100 LIFE OF PROFESSOR HUXLEY chap. "V 



far spent that he never expected to recover as 

 he did. 



In the marriage this year of his youngest daughter, 

 Huxley was doomed to experience the momentary 

 little twinge which will sometimes come to the 

 supporter of an unpopular principle when he first 

 puts it into practice among his own belongings. 



Athen^um Club, 

 Jan. 14, 1889. 



My dear Hooker — I have just left the x " Archives " 

 here for you. I left them on my table by mischance 

 when I came here on the x day. 



I have a piece of family news for you. My youngest 

 daughter Ethel is going to marry John Collier. 



I have always been a great advocate for the triumph 

 of common sense and justice in the " Deceased Wife's 

 Sister" business — and only now discover, that I had a 

 sneaking hope that all of my own daughters would escape 

 that experiment ! 



They are quite suited to one another and I would not 

 wish a better match for her. And whatever annoyances 

 and social pin -pricks may come in Ethel's way, I know 

 nobody less likely to care about them. 



We shall have to go to Norway, I believe, to get the 

 business done. 



In the meantime, my wife (who has been laid up 

 with bronchitic cold ever since we came home) and I 

 have had as much London as we can stand, and are off 

 to-morrow to Eastbourne again, but to more sheltered 

 quarters. 



I hope Lady Hooker and you are thriving. Don't 

 conceal the news from her, as my wife is always accusing 

 me of doing. — Ever yours, 



T. H. Huxley. 



