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HSF - Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel, and the Herschel family
- 1 - Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
  - 2 - Letters from various correspondents to Sir John Frederick William Herschel, with some draft or copy replies

RefNo	HSF/1/2/39
Previous numbers	600/31/70
Level	Item
Title	Letter from Richard Hooper, Upton Vicarage, Wallingford, to 'Dear Sir' [Sir John Frederick William Herschel]
Creator	Hooper; Richard (1821-1894); British clergyman and writer
Date	12 October 1866
Description	He takes the liberty of writing to Herschel without a previous introduction, having been interested in the announcement of Herschel's translation of 'The Iliad'. He cannot purchase many books, but he is anxious to have Herschel's Homer. His late friend Dr [Edward Craven] Hawtrey told him that Herschel was accomplished at what Lord Derby has called the heresy of the English hexameter. Hawtrey gave him the volume of translations from the German edited, he thinks, by Dr [William] Whewell. Hooper has long taken an interest in Homer, as the editor of George Chapman's translations. He ventures to beg for a copy of Herschel's book. If Herschel does not have them, it would give him pleasure to send five volumes of Chapman. He wishes to write a critique on the translations of Homer, taking Herschel's as his text.
Extent	4p.
Format	Manuscript
PhysicalDescription	Ink on paper
AccessStatus	Open

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