232 LIFE OF SIR JOHN LUBBOCK oh. 



Dean Stanley 



You, or Fitch, I forget which, told a story on Sunday 

 about Lord Beaconsfield and Dean Stanley, which I 

 think Walrond would very much like to have for his 

 life of the Dean. " No dogmas, no deans." I did not 

 catch the whole of it, but if you could send it to Walrond, 

 he would be very much obliged. — Yours truly, 



H. R. Grenfell. 



On October 9 Sir John started with Lady 

 Lubbock for a tour in Greece. By the way, at 

 Paris he paid visits to M. Pasteur and M. Renan. 



On the 22nd they made an expedition to 

 Marathon, but the excessive heat spoiled their 

 enjoyment of the historic battle-field. The 

 presence of Dr. and Mrs. Schliemann added very 

 much to the pleasure of their time in Athens. 

 They made the acquaintance of Miss Tricoupi, 

 by whom they were very favourably, and of 

 Mr. Tricoupi, by whom they were not quite so 

 favourably, impressed. 



On the 26th they started for an expedition by 

 Corinth, Tiryns, Mycenae, Delphi, and Thebes. 

 Sir John writes that he was surprised to find to 

 what miserable villages these celebrated cities 

 had fallen. 



On December 16 he was at Knowsley for an 

 Early Closing Conference at Liverpool, and went 

 on to Preston, where he delivered the address 

 which was afterwards expanded into the first two 

 chapters of The Pleasures of Life. The occasion 

 was the distribution of the prizes to the students 

 at the Harris Institute at Preston. 



It had for a long time been the custom in the 

 City to make advances on "Dock Warrants." 

 This was done to the extent of millions, and Dock 



