CHAPTER VIII 



"THE ORIGIN OF, SPECIES " (1856-1860) 



(Age 22-26) 



It was a curiously patriarchal establishment to 

 which young Lubbock had brought home his 

 wife. There were the old people, his father and 

 mother, the young menage, and, besides, a large 

 number of his brothers and sisters. The brothers 

 were so far removed from him in years and in 

 mode of thought that he could write of them 

 in his diary comprehensively as " the boys," 

 rather in a paternal than a fraternal manner. 

 Then children were born to the young couple, 

 in the order and at the dates that may be seen 

 by reference to the family pedigree, first a 

 daughter, Amy, later to become Mrs. Mulholland, 

 and now Mrs. Van Zandt, and then John, the 

 present Lord Avebury. Young Lubbock was 

 at this time a slight, good-looking man, of 

 medium height, with a great kindliness and 

 intelligence of expression, and possessed of 

 reserves both of physical and mental power of 

 which his aspect did not give promise. At 

 cricket he was a hard hitter and fast scorer. 



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