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which had accumulated in his library and which he 

 was not likely to use again ; these he offered as a 

 parting gift to the Eoyal College of Science. On 

 December 8, the Registrar conveys to him the thanks 

 of the Council for " the valuable library of biological 

 works," and further informs him that it was resolved — 



That the library shall be kept in the room formerly 

 occupied by the Dean, which shall be called " The Huxley 

 Laboratory for Biological Research," and be devoted to 

 the prosecution of original researches in Biological Science, 

 with which the name of Professor Huxley is inseparably 

 associated. 



Huxley replied as follows : — 



Dear Registrar — I beg you convey my hearty thanks 

 to the Council for the great kindness of the minute and 

 resolution which you have sent me. My mind has never 

 been greatly set on posthumous fame ; but there is no 

 way of keeping memory green which I should like so 

 well as that which they have adopted towards me. 



It has been my fate to receive a good deal more 

 vibpending than (I hope) I deserve. If my colleagues, 

 with whom I have worked so long, put too high a value 

 upon my services, perhaps the result may be not far off 

 justice. — Yours very faithfully, T. H. Huxley. 



In addition to the directly controversial articles in 

 the early part of the year, two other articles on con- 

 troversial subjects belong to 1891. " Hasisadra's Ad- 

 venture," published in the Nineteenth Century for June, 

 completed his long-contemplated examination of the 

 Flood myth. In this he first discussed the Baby- 

 lonian form of the legend recorded upon the clay 



