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He was re-elected Chairman of the Committee 

 of Public Accounts, and on March 7 was elected 

 President of the London Chamber of Commerce. 



He went down to High Elms, with Lady 

 Lubbock and the children, on May 11, until the 

 end of the month, and there is a note in his diary 

 of the 29th : " We have had a peaceful time 

 here. I have given myself a good rest, reading 

 and doing my proofs of The Senses and Intelligence 

 of Animals" Another man might have written, 

 instead of " a good rest, reading, etc.," " been 

 hard at work, reading." But Sir John's idea of a 

 " rest " was ever a change of toil. 



On June 10 the eldest son, Harold, of his 

 second marriage, was born. 



They took a house at Lyme Regis for the 

 so-called autumn holiday, where he was working 

 mainly at a second part of The Pleasures of Life. 

 During September he went to Bath for the British 

 Association meeting, and stayed with Mr. and 

 Mrs. Dunn at the College. He read a paper on 

 the habits of the Solitary Bees and Wasps. One 

 day was devoted to an excursion to Stanton Drew. 



From Lyme Regis they went for a short visit 

 to the Harcourts at Malwood, in the New Forest. 

 Mr. John (now Lord) Morley was of the party. 

 On September 26 Sir John notes in his diary : 

 " Had a long and interesting talk with Harcourt 

 about Home Rule. He would give Ireland, and, 

 if desired, Scotland, power of managing their 

 own special affairs, and yet thinks we should 

 allow Scotch and Irish members to vote on ours. 

 This, it seems to me, England would never assent 

 to. At the same time he considers that the 



