CHAPTEE XIII 



1894 



The completion early in 1894 of the ninth volume 

 of Collected Essays Wcas followed by a review of them 

 in Nature (February 1), from the pen of Pro- 

 fessor Ray Lankester, emphasising the way in which 

 the writer's personality appears throughout the 

 writing : — 



There is probably no lover of apt discourse, of keen 

 criticism, or of scientific doctrine who will not welcome 

 the issue of Professor Huxley^s Essays in the present con- 

 venient shape. For my own part, I know of no writing 

 which by its mere form, even apart from the supreme 

 interest of the matters with which it mostly deals, gives 

 me so much pleasure as that of the author of these essays. 

 In his case, more than that of his contemporaries, it is 

 strictly true that the style is the man. Some authors we 

 ]uay admire for the consummate skill with which they 

 transfer to the reader their thought \\ithout allowing 

 him, even for a moment, to be conscious of their personaHty. 

 In Professor Huxley's work, on the other hand, we never 

 miss his fascinating presence ; now he is gravely shaking 

 his head, now compressing the lips with emphasis, and 

 from time to time, with a quiet twinkle of the eye, making 



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