| Description | He has missed more mails than he likes lately. He has received an account from Julia [Herschel] of her Freshwater holiday and letters from Bella [Isabella Herschel]. He advises his mother on Keshab Chandra Sen, not to call him a Brahmin if she should see him, but a Brahmo, as he is not a Brahmin by birth and would not be pleased to be called one. William explains Kehab's speaking of some men in a way that is hard to distinguish from divinity. He describes the weather at Hooghly and asks for the Edinburgh Review to be sent. They are starved for reading and he asks if Bella could send books. His hand is cramped from writing all day, as the Government uses people as clerks. He refers to her wishes regarding Alexander and John [Herschel]. |