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PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.

and to form them into a picture of his life which may almost be looked upon as an autobiography.

My first work was to read his manuscripts; and then to collect from his friends all the letters and notes that were likely to be of interest. And here, in duty bound, I must first thank Mrs. Faraday and her nieces Miss Barnard and Miss Reid for their help; then his earliest friend Mr. Abbott, whose collection of letters was priceless; then his friends M. Auguste de la Rive and the late Professor Schönbein. I am also indebted to Madame Matteucci, Miss Moore, Miss Magrath, Miss Phillips, Dr. Tyndall, Dr. Percy, Col. Yorke, the late Rev. John Barlow, and to many others.

From his letters, his laboratory note-books, his lecture-books, his Trinity House and other manuscripts, I have arranged the materials for a memorial of Faraday in the simplest order, with the least connecting matter.

I have, however, with permission, used some of the admirable summaries published by Dr. Tyndall, in his account of 'Faraday as a Discoverer.'

H. B. J.

October 18th, 1869.

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