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long been a Foreign Member. In this memoir I 

 endeavoured to give not only an account of his 

 scientific achievements, but to picture the man as he 

 lived and worked ; and I venture to think that my 

 endeavour to honour the memory of my great friend 

 was not unsuccessful, as the memoir was not only re- 

 printed in America by the Smithsonian Institute and by 

 this means widely circulated, but was translated into 

 German by Professor Ostwald, and then placed as a 

 preface to the collection of the works of the great 

 master which was published by the Society in 

 Germany founded in his honour and called " Deutsche 

 Bunsen-Gesellschaft flir Angewandte Physikalische 

 Chemie." 



During the long period over which our friendship 

 extended, I received from Bunsen a large number of 

 letters containing not merely matters relating to our 

 investigations, but to incidents in connection with his 

 own. Especially touching to me were the constant 

 expressions of esteem and affection which they con- 

 tained. I quote only five of the 126 letters which he 

 sent me. 



Feeling that these letters ought in some way to be 

 carefully preserved, and knowing that Bunsen had 

 expressed objection to the publication of his corre- 

 spondence, I offered them to the President of the 

 Bunsen-Gesellschaft for safe keeping. This offer was 

 thankfully received. I had the letters carefully bound, 

 through the kindness of Sir Edward Maunde Thomp- 

 son, by the binders of the British Museum, and a very 

 handsome volume they made. Thus the letters will 

 be preserved for ever by the Society which honours 

 itself by taking Bunsen's name. 



The letter of which the following is a translation 

 was printed in facsimile in my Bunsen Memorial 



