168 GEOEGE JOHN EOMANES 1881- 



Journal says : — 



April 12, 1885. — Went with the Church family to 

 St. Paul's and heard a fine sermon from Dr. Liddon. 

 He spoke very touchingly of Lady Selborne's death, 

 and also alluded to Max Muller's new book. 



Have been to Pfleiderer's Hibbert Lectures. 1 We 

 met Pfleiderer the other day, and he described a 

 Sunday in which he had tried to study English 

 religious life. Spurgeon, Parker, and, I think, Stop- 

 ford Brooke or Haweis, I forget which, he took as 

 samples ! Pfleiderer also went to St. Paul's on the 

 day the Bishop of Lincoln 2 was consecrated, and as 

 he got within earshot he heard Dr. Liddon's silvery 

 voice pronouncing his own name not with approval. 



Geanies, August. — Mr. Cotter Morison is here, and 

 is most amusing. Mr. Horsburgh asked two comic 

 riddles : ' Why are men like telescopes and women 

 like telegrams ? ' 



Men are like telescopes, because they are made to 

 be drawn out and shut up ; and women are like tele- 

 grams because they far exceed the males (mails) in 

 intelligence. 



G. fiddled at an amateur concert at Tain. 



Mr. F. Galton is here. He told us an amusing 

 child's question : ' How did sausages get along when 

 they were alive ? ' 



1 Mr. Romanes remarked a propos of Pfleiderer's lecture that St. Paul 

 seemed to be a very hard nut for the lecturer to crack. 



2 Dr. Kins. 



