308 GEOBGE JOHN EOMANES 1892 



Don't ask anybody above the rank of the younger 

 son of a peer, because I shall not be able to go into 

 dinner before him or her, and that part of my dignity 

 is naturally what I prize most. 



Would you not like me to come in my P.O. 1 suit ? 

 All ablaze with gold, and costing a sum with which 

 I could buy, oh ! so many books. 



Only if your late experiences should prompt you to 

 instruct your other guests not to contradict me don't 

 I rather like it. 



Ever yours very truly, 



T. H. HUXLEY. 



Bon voyage ! You can tell Mr. Jones 2 that I will 

 have him brought before the Privy Council, and fined 

 as in the good old days, if he does not treat you 

 properly. 



To Mr. Huxley. 



St. Aldate's, Oxford : October 25, 1892. 



My dear Mr. Huxley, I am much obliged to you 

 for your information, general and particular, about 

 Madeira. 



You will have seen from the newspapers that the 

 G.O.M. function has duly come off here with all 

 possible pomp and enthusiasm. Bay Lankester 

 called it ' George's Show,' and certainly as a show 

 it was well worth seeing. I am sorry to say that the 

 last telegraphic account I have received of his con- 

 dition from his sister to Sir H. Aclaiid is rather 

 alarming. It will be a sad blow to English biology 

 if he should die. 



1 Privy Councillor. 3 The proprietor of an hotel in Madeira. 



