1865-68 DICKENS AND SUNDAY LECTURES 167 
After the lapse of a month came the second 
letter : — 
Sunday, December 6, 1865. 
‘ My dear Owen, — I have sent the Secretary 
of the Sunday League a letter, of which I enclose 
you a copy. It is clear to me that they are 
wrong in their facts, and that the time is not ripe 
for the proposed lectures. They cannot get 
Working men together in sufficient force to 
declare their desire for that Sunday recreation. 
On the other hand, their opponents can (and do) 
get working men together in sufficient force to put 
them down, and declare that they don’t want it. 
‘ Ever cordially yours, 
‘C. D.’ 
Amongst the papers written by Owen which 
appeared in 1865 the following may be men- 
tioned ; ‘On the Homology of the Tooth’ 
(‘ Archives of Dentistry,’ vol. i. p. 309) ; ‘ On the 
Marsupial Pouches, Mammary Glands, and Fcetus 
of the Echidna hystrix' (‘Phil. Trans.); ‘On 
Indian Cetacea’ (‘ Zool. Trans.’). 
In society he found his relaxation, and he en- 
joyed to the full the pleasures of social life. Mrs. 
Owen’s diary is full of such entries as the follow- 
ing 
'' January 5, 1866. — R. and I dined at Pem- 
broke Lodge ; sat next to Lord Russell, with 
whom I always get on well. After dinner he took 
