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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



if not the beauty, of their attire. Two nations only, the Swiss and the 

 Japanese, wore plain black clothes. Chancellors of English universities 

 are usually noblemen of no particular distinction intellectually; but most 

 fortunately and appropriately, the present official head of the Univer- 

 sity of Cambridge is Lord Eayleigh, himself a scientific worker of the 

 highest rank. In this, and also in the person of Professor A. C. 

 Seward, who was the official more immediately in contact with the dele- 

 gates, Cambridge was happy in being represented by scientific eminence 

 no less than academic distinction. 



At Christ's College, where Darwin was in residence some eighty 

 years ago, there was an exhibition of objects connected with his life. 



Christ's College, where Darwin attended from 1828 to 1831. 



This included many manuscripts, the apparatus he used upon the voy- 

 age of the " Beagle," specimens he collected, numerous portraits, etc. 

 There was even a series of contemporary caricatures, some good-na- 

 tured, some otherwise. One represented a monkey with a face more or 

 less like that of Darwin, sitting in a tree, reading the " Origin of 

 Species." " Here," ran the legend, " but for natural selection and the 

 survival of the fittest, sits Charles Darwin." 



As we were looking at these things, Dr. Francis Darwin came in, 

 leading an old man. My heart stood still for a moment to realize that 

 this was Sir Joseph Hooker, the great botanist who was Darwin's friend 

 and adviser more than fifty years ago. I had never expected to look 

 upon his face, but there he was, ninety-two years old, yet quite able to 

 enjoy the proceedings and converse with those who were presented to 



