INDEX 



537 



Spectator, on " Pope Huxley," i. 350. 



Spedding, James, influence of Hux- 

 ley's accuracy in style, i. 320 ; 

 letter from — on Bacon, 522; 

 Bacon's influence compared with 

 Huxley's, 523. 



Spencer, Herbert, and evolution, i. 

 180; joins x Club, 278, 281; criti- 

 cises " Administrative Nihilism," 

 369; on Comte, 323; " devil's ad- 

 vocate " to, 358, ii. 73; his com- 

 parison of the body politic to the 

 body physical criticised, i. 385; 

 controversy not inconsistent with 

 friendship, 415 ; a regular New 

 Year's guest, 418, 518 ; his phi- 

 losophy found wanting by a 

 youthful Punjaubee, ii. 46; vigour 

 of, 197; philosophical opposition 

 to, 199,200; correspondence on ab- 

 solute ethics, 258, 259, 264; his psy- 

 chology based on use-inheritance, 

 285; frankness to, 431; plays fives 

 with, 444; fondness for music, 446. 

 Letters from — will not break through 

 custom of sending him proofs, ii. 

 135; urges him to answer Lilly, 

 154; sends proofs to him as an 

 " omnivorous reader," 154 (cp. ii. 

 443)- 

 Letters to — his review of the Arche- 

 type, i. 173; First Principles, 228, 

 229; distention of birds' air-cells 

 during flight, 230; animals and 

 plants, 248; Tyndall's favourite 

 problem: "gynopathy,"249; fond- 

 ness for music, 250; philosophy, 

 262; patience in discussions, 299; 

 dry facts only at Edinburgh lec- 

 tures, 478; Moses and a visit to 

 town, 479; on George Eliot and 

 Westminster Abbey, ii. 19; thanks 

 for his photograph, 50; accept- 

 ance of P.R.S., 57; on Creation 

 controversy, 123; influence of con- 

 ditions, 135; reads proofs of his 

 Autobiography, 142 ; use-inherit- 

 ance, ib. ; disinclined to reply to 

 Mr. Lilly, 154; the plot succeeds, 

 155; his own boyhood, ib. ; reply 

 to Mr. Lilly: abuse of the word 

 " Law " ; Victorian science, 156; 

 Imperial Institute, 160; death of 



his daughter, 191; retrospect of 

 their first meeting: clears up pos- 

 sible misunderstanding about 

 London Liberty League, 195 ; a 

 visit to, postponed: defensive 

 position in controversy, 196; for- 

 getfulness of past events : a 

 sweeping criticism, 197; jests on 

 his recent activity : himself un- 

 like Samson, 207; some consola- 

 tion for old age, 211 {bis); return 

 from Maloja, 218. 



Sphinx Club, Liverpool, dinner to 

 Huxley, i. 360. 



Spinoza, memorial to, i. 480; debt to, 

 ii. 382, 451. 



Spiritualism, experiments in, i. 451; 

 if true, an additional argument 

 against suicide, 452; report on 

 seance, ib. sq. 



Spirula, work on, i. 430, 525, ii. 1, 365, 

 383 sq. 



Spitzbergen, fossils from, i. 306. 



Spontaneous generation and Darwin- 

 ism, i. 263, 355 sq.; recipe for, 357. 



Spottiswoode, William, and x Club, i. 

 277, 280; visit to, ii. 35; character 

 of, 54; death, 55. 



Stanley, Dean, i. 338, 486; handwriting, 

 486; death of, ii. 33; on George 

 Eliot's funeral, ib. ; men of sci- 

 ence, ib.; on being made a bishop, 

 421; historical impressionability, 

 455; repartee, the priests and the 

 prophets, 456. 



Stanley, Lord, i. 166. 



Stanley, Lord, of Alderley, memorial 

 to Carlyle, ii. 36. 



Stanley, Owen, captain of Rattlesnake, 

 i. 26, 27, 29, 32, 50. 



Stanley, Mrs. Owen, i. 58. 



State, comparison with the body, i. 

 386. 



State, the, and the medical profession, 

 ii. 70. 



Steffens, Father, friendship with, ii. 

 205, 218. 



Stephen, Leslie, in Metaphysical So- 

 ciety, i. 338; on Huxley and his 

 home life, ii. 458. 

 Letter to — separation from friends : 

 deafness: morality in the cosmos, 

 ii. 404. 



