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Index 



St Andrews, Dr Heron's lectures at, III A 360, 361 



St Qiiintins, the, at Keswick, I 156 



Saleeby, C. W., controversial methods of, III A 404, 405; 

 attacks Eugenics Laboratory, III A 408, III B 601 ; his 

 views on Eugenics, III A 372, 428, 430, III B 605; his 

 'Parenthood and Race Culture,' III B 597; prepares 

 abstracts of Galton's books for Harmsworth, III B 601 



Salisbury, Galton visits, II 130 



Salisbury, Lord, never took exercise, III B 569; size of 

 head and stature of, II 150 



Salvin, on Evolution Committee, III A 127, 291; char- 

 acteristics of, III A 325 



Sampler, of Lucy Barclay worked at Ury, I 46 Plate 

 XXVII 



Sandow, pupils of, III A 253; physique of, III A 253 



Sandwich, origin of word for food, III B 548 



Sandwich Islands, named after Lord Sandwich, III B 548 



Sandys, Dr, speech on presentation of Galton for Hon. 

 D.Sc. at Cambridge, III B 495 



Sanitary Administration, needs of, II 156 



Savage, Elizabeth, wife of Sir Charles Sedley and 

 ancestress of Galton, I 20 



Savage Peoples, suggested tests for, II 385 



Savages, character of, II 74; and domestication of 

 animals, II 70, 71 



Savants, characteristics of, II 141 



Savile, Elizabeth, mother of Sir Charles Sedley, I 20 



Savile, Mary, on holiday with Evelyne Biggs, III B 574, 

 578; calls on Galton, III B 608 



Savile, Sir Henry, ancestor of Galton, scholarship of, 



I 20; portrait of, I 20 Plate XV 



Savile-Sedley, ancestry of Galton, its characteristics, 121 



Sayce, Prof., in Egypt, III B 517, 518, 519 



Sayers, Captain, Galton meets, I 113; possible influence 



of, I 214 

 Scales, for testing hair, skin, and eye colours, II 223- 



226 ; for standardisation of colours, II 224—226 

 Scandinavian Hybridisation of British race, II 371 

 Schedules, reluctance to fill in, II 357; dealing with — 



age of parents and vigour of offspring, II 348, 349; 



persons of advanced age, II 349, 350 ; social stability, 



II 350, 351; mental fatigue, II 276, 351, 352; innate 

 characters and intelligence of different races, II 352, 

 353; alleged darkening of hair in English, II 353, 354; 

 for composite family portraits, II 356 ; for analysis of 

 men of science, II 149-155; on faculty of visualisation, 

 II 236-238; on same from Charles Darwin, II 194, 

 195; for phthisical patients, II 291; as four-yearly 

 reports from 'old boys' to their schools, II 346; 

 statistics by, II 348-356; as biographical registers, 

 II 355; for use in pedigree work, III A 105, 106; sent 

 to Fellows of the Roy. Soc, III A 108, 113-114; to 

 form register of able families, III A 121; for heredity 

 of disease, III A 71, 72 



Schimmelpenninck, Mary Anne (nee Galton), aunt to 

 Francis Galton, memoirs of, II 193, III B 604; her 

 appreciation of Samuel Galton the First, I 41—43; 

 ability of, I 53-54; Francis Galton on, III B 553, 580; 

 silhouette of, I 54 Plate XXXV, III B 580 



Schmidt, Dr, at Keswick, I 156, 157 



Schoolboys and headmasters, I 87-88 



Schoolmasters, their neglect of opportunities, III A 232, 

 233; their opportunities for observational work, 

 II 344-348 



Schools, attended by Darwin, his views on, I 12; at- 

 tended by Galton, Mrs French's, 1 67, 1 75 Plate XLV; 

 at Boulogne, I 70-74; Mr Atwood's, I 77-80; King 

 Edward's at Birmingham, I 81-90, Francis begs to 

 be removed from, I 86-89 ; anthropometric data from, 

 II 336-337, 343-346; should serve two purposes, as 

 place of education and place of research, II 344; value 



of, for statistical inquiries, II 344-345; and myopia, 

 III A 356 



Schuster, Sir A., number form of, II 242, III B 469 



Schuster, Edgar, first Galton Eugenics Research Fellow, 

 III A 258, 274, 291, 296, 300, III B 536, 541, 542; 

 resignation of fellowship, III A 291, 296-298, 300; 

 his anthropometric work at Oxford, III A 328, 379; 

