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delivered it from eight to nine o'clock, packed up my 

 traps, caught the night mail at twelve, got home at 

 three a.m., and lectured to my class at nine in the 

 morning. But with all this I enjoyed lecturing very 

 much. 



The packages of apparatus which I had to take 

 about were often of portentous size and strange 

 appearance. On one occasion, after a lecture at 

 Hull, my assistant Hey wood and I, encumbered by 

 many packages, arrived at the station as our train was 

 on the point of departure, to be greeted by an excited 

 porter : " Now, you Punch and Judy men, take your 

 seats at once." 



I used to order glass apparatus for my laboratory 

 from Vienna, and it generally arrived in many large 

 cases before the beginning of the session. One year 

 the things did not turn up, although they had been 

 despatched in proper time. After a while an indignant 

 carter arrived at the college with the goods. " Does 

 Bosco live here ? I have been all over the place 

 seeking him." Bosco was a celebrated conjurer who 

 had recently visited Manchester, and these packages 

 were supposed to contain some of his tricks. 



In the autumn of 1879 I was invited by the Borough 

 Council of Liverpool to give a course of public lectures 

 in the concert room of the St. George's Hall. These 

 were very largely attended, and appear to have been 

 appreciated by the audience. I afterward received a 

 copy of a resolution of thanks passed at a meeting of 

 the Borough Council. 



In December of that year I was elected, together 

 with Marignac, of Geneva, an honorary member of 

 the German Chemical Society. This I greatly value, 

 as the number of honorary members is a very 

 restricted one. 



