Faraday to Gideon Algernon Mantell   3 February 1845

Royal Institution | 3 Feby 1845

My dear Dr Mantel

I cannot thank you too heartily for your kind note & its accompaniment[.] I shall preserve both often to renew remembrances of their author. The work¹ I knew by character & as soon as time allows mean to know it word by word. I count upon an intellectual feast upon it the next time I go into the country or seaside for a rest & I feel that ought to be soon. Rejoicing in your acquired & I trust increasing health and looking forward to the additions which it will enable you to make to the temple of your fame[.]

I am My dear Sir | Your Very Grateful Friend | M. Faraday

Dr. Gideon A. Mantell | &c &c &c