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Lord Avebury's first wife at the time of her 

 marriage, but all who do agree in speaking of 

 her as a bright intelligent girl, of much charm 

 of manner. 



Marriage did not long divert the young lover 

 of science from his work. 



He wrote a paper in the Entomologist's Annual 

 for 1856, " On the Respiration of Insects," and 

 in the same year made several excursions with 

 Kingsley, which he always greatly enjoyed, 

 besides that already mentioned which led to 

 the discovery of the Musk Ox. In 1857 Kingsley 

 having, with his usual impetuous kindness, under- 

 taken to give a lecture on gravels, applied to him 

 for assistance, and the lecture eventually led 

 to the delightful essay on this subject in the 

 Prose Idylls. 



The variety of Lubbock's interest and industry 

 was really remarkable. During all these years 

 he was paying a close attention to the banking 

 business, and initiated some reforms therein, 

 which will be mentioned in the following chapter. 

 Yet in 1858, when the Philological Society con- 

 templated issuing a new dictionary, he was asked 

 to participate and did not refuse, eventually 

 agreeing to read Borrow and Evelyn's Diary for 

 the purpose — a very pleasant labour for a man 

 of leisure, but a wonderful undertaking for one 

 of his multifarious interests. 



Amongst other letters from Huxley on 

 scientific subjects, written about this date, it 

 may be worth while to quote one as a sample 

 of their correspondence. 