 Galton's letters to, III B 541-542, 554-558, 562, 577, 

 583; letters of, to Galton, III B 561, 583-584; joint 

 work with Galton on ' Noteworthy Families,' III A 264 ; 

 work on the human brain, III A 315, 325, 326; 

 memoirs by, III A 258, 259, 279; on inheritance of 

 mental characters, III A 291 ; on promise of youth and 

 performance of manhood, III A 232; on sequestrated 

 church properties, III A 370; his opinion of Ethel M. 

 Elderton, III A 305 



Schweinfurth,Q '., geographical discoveriesof,II31 ;Galton 

 has two days in the desert with, III A 240; with Galton 

 in Cairo, III B 518-519; sends Galton a photograph 

 of d'Arnaud Bey, III B 455 and Plate XLVI 



Science, how sciences develop, Galton, III B 463, Pearson, 

 III A 262; scope of, II 347-348; and religion, II 135, 

 147, 151, 152, 261; priesthood of, II 156; inheritance 

 of — ability in, II 97, imagination in, II 98, power of 

 analysis in, II 98; inborn taste for, II 152; need for 

 travelling fellowships in, II 152; ways of furthering, 

 II 153-155; as a profession and as a pursuit, II 154— 

 155, III A 331 ; in education, II 155; at school, Francis 

 Galton's craving for, I 89 



Scientific, memoirs, low literary standard of, III A 329- 

 332, 336-339; achievement and environmental 

 causes, II 148-149, in relatives of scientific men, 

 II 151, III A 107-121; ability, waste of, II 153; 

 superintendence, value of, II 153; low general culture 

 ' of modern writers of memoirs, III A 331, 338; research 

 and propagandism in Eugenics, III A 371, 372, 379; 

 Societies Committee, Local, Galton Chairman of, II 362 ; 

 salon of Mrs Hertz, III B 464 ; discoverers and statesmen, 

 II 135; tastes of Samuel Galton, I 46-48; ability of 

 Erasmus Darwin, I 16, 49, of Sir Douglas Galton, 



I 53; ability, sources of Francis Galton's, I 48; 

 imagination in Erasmus Darwin, Charles Darwin and 

 Francis Galton, I 48; tastes, reawakening of, in 

 Francis Galton, I 209-211, Chapter vn, I 211-242: 

 chat, Francis Galton's delight in, III B 596, 611 



Scientists, fertility of, II 96; motives of, II 96, 97; 

 distinguished, number of, in British Isles, II 151: 

 energy of, II 151, 251; independence of character in, 



II 151, 155; mechanical aptitude in, II 151; religious 

 faith of, II 152; teaching of, II 155; mediocre 

 academic degrees of, II 155; antecedents of, II 177, 

 178; nature and nurture of, II 177-179; mental 

 imagery of, II 237; phantasmagoria of, II 244; 

 veracity of, III B 478, 479; size of head and stature of, 

 II 149, 150; English men of science, II 87, 130, 134, 

 142, 145; characteristics of, II 149-155, 207 



Scotland, Galton's tour in, I 104-105 

 Scotland Yard, Galton visits, to see finger-print index- 

 ing, III B 572 

 Scott, Dr Dukinfield, President of Linnean Society at 



Darwin-Wallace Celebration, III A 340-341 

 Scott, R. H. (Secretary to Meteorological Council), III B 



475 

 Scottish Lowlanders, ability of, II 106 

 Seabrooke (Evelyne Biggs' maid), adventure at Biarritz, 



IIIB 561; mentioned, III B 583 

 Seal, and parchment carried by Galton in Africa, I 220; 



made for Galton in Egypt, III B 518 

 Sedgwick, Adam, views on farm for experimental 



breeding, III A 134; and Darwin Commemoration, 



III A 369 



