lady would ride a horse. The Almanack came that morning. She has accepted an invitation, disliking playful names for mature women as evidence of 'a growing loss of dignity & grace in female carriage'. Mary describes the household of Miss Napier and her mother, with Miss Napier's fiancee, a Mr Grimes, 'who deported himself as one of the family'. She hopes that John got to Rogers' camp safely. 3 February 1872