A Knighthood having been suggested for Professor William Dawson, Gladstone would like Huxley's opinion of his status in science

His work on Radiolaria and other biological studies. [Reply to Huxley's letter of 28 October 1862, Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 237]
Written in German

Thanks Huxley for Elements of Comparative Anatomy; Darwinism is now gaining ground in Germany; is working on Hydrozoa; wants to take part in exploring expedition; is working on Medusae; sends photograph. [Huxley dissuaded Haeckel from undertaking the journey, Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 266]
Written in German

Will take Huxley's advice to renounce the expedition and remain in Europe; appointed Professor at Jena; is writing and lecturing on Darwinism
Written in German

Unable to accept invitation to England and British Association; his work on Evolution nearly finished but still growing
Written in German

Will be unable to come and visit Huxley as he is going to Darwin on Darwin's invitation
Written in German

Has heard from Darwin [cf Life and Letters of Charles Darwin iii, 68]; delighted with his visit to England and meeting with Huxley; he returned by way of Teneriffe where he made a rich harvest of marine animals [Results published in Eine Zoologische Excursion nach den Canarischen Inseln, Leipsic, 1867]; his book [Naturliche Schopfungsgeschichte is now finished; desires Huxley's candid opinion of it; German critics [Huxley's reply, 20 May, Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 288]
Written in German

His engagement and plans for marriage; his Generelle Morphologie is being widely read in Germany. [Huxley's reply, 16 July, Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 289]
Written in German

Accepts offer of Philosophical Transactions; is President of Medizinisch-naturwissenschaftliche Gessellschaft zu Jena; suggests exchange of publications; Huxley on classification of Birds; work on Siphonophora [published 1869]; Gegenbaur's 2nd edition; Dohrn was his pupil, but thinks him uncritical; is married. [This in reply to Huxley's letter of 21 January, Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 302, part]
Written in German

Thanks Huxley for moving Royal Society to present Philosophical Transactions which has arrived; is publishing popular lectures on his Schopfungsgeschichte; has been awarded medal by Utrecht University for his Siphonophoren; is working on the descent of Man
Written in German

Asks Huxley to use his influence to get the Ray Society to publish a translation of his Generelle Morphologie; would make certain changes in the English edition; relation of Sponges to Coelenterata. [Huxley's reply 13 November, Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 305]
Written in German

[To Anton Dohrn]. On the proposed English translation of Generelle Morphologie; will shorten and simplify it
Written in German

On Bathybius and its affinities; the English edition of Generelle Morphologie; wants embryological material from Zoological Society
Written in German

Huxley's bad handwriting, could only be deciphered with Gegenbaur's help; specifies the abridgements and modifications for the English edition of his Generelle Morphologie
Written in German

Huxley has been appointed Honorary Foreign member of the Jena Medical and Natural History Society; is sending diploma and a letter of thanks to the Royal Society for the gift of Philosophical Transactions; death of August Schleicher at the age of 47
Written in German

Sends Volume 1 of Generelle Morphologie with the modifications for the English edition in detail; Young of Glasgow is ready to translate it
Written in German

Is working on histology of Sponges and Corals; wants material from English collections especially those used by Bowerbank for his monograph
Written in German

Appleton would like to see the Anthropogenie discussed by Huxley, and asks him to urge it
Written in German

Bad handwriting again; thanks Huxley for memoir on Amphioxus; Wilhelm Muller of Jena has been working for years on a monograph on Amphioxus, but keeps his results to himself; an American edition of Anthropogenie

Is working on his monograph of Medusae; asks for specimens from English collections especially the types of Huxley's paper of 1849
Written in German

Has been travelling in the North of Scotland; is about to visit Edinburgh and then London, to see Dr Gunther at the British Museum
Written in German

Is going to Ceylon; grant from the Humboldt Fund by Berlin Academy has been refused owing to opposition by the anti-Darwinists, notably Virchow; asks Huxley to procure grant from Royal Society and British Association; has also asked Darwin, Lubbock and Wyville Thomson. [See DARWIN, C, Nos 171, 172]
Written in German

