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whose personal acquaintance, I trust, will afford you muchpleasure.

I am my dear Faraday

Your's most sincerelv

Bäle Jun. 28. 1858.

C. F. SCHOENBEIN.

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Faraday to Schoenbein.

Royal Institution 28 July 1858.My dear Schoenbein

Though I date as above yet I am residing inthe country and that has caused nie to miss your friendM. Vischer, which I was very sorry for. I called in GoldenSquare — and wrote a letter in hopes he might return therebut have heard nothing yet, direct from him.

But I saw Miss Schoenbein last Sabbath day and she gavenie the papers and letters from you and your portrait, all ofwhich I was very glad to have. I like the portrait very muchand was vastly glad to have it. It is very like my old friend,.but I pereeive he is getting a little, a very little older ; wlicnyou sce my photograph, which Miss Schoenbein has, you willsee that is my case, but then I have the advantage of youby eight or ten years — and am getting not merely olderbut idler and that is a worse thing.

I like your summary, brief as it is, of your views, verymuch and was just on the point of sencling it off to MessrsTaylor and Francis for the Phil. Mag. when I doubted a littleabout the latter end, and as the date was too late for thismonth, thought I would write to you. It is the part about üavyand the criticism on his view, and those of chemists generally.I have no objeetion to them, for I think all hypotheses unwhole-