Faraday and Sarah Faraday to Christian Friedrich Schoenbein   11 April 1856

Royal Institution | 11 April 1856

My dear Schoenbein

My dear wife purposes answering your kind letter herself; so I leave her pp. 1 & 2 and shall only say, most hearty thanks for your very pleasant, interesting, picture of juvenile life¹. I could have enjoyed it very much indeed. I suppose you were about the biggest child there[.]

The Volume² I sent, was by Mr. Twining, and I dare say it will make its appearance some day; for he was not going to Bale but perhaps near it. Now, however, I have committed another copy, & also the letter I wrote you about, to Mr. Roscoe, a student under Professor Bunsen at Heidelberg. He was to leave London this week for Heidelberg; & I trust you will soon have the volume;- which receive favourably for my sake[.]

Ever Yours | M. Faraday

Royal Institution April 11th 1856

My dear Dr. Schoenbein

The receipt of your letter was an unexpected pleasure & honour & I hasten to thank you for it & all the kind expressions it contains[.]

It would indeed be a great treat to me to visit Switzerland with my husband & to spend a little time quietly as you propose in the midst of your magnificent scenery, if I had the power of walking any distance, but that I have not, & I fear I should only be an incumbrance to my companions if I attempted it.

I am disabled by a Rheumatic affliction (I believe it is) but happily with little pain so that our home continues to be a cheerful & a happy one, as [sic] if you come to London we should be glad to shew you; Mr Faraday too I am thankful to say is in better health than he was years ago when I think he suffered from too much study[.]

Pray present my best remembrances to Mrs Schonbein & your daughters & Believe me dear Dr Schonbein

Yours very sincerely | S. Faraday

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