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of Proportional Eepresentation is really a case in point, for its 

 justice and even-handed plan commended itself to his well- 

 regulated mind. 



As an author the extent of his compositions is great, and the 

 more so when it is recalled that liis banking business in the day- 

 time, and parliamentary duties afterward, took up so much of his 

 time. The secret of it is that he had thoroughly mastered the 

 art of devolution, and made extensive use of others in his various 

 publications. Ingenious and apt in devising experiments, he 

 largely committed the task of observation to others, while he 

 himself was busy in the city. Possessed of an easy and fluent 

 pen, he was accustomed to submit his manuscript and proofs to 

 authorities in their respective departments. Thus while the 

 facile writing pleased the general reader, the author had ensured 

 the absence of palpable error, and so appealed to the man of 

 Science. The Presidential Address at York in 1881 is a good 

 instance of this composite writing ; in reviewing the progress of 

 science during the previous half-century, he was naturally com- 

 pelled to enlist the help of workers in other fields than those 

 known to him. 



One feature of his social life must not be omitted mention — 

 the breakfiists he gave at his town house during the London 

 season, resembling those of Sir Joseph Banks and the banker- 

 poet, Samuel Rogers. The time was half-past nine, about a dozen 

 to twenty was the usual number of guests, and none who were 

 invited to these gatharings will forget their pleasant charm. 



The portrait of our former President which hangs in our 

 Meeting Room was painted for the subscribers by Mr. Leslie 

 "VVai'd, from no fewer than 27 sittings. 



Lord Avebury was twice married : first to Ellen, only child of 

 the Rev. Peter Hordern. in 1856, who died in 1879, by whom he 

 had three sons and three daughters, and second to Alice Augusta 

 Laurentia, daughter of Lt.-Gen. A. H. Lane Fox-Pitt-Rivers, 

 who survives, and by her had two daughters and three sons. 



[B. D. J.] 



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Tubes of PonteUa, Diaptoinus, Sf.c. L. c. xii. (1853) pp. 115-124, 



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