Faraday to Otto Ernst Julius Seyffer   19 April 1848¹

Royal Institution | London | 19 April 1848

Sir

I had the honor a few days ago to receive the copy of your work on Galvanism ² and beg to assure you how much I am moved by this mark of your attention and approbation. The only regret it excites is that through ignorance of the German language I cannot profit by it and that through confusion in the head & loss of memory I am (& have been for some years past) unable to acquire it. Often do I grieve for this deficiency for its shuts me out from the wonderful stores of knowledge not only physical but universal which are from day to day treasured up in that language[.]

Believe me to be with | the highest esteem | Sir | Your Very Obliged Servant | M. Faraday

Dr. O.E.J. Seyffer | &c &c &c

Address: Dr. O.E.J. Seyffer | &c &c &c | care of F.G. Cotta³ | Booksellers | Stuttgart | Wirtemberg