M'inft-r in the I 



If, as I suppose, tin-re are deposits and shttenin^s, t! 

 providing you do not a^ain bring on an attack, will in 

 course of time, under fit regimen, decrease gradually, 

 you thinking of making any lecturing excursion ? Jf you 

 could do it with moderation, and make everything subor- 

 dinate itself to your physical requirements, it might p: 

 beneficial in all respects; for a little excitement of that 

 kind, being, I have no doubt, to you pleasurable, would 

 benefit your physical state. 



Fiske and his wife are coming to lunch with me to-day, 

 and I have asked Masson to meet them. Fiske has given 

 two lectures at the Royal Institution, but I have not heard 

 either. I was out of town when the first was delivered, 

 and yesterday, when the second was delivered, my attend- 

 ance at an Athenaeum committee was imperative. Huxley 

 spoke with praise of the first lecture. 



As to coming over to you, I have so much to do, and 

 the three months' absence in Egypt during the winter has 

 retarded me so much, that I cannot think of it at present. 

 I must (after sundry smaller matters are got out of hand) 

 continue the Political Institutions and complete and publish 

 the part before I think of anything in the shape of a long 

 holiday. 



