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viii PBEFACE 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 Eeid for their help; then his earhest friend Mr. Abbott, whose collection of letters was priceless ; then his friends M. Augusta de la Eive and the late Professor Schonbein. I am also indebted to Madame Matteucci, Miss Moore, Miss Magrath, Miss Phillips, Dr. Tyndall, Dr. Percy, Col. Yorke, the late Eev. John Barlow, and to many others. From his letters, his laboratory note-books, his lecture-books, his Trinity House and other manu- scripts, I have arranged the materials for a memorial of Faraday in the simplest order, with the least con- necting matter. I have, however, with permission, used some of the admirable summaries pubHshed by Dr. Tyndall, in his account of ' Faraday as a Discoverer.' H. B. J. October 18ih, 1869.