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book ; and ridiculed the pretentious ignorance of M. 

 Flourens' dicta upon the same subject ; while in the 

 winter he delivered a course of lectures to working 

 men on "The Various Races of Mankind," a choice 

 of subject which shows that his chief interest at that 

 time lay in Ethnology. 



JERMYN STREET, Jan. 16, 1864. 



MY DEAR DARWIN I have had no news of you for a 

 long time, but I earnestly hope you are better. 



Have you any objection to putting your name to 

 Flower's certificate for the Koyal Society herewith enclosed 1 ? 

 It will please him much if you will ; and I go bail for 

 bis being a thoroughly good man in all senses of tbe word 

 which, as you know, is more than I would say for 

 everybody. 



Don't write any reply ; but Mrs. Darwin perhaps will 

 do me the kindness to send the thing on to Lyell as per 

 enclosed envelope. I will write him a note about it. 



We are all well, barring customary colds and various 

 forms of infantile pip. As for myself, I am nourishing 

 like a green bay tree (appropriate comparison, Soapy Sam 

 would observe), in consequence of having utterly renounced 

 societies and society since October. 



I have been working like a horse, however, and shall 

 work " borser " as my college lectures begin in February. 

 Tout d vous, T. H. HUXLEY. 



ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES, 

 JERMYN STREET, April 18, 1864. 



MY DEAR DARWIN I was rejoiced to see your hand- 

 writing again, so much so that I shall not scold you for 

 undertaking the needless exertion (as it's my duty to do) 

 of writing to thank me for my book. 1 



1 Hunterian Lectures on, Anatomy. 



