| Description | He sends two proofs of Book 2 of 'The Iliad' in translation, which he thought to put into type. However, looking ahead to the next three or four numbers of the 'Cornhill Magazine', he is not certain whether he has the requisite number of pages. In reply to the proposal to accept 100 copies for private circulation in return for permission to insert it into the magazine at an early period, Smith asks if Herschel would accept the option of insertion within the next three months; and if that is not possible, he would be sent the 100 copies. He has not been able to read Book 2, having only received the proof from the printing office within the hour, but he thinks the first book settled the issue of English hexameters. |