Yours very sincerely,
Geo. J. Romanes.
Geanies: December 1, 1887.
I have now nearly finished the 'Life and Letters,' and cannot express my admiration of your work. What a mercy it is that you were so wonderfully qualified to do it.
Yours ever indebtedly,
Geo. J. Romanes.
Mr. Romanes wrote one of the memorial notices in the little volume 'Charles Darwin,' published by Messrs. Macmillan.
Thus closed a very significant and important chapter in his life.
The relationship of disciple to master ceased for him, no one else exactly held the place Mr. Darwin had held, to no one else did he so constantly refer; and dear as were other friends, notably Dr. Burdon Sanderson, no one stood in the position to Romanes of 'The Master.'
There was no exaggeration in his expressions of grief, or in the verses in which he poured out his soul:—