Faraday to Edwin Lankester   17 November 18571

[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] | 17 Novr. 1857

My dear Sir

I have not left your letter unattended to. I do not find that any results will occur before Easter2. I cannot tell for the time after3. The F.E4 also I have mentioned to Mr. Barlow & the Committee[.] I am told the Evenings are all full prospectively. I shall keep & use the power you trusted to me as we agreed[.]

Ever Truly Yours | M. Faraday

Dr Lancaster [sic] | &c &c &c

1
Edwin Lankester (1814-1874, ODNB). Physician and naturalist.
2
That is 4 April 1858.
3
Lankester delivered a course of eight lectures on the vegetable kingdom after Easter 1858. RI MS RI Le4/212.
4
Lankester (1858), Friday Evening Discourse of 5 February 1858.

Bibliography

LANKESTER, Edwin (1858): “On the Drinking Water of the Metropolis”, Proc. Roy. Inst., 2: 466-70.

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