438 LIFE OF PROFESSOR HUXLEY CHAP. XVIII 



existing forms of theology to make the dead world which 

 they record live again. 



A subsequent letter to Professor Lewis Campbell 

 bears upon this essay. It was written in answer to 

 an inquiry prompted by the comparison here drawn 

 between the primitive spiritual theories of the books 

 of Judges and Samuel, and the very similar develop- 

 ment of ideas among the Tongans, as described by 

 Mariner, who lived many years among the natives. 



HODESLEA, Oct. 10, 1894. 



MY DEAR CAMPBELL I took a good deal of trouble 

 years ago to satisfy myself about the point you mention, 

 and I came to the conclusion that Mariner was eminently 

 trustworthy, and that Martin was not only an honest, but 

 a shrewd and rather critical, reporter. The story he tells 

 about testing Mariner's version of King Theebaw's oration 

 shows his frame of mind (and is very interesting other- 

 wise in relation to oral tradition). 



I have a lot of books about Polynesia, but of all I 

 possess and have read, Mariner is to my mind the most 

 trustworthy. 



The missionaries are apt to colour everything, and 

 they never have the chance of knowing the interior life 

 as Mariner knew it It was this conviction that led me to 

 make Mariner my cheval de bataille in " Evolution of 

 Theology." 



I am giving a great deal of trouble ill for the last 

 week, and at present with a sharp lumbago ! so nice ! 

 With our love to Mrs. Campbell and yourself Ever 

 yours, T. H. H. 



The circumstances under which the following 

 letter was written are these. The activity of the 



