| Description Of Item | Written from Vienna. He writes of the Emperor of Russia's visit and the failed attempts to arrange a marriage between an Archduke and a Russian princess; John's [Balfour's eldest brother, eventually a surgeon to the East India Company] request for a lens and a book on talbotypes; instructions to his sister to find a suitable wife for himself; [Johann] Strauss' musical style; similarity between Scots and German; and courses with Rokitansky and Skoda. |