Faraday to Blackwood and sons1   25 January 18582

Royal Institution | 25 January 1857 [sic]

Gentlemen

I have received from some friend to whom I desire to return my best thanks a copy of the Scenes of Clerical life3. Can you aid me in directing them to the right quarter & if so will you do me that favour4[.]

I am Gentlemen | Your faithful Servant | M. Faraday

Messrs Blackwood & Sons

1
Blackwood & Son Scottish publishing firm. See Tredrey (1954).
2
Dated on the basis of the publication of the book.
3
Eliot (1858), published by Blackwood. See Eliot, Diary, 8 January 1858, p.292 for her instruction that Faraday be sent a copy.

Bibliography

ELIOT, George (1858): Scenes of Clerical Life, 2 voumes, Edinburgh.

TREDREY, Frank D. (1954): The House of Blackwood, 1804-1954: The History of a Publishing Firm, Edinburgh.

Please cite as “Faraday3383,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday3383