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part in the vehement scenes of the year in the 

 House of Commons. His diary notes : " Wed., 

 Feb. 2nd — the long sitting of 42 hours from 

 Monday afternoon to Wednesday morning at 9, 

 when the Speaker stopped it. I went down 

 with Grant Duff to York House." " Thursday, 

 Feb. 3rd. Great excitement in the House. Davitt 

 arrested. Dillon disregarded Speaker's ruling 

 and was suspended, then Parnell. The other 

 Land Leaguers refused to leave the House and 

 vote, so they also were all suspended." Not- 

 withstanding which he is able to note that at 

 the " week - end " party at High Elms were 

 "The Gladstones, Sir D. C. Marjoribanks, etc., 

 etc. Gladstone in great spirits" 



The Jubilee meeting of the British Association 

 occurring this year was, of course, a very great 

 occasion. It was held at York in August and 

 September under his Presidency. His presi- 

 dential address was given on August 31. A 

 temporary installation of electric light was 

 attempted, which flickered terribly and was 

 very trying for the reading of the address. 

 However he seems to have made himself well 

 heard, and it was very favourably received, 

 both by its audience and by the Press. 



The Spectator said that it was " one of the 

 most remarkable and interesting which any 

 President of the British Association has delivered 

 for many years." 



" Wherever Sir John Lubbock appeared," 

 says a writer in the Guardian, " he was attended 

 by a dense crowd, which never went away dis- 

 appointed. Zoology and Botany was the depart- 



