[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] | Albemarle St. W | 4 Novr. 1857.
My dear Miss Cooke
Your kindness far exceeds what I could have hoped for & I am very grateful to you for it. I could not have thought you would have taken such interest or trouble. I hope your brother2 will return home full of health & rejoicing in the results of his trip. But the idea of calling a journey to Venice a trip3[.] We really accept wonders with great coolness[.] I remember an old school copy Familiarity breeds contempt & am reproached by it. With grateful thanks
I am Your Very faithful Servant | M. Faraday
MUNDAY, John (1996): Edward William Cook 1811-1880: A Man of his Time, Woodbridge.
Please cite as “Faraday3352,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on