CONTENTS vii 



CHAPTER XI 



SCIENCE AND ARCHAEOLOGY 



PAGE 



Archaeology — First proposals for Atlantic cable — Tour in 

 Austria — Stonehenge and Avebury — Publication of 

 clearing-house returns — Kingsley on Prehistoric Times 

 — Invited to stand for London University . . 81 



CHAPTER XII 



MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT 



Homeric " bronze " — Trips to Italy and Switzerland — 

 Defeated again for West Kent — President of Meta- 

 physical Society — First speech in Parliament — Intro- 

 duces his first Bill — Plays cricket for the House — His 

 main objects for wishing for a seat in Parliament . 96 



CHAPTER XIII 



" st. lubbock's day " 



Success in legislation — The Origin of Civilization — President 

 of Anthropological Society — The Bank Holiday Act — 

 Extraordinary scenes on the first Bank Holiday — 

 National testimonial — "Ancient Monuments" Bill 

 — Endowed Schools Act Amendment — " Metamor- 

 phoses of Insects " — Scheme to relieve distress in 

 Paris — Purchase of Avebury — Early Closing Bill 

 drafted . . . . . .112 



CHAPTER XIV 



SCIENCE AND POLITICS 



Buys " a meadow at Abury " — Vice-Chancellor of London 

 University — Constantinople and the Troad — Tame 

 wasp at British Association Meeting — Letters of Dr. 

 Schliemann, Mr. Gladstone, and Darwin — Death of 

 his mother — Early Closing and Ancient Monuments 

 Bills — Re-elected for Maidstone — Lecture to British 

 Association — Insects and flowers . . .135 



