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I had another daughter married yesterday. She was 

 a great pet and it is very hard lines on father and mother. 

 The only consolation is that she has married a right good 

 fellow, John Collier the artist. Ever yours very faith- 

 fully, T. H. HUXLEY. 



July 19, 1879. Many thanks for your and Mrs. 

 Baynes' congratulations. I am very well content with 

 my son-in-law, and have almost forgiven him for carrying 

 off one of my pets, which shows a Christian spirit hardly 

 to be expected of me. 



SOUTH KENSINGTON, 

 July 2, 1880. 



MY DEAR BAYNES I have been thinking over the 

 matter of Instinct, and have come to the conclusion that 

 I dare not undertake anything fresh. 



There is an address at Birmingham in the autumn 

 looming large, and ghosts of unfinished work flitter 

 threateningly. Ever yours very faithfully, 



T. H. HUXLEY. 



VOL. II 



