TALBOT7244

[blind stamp] Royal Society of Edinburgh
Edinburgh

8 Mar 1856

My Dear Sir

I have just received yours of the 6^{th 1} & can assure you that the Royal Society ² will be highly gratified by the handsome present which you offer them. It comes at an appropriate moment as we are taking pains to improve our Library, & at this very moment the Illustrated Catalogue ³ is on our lists for purchase.

I believe that Professor Kelland ⁴ is a very fit reference for the paper ⁵ which you mention & which I should be glad to receive when convenient as our meetings terminate on the 3^d Monday of April.

I thought I might sp send the beautiful specimens of Photographic Engraving ⁶ to be exhibited at one of the Meetings of the R. Society where they excited much interest, I could not be Myself present & people were not clearly aware that they were the result of Chemical processes alone. This I presume is the case. If you are disposed to state anything explanatory of the process, even in a general way, it would I am sure be interesting to the Society.

I remain dear Sir Yours Sincerely
James D. Forbes

W. Fox Talbot Esq