HERBERT SPENCER AT SEVENTY-NINE. 549 



Lord Eayleigh, M. A., D. C. L., LL. D., F. E. S., Prof. Nat. 

 Philos. Royal Institution. 



David G. Ritchie, M. A., Professor of Logic St. Andrews Uni- 

 versity. 



Sir Hfnry E. Roscoe, LL. D., D. C. L., F. R. S. 



J. S. BuRDON Sanderson, LL. D., D. C. L., F. R. S., Reg. Prof, 

 of Medicine Univ. Oxford. 



George H. Savage, M. D., F. R. C. P. 



E. A. ScHAFER, F. R. S., Prof. Physio. Univ. Coll. London. 



D. H. Scott, M. A., Ph. D., F. R. S., Hon. Keeper Jodrell Labora- 

 tory, Ivew. 



Henry Sidgwick, M. A., Litt. D., D. C. L., Prof. Moral Philos. 

 Univ. Camb. 



W. R. SoRLEY, Prof. Moral Philos. Univ. of Aberdeen. 



Leslie Stephen, M. A., Litt. D., LL. D. 



G. F. Stout. 



James Sully, M. A., LL. D. 



W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, C. M. G., C. I. E., M. A., F. R. S. 



John Venn, Sc. D., F. R. S. 



Sydney Howard Vines, M. A., D. Sc, F. R. S., Prof. Botany Univ. 

 Oxford. 



Sir Willoughby Wade, M. D., F. R. C. P. 



Alfred Russel Wallace, D. C. L., F. R. S. 



Beatrice Webb, 



Lady Victoria Welby. 



Samuel Wilks, M. D., LL. D., F. R. S., Pres. R. College of Physi- 

 cians. 



Hawarden, November 30^ 1896. 



My Dear Sir : It has long been my rule to decline joining in groups 

 of signatures, nor do I think myself entitled to bear a prominent part 

 in the present case. But I beg that you will, if you think proper, set 

 me down as an approver of the request to Mr. Spencer, whose signal 

 abilities and, rarer still, whose manful and self-denying character, are 

 so justly objects of admiration. I remain your very faithful, 



W. E. Gladstone. 



F. Howard Collins, Esq. 



2, Lewes-crescent, Brighton, December 19, 1896. 

 My Dear Hooker: If, as may fitly be said, the value of congratu- 

 lations increases in a geometrical progression with the eminence of 

 those offering them, I may, indee.d, be extremely gratified by the 

 accumulation coming from men. standing so high in various spheres. 

 And an accompanying pleasure necessarily results from the good wishes 

 expressed for my health and happiness during my remaining days. 



