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THE real life of Huxley has still to be written. What is wanted is a critical study of the development of his striking personality and an estimate of the work of his life and the effect it has produced. I have nothing but praise for the two bulky volumes of the “Life and Letters,” in which a filial duty has been accomplished with taste and judgment. But though they supply invaluable material they do notattempt to bring the facts of either career or performance to a clear focus.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, F.R.S.
By Leonard Huxley. Vol. I., pp. viii + 503; Vol. II., pp. vi + 504. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1900.) 30s. net.
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THISELTON-DYER, W. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, F.R.S.. Nature 64, 145–151 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/064145a0
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