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July 24. S. to F. 1 — July 25. F. to S. 2 — Ocf S. to F. 3 —

1854. Jan^ 27. F. to S. 1 — Feb^ 17. S. to F. 5 — May 15. F.

to S 6 . and considering that I have little or nothing to say and

you are a young man, in füll vigour, that is not so very bad

an account, so be gentle with your failing friend.

You say that in April you are to fetch a daughter from

the "Weichland" etc. I had the foolish thought (perhaps), that

you were Coming to England and have been hoping to see

you, but I suppose mine was all a mistake, for here is May.

As for us, wc do not expect to move far from home now; the

imagination rambles and the desire also, but the body is too

heav}' and earthh'. Our kindest remembrance to Madame

Schcenbein and to all, who remember us. Young folks cannot

be expected to retain much idea of old ones, after so long

a while

Ever My dear friend

Affectionatelv Yours

M. Faraday.

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Schoenbein to Faraday.My dear Faraday

Now a days people talk so much about'the won-derful improvements of the ways of communication, and inter-course being established betwccn the different parts of thecivilized vvorld and to us it is a most difficult matter to senda little parcel from Räle to London. Without that deplorabledeficiency, you had certainly reeeived man}- weeks ago the

1 probably Schcenbeins letter of July nth. 2 vide p. 214. 3 perhaps

Schcenbeins letter of September 24, p. 216. 4 vide p. 21g. 6 vide p. 221

letter of February ioth. 6 vide p. 229. Between No. 5 and 6 are the two

letters brought over by Mr. Merian and Dr. Stehlin respectively, which Faradayhas forgotten to mention.