of 1851. —­jealousy of. —­his first lecture. —­receives the Royal Society’s Medal. —­morning incapacity. —­people he can deal with. —­lives by his pen. —­obtains a post in the School of Mines. —­and on the Geological Survey. —­openness of dealing with his friends, Hooker and Forbes.  —­Carpenter. —­about a rejected memoir. —­refuses uncertain position at Edinburgh. —­prefers a scientific career in London. —­his principle of “having a row at starting”. —­marriage. —­early work on the Invertebrata interrupted. —­paleontological work.  —­British Museum Collections. —­on the value of a hundred a year. —­tries to organise a scientific review (see “Natural History Review"). —­his wish to become a physiologist. —­writes on the Cell Theory and the Skull. —­ill-health during the fifties. —­tour in Switzerland. —­ascends Mont Blanc. —­work on glaciers. —­apparent desultoriness of his earlier work. —­balance-sheet of work in 1857. —­begins the systematic consultation of foreign writers. —­recognition abroad. —­birth of his son Noel. —­his aim in life. —­death of his son. —­position in 1858. —­ambition. —­translation and lecturing. —­money and marriage. —­paleontology and anatomy. —­loss of priority through delay of “Oceanic Hydrozoa”. —­his personal contributions to science. —­effect on him of the “Origin”. —­“anti-progressive confession of faith”. —­one of the decisive critics of the “Origin”. —­“general agent” to Darwin. —­nature of his support of Darwin. —­as Darwin’s bulldog —­descent of man. —­takes up ethnology. —­his philosophy of life. —­love of philosophy. —­early life. —­moves to Abbey Place. —­his handwriting. —­on matrimony. —­children.  —­“Happy Family”. —­fondness for music. —­health. —­expedition to Switzerland.  —­Hunterian Lectures. —­the British Museum and controversy. —­exhilarating effect of controversy. —­not inconsistent with friendship. —­reputation. —­ethnological work. —­vein of laziness. —­appealed to on point of honour. —­science course for International College. —­on Indian anthropological scheme.  —­Edinburgh degree. —­the writing of elementary books.  —­“Elementary Physiology”. —­incident at a working-men’s lecture. —­trip to Brittany. —­anecdote of the cerebellum. —­on “eating the leek”. —­rapidity of thought. —­influence of his style. —­the moralities of criticism. —­a good book and fools. —­turning-point in his career, 1870. —­popular view of, about 1870. —­effect of “Lay Sermons”. —­growing pressure of official work. —­dubbed “Pope” by the “Spectator”. —­on evolution of the horse. —­influence of Descartes, and scientific Calvinism. —­visits the Eifel. —­his degree of D.C.L. opposed.  —­President British Association. —­work on micro-organisms and spontaneous generation. —­continued work on micro-organisms. —­on savagery. —­visits the slums. —­presentation to. —­commerce the civiliser. —­attacks on his Address. —­stands for the School Board. —­his programme. —­opposes proposal to open meetings with prayer. —­on Education Committee. —­religious and secular