Faraday to Alexander John Gaspard Marcet   3 January 1821

Royal Institution | Janry 3rd 1821.

Sir

I received your Volume of Memoirs you were so kind as to permit me to look at, in safety; but too late unfortunately for any notice to be taken of it in the Journal as I had the same day sent the last sheet of the miscellanea back to press[.] The volume appears to me to be highly interesting and augurs well I trust to the series of which it is to be the commencement: at the same time I am not a competent judge of by far the greater part of it and I think I mentioned to you that I had not much influence in the journal except in the Miscellanea which partly falls under my management. I am afraid therefore I should not be able to take that notice of the book which it deserves but if you could spare it again in the course of a month or six weeks, I could give it into the hands of Mr. Brande or you could do so with much better effect and I have no doubt he would be glad of the opportunity of making it known[.] I have been and am still so very busy that I have only looked slightly over the volume and I am sorry that in addition to these reasons I have to add the paucity of my knowledge also has prevented me from enjoying many of the good things contained in it.

I am Sir | with great Respect | Your Obedient Humble Servant | M. Faraday

Dr. Marcet


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