S6 THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY 



Micros. ScL, viii, i860, pp. 250-4. Sci. Mem., ii, xix, 

 p. 395).— This cleared up some obscure points in the 

 structure of a common type, which in most respects had 

 already been studied with considerable thoroughness. 

 A scorpion feeds upon the juices of its prey, in adapta- 

 tion to which its mouth is shown to be exceedingly 

 small, and to open into a gullet connected with a pharynx 

 serving as a sort of suction-pump. 



Another memoir of the year is " On a New Species 

 of Macrauchenia (M. Bolivensis)" (Q. J. Geo!. Soc, xvii, 

 1861, pp. 73-84. Read November 21, i860. Sci. 

 Mem., ii, xxi, p. 403). — The extinct type dealt with, 

 subsequently placed in a special group, is given as an 

 example of the necessity for caution in making deductions, 

 for it combines cameline and equine characters. 



It is further very interesting to find that Huxley 

 rendered invaluable service to Herbert Spencer by going 

 through the proofs of the First Principles, and offering 

 valuable criticisms thereon. Similar good offices were 

 continued for a long series of years. 



The desirability of higher education for women is now 

 so widely approved in this country, and so largely carried 

 into practice, that Huxley's views on the subject, ex- 

 pressed in a letter to Sir Charles Lyell (March 17, i860), 

 seem imbued with the spirit of to-day. The letter 

 primarily referred to the question of admitting women 

 to the membership of learned societies, in which matter 

 there is even yet a good deal of conservatism, but its 

 interest rather lies in the broader questions touched upon. 

 The writer expresses a strong desire that the intellectual 

 advancement and development of women should be pro- 

 moted, and expresses his intention of giving his daughters 

 a proper training in physical science, adding the following 

 statement of belief as to the result that might be expected 



