The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-29

pale face, quick eyes and . general look Of
great rofinement.'
The Duke recalls that he was particularly
pleased to breakfast with Henry HAllam.
because ut that time he had derived moro
knowledge from his hosts books. the
Constitutional History OF England and
Literature Of Europe than from any
others he could have named. Il had been
told In private conversation he was dis
posed 10 bsantagonisti 10 and contradictions.
I found him, on the contrary, everything
that was gentle and agreeable. He bad
then suffered the first great loss THAT Of his
eldest sonl, which all the world has been
led (by Tennysonl to mourn with him.
Hallam. II seemS. was o man Of middle size,
with q square head, q very massive brow,
rather small blue syss, deeply aet. q slightiy
aQuillne nose and q very strong chin, with
q projecting under jaw and lip. His hair
was very gray. but was not white. II
showed none OF Maoaulay's extraordinary
conversational power. But, before I knew
him, his sorrows had much weighed him
down, and I was told that q few years earlier,
when he and Maoaulay met, there was often
q splendid display OF fighting between the
two. Hallam's uttoranoe being often too
fast for distinct pronunciation OF his eager
and rapid Words
The reference to w iiberforoe is In a kind
ller spirit than would be appreciated by
the friends Of tho late Prof. Huxley, whose
tilt with the Bishop In he Sheldonlan
Theatre at Oxford 10 ,till remembered.
Il wal In i845, when WHEREFORE was Dean
Of Westminster, that Argyll and his wife
made his acquaintance. They used to 60
almost every Sunday afternoon to hear
his sermons In the Abbey. 1T was i'm
possible we road, 'at that tim not to DO
struck with the great charm Of his counte-
nance, the ca rnestness Of his eloquence and
the angular beauty Of his voice. These
were much more remarkable then than at
I often thought that, great az the attractions
Of his conversation always continued to be.
those who saw him only In his later years
could hardly understand the fascination
he exerted over others at that earlier time
Wilberforce was then 10 years OF age, but
looked younger than he really was. 81
the most many sided character I have
ever known. not even excepting Gladstone.
! believe him to have been, from frat to
last, a thoroughly good man, anxious to
use his great gifts for the best In his Masters
service. But his love Of appreciation and
OF admiration was intense, and 90, also, was
his ambition" The Duke goes on deli
oately to intimate how the Bishop got the
nickname Of Soapy Sam. TOO literally and
too much he was all things to all men,
and the life In London did not improve
him, or at least did not exhibit him at his
best. He seemed to like shining In society,
as O man OF the world, almost as much as be
liked shining In the pulpit as a great preacher
OF In the House OF Lords as o great orator
and debater.' Our author AYERS that he
and Wilberforce were always the best OF
friends, though onoe In the House OF Lords
the Bishop turned on him rather savagely,
saying: "The noble Duke has the word
Presbyterian written in large letters all
down his back
We turn to what we find In the auto
biography about Sir Charles Lyell and Prof.
Owen. -Lysll's breakfasts were always
q great pleasure to me. OF course, they
were largely scientific as we'll as literary
In their cha ra cter, and 1t was interesting
to rear Lyell talk when he was full Of some
new fact In his special science which bore
on his IA vorite theory Of the uniformity Of
geological causa ton from the earliest to the
Ia test times, OF that theory I had always
q profound distrust. except under such
OF mes ming as greatly affected
the whole conception 1t il conceded,
however, that Lyell was always most faith
full t. facts, that whatever might be said
Of his disciples he never was himself at all
a dogma fist, and that he thoroughly de-
served the great reputation that his books
gave him. We are told that "he had a
curious but very agreeable way OF speaking
in a half whisper when he had anything
to tell. as IL be was almost in awe Of
the immensities OF time and Of the mysteries
OF creation with which his science dealt
and on which the new fact might be found
to tell
1t was during the same early years in
London that the Duke Of Argyll formed
q rather intimate friendship with Prof.
Owen, whose lectures on the growing science
OF paleontology he occasionally attended.
The author says that -in his lecture room,
long before the publication Of Darwin's
Origin Of Species, which did not take place
till 1859, I became familiar with the signih-
mt but mysterious fact Of the gradual
in the course Of time Of our
domesticabl Die animals; that they had been
late introductions before the advent Of man.
md that approaches to their peculiar
structure could be ira oed through al ad-
v noing series Of pree1isting forms, as II
were being gradually prepared. He
rticulsrly mentioned a creature which
for ages was making a gradual approach
to the speois md quite peculiar orga nization
Of the horse Owen was reputed among
scientific mon to be not without some faults
Of jealousy. but tho Duke ~testifies that to
outsiders generally he was always cha rming
instructive. 1He was q very singular
man, tall, raw boned and gaunt.
an immense head. His face was very
large, with a prodigious forehead and very
eyes. which seemed highly speculative
and bordering in thought, as well as watch
iul OF all external things, He had very high
and broad cheek bones: the mouth was
small; but the most peculiar feature Of
Ovens frame was his hands. He used 10
US that the 'opposable digit Of the
hand-the ~thumb-was the great
OF mans structure, being the
which gave TO the hand its special
powers Of various manipulation, a peculi-
~ikv In vbioh popa ~ the lovor apirnala