Faraday to Charles Louis Barreswil¹ and Aimé Girard²   11 July 1864

The Green | Hampton Court | 11, July 1864

Gentlemen & dear friends

I have received the third volume of your Excellent Dictionnaire de Chimie Industrelle³ and though I have through age & forgetfulness retired into quiet private life and find myself unable to read much with thought, cannot delay to return you my most grateful thanks for your remembrance of me. I am very happy in watching the progress of Science though I cannot now hope to help it - but I wait for the great change in great hope and rejoice in the peace of mind and the bodily rest which is granted to me[.]

Ever Your very thankful | & obliged | M. Faraday

à | MM. Barreswill et | Aime Girard | &c &c &c