158 GEOEGE JOHN EOMANES 1881- 



' Writing book.' Whereupon she made the shrewd 

 remark — ' Father not writing to anybody, father can 

 play gee-gee.' So much for her estimate of my 

 popularity as an author. 



Journal, April. — Lecture at Manchester ; stayed 

 with Professor Boyd Dawkins. 



This year Mr. Romanes attended Canon Curteis' 

 ' Boyle Lectures ' at Whitehall. 



Journal, March 1883. — ' G-. Lectured at . 



One of the hearers asked whether in the lecturer's 

 opinion man or animals had first appeared on the 

 earth ! Gk spent a pleasant day at Bromsgrove with 

 the F. Pagets.' 



"Q" 



To James Bomanes, Esq. 



18 Cornwall Terrace, Regent's Park, N.W. : June 1, 1884. 



My dearest James, — Little Ethel has just brought 

 me the enclosed letter to send to you. She had 

 written it as far as the up and down lines go, and 

 said it was to tell you how much she loved you, and 

 how sorry she was that she should not see you when 

 she goes to Geanies. She then asked me to tell her 

 how to write kiss. I told her that in letters they 

 write kiss by a cross, and then she made the crosses. 

 She also made me promise to send you the letter at 

 once, without any delay ; and as the idea of writing 

 you a letter was entirely her own, I do as I was told. 

 You may take it as a definite expression of the 

 emotions, even though it be not a very intelligible 

 expression of ideas. 



