484 



LIFE OF PROFESSOR HUXLEY 



teaching in biology, 81 ; view of, 

 85, 89 ; changes tlie course, 86 ; 

 writes Elementary Instrtvction in 

 Biology, ib. ; new house in Marl- 

 borough Place, 91 sq. ; lawsuit, 

 92 ; loan from Tyndall, 95 ; 

 mixed classes in Anatomy, 96 ; 

 Lord Rector of Aberdeen, 97 ; 

 trip to the Auvergne, 101 sqq. ; 

 as travelling companion, 102 (cp. 

 290) ; geological work, 104 ; 

 letters on, 105-lOS ; learns to 

 smoke, 105 n. ; Order of the Pole 

 Star, 110 ; a paternal gander, 

 ib. ; his reputation and the part 

 he has to play in the world, 

 111 (cp. 200, 222) ; scientific 

 work after 1870, 112 ; precious 

 half -hours, ib., 289; duty of 

 fulfilling a promise, 113, 355 ; 

 attends Presbyterian service, 

 126 ; at Belfast British Associa- 

 tion, 131 sqq.; on "grasping the 

 nettle," 133 ; feeling about vivi- 

 section, 163, 164 sq., 170-172 ; 

 grouse - murder, 189 ; Natural 

 History courses at Edinburgh, 

 175 sq. ; suspects himself of 

 cowardice, 197 ; expectation of 

 his visit in America, 199; a 

 second honeymoon, 200 ; posi- 

 tion in the world of thought, 

 ib. ; tugs in New York harbour, 

 202 ; prefers the contents of a 

 university to the buildings, ib. ; 

 old opinions and new truth, 203 ; 

 at Niagara, 206 ; meets his sister 

 again, 207 ; an address under 

 difficulties, 209 ; lectures on 

 Evolution, 210 sq. ; prophecies 

 fulfilled, 212 ; the two things he 

 really cares about, 222 ; posthu- 

 mous fame, ib. (cp. iii. ISO, 191) ; 

 ingrained laziness the bane of 

 his existence, 227 (cp. i. 388) ; 

 .speech on Darwin's LL.D. at 

 Cambridge, 228 s^., 233 ; help to 

 a distressed man of science, 231 ; 

 " bottled life," 234 ; politics in 

 1878, 241 sq. ; projected Intro- 

 ductions to Zoology, Mammalia, 

 Antliropology, and Psycholo.gy, 

 243 ; engrossed in the Inverte- 

 brates, ib. sq. ; aifected by his 

 daughter's illness, 247, 377, 386, 

 388, 398 ; rationality and the 

 parental capacity, iii. 45 ; traces 

 diphtheria, ii. 247 ; learns Greek, 



263 ; Governor of Eton College, 



264 ; makes drawing part of the 



curriculum, 265 ; attends no 

 society except the Royal and 

 Zoological, ib. ; fifty - three a 

 youthful age, ib. ; resigns presi- 

 dency of Association of Liberal 

 Thinkers, 266 ; LL.D. at Cam- 

 bridge, ib. ; becomes a "person 

 of respectability," ib. ; " eats 

 the leek " over Bathybius, 268 ; 

 advantages of breaking a leg, 

 274 ; faith in Natural Selection, 

 279 ; "pretty Fanny's way," 281 ; 

 optimism and pessimism, 283 ; 

 friendship and criticism, 285 ; 

 farther involved in official 

 duties, 289 ; Inspector of Fish- 

 eries, ib. ; salary, 290 ; duties of 

 inspectorship described, 292- , 



304 ; conduct of meetings, 298 ; | 

 as a companion, 296 (cp. 102) ; 

 as a writer, 297 ; as a speaker, 

 ib.; life uninfluenced by idea of 

 future recompense, 299 ; a child's 

 criticism on, ib. ; refuses to go 

 to Oxford as Linacre Professor, 

 304, or Master of University 

 College, 306 ; debt to Carlyle, 

 310 ; health in 1881, 311 ; his 

 title of Dean, 312 ; his nunc 

 dimittis postponed by death of 

 F. Balfour, 315 ; his notion of a 

 holiday, 321 (cp. 347); queer 

 correspondents, 322 sq. ; table 

 talk of, in 1882, 327 (cp. iii. 365) ; 

 presented with the freedom of 

 the Salters, 334 ; President 

 Royal Society, ib. sq. ; qualifica- 

 tions for, 336, 337 ; reluctance 

 to accept, 335 - 338, or create 

 division in the Society, 340, or 

 to commit it ■ to debateable 

 opinions, 343, 344 (cp. 421) ; art 

 of governing the headstrong, 

 340; a record in cab -driving, 



346 ; effect of anxiety on hand- 

 writing, 346 ; holiday defined, 



347 ; composition of a presi- 

 dential address, 349 ; confesses 

 himself to Tyndall, 350 ; the 

 thought of extinction, 351 ; 

 " fadiid but fascinating," 352 ; 

 increasing ill-health, 355 ; gives 

 up anatomy, ih. ; iii. 346 ; looks 

 forward to an " Indian summer," 

 360, 377 ; re-reads the Decline 

 and Fall, 360 ; rumoured accept- 

 ance of a title, 361 ; getting into 

 harness as a tonic, 375 ; ordered 

 abroad, ib. ; takes up Italian 

 again, 384 ; papal and pagan 



