THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF PHOTOGRAPHY. 151 
unsuccessful attempt by Mr. Talbot to bring an action against 
Messrs. Scott, Archer, and Gustave le Grey, the inventors of the 
collodion | igi the second one is his reply. We will begin 
with the 
“The a ” ar photgraphy on paper, of which you are the 
inventor, has arrived at such a degrees: of perfection that it must 
ome are anxio 
making more “ete pro than Iti desirable 
cian we should not be lett pehisabsied by rhhe cast of the Con- 
8 say aang will = oba ably require the co-operation of men o 
i 1 arti i8 Vi 
can resour the a e more probable it is that 
their efforts will be attended with success, and, as we feel no 
doubt that some such judicious alterati ul e great 
“Sioned—Lorp RossE and: Sir CHaRrLes aerate 
Mr. Fox Talbot’s reply was as eg — 
“Tam as desirous as any one of the lovers of art and science 
best thin ng I ean do pn the most likely to urther 
anaprowementa in photography, will be to coats ake accealil 
f our artists and amat by relaxing the 
uw 
patent rights that I possess in this invention. I therefore beg 
reply to your kind letter by moe the wae — the 
ed) as 
exception of asingle point, hereafter mention ent 
to the public, together with any other patents for “inprovoments 
in the same art. The exception to which I refer, and whic 
h 
esirous of keeping in the hands of my own Neauenaciathe 
application of the inyention for photographing for sale to the 
