Faraday to Arthur-Auguste De La Rive   8 March 1854

Royal Institution | 8 Mar 1854

My dear De la Rive

I send you the enclosed letter¹ in such shape that you may publish it if you think it worth while[.] It has been copied so as to be a little better in writing than if you had had the original. I wish I could have written it in French. As the experiments arose out of your question I send the matter to you first if you publish it in the Bibliotheque² then I shall afterwards give my rough copy to the Philosophical Magazine³ as the translation from your Journal. If you should not find it expedient to print it, then I would alter the heading a little and send it to the Phil Mag as original. Do exactly as you like with it[.]

Ever My dear friend | Yours Affectionately | M. Faraday

Address: A Monsieur | Monsieur Aug. de la Rive | &c &c &c | Geneva | Switzerland