The Correspondence of Michael FaradayThe nineteenth-century chemist and natural philosopher Michael Faraday (1791--1867) is widely regarded as the father of British electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis. It is rather remarkable - and no small feat – that the son of a blacksmith and a member of a religious dissenter group acquired a prominent position within the early nineteenth-century naturalist community in London. In addition to his many significant contributions to the physical sciences, he was an important figure during the first half of the nineteenth century at the Royal Institution in London, and a key scientific consultant for the British government. In Frank James' important six-volume collection, The Correspondence of Michael Faraday he beautifully illustrates the life and career of this eminent nineteenth-century figure. Each volume contains a short biographical vignette of Faraday's working life between 1811--1867. It is a rich resource for scholars not only interested in Faraday, but also in the context of nineteenth-century science generally. The six volume set provides a window into the almost weekly activities of Faraday, with information pertaining to his social circle, research activities, and personal and public opinions on matters connected to subjects ranging from natural philosophy and learned societies in London, to Christianity and British industry.