Visited Edinburgh in September and saw Murray; his Challenger work finished after 12 years
Written in German

Sends English translation by Gilchrist of his Monism; had difficulty in finding an English publisher; a former pupil, Otto Hamann, brought a lawsuit which cost him a fine and legal charges; sends part i of his Systematische Phylogenie; thanks Huxley for 9 volumes of The Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley
Written in German

Has been ill; eulogy of Huxley
Written in German

Will send Huxley's letters to him for Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley; they will be difficult to find amongst the 30,000 letters he has received in the last 40 years; could find them by the dates of his own letters
Written in German

Thanks for sending dates
Written in German

Out of a great mass of letters has selected 8 for publication
Written in German

Sends 8 of Huxley's letters for use in Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley; is starting on a trip to Russia
Written in German

Is in England for International Zoological Congress; is staying in Cambridge with his former pupil Dr Gadow; hopes to visit her at Eastbourne

Regrets unable to visit; a telegram has made immediate return necessary

Sends German edition of his Cambridge speech which is fuller than the English version The Last Link, in which he pays tribute to Huxley

Thanks for congratulations on his 80th birthday
Written in German

Signed photograph of Haeckel

Photograph of Haeckel and Miklucho-Maclay on the Canary Islands expedition

Signed photograph of Haeckel in old age

Asks permission to translate The Natural Inequality of Men [Nineteenth Century Jan 1890; The Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 290] into French for the Revue Internationale de Sociologie

Thanks for granting permission to which the Editor [Knowles] has no objection. [End lost]

His work on the South Seas used by Huxley in combating Crawfurd's Ethnological errors; evidence of linguistics and anatomy

Sends copy of resolution by the Faculty congratulating Huxley on his nomination as Privy Councillor

Huxley's acknowledgement and thanks
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

A student's life at University College

Congratulates Huxley on his honorary degree at Dublin; is continuing his physiological studies

Thanks for the offer of starting his son Harry in medical practice
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Opinion on health of Huxley and Mrs Huxley; the partnership with their son Harry is most successful

Unable to accept invitation; hopes Huxley no longer disparages Gladstone

Huxley's opinion: the last remaining "Mosaic Geologist" [He was Knighted in 1884]

Anatomy of the Cephalopoda; his theory of their affinities; the figures published by Owen and by Kolliker
[The long and important series of letters that follows deals with the anatomy of Mollusca and in great detail. Their contents are too technical to be adequately summarized]

Thanks Huxley for sending results of Kolliker's researches; has sent a paper on the homologies of the Cephalopods to Annals and Magazine of Natural History; but his views differ from those of Huxley; long discussion on anatomy and embryology of the Cephalopods

Anatomy, embryology and affinities of the Mollusca

An error of observation in Owen's memoir on the Nautilus; anatomy of the Cephalopods

Sends his paper on the nervous system of Ommastrephes; hopes it will assist in determining the homologies of the Mollusca; interpretation of the ganglions

Sends specimens for dissection; Huxley's work on Ascidians; nervous system of various Mollusca

Thanks for copy of Morphology of the Cephalous Mollusca [Phil Transactions 143, 29; The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 152]

Anatomy of Terbratula [End lost]

Anatomy of Lingula

Identifies a Nudibranch sent by Huxley as Antiopa cristata; would like living specimens to examine

Discussion of the Morphology of the Mollusca; is in general agreement with Huxley's vies; observations on particular points

Anatomical details of Mollusca; drawing and explanation

Thanks for a specimen of Eolis, which was dead when received, but was able to make some use of it

Anatomy of Brachiopoda

Thanks Huxley for sending specimens of Brachiopoda; anatomy of same

Anatomy of Mollusca

Same subject as 01613

Same subject as 01613 and 01614

His paper nearly ready

Sends his paper on the Brachiopoda for communication to the Royal Society; disagrees with Vogt

