Faraday to John Barlow   4 October 1858

Royal Institution | 4 Octr. 1858

My dear Barlow

Herewith are the letters I had from Dr. Bence Jones - it is a pity that they came into my hands for I have forgotten them two or three times & if I remember rightly I heard of a call that J. Lacaita1 made here whilst I was away2 - I hope no harm will have happened through my carelessness[.]

As to the Christmas lectures I will look at the notes I wrote out for last year3 & then had to put aside - I will give them if I can - and if I break down I break down4 - but the time for lecturing is fast passing with me.

I grieved that I could not speak to Mrs Barlow at Leeds5 but really time & circumstances seemed to come & go like clouds. Our kindest remembrances if you please to her.

Also to Miss Coutts & say that I saw the gentleman she wrote of though only for a moment.

Ever dear Barlow | Yours truly | M. Faraday

1
James Philip Lacaita (1813-1895, ODNB). Italian born politician and scholar.
2
Lacaita had delivered courses of lectures on various Italian topics in 1857 and 1858 and would do so again in 1859. RI MS Le4/200, 211 and 221 respectively.
3
Faraday’s notes for his 1857/8 Christmas lectures on static electricity are in RI MS F4 J18.
4
Faraday delivered the 1858/9 Christmas lectures on metals. His notes are in RI MS F4 G61.
5
At the Annual Meeting of the British Association.

Please cite as “Faraday3520,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday3520