38/41 Miss Herschel was just perfect as a guest; she fitted in beautifully. The teachers gave a reception for her, -- -- gave her his poem, and Henry, the gardener, found out that the man in whose employ he lost a finger was her brother-in-law, in Leeds! "Jan. Mr.[Matthew] Arnold has been to the college, and has given his lecture on Emerson. The audience was made up of three hundred students, and three hundred guests from town. |