Sends drawings for 3 plates to illustrate the paper, the total number of plates will not be less than 15

Unable to come to London; has 9 plates ready

Is highly honoured by the award [of a Royal Medal]; hopes it will not affect Alder's reputation, who is his senior; Alder's misfortunes; asks Huxley to give a testimonial to support an application to Lord Derby [for a Civil List Pension]

Has had official notice of the award and a request to attend to receive it; is quite unable to come to London

Is unable to come to London to receive the medal; asks Huxley to accept it on his behalf and allow Dr Embleton to attend the meeting and bring the medal back with him

Thanks Huxley for receiving the medal on his behalf; would wish to follow Huxley's plan for his future researches, but cannot commit himself for a long period; intends to deal next with Lamelli-branchiata

Is working upon Cephalopods; difficulty of procuring specimens; details of structure

Thanks for paper on Nautilus [Journal of the Linnean Society of London - Zoology iii, 36; The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 81]; discussion of its anatomy; Alder engaged on a Catalogue of Ascidians for the British Museum

Molluscan anatomy; thanks Huxley for offer to apply to Grants Committee for aid in procuring specimens

Working with Howse on a paper for Geological Society; a new Permian reptile; [Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London xxvi, 556]; invites Huxley to Newcastle

Pleased to hear of Huxley's coming visit; will have specimens ready for his inspection

Thanks Huxley for taking charge of the reptile paper, which can be read in abstract; differs somewhat from Huxley's conclusions

Sends proofs of plates for Huxley's paper in Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy [The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley iii, 180; see WRIGHT, E P, No 62]

An eye-witness's recollections of the encounter of Huxley and Bishop Wilberforce at Oxford in 1860 [cf Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hookeri, 524n]

In reply to Harcourt's request for Huxley's opinion on the total suppression of vivisection, states the view that it would arrest progress [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Offers to Huxley the Inspectorship of Fisheries vacant by the death of Frank Buckland

Huxley declines the proposal and states his reasons
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Regrets Huxley's decision and urges him to reconsider it

Asks Huxley to call at Home Office

Understands from Gladstone that all arrangements have been made to enable Huxley to accept

Will accept the position and thanks Harcourt personally
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Sets out details of salary, etc, and asks Huxley for official acceptance [Huxley was appointed 2 February 1881; see LIDDELL, V F O, No 1]

Encloses proposals for the opening of the Fisheries Exhibition [on 12 May]

Will do what is required of him, but dislikes public appearances; will reply for Commissioners to welcome to Prince of Wales [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 49]
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Wishes to call and discuss various matters

Resigns Inspectorship of Fisheries
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Thanks Huxley for present of books [The Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley]; personal news

The Natural History chair at Edinburgh [No indication of date, but after 1877]
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Asks Huxley's opinion on a "spiritualistic" premonition of death

Replies for the Hydrographer to Huxley's letter [see ADMIRALTY, No 7] and asks him to call and give a personal explanation

Proposal to a firm of publishers to take over the management of his books. [This letter has no connection with Huxley, and it is not known how it came to be among his papers]

Thanks Huxley for book [probably Controverted Questions and admires the way in which he castigates his assailants
Written in German

Cannot undertake to procure and mount anatomical specimens required by Huxley on recommendation of Gray, owing to pressure of other work

Wants an article on the Scientific Basis of Morality [Beginning lost]

Lilly wishes to reply to Huxley's article [Science and Morals; The Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley ix, 117]

Cannot agree to his proposal [to epitomise] Huxley's Physiography
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Sends the above letter (no 01653)

Asks Huxley to join Committee of the Century Club

[To John Morley]. Begs him to answer Huxley that he is not angry with him and is a sincere admirer

Introduces A R Cooper of Louisville and hopes Huxley may be able to see him on his American tour

Owing to his wife's illness has been unable to visit at Huxley's house

Congratulates Huxley on his election as President of the Royal Society

Disclaims the implication of charges made against him in the Fortnightly Review [cfLife and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley] ii, 342
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

