1892 LETTERS 263 



But do let me told myself up as the horrid example 

 of what comes of that sort of thing for men who have to 

 work as you are doing and I have done. To be sure you 

 are a " lungy " man and I am a " livery " man, so that 

 your chances of escaping candle-snuff accumulations with 

 melancholic prostration are much better. Nevertheless take 

 care. The pitcher is a very valuable piece of crockery, and 

 I don't want to live to see it cracked by going to the well 

 once too often. 



I am in great spirits about the new University move- 

 ment, and have told the rising generation that this old 

 hulk is ready to be towed out into line of battle, if they 

 think fit, which is more commendable to my public spirit 

 than my prudence. — Ever yours, T. H. Huxley, 



HoDESLEA, June 20, 1892. 



My dear Eomanes — My wife and I, no less than the 

 Hookers who have been paying us a short visit, were very 

 much grieved to hear that such a serious trouble has 

 befallen you. 



In such cases as yours (as I am sure your doctors have 

 told you) hygienic conditions are everything — good air 

 and idleness, construed strictly, among the chief. You 

 should do as I have done — set up a garden and water it 

 yourself for two hours every day, besides pottering about 

 to see how things grow (or don't grow this weather) for a 

 couple more. 



Sundry box-trees, the majority of which have been 

 getting browner every day since I planted them three 

 months ago, have interested me almost as much as the 

 general election. They typify the Empire with the 

 G.O.M. at work at the root of it ! — Ever yours very 

 faithfully, T. H. Huxley. 



HODESLEA, Oct. 18, 1892. 



My dear Romanes — I throw dust and ashes on my 

 head for having left your letter almost a week unanswered. 



