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therefore the question of morals is treated more briefly than 

 was perhaps desirable. — Ever yours very faithfully, 



T. H. Huxley. 



Early in November I find the first reference to a pro- 

 posed, but never completed, " English Men of Science " 

 series in the letter to JMr. Morley above. The following 

 letters, especially those to Sir H. Roscoe, with whom he 

 was concerting the series, give some idea of its scope : — 



4. Marlborough Place, N.W., Dec. lo, 1878. 



My dear Roscoe — You will think that I have broken out 

 into letter-writing in a very unwonted fashion, but I forgot half 

 of what I had to say this morning. 



After a good deal of consultation with Macmillans, who 

 were anxious that the " English Men of Science " series should 

 not be too extensive, I have arranged the books as follows : — 



1. Roger Bacon. 



2. Harvey and the Physiologists of the 17th century. 



3. Robert Boyle and the Royal Society. 



4. Isaac Xewton. 



5. Charles Darwin. 



6. English Physicists, Gilbert, Young, Faraday, Joule. 



7. English Chemists, Black, Priestley, Cavendish, Davy, 



Dalton. 



8. English Physiologists and Zoologists of the i8th century. 



Hunter, etc. 



9. English Botanists, Ray, Crew, Hales, Brown. 

 10. English Geologists, Hutton, Smith, Lyell. 



We may throw in the astronomers if the thing goes. 



Green of Leeds will undertake 10; Dyer, with Hooker's aid, 

 9; M. Foster 8; and I look to you for 7. 



Tyndall has half promised to do Boyle, and I hope he will. 

 Clerk Maxwell can't undertake Newton, and hints X. But I 

 won't have X. — he is too much of a bolter to go into the tandem. 

 I am thinking of asking Moulton, who is strongly recommended 

 by Spottiswoode, and is a very able fellow, likely to put his 

 strength into it.' 



Do you know anything about Chrystal of St. Andrews?* 



* Now Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh. 

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