INDEX 



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Letters to — Royal Medal, i. 112, 118 

 (cp. ii. 431); also 123, 124. 



Forbes, Principal James, structure of 

 glaciers, i. 158, 161; and Tyndall, 

 440. 



Forel, Professor, at Arolla, ii. 181. 



Forster, Right Hon. W. E., on Bible 

 teaching, i. 369 ; vivisection at 

 South Kensington, 462 sq. ; letter 

 to, 446. 



Foster, Sir M., on the spirit of Hux- 

 ley's early inquiries, i. in ; on 

 his " Review of the Cell Theory," 

 152; and " Theory of the Verte- 

 brate Skull," 152; on the Oxford 

 meeting of the British Associa- 

 tion, 203; on Huxley as examiner, 

 256; on his ethnological work, 

 284; takes over Fullerian Lec- 

 tures, 315; on Huxley's work on 

 birds and reptiles, 316, 325 ; on 

 Huxley as Secretary of the Royal 

 Society, 383 ; takes over his lec- 

 tures, 395; helps in the new sci- 

 ence teaching, 407; a New Year's 

 guest, 418 ; on Huxley's work 

 after 1870, 428 sq. ; with him at 

 Belfast, 444-46; to help in Men of 

 Science Series, 535; assists in 

 preparing new edition of Ele- 

 mentary Physiology, ii. 75 ; and 

 London University Commission, 

 330; " discovery " of, 420. 

 Letters from — retirement at sixty, ii. 



117, 128; society at Maloja, 218. 

 Letters to — Edinburgh lectures: 

 vivisection: Bathybius suspected, 

 i. 480; official functions not his 

 business in life, ii. 53; successor 

 to Spottiswoode, 55; reluctance to 

 divide the Royal Society over his 

 election as President, 59; elected, 

 60 ; support of debateable opin- 

 ions while P.R.S.,61; handwriting 

 and anxiety, 63; holiday denned, 

 ib. ; Science and Art examina- 

 tions, ib.; on Senate of London 

 University, 64; obituaries of F. 

 Balfour and Darwin, ib. ; Royal 

 Society anniversary, 65 ; Egyp- 

 tian exploration society, 67; new 

 edition of Elementary Physiology, 

 75; sensation, 76; resignation of 



P. R. S., 76; swine miracle, 77 ; 

 health, 78 ; proofs : resignation : 

 Jeremiah and dyspepsia, 84, 85 ; 

 "vis inertiae," 85; ordered abroad, 

 85, 86; Venice, 87; November in 

 Italy, 89, 91, 92; papal Rome: 

 health, 93; depression: will turn 

 antiquary : Royal Society Secre- 

 tary, 96; Elementary Physiology, 

 new edition: Italian archaeology: 

 visits the Lincei, 100; preface to 

 Elementary Physiology : Gordon's 

 idea of future life: carnival, 101; 

 birthday wishes: upshot of Italian 

 trip: looks forward to becoming 

 a lodge-keeper: Elementary Physi- 

 ology published, 105, 106; returns 

 home: continued ill-health, 111- 

 114; impending retirement, 114; 

 medical men and F.R.S., 119; so- 

 cial meetings of Royal Society, 

 120; science at Oxford, 128; a 

 scientific Frankenstein, 137; visit 

 to Ilkley, ib. ; paleontological 

 museum, 140; renewed ill-health: 

 scientific federation : reorganisa- 

 tion of Fisheries Department, 

 141; rejection of Home Rule Bill, 

 144; " Huxley sulphide " at Har- 

 rogate, 145; visit to Arolla: 

 death of a visitor: British Asso- 

 ciation and Australia : renewed 

 desire for work, 147; transference 

 of sensation: obstinate fictions of 

 examinees, 149 ; Delta borings : 

 gentians, begs specimen : dis- 

 tribution of, 152; apology for in- 

 tervention, 157 ; Royal Society 

 and Imperial Institute Commit- 

 tee, 164; Science and Art exami* 

 nations, 167 sq.; pleurisy his Jubi- 

 lee honour, 177 ; convalescence : 

 Marine Biological Association, 

 179; Arolla, 180; gentians and 

 idleness, 182; the P.R.S. and poli- 

 tics, 185 ; at Hastings : Delta 

 borings : Antarctic exploration, 

 188; keeps his promise to speak 

 at Manchester, in spite of do- 

 mestic loss, 191; technical educa- 

 tion, address at Manchester, 193; 

 Hooker's work on Diatoms, ib. : 

 London University reform, 201 ; 