His explanation; feels that he has been badly treated by Knowles

Admiration of Huxley's Romanes Lecture

Indignantly denies Owen's statement that Huxley and his friends were responsible for the failure of Hart to be elected to the Athenaeum, and will take action to make the calumniator responsible

Having had no reply, reaffirms as above (no 01663)

Did not entertain the belief that Huxley or his friends did any hostile action to him; would much regret a scandal to be caused

In deference to Hart's feelings will abstain from reporting to the Committee of the Athenaeum, although he considers such action would be justified
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Sends a pamphlet on Aeronautics

Encloses a letter written by himself to a colleague containing a farrago of misunderstanding of Huxley's views and statements

Long letter criticising the present system of medical education at Aberdeen and hopes that Huxley as Lord Rector will take the matter up

Congratulates Huxley on election as President of the Royal Society; death of his son, who was a great admirer of Huxley and whose ambition it was to become a Fellow of the Royal Society

Refers to old correspondence relating to the Foundation of a Scholarship at the School of Mines in memory of his son, Frank Hatton; accuses Huxley of discourteous and insulting behaviour to him

Asks Hatton to send the letters complained of
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Sends the letters; renewed accusations against Huxley

Huxley's explanations; proves the accusations to be quite unfounded
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Expresses regret and apologizes

Hopes Huxley will "dust the jacket" of the Duke of Argyll for his unbecoming attack upon him

Introduces Robert Ashcroft [qv]; the bill for water supply at Preston alleged to interfere with salmon-breeding; Huxley's opinion to be asked

A visit to Lord Beaconsfield

Signed photograph

Lady Hay unable to accept invitation through illness, but will bring his daughter, who much wishes to meet Huxley

Sends pamphlets and asks Huxley to notice them in his Presidential Address to the Geological Society; particulars of American Geological Survey publications

Sends cutting relating to St Thomas's National School of which he is stated to be a committee man; asks for information [See SWANN, Rev H, Nos 1-3]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Huxley's name not returned to the [Education] Department as on the Committee

News from an old shipmate of HMS Rattlesnake [T H Huxley's Diary of the Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake 145, 152, 272]

Much regrets having to leave England without an opportunity of meeting again

His father expressed a wish that his watch should be given to Huxley's sons

Declines the offer, as so many years have elapsed
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Regrets, but acquiesces

Is sending off specimens in spirit (list enclosed); expeditions into the interior; drawings of fishes enclosed

A "miracle" cure at Lowestoft

Will call for a Hydrodictyon which he is anxious to see

Hooker, Henfrey, Busk, Carpenter and Huxley to dine before the Linnean Society meeting

Recalls that Huxley, Tyndall and himself were all unsuccessful candidates at Toronto

Sends a specimen of Spirula from Barbados, and specimens of Ianthina frugilis; observations on their habits

Sends a protest concerning examinations; it has been signed by some Oxford professors and others; would be glad to have Huxley's signature

Sends the Protest revised and hopes Huxley will sign it

Will call and bring papers for Huxley's inspection

Thanks for letter

Regrets the breach between Huxley and Herbert Spencer

Thanks for Huxley's frank treatment of what he has written (not specified) [Written on a printed circular announcing "A Proposed Liberty Paper"]

Thanks Huxley for reference to him in the Daily Telegraph

Good advice; candidates should show eagerness and not reticence

Unable to attend meeting at short notice; the Cambridge Professorship

Remarks on a memorial to Sir R I Murchison; his "autocratic aspirations" in a "Scientific Democracy"

Sends his pamphlet on Scottish University Reform

Biographies of Huxley and himself in Engel's "Handel to Halle"; misconduct by the editor

Thanks Huxley for his speech on payments to denominational schools; religious intolerance

