190 LIFE OF PROFESSOR HUXLEY CHAP. VII 



I should be disposed to try him, nevertheless. 

 I don't think I have had final revise of Biology yet 

 I do not know that " Coelenterata " is Lankester's 

 speciality. However, he is sure to do it well if he takes 

 it up. Ever yours very faithfully, T. H. HUXLEY. 



4 MARLBOROUGH PLACE, N.W., 

 Oct. 12, 1875. 



MY DEAR BAYNES Do you remember my telling you 

 that I should before long be publishing a book, of which 

 general considerations on Biology would form a part, 

 and that I should have to go over the same ground as 

 in the article for the Encyclopaedia ? 



Well, that prediction is about to be verified, and I 

 want to know what I am to do. 



You see, as I am neither dealing with Theology, nor 

 History, nor Criticism, I can't take a fresh departure and 

 say something entirely different from what I have just 

 written. 



On the other hand, if I republish what stands in the 

 article, the Encyclopaedia very naturally growls. 



What do the sweetest of Editors and the most liberal 

 of Proprietors say ought to be done under the circum- 

 stances? 



I pause for a reply. 



I have carried about Stanley's l note in my pocket- 

 book until I am sorry to say the flyleaf has become 

 hideously stained. 



The wife and daughters could make nothing of it, but 

 I, accustomed to the MS. of certain correspondents, have 

 no doubt as to the fourth word of the second sentence. 

 It is " Canterbury." 2 Nothing can be plainer. 



Hoping the solution is entirely satisfactory, Believe 

 me, ever yours very faithfully, T. H. HUXLEY. 



1 The Dean's handwriting was proverbial. 



2 The writing of this word is carefully slurred until it is almost 

 as illegible as the original. 



