iS87 LETTERS TO MR. SPENCER \gj 



Send any quantity of proofs, they are a good sign. By the 

 way, we move to 85 Marina, St. Leonards, to-morrow. 



Wife sends her kind regards. — Ever yours very faithfully, 



T. H. Huxley. 



85 Marina, St. Leonards, Dec. 1887. 



My dear Spencer — I have nothing to criticise in the en- 

 closed except that the itineraries seem to me rather superfluous. 



I am glad to find that you forget things that have happened 

 to you as completely as I do. I should cut almost as bad a 

 figure as " Sir Roger ; ' if I were cross-examined about my past 

 life. 



Your allusion to sending me the proofs made me laugh by 

 reminding me of a particularly insolent criticism with which 

 I once favoured you : " No objection except to the whole." 



It was some piece of diabolical dialectics, in which I could 

 pick no hole, if the premises were granted — and even then could 

 be questioned only by an ultra-sceptic ! 



Do you see that the American Association of Authors has 

 adopted a Resolution, which is a complete endorsement of my 

 view of the stamp-swindle? 



We have got our operation over, and my wife is going on 

 very well. Overmuch anxiety has been telling on me, but I shall 

 throw it off. — Ever yours very faithfully, 



T. H. Huxley. 



