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for her children than an EngHsh poor-house. I am going to 

 see if the Emigration Commissioners will do anything for her, 

 as of course it is desirable to cut down the cost of exportation 

 to the smallest amount. 



It is most lamentable that a man of so much ability should 

 have so utterly damned himself as X has, but he is hope- 

 lessly Celtic. 



I shall be at the Phil. Club next Thursday. — Ever yours 

 faithfully, T. H. Huxley. 



14 Waverley Place, Monday morning [Nov. 1861], 



My dear Hooker — The obstinate manner in which Mrs. 

 Hooker and you go on refusing to give any address leads us to 

 believe that you are dwelling peripatetically in a " Wan " with 

 green door and brass knocker somewhere on Wormwood 

 Scrubbs, and that " Kew " is only a blind. So you see I am 

 obliged to inclose Mrs. Hooker's epistle to you. 



You shall have your own way about the dinner, though we 

 shall have triumphed over all domestic difficulties by that time, 

 and the first lieutenant scorns the idea of being " worrited " 

 about anything. I only grieve it is such a mortal long way for 

 you to come. 



I could find it in my heart to scold you well for your gener- 

 ous aid to my poor client. I assure you I told you all about the 

 case because it was fresh in my mind, and without the least 

 notion of going to you for that kind of aid. May it come back 

 to you in some good shape or other. 



I find it is no use to look for help from the emigration people, 

 but I have no fear of being able to get the £50 which will send 

 them out by the Walter Hood. 



Would it be fair to apply to Bell in such a case? I will have 

 a talk to you about it at the Phil. Club. — Ever, my dear Hooker, 

 yours faithfully, T. H. Huxley. 



In 1862, in addition to all the work connected with the 

 species question already detailed, Huxley published three 

 paleontological papers,* while the paper on the " Anatomy 

 and Development of Pyrosoma," first read on December i, 



* " On the new Labyrinthodonts from the coal-field of Edinburgh " ; 

 "On a Stalk-eyed Crustacean from the coal-fields of Paisley"; and 

 "On the Teeth of Diprotodon." 



