INDEX 



329 



Endowed Schools Act (amend- 

 ing bill), 127-129 ; curricula for 

 Elementary Schools, 129 ; meta- 

 morphoses of insects, 129-130 ; 

 relief measures (siege of Paris), 

 i;U ; purchase of land at 

 Aveljury, 131-133; Shopkeepers 

 and Shop Assistants Bill, 133- 

 134 ; begins study of ants, 

 135; Vice-Chaneellor of London 

 University, 136-137 ; Patents 

 Bill, 138 ; trip down the Dan- 

 ube, 138-141 ; his tame wasp, 

 141-142; excavations in Greece, 

 142-145 ; his mother's death, 

 147 ; early closing of shops, 150 ; 

 Ancient Monuments Bill, 150 ; 

 second Maidstone election, 150 ; 

 on insects and flowers, 151-152 ; 

 Ancient Monuments Bill, 153 ; 

 Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 

 155 : Stonehenge, 156 ; Glad- 

 stone's visit, 150-157 ; origin of 

 £1 notes, 158-159 ; Trustee of 

 British Museum, 160 ; Dental 

 Practitioners Act, 160 ; Accept- 

 ance of Bills Act, 160 ; LL.D. of 

 Dublin University, 162 ; Presi- 

 dent of Institute of Bankers, 

 162 ; asked to stand for the 

 City, 164 ; bill to amend com- 

 pany law, 164-165 ; death of 

 first wife, 165-166 ; Companies 

 Act, 167 ; Ancient Monuments 

 Bill, 167 ; defeated at Maid- 

 stone, 168-169 ; elected M.P. 

 for University of London, 169 

 et seq. ; Ancient Monuments 

 Bill, 174-175 ; meetings with 

 Gladstone, 174, 175 ; President 

 of Linnean Society, 174 ; 

 Jubilee meeting of Britisfi As- 

 sociation, 175 ; visits Glad- 

 stone, 178 ; study of leaf-forms, 

 179-180 ; marriage of daughter 

 (Mrs. Sydney Buxton), 182 ; 

 forestrv, 182 ; electric lighting, 

 183 ; "death of Darwin, 183 

 et seq. ; attitude towards re- 

 ligion, 186-187 ; meeting with 

 Ruskin, 188 ; Irving Bishop 

 and thought-reading experi- 

 ment, 189 ; Senses of Animals, 

 100 ; sobriety on Bank Holi- 

 days, 195-196 ; on reduction 

 of National Debt, 198 ; pro- 

 portional representation, 201 

 et seq. ; second marriage, 206 ; 



proportional representation, 207; 

 University of Edinburgh, 208 ; 

 at Cambridge, 209 ; propor- 

 tional representation, 211 et 

 seq. ; Seedlings, 215 ; Arbitra- 

 tion question, 210 ; parliament- 

 ary work, 217 ; paper on Ants, 

 Bees, and Wasps, 218 ; unveils 

 statue of Sir J. Mason, 218 ; 

 best hundred books, 219 el seq. ; 

 lecture on Reading, 223 ; Shop 

 Hours Regulation Bill, 223-224, 

 228 ; Home Rule Bill, 225 et 

 seq. ; currency and gold coinage, 

 228 et seq. ; bimetallism, 231 ; 

 Dock Warrants, 232-233 ; The 

 Pleasures of Life, 235 et seq. ; 

 Public Libraries Bill, 250 ; 

 Public Accounts, 250 et seq. ; 

 Mr. Ruskin, 260-262 ; letter on 

 Ireland, 203-264 ; London 

 County Council, 269 et seq. ; 

 breakfast parties, 273 ; Declara- 

 tion of Paris, 274 et seq. ; Dock 

 strike, 278 et seq. ; Gas Com- 

 panies' dispute, 287 : Privy 

 Councillor, 289 ; golf, 290-291 ; 

 Home Rule, 294 et seq. ; Duke 

 of Argyll and Darwinism, 298, 

 299 ; Chairman, London County 

 Council, 300 et seq. ; Linnean 

 Society, 303 ; peninsulas in the 

 Southern Hemisphere, 305-306 ; 

 hundred best books, 307, 308 ; 

 Coinage Committee, 309 ; 

 threatened omnibus strike, 

 311 ; Reform Club, 312 ; re- 

 signs Secretaryship of London 

 Bankers, 313 ; resigns Chair- 

 manship, London County Coun- 

 cil, 314, 315 ; intended marriage 

 of Duke of Clarence, 315, 316 ; 

 London County Council, 317 

 et seq. ; The Beauties of Nature, 

 322 et seq. ; Chamber of Com- 

 merce, 324 ; " The Club," 325 ; 

 Coinage Commission, 326 ; Shop 

 Hours' Amendment Bill, 328 

 et seq. ; General Election, 330 ; 

 Beauties of Nature, 333 et seq. ; 

 death of Mrs. Sydney Buxton, 

 335 ; On Seedlings, n. 1 ; bi- 

 metallism, 2 ; address to Work- 

 ing Men's College, 6-15 ; Income 

 Tax, 15, 16 ; Geographical 

 Society and women Fellows, 17 

 City Home Rule protest, 18 

 death of Professor Tyndall, 20 