Wishes to discuss the Imperial Institute

This letter and nos 01710-01718 is long and full of unctuous, servile flattery. Huxley, thinking the writer to be a man of science in distress, procured a considerable sum for him. The man was evidently a begging-letter writer and Huxley was just as obviously deceived; but he perceived the truth at last, for on the back of the last letter [01718] he notes: "Sharp letter, to warn him not to use my name". [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 482, and see STANLEY, A P, No 15]

This letter and nos 01709, 01711-01718 is long and full of unctuous, servile flattery. Huxley, thinking the writer to be a man of science in distress, procured a considerable sum for him. The man was evidently a begging-letter writer and Huxley was just as obviously deceived; but he perceived the truth at last, for on the back of the last letter [01718] he notes: "Sharp letter, to warn him not to use my name". [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 482, and see STANLEY, A P, No 15]

This letter and nos 01709-01710, 01712-01718 is long and full of unctuous, servile flattery. Huxley, thinking the writer to be a man of science in distress, procured a considerable sum for him. The man was evidently a begging-letter writer and Huxley was just as obviously deceived; but he perceived the truth at last, for on the back of the last letter [01718] he notes: "Sharp letter, to warn him not to use my name". [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 482, and see STANLEY, A P, No 15]

This letter and nos 01709-01711, 01713-01718 is long and full of unctuous, servile flattery. Huxley, thinking the writer to be a man of science in distress, procured a considerable sum for him. The man was evidently a begging-letter writer and Huxley was just as obviously deceived; but he perceived the truth at last, for on the back of the last letter [01718] he notes: "Sharp letter, to warn him not to use my name". [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 482, and see STANLEY, A P, No 15]

This letter and nos 01709-01712, 01714-01718 is long and full of unctuous, servile flattery. Huxley, thinking the writer to be a man of science in distress, procured a considerable sum for him. The man was evidently a begging-letter writer and Huxley was just as obviously deceived; but he perceived the truth at last, for on the back of the last letter [01718] he notes: "Sharp letter, to warn him not to use my name". [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 482, and see STANLEY, A P, No 15]

This letter and nos 01709-01713, 01715-01718 is long and full of unctuous, servile flattery. Huxley, thinking the writer to be a man of science in distress, procured a considerable sum for him. The man was evidently a begging-letter writer and Huxley was just as obviously deceived; but he perceived the truth at last, for on the back of the last letter [01718] he notes: "Sharp letter, to warn him not to use my name". [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 482, and see STANLEY, A P, No 15]

This letter and nos 01709-01714, 01716-01718 is long and full of unctuous, servile flattery. Huxley, thinking the writer to be a man of science in distress, procured a considerable sum for him. The man was evidently a begging-letter writer and Huxley was just as obviously deceived; but he perceived the truth at last, for on the back of the last letter [01718] he notes: "Sharp letter, to warn him not to use my name". [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 482, and see STANLEY, A P, No 15]

This letter and nos 01709-01715, 01717-01718 is long and full of unctuous, servile flattery. Huxley, thinking the writer to be a man of science in distress, procured a considerable sum for him. The man was evidently a begging-letter writer and Huxley was just as obviously deceived; but he perceived the truth at last, for on the back of the last letter [01718] he notes: "Sharp letter, to warn him not to use my name". [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 482, and see STANLEY, A P, No 15]

This letter and nos 01709-01716 and 01718 is long and full of unctuous, servile flattery. Huxley, thinking the writer to be a man of science in distress, procured a considerable sum for him. The man was evidently a begging-letter writer and Huxley was just as obviously deceived; but he perceived the truth at last, for on the back of the last letter [01718] he notes: "Sharp letter, to warn him not to use my name". [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 482, and see STANLEY, A P, No 15]

This letter and nos 01709-01717 is long and full of unctuous, servile flattery. Huxley, thinking the writer to be a man of science in distress, procured a considerable sum for him. The man was evidently a begging-letter writer and Huxley was just as obviously deceived; but he perceived the truth at last, for on the back of the last letter [01718] he notes: "Sharp letter, to warn him not to use my name". [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 482, and see STANLEY, A P, No 15]

