Faraday to John Murray   27 June 1831

R Institution | June 27th

Dear Sir

I called the other day (as I trust you were informed) but you and Mr Murray Jnr1 were engaged[.] As Mr. Lockhart2 has arrived pray let me know what you propose doing with my friend Moll’s paper3[.] Perhaps you will send me a note letting me know when you are disengaged[.]

I am | Dear Sir | Very Truly Yours | M. Faraday

John Murray Esq | &c &c &c


Endorsed: 1831 June 27 | Faraday W. Esq

1
John Murray (1808-1892, DNB). Publisher.
2
John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854, DNB).
3
Faraday had offered [Moll](1831d) to the Quarterly Reviewedited by Lockhart and published by Murray. No doubt he wished to redress the imbalance caused by [Brewster](1830), a favourable review of Babbage (1830). When Lockhart and Murray declined Faraday had it printed by Parker and published a fellow Sandemanian Thomas Boosey (1795-1871, B1). See letter 509.

Bibliography

BABBAGE, Charles (1830): Reflections on the Decline of Science in England and on some of its causes, London.

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