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third, its causes ; fourth^ its consequences. He is able, and 

 will make a first-rate book, which I presume the committee 

 will pass. I was so doubtful of France that I did not 

 think it worth attempting, and should not have come here 

 at all if Spencer hadn't proposed it; but it has been a 

 profitable week, and to have got French co-operation in 

 the undertaking will be a great thing. I leave to-morrow 

 morning for Berlin via Cologne. 



Complicated with all my embarrassments here short 

 time, nobody at home, difficulty of interpretation, torments 

 with cab-drivers, etc. has been another thing. Spencer 

 wanted to do some work here, and tried to get an amanu- 

 ensis, vexing his soul for three whole days, and, failing at 

 last, I could do no less than offer to write for him. Hux- 

 ley pitched into him gently recently about his nongov- 

 ernment theories, and attacked a special point of his Social 

 Organism. Spencer couldn't stand it, so he said, " Hux- 

 ley has been rampaging round about long enough; he must 

 be pulled up." I wrote twenty pages of manuscript; the 

 article is to be very able and instructive, and Huxley will 

 get more than he bargained for. It will appear in the 

 Fortnightly. 



But it is nearly night. I have to go and see if I can 

 find Milne Edwards at the Garden of Plants, to pack, and 

 do several other things, for all business must be dispatched 

 to-night, as we start early to-morrow morning. 



BERLIN, November ij, 1871. 



I am now in the capital of the German Empire, unable 

 to understand a word that anybody says. I got here 

 Tuesday night late, and had a pretty hard fight to find a 

 hotel ; but I am well situated at the Hotel d'Angleterre, 

 which, being interpreted, means the English Hotel, though 

 it is quite Dutch enough. I have had to hire a " commis- 

 sioner." He is a pretty good kind of a Dutchman. 



France was dispatched quickly because Paris is France. 