Regrets that Huxley declines to contribute a biography of his father to a series of biographies published by him

Huxley asks the writer to explain what he means; he understood him to ask for his own autobiography for which he had neither time nor inclination
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Thanks Huxley for present of wood-carving; has been unable to call owing to family bereavements

Announces that Huxley has been elected a member of The Club [See REEVE, H, Nos 1,2, and HOOKER, J D, No 255]

Physical characters of the American negroes

Wishes Busk to write a book on Human Histology, and Huxley on the application of the microscope to animal anatomy and physiology

Hopes to meet Huxley at the private view [of the Royal Academy] but Mrs Huxley can use his ticket if unable to come

Announces unanimous election of Huxley by Council of the Royal Society as one of the Secretaries

His appointment as Director [of Naval Studies at Royal Naval College, Greenwich] is virtually settled, and thanks Huxley and Spottiswoode for their interest in his favour [cf GOSCHEN, Nos 1, 2, and Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 389]

Eulogy of Spottiswoode

Will attend meeting of X Club

Wishes Huxley a beneficial rest in Switzerland; has heard nothing from Tyndall and Spencer

Congratulates Huxley on award of Copley Medal; his own health improving; Herbert Spencer's illness

Thanks for Social Diseases; asks Huxley's support for Thorpe at the Athenaeum; Tyndall's illness

Sends letter from General Chesney to Huxley as one of the Fishery Commissioners; comments on Man's Place in Nature

Science teaching; methods to be left to schoolmasters; sends a draft scheme

Considers the School Board inflicts great sacrifices on Huxley and offers financial assistance

Thanks Huxley for his letter and understands his motives for declining his offer

Dissenters and churchmen making the Education Scheme a political issue; suggested action by School Board and Commissioners

Urges School Board to give early attention to their educational scheme

Unable to attend wedding of Huxley's daughter

Booth's "Darkest England" scheme

Refers to his pamphlet Social Diseases; objects to Booth's scheme as socially and politically dangerous, and that there is no legal security for the proper use of its funds

Acknowledgement of Huxley's letter

Repudiates a circular issued by Joseph Hatton in his and Huxley's name about a scholarship [See HATTON, J, Nos 2-6]

Expresses disgust at Hunt's attack on Huxley; sends subscription to Jamaica committee; encloses extract of Hunt's speech

Asks Huxley to attend a committee meeting [of some educational body]; hopes Tyndall will also attend; Dr Schmitz on teaching of Classics

Excavations in a rock-shelter near Schaffhausen; human and animal remains discovered

Sends letter representing the views of Chemists, and asks Huxley to sign it [To whom, not stated]

Regrets unable to accept Huxley's invitation [to British Association at Nottingham]

Appreciation of Essays on Controverted Questions; thinks a society should be formed to further Huxley's views

Arbitrary treatment of the Press by the British Association

Sends his book [History of Co-operation in England, 1875]

A visit from Herbert Spencer

Appreciation of Huxley's Science and Pseudo-Science [Nineteenth Century April 1887; The Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley v, 90] and the castigation of the Duke of Argyll

Has been to Anniversary meeting at Leicester Secular Hall, and appreciates Huxley's support

His admiration for Huxley

[5th page of a letter, the first 4 of which are missing]. His association with Huxley; will lend any of his letters

Will present Huxley's essays to Princess of Wales; the elephant "Jumbo"

Congratulations on birth of his son [William Henslow Hooker born 24 January]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Congratulates Huxley on his appointment [cf The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 109]; about to move to Richmond

Death of [John Ellerton] Stocks; has been offered examinership [for HEI Co, cf Life and Letters of Joseph Dalton Hooker i, 386]; Braun's Rejuvenescence "German rubbish"; Ray Society ill-advised to publish translations of such works [Life and Letters of Joseph Dalton Hooker i, 425]

