1893 MADEIKA 317 



To James Romanes, Esq. 



Madeira : March 8. 



Charlotte enjoys this place amazingly, she is 

 always saying, ' Just a very Paradise for James.' I 

 quite agree with her. You liked Nice very much, 

 but Nice is far from being up to this either in regard 

 to sun, flowers, rocks, or mountains. It has certainly 

 done me a lot of good. My headaches are virtually 

 gone, and I can work a little again, which makes all 

 the difference between Heaven and its antipodes. 



March 13. 



I am glad you are pleased about the lectureship 

 foundation. The principal feature of the scheme is 

 the perpetual publication of the lectures in volumes 

 of ten each through all time, or at least as long as 

 Oxford lasts. 



I am better even since I last wrote to you. Even 

 my powers of work have, to a considerable extent, 

 returned. So I am answering H. Spencer's articles 

 on ' Weismannism.' 



With warmest love, yours ever the same, 



GEOEGE. 

 To Mrs. G. J. Romanes. 



Madeira. 



I got your dear note soon after we went down 

 to the pier to see you start. Through the club 

 telescope I thought I saw you and Fritz. When you 

 got far out I came home. The Taylors joined our 

 table, which is very agreeable. The Canon told me 



