142 THE REV. J. G. WOOD. 



three anthropoid types were alive at the same time under the same 

 roof, for the first time in the history of the world. 



The next lectures were at Forest School, Waltham- 

 stow, of which Dr. Gr. F. Barlow Gruy, a very old friend 

 of my father's, was then head-master. The same series 

 were delivered here as at Brixton five months earlier, 

 one lecture being given each day from September 10th 

 to 16th. This was rather an experiment, it being the 

 first time that my father had lectured to an audience 

 consisting almost entirely of boys ; but they seemed 

 wonderfully interested, were vociferous in their applause, 

 and were full of questions at the close of each lecture. 

 My father, indeed, always had a wonderful knack of 

 winning and keeping the attention of boys. He seemed 

 to know by a sort of instinct the points which would 

 interest them, and always contrived to put those points 

 in simple and yet attractive language ; so that he never 

 went beyond the capacity of his hearers, and always left 

 them with a clear understanding of that which he had 

 endeavoured to teach. School engagements were con- 

 sequently numerous, and in course of time a special 

 syllabus was drawn up for schools only, embracing a 

 comprehensive series of lectures on every branch of 

 zoology. 



The first lecture of the regular season took place at 

 Lancaster, on September 25th, and was enthusiastically 

 received, the subject being " Unappreciated Insects." 

 The same lecture was given at Swansea, on October 2nd, 

 before an audience of fully eleven hundred, on October 

 7th at the Angell Town Institute, Brixton, and on the 



