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black letters ; but he did not make much success 

 of the literary education of the dog. 



On May 11 he took a short tour, with Mrs. 

 Mulholland and Miss Lubbock, round the Italian 

 Lakes, and immediately after their return he 

 and Miss Lubbock went to Cambridge, where he 

 was to receive the LL.D. degree. They stayed 

 with the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Porter. 



The following day the degrees were conferred, 

 the other recipients being Gen. Menabrea, 

 Michaelis, Hubner, M. Arnold, Sir R. Temple, 

 Watts, Stuart Poole, Gen. Walker, Mr. Goodwin, 

 Mr. Roscoe, Sir A. Grant, and Sir F. Ouseley. 

 The Undergraduates received Sir John very 

 warmly. 



On June 22 Mr. Sydney Buxton, Sir John's 

 son-in-law, was returned for Peterborough by 

 330 majority. 



Mr. Spottiswoode, the President of the Royal 

 Society, died on June 26 and was buried in West- 

 minster Abbey on the 5th July. Sir John was 

 one of the pall-bearers, among the others being 

 the Duke of Northumberland, Lord Salisbury, 

 Lord Granville, Lord Aberdare, Mr. Siemens, and 

 Mr. Armstrong. This was the fourth occasion 

 on which he assisted in a similar capacity, the 

 others being as bearer of Sir J. W. Herschel, of 

 Sir C. Lyell, and of Mr. Darwin. 



As has already been noted, the reduction of 

 the National Debt was a measure to which Sir 

 John gave much attention. Mr. J. G. Hubbard 

 writes to him asking him to look at a 

 letter on the subject which Mr. Hubbard had 

 written to the Times. He particularly enquires 



