PROF. LLOYD MORGAN, F.G.S., F.R.S. 
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and biology. Even as a boy he bad been drawn to the 
study of philosophical subjects. Apparently he was ac- 
customed to especially enjoy the perusal of speculative 
works in the neighbourhood of a quiet river stream, and 
would often abandon his fishing-rod in order to read 
Herschel's " Discourse," or the works of Berkeley, Descartes^ 
Hume and "Whewell. He also read with eagerness the 
w^orks of Darwin and Huxley. 
On his return from South America Prof. Lloyd Morgan 
took Prof. Huxley's course at South Kensington, and 
definitely decided to devote himself to teaching and scien- 
tific investigation. A conversation with Huxley sowed 
the seeds of his work on comparative psychology, and to 
that end he read extensively in human psychology and. 
allied subjects. With a view to a degree he matriculated 
at London University, after a few weeks' preparation, 
while he was engaged in teaching at a school in Rams- 
gate. But his further studies for the science degree were 
prevented by his appointment to a post at the Diocesan 
College, Kondebosch, South Africa, where, in addition to 
teaching "science, he lectured on English literature and 
language. After five years at the Cape he returned to 
England in 1883, and was appointed to the post at Uni- 
versity College, Bristol, rendered vacant by the appointment 
of Prof. Sollas to the chair of geology in Trinity College, 
Dublin. In 1884 he was made Professor, and in 1887 
was chosen for the position of Principal of the College, the 
position which he now so well occupies. 
As already mentioned, Prof. Lloyd Morgan has this year 
been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. The following 
expressed opinion of those men of science who recommended 
him for this honour is of interest in this connection r 
"As a geologist Prof. Lloyd Morgan has done a consider- 
