Has quoted a passage from Hume in his Brampton Lectures

The hippocampus question; Vrolik and Owen; von Baer has returned to Russia [Beginning lost]
Written in German

Has sent the second part of his Abhandlungen for notice in Natural History Review; is completing his annual bibliography
Written in German

On the recommendation of Kolliker and himself, Huxley has been elected a corresponding member of the Gottingen Royal Society of Sciences; diversity of their views on Darwinism; Owen and the cerebrum of the apes

Thanks for ticket for Huxley's lectures, but regrets unable to attend

The Anthropological Society; considers Hunt unfit to be president; thinks the Society a needless duplication of the Ethnological

Agrees with Lubbock that the two societies ought to amalgamate

Thanks for gift [of Critiques and Addresses]; disagrees with Huxley's views in the first chapter

Comments on Administrative Nihilism [The Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 251]; nationalization of minerals

Thanks for American Addresses; palaeontology and evolution

Asks Huxley to accept Why Does Man Exist? by Arthur Bell, a book of which he has a very high opinion

Photograph of Wallace

Asks for introduction to Knowles

Thanks for introduction to Knowles, who has commissioned an article for Nineteenth Century

Intellectual limitations of women; family news

Engagement of Huxley's daughter; death of her mother [Lady Portsmouth's mother, Henrietta Anna, wife of the 3rd Earl of Carnarvon, died 26 May 1876]

Approaching marriage of Huxley's daughter

The Irish question

Bringing up and education of children

An article by her son and verses by Leonard Huxley in National Review

Sorry to hear of Huxley's illness

Invites Huxley and Mrs Huxley to Isle of Man

Proposed scheme for dividing the duties between the two Fisheries Inspectors

Acceptance of invitation

Regrets to hear of Huxley's breakdown

Congratulations on Huxley's election as President of the Royal Society

Enquires as to Huxley's health

Intends to call

Hopes Huxley will consent to be relieved by his assistant from lecturing

The Bishop [of Sodor and Man] has asked for autographs of Herbert Spencer, Frederic Harrison and Darwin; asks Huxley if he can supply them; extension of the Fisheries Department

Thanks for autographs; Randolph [Churchill] out of office

Sympathy of death of Huxley's daughter Marian

Unable to call owing to lumbago

Is glad to see evidence of Huxley's renewed activity

Same subject as no 04340; congratulations on marriage of Huxley's daughter Ethel

Family news; the article in the Nineteenth Century [The Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley v, 209]; criticizes the mention of Mormonism and Positivism [op cit 257]

Thanks for present of a print

Congratulates Huxley on being made a Privy Councillor

Thanks for gift of photograph and the Romanes Lecture; the Fisheries Department

Regrets at leaving; the penalties of official life
[Walpole had been Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man since 1882; in 1893 he left the island to take up his appointment of Secretary to the Post Office (1893-1899)]

Alarmed at reports of Huxley's illness

Thanks for letter and its hopeful tone

A memorial from the students of University College to the Episcopal Board of the Catholic University

Thanks Huxley for writing on Education in The Times

Thanks Huxley for congratulations on his Royal Medal; his gratitude to Huxley's teaching and precept when a student under him

Asks when Macmillan is likely to pay for the Lessons he wrote for the Introductory Science Primer at Huxley's request

Is disappointed that the Lessons he wrote are of no use to Huxley; Macmillan agreed to pay £2 per Lesson, but he does not intend to apply for it

As his manuscript is of no use to Huxley, asks for its return

Macmillan has offered to pay for his services, and he has suggested 10/- per Lesson instead of £2 as formerly agreed

Congratulates Huxley on being made a Privy Councillor

Is writing a memoir of his father [William George Ward, 1812-1882] and asks Huxley for recollections of him at the Metaphysical Society; has already collected sketches from Manning, Jowett and others

Thanks for consent to write on W G Ward; has published his early life at Oxford; the diverse elements in the Metaphysical Society

Asks for the name of a copyist or typist at Eastbourne

Thanks for Romanes Lecture; discussion of details in it

Sends life of his father, whose correspondence with Mill may be interesting

Thanks for gift of The Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley; Lady Tennyson

Asks Huxley to recommend a manual of Physiology embodying an account of Evolution

