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country they lived in, from his visits there, both as a 

 Fishery Commissioner and on other occasions. He 

 writes warmly to the historian who treated of Ireland 

 without prejudice or rancour. 



4 MARLBOROUGH PLACE, 

 April 16, 1882. 



MY DEAR LECKY Accept my best thanks for your 

 two volumes, which I found on my return from Scotland 

 yesterday. 



I can give no better evidence of my appreciation of 

 their contents than by the confession that they have 

 caused me to neglect my proper business all yesterday 

 evening and all to-day. 



The section devoted to Irish affairs is a model of 

 lucidity, and bears on its face the stamp of justice and 

 fair dealing. It is a most worthy continuation of the 

 chapter on the same subject in the first volume, and that 

 is giving high praise. 



You see I write as if I knew something about the 

 subject, but you are responsible for creating the 

 delusion. 



With kindest remembrances to Mrs. Lecky Ever 

 yours very faithfully, 



T. H. HUXLEY. 



A few weeks later, the murder of Lord Frederick 

 Cavendish sent a thrill of horror throughout England. 

 Huxley was as deeply moved as any, but wrote calmly 

 of the situation. 



