INDEX 



495 



Romanes, Professor G. J., evolution 

 of intellBCt from sense, ii. 

 423 

 interpretations of Darwin, iil. 62 ; 



fatal illness of, 309 

 Letters to — on his refusal to join 

 Association of Liberal Thinkers, 

 ii. 265 ; his obituary of Darwin 

 for Nature, 316, 31T 

 alleged presupposition of design in 

 evolution : liars and authors 

 should have long memories, iii. 

 57 ; experimental evolution, 204 ; 

 illness of: type of the empire 

 and Home Rule, 263 ; adumbra- 

 tion of the Romanes Lecture : 

 Madeira, 204 ; his poems : a wife- 

 comrade : a religion for men : 

 Tennyson poem, 271 ; the 

 Romanes Lecture : a doubtful 

 promise, 286 ; ready to act as 

 substitute for Gladstone : sub- 

 ject, 287 ; Gresham University 

 scheme : payment for lecture, 

 288 ; limits of the subject, 293 ; 

 proofs seen by Romanes, 294 ; 

 dangers of, ib. ; illness of friends : 

 the apiiroach of death, 314 



Romanes, Mrs., a " chirrupping " ac- 

 ceptance of an in\'itation, iii. 288 

 Letter to — publication of the 

 " chirrupping " letter : refrains 

 from " touching a wound he 

 cannot heal," iii. 332 ; guards 

 against possible misrepresenta- 

 tions in the letter, 333 



Romanes Lecture, theme of, anti- 

 cipated in the "Struggle for 

 Existence," iii. 54, 220, 2G4 ; 

 special inducement, 286 ; letters 

 on, 286 sq., 293-298 ; criticisms 

 on, 290, 299-303 ; description of, 

 297 sq. 



Rome, ii. 384-399 



Roscoe, Sir Henry, letter to — on 

 Science Primers, ii. 57 ; advice 

 to stay at Owens College, 88 ; 

 British Association 1872 : health: 

 Primers, 89 ; appointments at 

 Owens College, 101 ; tour in 

 Auvergne, 106; opening of Owens 

 College, 118 ; on Men of Science 

 Series, 256, 257 ; second sketch 

 of Introductory Science Primer, 

 264 ; on his knighthood, 357 

 attack of pleurisy, iii. 9 ; technical 

 education, 9 ; sectarian training 

 colleges, 10 



Rosebery, Lord, letters to— a deputa- 

 tion on London University re- 



form, iii. 240 ; a contretemps at a 

 public dinner, 321 

 Ross, Sir James, meeting with, i. 

 128 



Rosse, Lord, P.R.S., i. 106 ; his 

 help, 149, 155 



Rousseau, iii. 142 



Royal College of Science, to be kept 

 clear of new University scheme, 

 iii. 232 sq. 



Royal Society, and Huxley's early 

 papers, i. 82, 87, 91, 96, 104, 109 ; 

 elected FeUow, 97, 139 ; nearly 

 receives Royal Medal, 101 ; 

 elected on Council, 116 ; Medal, 

 147, 149, 152 

 his work as Secretary, ii. 4 ; duties 

 of Secretary, 386, 389 ; re- 

 signation of Presidency, 363, 

 367, 370-372, 415 ; admission of 

 medical men, 419 sq. ; evening 

 meetings and smoking, 421 

 politics and the Presidency, iii. 

 34-40 ; federation scheme, 58 ; 

 dealings wtli Huxley, 91 ; al- 

 leged ignoring of distinguished 

 men, 276 ; Fee Reduction Fund, 

 277 



Riicker, Professor, and new Uni- 

 versity scheme, iii. 232 



Ruskin, breach of confidence touch- 

 ing a letter of his, ii. 448 



Rutherford, Professor, hel])s in the 

 new science teaching, ii. S3 



Sabine, Colonel, i. 116, 130, 151 ; and 

 the Sehlagintweits, 329 ; and 

 Darwin's Copley Medal, 367 



Sacramental food, iii. 267 



St. Andrews, Lord Rectorship, ii. 

 74, 231 



St. Andrews, sends his son to, ii. 227 



St. Thomas' Hospital, lectures at, 159 



Salisbury, Lord, interview with, on 

 litei'ary and scientific honours, 

 iii. 23 ; seconds vote of tljauks 

 to, as President of the British 

 Association, 325 ; criticism in 

 Nature, 327, 336 



Salmon Disease, ii. 295, 296 ; Memoir 

 on, 318 



Salmon, their "playground," ii. 303 



Salpa, i. S3, 110; aim of his work 

 on, 133 ; anticipated in, ib. 



Salters' Company, present Huxley 

 with their freedom, ii. 334 



Salvation Army controversy, origin, 

 iii. 176 ; progress of, 177-179 



Samuelson, Mr., letter to, on clerical 

 attacks, ii. 21 