Would like to show him some of Huxley's writing and notes of a talk with Tennyson

Sends dates and titles of Huxley's communications to the Metaphysical Society

Questions respecting Hume and Marcus Antonius

Understands from W Saville Kent [qv] that Huxley favours the establishment of an aquarium; as scientific editor of Appleton's Journal invites Huxley to contribute an article on the subject

Arrangements for the division between the British Museum and the Geological Museum of the collection of fossils of [John] Gray [of Hagley] [See History of the Collections contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum i, 293]
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Sends drawing and description of a living larval fish (?) found in a wash-basin

Offers a large collection of photographs of the peoples of India for exhibition at the Ethnological Society

Arranging for photographs to be sent

Mr Clark working at Gentians on Huxley's advice, is recovering under Watteville's care and wants employment in teaching

Origin of the term Agnostic; no sect of Agnostics or creed of Agnosticism
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Disclaims for his committee any connection with the Freethinkers who use scurrility as a weapon in their propoganda

Regrets to hear of Huxley's illness; asks if he will be an Honorary Vice-President of the National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children

Huxley's paper on Gentians at Linnean Society [Journal of the Linnean Society of London - Botany xxiv, 101; The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley iv, 612]; sends reference to Kerner's works

[To J D Hooker]. Sends newspaper cutting re Count Verey alias Samoisky [cf HOOKER, J D, No 221]

Congratulations on Huxley's election as President of the Royal Society

Has just parted from Huxley, who has gone to Elgin; sends press account of the last meeting of the University Council under his Rectorship

Sends three "spirit" photographs; he was present at the exposure and development of the plates and considers fraud impossible

Comments on the photographs and gives reasons for believing that they are fraudulent
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Will have further photographs taken with his own plates and with certain precautions

Details of further seances with mediums in which he has participated

3 photographs of Wedgwood with a "spirit"

Sends two short papers; has been unable to use microscope for three years owing to eye trouble
Written in German

Sends copies of his Die Entstehung der Sexualzellen bei den Hydromedusen (Jena, 1883), for Huxley and for Royal Society
Written in German

Letter signed by Weitbrecht and 12 others from Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, asking Huxley to write a work for students on Sexual Physiology and Pathology

On the Neanderthal skull and its affinities
Written in German

As Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society announces that a Royal Medal has been awarded to Huxley for his paper on Medusae in the Philosophical Transactions [1849, ii, 413; The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 9]

The amendment moved by Professor Beaumont and seconded by Lankester he considers fatal to the ends desired [Reform at University College, London] and therefore withdraws the scheme submitted by him
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Sends [The Time Machine], the idea of degeneracy following security was the result of biological study

On Huxley's complaints of delay in publishing his letters in the Medical Times

Asks Huxley as President of the Royal Society, to sign a memorial (not specified) to Gladstone

Asks for autograph

[To T Arnold]. Encloses letter he has written to person not named

Congratulations on Huxley's election as President of the Royal Society

Congratulations on Huxley's being made a Privy Councillor

Physiological enquiry as to the Sacramental elements, whether they are voided or absorbed into the body

Huxley's reply to no 04398 [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 336]
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

[To Sir John Lubbock]. Sends photograph of a self-portrait of Huxley made in Sydney in 1848

Greetings from an admirer who attended Huxley's lectures when young and has now heard him again at the British Association

Having taken Huxley's advice as to the education of his son, now informs him that the results have surpassed all expectations

From a solicitor on legal business

Invitation

Two signed photographs

Thanks for gift of Controverted Questions

Sends his paper on Amphioxus; asks for Huxley's papers on same

Thanks for reference to an article (not specified)

Observations on Huxley's article in Nineteenth Century, March 1891 [=The Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley v, 393]

Declines entering into correspondence on his criticisms
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Is sending manuscript of a paper on Amphipoda for publication in England; is enjoying the voyage and has collected much material for study; Wyville Thomson's efficient leadership; is especially interested in Siphonophora; large quantities of Mollusca and Bachiopoda have been dredged, as well as Spirula
Written in German

[Willemoes-Suhm was a brilliant young naturalist, a pupil of Siebold [qv], recommended by Huxley for a post in the Ceylon Museum, but joined the Challenger staff. His letters written during the voyage were posthumously published "Challenger-Briefe von R V Willemoes-Suhm, 1872-75; nach dem Tode des Verfassers herangsgegeben von seiner Mutter", Leipsic, 1877. Copies of his letters to Professor Siebold are in the library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England]

