1878 HIS BOOK ON HUME 533 



published by Black and Tait in 1826, which has long been in my 

 possession. 



Do you think I ought to quote Green and Grose's edition ? It 

 will be a great bother, and I really don't think that the under- 

 standing of Hume is improved by going back to eighteenth- 

 century spelling. 



I am at work upon the Life, which should not take long. 

 But I wish that I had polished that off at Penmaenmawr as well. 

 What with lecturing five days a week, and toiling at two ana- 

 tomical monographs, it is hard to find time. 



As soon as I have gone through all the eleven chapters about 

 the Philosophy — I will send them to you and get you to come 

 and dine some day — after you have looked at them — and go into 

 it. — Ever yours very faithfully, T. H. Huxley. 



Science Schools, S. Kensington, Oct. 29, 1878. 



My dear Morley — Your letter has given me great pleasure. 

 For though I have thoroughly enjoyed the work, and seemed to 

 myself to have got at the heart of Hume's way of thinking, I 

 could not tell how it would appear to others, still less could I 

 pretend to judge of the literary form of what I had written. 

 And as I was quite prepared to accept your judgment if it had 

 been unfavourable, so being what it is, I hug myself propor- 

 tionately and begin to give myself airs as a man of letters. 



I am through all the interesting part of Hume's life — that 

 is, the struggling part of it — and David the successful and the 

 feted begins rather to bore me, as I am sorry to say most suc- 

 cessful people do. I hope to send the first chapter to press in 

 another week. 



Might it not be better, by the way, to divide the little book 

 into two parts ? 



Part I. — Life, Literary and Political work. 



Part n.— Philosophy, 

 subdividing the latter into chapters or sections ? Please tell me 

 what you think. 



I have not received the last chapter from the printer yet. 

 When I do I will finish revising, and then ask you to come and 

 have a symposium over it. — Ever yours very faithfully, 



T. H. Huxley. 



PS. — Macmillan has a lien on " The Hand." I gave part 

 of the lecture in another shape at Glasgow two years ago, and 

 M. had it reported for his magazine. If he is good and patient 

 he will get it in some shape some day I 



