I am aware that I am old-fashioned--like Eumaeus, "I dwell
here among the swine, and go not often to the city." Your letters
with little numerals (as k2) may represent the exactness of modern
philology; but more closely remind me of the formulae of algebra, a
study in which I at no time excelled.
It is my purpose to visit Cambridge on June 3, to listen to a most
valuable address by Professor Tosch, of Bonn, on Hittite and Aztec
affinities. If you can meet me there and accept the hospitality of
my college, the encounter may prove a turning point in Mythological
and Philological Science.--Very faithfully yours,
J. CASAUBON.
P.S.--I open this note, written from my dictation by my wife, to
enclose my congratulations on Mrs. Forth's scholarly attainments.
From Professor Forth to Rev. Mr. Casaubon.
(Telegram.)
Will be with you at Cambridge on the third.
From Mrs. Forth, Bradmore-road, Oxford, to David Rivers, Esq.,
Milnthorpe, Yorkshire.
He goes on Saturday to Cambridge to hear some one talk about the
Hittites and the Asiatics. Did you not say there was a good Sunday
train? They sing "O Rest in the Lord" at Magdalen. I often wonder
that Addison's Walk is so deserted on Sundays. He stays over
Sunday at Cambridge. {11}
From David Rivers, Esq., to Mrs. Forth, Oxford.
Dear Mrs. Forth,--Saturday is a half-holiday at the Works, and I
propose to come up and see whether our boat cannot bump Balliol.
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