Collections in the Antarctic; life in Sydney; results of dredging in the harbour

[Willemoes-Suhm was a brilliant young naturalist, a pupil of Siebold [qv], recommended by Huxley for a post in the Ceylon Museum, but joined the Challenger staff. His letters written during the voyage were posthumously published "Challenger-Briefe von R V Willemoes-Suhm, 1872-75; nach dem Tode des Verfassers herangsgegeben von seiner Mutter", Leipsic, 1877. Copies of his letters to Professor Siebold are in the library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England]

Would like to remain in England after the voyage and obtain a professorship in London; new species found; has a talking parrot for Mrs Huxley

[Willemoes-Suhm was a brilliant young naturalist, a pupil of Siebold [qv], recommended by Huxley for a post in the Ceylon Museum, but joined the Challenger staff. His letters written during the voyage were posthumously published "Challenger-Briefe von R V Willemoes-Suhm, 1872-75; nach dem Tode des Verfassers herangsgegeben von seiner Mutter", Leipsic, 1877. Copies of his letters to Professor Siebold are in the library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England]

A case of 2nd and 3rd fingers of both hands and corresponding toes of both feet united, as hereditary in a family [cf a similar case of polydactylism (not syndactylism) in MEYERS, S F, No 1; The Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 35]

Is working on Echinodermata and calls to borrow Muller's papers analysed by Huxley [Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 2, viii, 1; The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 103]

Is preparing a paper on Echinodermata for Transactions of the Royal Institution of South Wales; wants to know Muller's treatment of the blood and vascular system

Editor of Annals and Magazine of Natural History has placed Williams's paper on the Structure of Starfishes in his hands as referee, but for reasons stated at length cannot recommend acceptance
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Asks Huxley to reconsider his decision in view of facts set out in detail

Cannot recommend acceptance; remarks on the additional points raised
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

An impassioned rejoinder [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 112]

Wishes Huxley to communicate a paper for him to the Royal Society

Declines the proposition
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Is quite satisfied with Huxley's decision and regrets his hostile attitude on a former occasion

The Faculty of Science at London University

Presents copy of his Poems of Nature and Life and has sent copy to Tyndall, who sent a long appreciative letter; reads Huxley's Nineteenth Century articles

Is working upon the anatomy of the Rotifera and discusses various points raised by Huxley's paper [Transactions of Microscopical Science, NS i, 1; The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 126]

Definition of the Echinodermata (with diagrams)

The London Sanitary Protection Association; defects in its constitution and methods

[To Secretary, London Sanitary Protection Association]. Resigns from the Council
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

The Association considers Huxley's resignation has done them an injury; the Association is to cease its activity until incorporated

An instance of the responsibilities which might have been incurred by the writer and Huxley if the Association had proceeded without incorporation

Asks Huxley to draw up a statement of rules for School Sanitation for use in Clifton College and elsewhere

Invites Huxley to visit the College and give an address; personal news

The Presidency of the Palaeontographical Society being now vacant by the death of Owen, asks Huxley if he would accept it

Is working on human and animal dentition, especially of the dog; as Huxley refers to the subject in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1880, does not wish to duplicate researches if Huxley intends to continue them

Felix Rocquaine [qv], whose work The Revolutionary Spirit he is translating into English, desires the work to be dedicated to Huxley

Sends Social Evolution edited by him

Thanks and appreciation of the Hayden Geological Medal awarded by Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences [Wistar was President of the Academy]
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Defects in knowledge and teaching of Owen's protégé, Professor Halford; the differences between Man, Gorilla, and Macaque; the Geological Museum at Melbourne

Thanks Huxley for proposed memorial on the Fishery Board which is being considered by a committee; asks leave to publish it in Journal of the Society of Arts

Invites Huxley to contribute to a symposium on "The Man of the Future" for the North American Review

Congratulates Huxley on the award of the Wollaston Medal

Land and freshwater Mollusca; a Belgian collection acquired by the museum

The bust of Huxley is finished and ready for inspection

Thanks for cheque; wishes to exhibit the bust at the Royal Academy

Has put bust in hand and will complete as quickly as possible

Will assist in the election of F Waller [Huxley's son-in-law] to the Savile Club

Acceptance of invitation [upper part missing]

