HEN Thomas Huxley and his wife ar- LITTLE 

 rived in New York in 1876, on a visit to JOURNEYS 

 the Centennial Exhibition, this interesting 

 item was flashed over the country, " Hux- 

 ley and his titled bride have arrived in New 

 York on their wedding journey." 

 This item caused Mr. and Mrs. Huxley, both royal 

 democrats, more joy than did the most complimen- 

 tary interview. At home they had left a charming 

 little brood of seven children, three of them nearly 

 grown-ups. 



Huxley sent Tyndall, who a few months before had 

 married a daughter of Lord Hamilton, the clipping and 

 this note, "You see how that once I am in a demo- 

 cratic country I am pulling all the honors I can in my 

 own direction." 



The next letter the Huxleys received from Tyndall 

 was addressed, " Sir Thomas and Lady Huxley." 

 Huxley never stood in much awe of the nobility he 

 evidently felt that there was another kind of which he 

 himself in degree was heir. Huxley never had a better 

 friend than Sir Joseph Hooker, and we see in his let- 

 ters such postscripts as this: "Dear Sir Joseph Do 

 come and dine with us it is a month since we have 

 seen your homely old phiz." 



And Sir Joseph replies that he will be on hand the 

 next Sunday evening and offers this mild suggestion, 

 "Scientific gents as has countenances as curdles milk, 

 should not cast aspersions on men made in image of 

 Maker." 



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