Corrections to his paper [in Philosophical Transactions, 1854, 259]; appointed examiner to HEI Co; his views on examinations [Life and Letters of Joseph Dalton Hooker i, 385]

Bell's efforts to vivify the Linnean Society; his timidity; asks for Huxley's and Bentham's co-operation; details of and objections to Bell's schemes

Congratulations on award of Royal Medal; delicacy of his position in regard to Forbes's claim [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 110]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Thanks for congratulations; did not wish to compete with Forbes, whose claim he thinks greater than his own [Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker i, 416]

Death of Edward Forbes [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 116, part]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Details of Forbes's illness; proposes subscription for a memorial [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 116]; suggested that he (Huxley) should succeed him at Edinburgh [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 117, part]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Specimens sent belong to Rev G N Smith of Gumpeston, near Tenby, who has no objection to their being exhibited
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Reunion with his future wife and her parents [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 128, part]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Congratulations on his reunion; Busk and Tyndall elected [to Philosophical Club]; Hamilton's presidential address to Geological Society

Huxley elected to Philosophical Club

[From Mrs Hooker]. Her husband appointed Assistant to his father at Kew

Criticism of Braun's [Rejuvenescence] [cfLife and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker i, 425]; asks Joseph Hooker to be one of the trustees of the Forbes Memorial Fund; Lough's bust of Forbes

Agrees to be a Forbes trustee; opinion of Braun's work

Thanks for gift of Flora Iudica; invitation to his wedding [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 128]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

The submerged forest of Amroth; his honeymoon trip [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 129]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Sends list of Committee of Athenaeum; Bell's Linnean Society, reforms rejected through obstructiveness of Robert Brown [cf History of the Linnean Society of London 49]

Has received present from Herbert Spencer of his Principles of Psychology; as Spencer is a stranger to him, asks how he shall address him

Distress of Mrs MacGillivray (wife of John MacGillivray, naturalist of the Rattlesnake); is trying to get her a passage to Australia with her children [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 232]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Thanks for help towards the £50 he hopes to raise for Mrs MacGillivray [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 233, where it is wrongly dated 1861; see GRAY, J, No 1]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Latham and Carpenter candidates for Registrarship of London University
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Has asked Henslow's support for Latham not knowing that Carpenter had applied; has asked Henslow not to be influenced by his former application

Henslow unable to speak at Cheltenham [British Association]; teaching of Natural Science demands co-operation of zoologists and botanists; his ideas of a progressive scientific association [Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker i, 368, part]

Henslow will make no promises as to whom he will support for Registrar of London University

His travels in Switzerland [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 145]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

The Imperialis Academia Coes Nat Cur wish to propose Huxley as Honorary Member and require particulars which he has been asked to obtain; has been reading Herbert Spencer

Sends particulars of himself for the Imperialis Academia [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 149]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Dr Andrew Sinclair; a specimen of Nautilus

His Alpine journey [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 145]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Is promoting the cause of Lindley for Royal Medal this year and of [Albany] Hancock next year; their respective supporters

Specimens sent by Colonel Benson identified as Distoma
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Huxley's election to Athenaeum; asks for his help in the election of various candidates; his criticism on a lecture by Huxley

Has paid his dues to Athenaeum; his attitude to criticism; embryonic tissues in plants [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 157, part]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Scheme for scientific articles in Saturday Review; suggested contributors; invites Joseph Hooker's co-operation [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 139; Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker i, 412]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Unable to undertake reviews in Saturday Review [Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker i, 412]

Supported Williams at the Royal Society election; list of Fellows elected

Owen; the British Museum collections
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Proposed transfer of British Museum natural history collections to South Kensington; various persons and their influence in the matter; attitude of Parliament; his views of a compromise [Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker i, 380, part]

