SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, BART., M.P., 



F.R.S. 



apology is required for introducing 

 the name of this well-known public 

 man in this book. Amidst a busy 

 commercial and political life, Sir 

 John Lubbock makes time to pursue 

 natural history studies with all the 

 zest of a born naturalist. 



Anyone who has come in contact 

 with him cannot fail to have been 

 struck with his exceedingly clear 

 and forcible sentences in expressing himself. 



Science has from earliest years possessed great charms 

 for him, and in 1881 he filled a well-deserved position 

 in the presidency of the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, and gave on the occasion of 

 the annual meeting an address Ml of vigour and 

 stiggestiveness. 



He was born on April 30th, 1834, so that now he 

 is in the prime of life, and is one of the busiest 



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