New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-19


those he was with" Bat from other sources we
learn that nothing but a keen appreciation oil the
advantages for study presented by suoh an excursion
restrained him from going home in disgust lie was
made TO all intents and purposes S'r huhPhlE
valet To friend who questioned hm ABOUT thlS
unworthy treatment, he wrote that lndeed MS SUM
ton was unpleasant enough, and II he approved oil
the system Of etiquette and valuation formed by the
world he could make thousand complaints. Inc
fact was Sir Humphreys servant had left him. and
il was not easy to get another lie is AZ careful rs
possible" continues Faradcy, TO keep those things
from me which he knows would be dlSgreeable
But Lady Davy is of another humOr. She likes to
show her authority, and at first found her extreme
~ earnest in Notifying me. This occasloned quar-
rels between us nj each of which gained ground,
and che lost it, for the frequency made Ire care
nothing about them and weaaeEed her authority,
and after each she behaved il a milder manner"
We fear Sir IIumphry hardly deserved all the e1-
cuses HE young assistant made for him. Nheh
they were at Geneva, Professor de Ia RIVE
who appreciated Faraday at his true worth, lnFled
them both to dinner. and Davy refused to diAe
with one who in some things acted as his servant
De Ia Rive replied that he was sorry he should nave
to give two dinners instead of one. DaVy may Wen
have smiled when the poor boolbndeTs apprentice
smoke of the superior moral feelings OF phosophc
menu MANY wears afterward 1928, when Faraday
was proposed fer membership of the Royal Society
Sir Humphry opposed his election with the greatest
vebemence, but with so little effect that only one
vote was cast against him.
Faraday was SO magnanimously silent about these
matters that we can read the journal of his travels
with almost unalloyed pleasure. We see him in the
company Of the principal philosophers Of France
Italy. and Germany, watching their experiments,
coyeries, and investigating natural phenomena. AT
Rome he enters with charming zest into the frolic of
the carnival and goes to a masked-ball. was in
a night-gown ard night-cap' he writes, and
had a lady with me whom had not seen till that
night, but who knew all my acquaintance; ana be-
tween us we puzzled them nightly, and we both
came away well entertained Sir lumpbry broke
OFF the tour before he had completed his programme
Of travel and went back rather hastily to England.
My very dear Mother writes Faraday, ut Is with
no small pleasure | write you my last letter from
! foreign country. Ny thoughts wander from
to another, my pen runs on by fits ana starts
not know what TO say. and yet cannot put an end
to my letter. Adieu till see you, dearest mother
lis the shorte, ana to mel the sweetest letter
ever wrote YOU
4 fortnight after his return be was retngaged at
the ROYAL Institution. with somewhat enlarged
duties. at a salary of thirty shillmgs week SO
rarld was his course of self-imprOyement that in
very few years We find him a frequent and import
ant contributor to the best scientific periodicals. and
a most successful lecturer on chemistry before the
City Philosophical Society. His eminence Oh the
rostrum was owing not only to thorough mastery Of
his subject and the ingenuity ueatness, and pre-
cison of his experiments, but to a careful study of
oratory. lie took the greatest pains to acquire
clear and simple style and distinct uteranCe, and so
made himself one OF the most fascinating of speakers.
With all his devotion TO study, it was inevitable
that man Of such gentle disposition should fall in
love- lie found his fate in 1920 in the person Of Miss
Sarah Barnard. and having obtained leave to bring
a wife 70 his at the Institution. and been APP
pointed superintendent of the house and laboratory
he married her in the following Summer The jour
mails and letters relating TO the period OF their en-
gagement are certainly more interesting than hteIa-
ture OF that sort is apt TO be. Even at times when
all men are licensed to mix little folly with their
tenderness, Faraday was more OF less under inc
troll Of common sense. lie takes walk with his be
loved. and when the conversation becomes of " a
pensiNe cast he invites her. by way OF relief to en-
ter a mill and inspect the machinery 4 few love
letters are given, of which has slightly scientific
flavor. MY thoughts he writes are quite giddy.
and run round Your image without any power of
themselves to stop and admire IT. ! want 10 say a
thousand kind and, believe me- heartfelt
things 10 you, but am not master of words
fit Cor the purpose and still, as ponder and think
on you chlorides trials, OIL Dayy, steel miscellanca,
mercury. and fifty other professional faucies swim
before and drive me further and further INTO the
auandarv of stupidncss." Desiring that the we'd
dng-day should be considered Just like any other
day' he offended some Of his near relations by not
inviting them to the ceremony. Faraday and his
wife were both Sandemauaus III religion, and the
philosopher during a later part OF his life, was an
elder of some note in the denomination, and FREE
ouently preached. Dr. Bence Jones gives curl
Gus specimens of the skelcton-scrmOns which he
used to draw up with marvellous neatnesS on bits of
cardboard and carry with him to the pulpit His
married life singularly happy the love which
Illuminated its beginning shOne uudImmcd to its
close. year after the union we find him still
writing love letters TO bis dear girl" and breaking
of in the midst of business communications to tell
her, over and over again, The Old old
story which he used to tell when they
walked together along the cliffs of Brighton,
and relieved their pensive thoughts by looking at
mill wheels. On one of his many professional jour
news to inspect mines chemical works. and on, he
is visiting at a gay country house, and schemes how
he may avoid dinner and spend the time writing to
his wife. More eloquent than such incidents Is a
short letter to Mrs FaTaday written at the age of Il
Home safely dearest. My heart is with You all.
Ever yours, NJ Faraday." year later, when his
physical powers fast declining, he writes: Il
long to see you, dearest, and to talk over things
together and call 10 mind all the kindness | have
received. My head is full and my heart also, but
my recollectiondrapdly fails Ieven as regards the
friends that are in the room with me. You will have
10 resume your old function of ,beng pillow to my
mind and rest, a happy making wife" He had 40