Sends specimens of insect pests on plants

Enquires about a book on fish-ponds; sends ferns; cell-development

Wallace's impetus to Darwin; J E Gray "a zoological whirlwind"; has finished Oceanic Hydrozoa and is working on Croonian Lecture; the British Museum collections [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 159]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Bentham bringing the case of Mrs Henfrey before the Council of the Linnean Society; the Ethnological and Anthropological Societies

Joseph Hooker's notice of Robert Brown in Gardener's Chronicle [1856, 493, 701]; the British Museum
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Considers British Museum Herbarium superfluous and that it should be transferred to Kew; thinks British Museum should only illustrate plant-life; his views of respective functions of British Museum and Kew; suggests a meeting of naturalists to lay their views before the Trustees [Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker i, 380]

The draft memorial as to the British Museum collections; the Ralfs Fund; Government liberality to Kew; is enlisting Lyell's interest in the British Museum question

The memorial to be sent to Darwin [see DARWIN, C R, Nos 27, 28]; his father has seen Lord Russell; Owen was present and both favoured removal of British Museum Botany Department to Kew

[To Sir R I Murchison]. Explanation and qualification of the Memorial on the British Museum collections, enclosing memorandum of comments of the memorialists on the statements of the Trustees' Sub-committee

The memorial advocating removal of British Museum natural history collections; steps to be taken to advance it; co-operation of [Rev Whitwell] Elwin, editor of Quarterly Review; attempts made to influence other editors; the "Committee of Public Safety"; Elwin's opinion of Owen and Murchison; probable opposition of Bell and others [Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker i, 380, part]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Huxley's contribution to Ralfs Fund; his own increase in salary; queries as to fossil botany

Sends Medical Gazette report of his lectures [on Invertebrate Anatomy] [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 162]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Subscription for a bust of [J F] Royle; Prescott's etchings
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Has handed over Ralfs Fund to Van Voorst; it is proposed to make Ralf an annuity and make the capital a Naturalists' Fund; opposition of Bowerbank and others

Thinks the fund should be a scientific fund and not a mere naturalists' fund Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 165]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

An amended scheme for the Forbes Fund; has been informed by Elwin that the British Museum natural history collections will be moved to Kensington
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Lindley and Frankland elected to Philosophical Club; remarks on proofs of Flora of Australia; a visit from Greene of Cork, who is writing on Protozoa
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Family affairs; a geological excursion in Norfolk with Lyell and [Rev John] Gunn; British Association at Aberdeen; death of Henfrey

A passage from Quarterly Review

A visit from Blandowski; enquires who he is

The J D Forbes controversy [see TYNDALL, J, No 85, note]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

His opinion of Blandowski's zoological work and its reception by Government; remarks on proofs
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

His review of the Origin in The Times [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley] i, 177]

Disapproves of Lovell Reeve, publisher of Tasmanian Flora; suggests reviewing it together with the Origin
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

The petition to Government on the British Museum collections; gift by Spencer of his Essays

The petition and "a fool of a Lord"
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Has found a house suitable for Lady Hooker (Joseph Hooker's mother)
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Congratulations on the commencement of the great joint work with Bentham [Genera Plantarum]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Sends letter from Professor A W Hofmann enquiring as to the collection of Alpine plants

Proposal for starting the Natural History Review; invites Joseph Hooker's help [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 209]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Is willing to help with Natural History Review with Oliver and Currie; his views as to conducting the journal

Organization of Natural History Review; a warning by Darwin [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 210; cf DARWIN, C R, No 59]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Joseph Hooker's review of the Origin [in Gardener's Chronicle; cf Life and Letters of Charles Darwin ii, 267]; Von Baer and Darwin
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Von Baer's views on species; suggests quotation from his published work and not from his letters
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Letters of George Mann on the Gaboon; men and monkeys [Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker ii, 33]

Printer's charges; birth of a son [Leonard, born 11 December]; resolutions as to devoting himself to science; a visit to Darwin [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 222]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Mrs Hooker's health; printer's charges

Asks Joseph Hooker to be godfather to his son; asks his opinion of Natural History Review [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 223]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley