350 MISCELLANEOUS LETTEBS, 1886-1897 



over-hastily come into official conflict with him, ' He is so 

 sterling and amiable, and his faults are so pointedly heart- 

 affections, that I never can bear to see him hurt, and got 

 the better of, without the strongest sympathy and wish to 

 resent.' 



Each old friend warned the other not to expose himself 

 to the chills of a winter journey into the Surrey hills, but 

 both went to the funeral of the old comrade whose love for 

 those two had been beyond any others whatever. 



Once home, his warmest concern was to learn how his 

 friend had borne what he himself had found such a hard 

 trial. For himself he had had a sound sleep in the train return- 

 ing ; ' what a contrast to the previous agony, for it was all 

 I could do to restrain my emotion.' 



Huxley wrote a little memorial article on Tyndall for the 

 January number of the Nineteenth Century, and asked for 

 Hooker's reminiscence of their own first meeting. 



To T. H. Huxley 



It was at the Ipswich Association Meeting in 1851 ; but 

 as I was courting at the time, I do not remember much else 

 about it, than the presence of my beloved — yes I do, — I 

 tossed off a wine glass of ink at the Eed Lion dinner, which 

 was handed me by a waiter, without any intimation that I 

 was to receive after it a pen, and so be equipped for writing 

 my name in the book. 



To the Same 



The Camp, Sunningdale : New Year's Day, 1894. 



Together with all the best wishes of the day, I offer my 

 congratulations on the ' Tyndall.' I think it is as judicious 

 and as good as it could well be. Some of the lighter touches 

 are delightful — notably the ' droll effect ' of some of his 

 sayings. The Carlylean antitheses are very instructive. I 

 have often watched the effect of such ' habits of thought ' 

 in you both. The affecting episode of his last hours comes 

 in perfectly naturally and well. I am glad that you intro- 

 duced it, though I fancy it cost you a struggle to do so. 

 The x Club comes in very appropriately — it is its Swan's 

 song, I fear. 



