200 LIFE OF SIR JOHN LUBBOCK oh. 



the Greeks derived their belief in immortality 

 mainly from Egypt. Iphigenia was, he con- 

 siders, not a Homeric myth, but belongs to a 

 later period." 



It was in the autumn of this year that he went 

 for the first time to Rushmore, the place of Major- 

 General Lane Fox Pitt Rivers, and it is about this 

 date that we may begin to note entries in the diary 

 which seem significant. For example : " Satur- 

 day Nov. 17th. Went down to the Pitt Rivers'. 

 Sunday 18th. In the morning walked with Miss 

 Fox Pitt. Monday 19th. I had a good deal of 

 talk with Alice Fox Pitt." In December we find 

 this young lady a guest at High Elms, and several 

 references about her, all in a highly appreciative 

 strain. Nor was it long before she returned on 

 another visit, for she passed some days with them 

 about the time of the New Year. 



Huxley had been the Rede lecturer at Cam- 

 bridge in 1883. Sir John was invited to succeed 

 him in the lectureship for 1884. He did not feel 

 that he had leisure at this time to accept the 

 invitation, though he did so when it was renewed 

 two years later. 



He relates a dexterous use that he made, in a 

 speech at Accrington, of an amusing little anecdote 

 which may be new to some, though, no doubt, 

 with a chestnutty flavour to others : " Dec. 1st. 

 Went to Huntington's meeting at Accrington. 

 He spoke capitally. The meeting sang heartily 

 and melodiously till we came in. Shuttle worth 

 made a very nice short speech introducing 

 Mundella and me. I was quite taken aback by 

 the warmth with which they received me. I 