Asks for autograph

Cost of printing [Natural History Review]; compiling the bibliography
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Manuscript of the greater part of Natural History Review ready; Broca's paper to follow; the Botanical Bibliography
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Change of printer for the Natural History Review; printing to be supervised by Williams & Norgate and proofs by Busk; will correct proofs of Hyrtl's papers; criticisms of Natural History Review; papers for July issue
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

An anonymous manuscript sent for Natural History Review for which he takes no responsibility; hopes to visit Dublin
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Is well supplied with matter for Natural History Review; wishes to be excused from lecturing in Dublin
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Will lecture on March 25; has accepted invitation to stay with Jukes
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Ladies to be admitted to his lecture
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Has a good man in view as a candidate for the Galway chair
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Wright's guess correct, Cleland is the man Huxley has in view
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Proofs of Natural History Review in slip, not page; articles should be signed; the bibliography
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Will supply specimens of Conularia from the Museum if official application made; Cleland's appointment
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Is cruising for the Fishery Commission; is unable to take any action on the delinquencies of the party (not named) unless an official complaint is made
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Unable to accept Wright's hospitality as he has to stay with his colleagues
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Asks Huxley if he can undertake working out a large collection of fossil fishes and reptiles from the Irish Coal Beds; has sent photographs of some to Sir P Egerton, who thinks they are new; British Association have made a grant; will present duplicates to Jermyn Street

Although very busy with other work, the offer is so tempting that he proposes to come to Dublin to see the collection
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Will have all the fossils ready for Huxley's inspection, but suggests a week's postponement as the fossiliferous seam is now being worked and will produce more specimens; invites Huxley to be his guest

Accepts invitation and fixes date
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Asks Huxley to travel at night to save time; will have no party but has asked only Jukes and Haughton to dine

Has obtained further fossils; arrangements for Huxley's visit

Will travel by night to save time [Huxley arrived in Dublin on 24 November and returned on 25th]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Wishes to have a clear understanding with all parties concerned as to his authority to determine and publish the fossils, and has written to Brownrigg
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

[To W B Brownrigg, the discoverer of the fossils]. Before publishing a note of the discovery in the Academy or taking any other steps, wishes to know definitely if it is Brownrigg's intention that he should describe and publish the fossils [See BROWNRIGG, W B, No 1]
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Draft copy of no 04470
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Is getting the fossils selected by Huxley packed, and has diagrams prepared for the Academy; is sure that Brownrigg will give consent and assistance; surrenders all his claims to Huxley; asks Huxley to have drawings made for Royal Irish Academy [Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy xxiv (1871), 351; The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley iii, 180]

Has had a very satisfactory reply from Brownrigg [qv]; suggests that Wright should describe and publish the fossils with Huxley's help, or that a joint paper should be written by them
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Is most anxious that Huxley should undertake the work singly, but if insisted upon will accept the second alternative

Thinks a preliminary notice should be sent to Royal Irish Academy and will send notes for it, Wright to give an account of the discovery; the Natural History Review is suffering from delays; is weary of it
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Has made important new finds at Jarrow Colliery; the specimens selected by Huxley have been packed and will be sent in a few days

Specimens have not yet arrived; should lose no time in sending preliminary reports to Royal Irish Academy
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Has just heard that boxes have arrived; asks Wright to send new specimens to be engraved by Dinkel; thinks paper should be lodged with Royal Irish Academy even if not immediately read
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Has examined contents of boxes; certain specimens missing; proceeding with engraving; suggests application for a grant for illustrations
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

The missing specimens were taken out as the box was too heavy, and will be sent later; suggests naming one new species after Mr Bradley, the coal owner, and another after Dobbs, his agent; asks for estimate of plates so as to apply for grant; suggested classification; the Natural History Review moribund

Sends proofs of Plate i; Dinkel's charge is moderate for time and trouble involved; is £50 granted by Royal Irish Academy, the Government grant can be held in reserve; barbarous latinization of the complimentary names; classification
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Another box on its way; specification of contents and what should be figured; the Royal Irish Academy has granted £50

Has written out preliminary notice for Royal Irish Academy, but the new specimens will probably involve considerable alterations of determination in the final paper; comments on Huxley's [illegible] manuscript

Acknowledges arrival of second batch of specimens
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Has examined the specimens in the second batch; a fine specimen of Ophiderpeton, Keraterpeton, and other genera
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Discussion of Huxley's remarks on the genera

Further discussion of the specimens
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Is proceeding with the diagrams; the preliminary account published in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London iii, 165; end of the Natural History Review
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Sends manuscript notes on the Jarrow Labyrinthodonts and their characters
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Remarks on the notes; approves the notice in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London; the paper for Royal Irish Academy

Further discussion of the features of the genera
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Wants information from the engraver Dinkel as to the cost of printing the plates for the Royal Irish Academy Committee; the title of the paper; recalls the stipulation by Huxley for a joint paper [no 04474]; a misapprehension

A deadlock; both parties seem to have misunderstood one another; if Wright withdraws, Huxley will also
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Defends his interpretation of joint authorship; suggests the preliminary account be withdrawn from the Royal Irish Academy and published in Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Insists on the condition that he alone shall be responsible for his own work and for nothing else; thinks Annals and Magazine of Natural History unsuitable and suggests Geological Magazine
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

In the Geological Magazine is a letter from Baily claiming the credit of discovering the fossils, which is entirely due to Brownrigg and Wright; wishes to print Royal Irish Academy report in next issue with a note denying Baily's claim
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Does not take Baily's claim seriously, but is quite willing that the report be published

Does not see Geological Magazine; asks Huxley to send it; Baily's duplicity; will send Royal Irish Academy report

Has obtained Geological Magazine; considers Baily's letter beneath notice; sends further coal fossils; has Huxley's manuscript but cannot get his own from the newspaper reporter

Has examined the last fossils; discussion of them
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Council of Royal Irish Academy are asking for Huxley's manuscript for printing

Progress and cost of the plates, of which there are now 5 (one double); would like another if the grant will allow
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Must have manuscript immediately as session is ending and a vote is required to order printing and pay for plates; the cost of plates leaves insufficient for printing, so extra plates impossible

Will finish manuscript and send it off; asks Wright to prefix the introductory part
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Sent off manuscript and is anxious to hear of its arrival
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Manuscript arrived safely and has been sent to Royal Irish Academy

Hears that in spite of all the pressure put upon him to complete the manuscript it was not ordered to be printed as Wright's portion was not sent in
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Understood from Secretary of Royal Irish Academy that printing of Huxley's part would proceed, his own part being reprinted from Geological Magazine; would like some of the fossils sent to Nottingham to show [at British Association meeting]

Sends Huxley's manuscript and slip proofs; advanced payment to engraver out of his own pocket; lettering of plates not in accordance with manuscript

Dinkel does not letter his plates; this is done by the lithographer; is surprised that the plates were printed off before he had passed them; has had no proof plates from Hanhart, the lithographer
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Dinkel having said the plates were ready for lithographing, they were sent to the Secretary of the Royal Irish Academy, who ordered Hanhart to lose no time in printing them; was quite unaware that Huxley would have any further alterations to make; has told Hanhart to send proofs to Huxley at once

Secretary of the Royal Irish Academy wants next part of Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy ready by the 12th; asks Huxley to return proofs immediately

Will return proofs tomorrow, but must see a revise; will not consent to any alteration of title unless the Royal Irish Academy object and refuse to print the second part; severe reprimand for lack of proper co-operation
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Duplicate of no 04514
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Proofs arrived and sent to printers for revise

Sends letter from Secretary of Royal Irish Academy [Ingram, qv]

Returns Ingram's letter; is willing to pay his share of the excess expenditure
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Grant by Royal Society for continuation of the publication of the Irish fossils
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Is arranging to return the specimens to Ireland
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Conveys his thanks, through Wright as Secretary to the Royal Irish Academy, for electing him an Honorary Member
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

A long, rambling, and friendly letter from an admirer with many pithy and interesting remarks

Sends his book on Hume

Committee of House of Lords on the Public Schools Bill desire answers to questions enclosed

Anatomy of the ear in the skate; correction of an error

Hearing that Huxley requires specimens of trout, is arranging to send some