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In that year he was lecturing on scientific subjects to the 

 parents of scholars at the Exeter Buildings Ragged School, off 

 Sloane Street, and was giving similar lectures at the Sloane- 

 Street Y.M.C.A., in which he took a keen interest. He wrote 

 the astronomical notes for the Bible Class Magazine for many 

 years and supplied it with articles on various subjects, including - 

 an account of his first visit to Switzerland in 1868. His Swiss^ 

 holidays were the only real relaxation he allowed himself, and 

 after some thirty-five trips he was as keen as ever to see the^ 

 beloved mountains again. His last journey was undertaken 

 in 1914, when, after a considerably longer stay than he intended^ 

 he returned in a repatriation train and arrived home on the last- 

 Saturday of the fateful August. In 1866 he was elected a 

 member of the Quekett Microscopical Club, and from the end of 

 that year to April 1916 he acted as its Honorary Reporter.. 

 In July 1878 the Club presented him with a valuable gold watch 

 which he always used. His chief papers are published in the- 

 Journals of the Club * and his chief interest in life centred 

 round the friendships and scientific work which his membership 

 brought him. About the same time he became a Fellow of 

 the Royal Microscopical Society, whose proceedings he reported- 

 for over thirty years. 



In addition to his more serious scientific work, which brought. 

 him correspondence from every continent, he was deeply in- 

 terested in the scientific aspects of Temperance and gave many 

 lectures on the principles involved. He constantly throughout. 



* The following is a list of the more important contributions Mr- 

 Lewis made to the Journ. Q.M.C. 1. On the Male of Icerya Purchasi 

 from Natal, vol. iv. p. 29 (1889); 2. On the Stridulating Organs of 

 Cystocaelia immaculata, vol, iv. p. 243 (1890); 3. On a New Species^ 

 of Aleurodes — A. aaparagi, vol. vi. p. 88 (1895) ; 4. On a Stridulating^. 

 Organ in a South African Ant — Strehlognanthns aethropicus, vol. vi^ 

 p. 271 (189C) ; 5. Notes on some Australian Ticks received froi» 

 Mr. C. J. Pound, vol. vii. p. 222 (1899); G. A Contribution to the- 

 Life-history of Ixodes reduvius (Linne), vol. vii. p. 381 (1900); 7. On- 

 an Undescribed Species of Chelifer — Chelifer sculpturatus, vol. viii. p. 

 497 (1902) ; 8. Note on the Larva of Mantispa, vol. xi. p. 213 (1911 ) ~ 

 9. Note on Solpuga ferox, vol. xi. p. 507 (1912) ; 10. The Early His- 

 tory of the Quekett Microscopical Club, vol. xii. p. 425 (1915). Mr^ 

 Lewis's papers were generally illustrated by beautiful drawings exo- 

 cuted by his skilful pencil. [Editor.] 



