Full PUBLICITY, PRINTED STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS, and occasional DISCUSSIONS and inquiries at GENERAL MEETINGS, are the only safeguards; and a due degree of VIGILANCE should be exercised on those who DISCOURAGE these principles Of the Royal Society, I shall speak in a succeeding page; and I regret to add, that I might have said moreMy object is to amend it; but, like all deeply-rooted complaints, the operation which alone can contribute to its cure, is necessarily painfulHad the words of remonstrance or reproof found utterance through other channels, I had gladly been silent, content to support by my vote the reasonings of the friend of science and of the Society But this has not been the case, and after frustrated efforts to introduce improvements, I shall now endeavour, by the force of plain, but perhaps painful truths, to direct public opinion in calling for such a reform, as shall rescue the Royal Society from contempt in our own country, from ridicule in others On the next five societies in the list, I shall offer no remarks Of the Geological, I shall say a few words It possesses all the freshness, the vigour, and the ardour of youth in the pursuit of a youthful science, and has succeeded in a most difficult experiment, that of having an oral discussion on the subject of each paper read at its meetings To say of these discussions, that they are very entertaining, is the least part of the praise which is due to them They are generally very instructive, and sometimes bring together isolated facts in the science which, though insignificant when separate, mutually illustrate each other, and ultimately lead to important conclusions The continuance of these discussions evidently depends on the taste, the temper, and the good sense of the speakers The things to be avoided are chiefly verbal criticisms--praise of each other beyond its reasonable limits, and contest for victory This latter is, perhaps, the most important of the three, both for the interests of the Society and of truth With regard to the published volumes of their Transactions, it may be remarked, that if members were in the habit of communicating their papers to the Society in a more finished state, it would be attended with several advantages; amongst others, with that of lightening the heavy duties of the officers, which are perhaps more laborious in this Society than in most others To court publicity in their accounts and proceedings, and to endeavour to represent all the feelings of the Society in the Council, and to avoid permanent Presidents, is a recommendation not peculiarly addressed to this Society, but would contribute to the well-being of all Of the Astronomical Society, which, from the nature of its pursuits, could scarcely admit of the discussions similar to those of the Geological, I shall merely observe, that I know of no secret which has caused its great success, unless it be attention to the maxims which have just been stated On the Zoological Society, which affords much rational amusement to the public, a few hints may at present suffice The largeness of its income is a frightful consideration It is too tempting as the subject for jobs, and it is too fluctuating and uncertain in its amount, not to render embarrassment in the affairs of the Society a circumstance likely to occur, without the greatest circumspection It is most probable, from the very recent formation of this Institution, that its Officers and Council are at present all that its best friends could wish; but it is still right to mention, that in such a Society, it is essentially necessary to have men of business on the Council, as well as persons possessing extensive knowledge of its pursuits It is more dangerous in such a Society than in any other, to pay compliments, by placing gentlemen on the Council who have not the qualifications which are requisite; a frequent change in the members of the Council is desirable, in order to find out who are the most regular attendants, and most qualified to conduct its business Publicity in its accounts and proceedings is, from the magnitude of its funds, more essential to the Zoological than to any other society; and it is rather a fearful omen, that a check was attempted to be given to such inquiries at the last anniversary meeting If it is to be a scientific body, the friends of science should not for an instant tolerate such attempts It frequently happens, that gentlemen take an active part in more than one scientific society: in that case, it may be useful to derive instruction as to their merits, by observing the success of their measures in other societies The Asiatic Society has, amongst other benefits, caused many valuable works to be translated, which could not have otherwise been published The Horticultural Society has been ridden almost to death, and is now rousing itself; but its constitution seems to have been somewhat impaired There are hopes of its purgation, and ultimate restoration, notwithstanding a debt of 19,000L which the Committee of Inquiry have ascertained to exist This, after all, will not be without its advantage to science, if it puts a stop to HOUSE-LISTS, NAMED BY ONE OR TWO PERSONS,-- to making COMPLIMENTARY councillors,--and to auditing the accounts WITHOUT EXAMINING EVERY ITEM, or to omitting even that form altogether The Medico-Botanical Society suddenly claimed the attention of the public; its pretensions were great--its assurance unbounded It speedily became distinguished, not by its publications or discoveries, but by the number of princes it enrolled in its list It is needless now to expose the extent of its short-lived quackery; but the evil deeds of that institution will long remain in the impression they have contributed to confirm throughout Europe, of the character of our scientific establishments It would be at once a judicious and a dignified course, if those lovers of science, who have been so grievously deceived in this Society, were to enrol upon the latest page of its history its highest claim to public approbation, and by signing its dissolution, offer the only atonement in their power to the insulted science of their country As with a singular inversion of principle, the society contrived to render EXPULSION* the highest HONOUR it could confer; so it remains for it to exemplify, in suicide, the sublimest virtue of which it is capable[* They expelled from amongst them a gentleman, of whom it is but slight praise to say, that he is the first and most philosophical botanist of our own country, and who is admired abroad as he is respected at home The circumstance which surprised the world was not his exit from, but his previous entrance into that Society CHAPTER IV STATE OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY IN PARTICULAR As the venerable first parent of English, and I might perhaps say, of European scientific societies; as a body in the welfare of which, in the opinions of many, the interests of British science are materially involved, I may be permitted to feel anxiously, and to speak more in detail MODE OF BECOMING A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL shop SOCIETY

?And this wretch owns that good, faithful Tom, and Eliza?s child!? ?Well, my dear, the fact is that this goes rather hard with me; it?s a thing I hate to think ofHaley wants to drive matters, and take possession tomorrowI?m going to get out my horse bright and early, and be offI can?t see Tom, that?s a fact; and you had better arrange a drive somewhere, and carry Eliza offLet the thing be done when she is out of sightShelby; ?I?ll be in no sense accomplice or help in this cruel businessI?ll go and see poor old Tom, God help him, in his distress! They shall see, at any rate, that their mistress can feel for and with themAs to Eliza, I dare not think about itThe Lord forgive us! What have we done, that this cruel necessity should come on us?? There was one listener to this conversation whom MrShelby little suspected Communicating with their apartment was a large closet, opening by a door into the outer passageShelby had dismissed Eliza for the night, her feverish and excited mind had suggested the idea of this closet; and she had hidden herself there, and, with her ear pressed close against the crack of the door, had lost not a word of the conversation When the voices died into silence, she rose and crept stealthily awayPale, shivering, with rigid features and compressed lips, she looked an entirely altered being from the soft and timid creature she had been hithertoShe moved cautiously along the entry, paused one moment at her mistress? door, and raised her hands in mute appeal to Heaven, and then turned and glided into her own roomIt was a quiet, neat apartment, on the same floor with her mistressThere was a pleasant sunny window, where she had often sat singing at her sewing; there a little case of books, and various little fancy articles, ranged by them, the gifts of Christmas holidays; there was her simple wardrobe in the closet and in the drawers:?here was, in short, her home; and, on the whole, a happy one it had been to herBut there, on the bed, lay her slumbering boy, his long curls falling negligently around his unconscious face, his rosy mouth half open, his little fat hands thrown out over the bedclothes, and a smile spread like a sunbeam over his whole face ?Poor boy! poor fellow!? said Eliza; ?they have sold you! but your mother will save you yet!? No tear dropped over that pillow; in such straits as these, the heart has no tears to give,?it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silenceShe took a piece of paper and a pencil, and wrote, hastily, ?O, Missis! dear Missis! don?t think me ungrateful,?don?t think hard of me, any way,?I heard all you and master said tonightI am going to try to save my boy?you will not blame me! God bless and reward you for all your kindness!? Hastily folding and directing this, she went to a drawer and made up a little package of clothing for her boy, which she tied with a handkerchief firmly round her waist; and, so fond is a mother?s remembrance, that, even in the terrors of that hour, she did not forget to put in the little package one or two of his favorite toys, reserving a gayly painted parrot to amuse him, when she should be called on to awaken himIt was some trouble to arouse the little sleeper; but, after some effort, he sat up, and was playing with his bird, while his mother was putting on her bonnet and shawl ?Where are you going, mother?? said he, as she drew near the bed, with his little coat and cap His mother drew near, and looked so earnestly into his eyes, that he at once divined that something unusual was the matter ?Hush, Harry,? she said; ?mustn?t speak loud, or they will hear usA wicked man was coming to take little Harry away from his mother, and carry him ?way off in the dark; but mother won?t let him?she?s going to put on her little boy?s cap and coat, and run off with him, so the ugly man can?t catch him Saying these words, she had tied and buttoned on the child?s simple outfit, and, taking him in her arms, she whispered to him to be very still; and, opening a door in her room which led into the outer verandah, she glided noiselessly out It was a sparkling, frosty, starlight night, and the mother wrapped the shawl close round her child, as, perfectly quiet with vague terror, he clung round her neck Old Bruno, a great Newfoundland, who slept at the end of the porch, rose, with a low growl, as she came nearShe gently spoke his name, and the animal, an old pet and playmate of hers, instantly, wagging his tail, prepared to follow her, though apparently revolving much, in this simple dog?s head, what such an indiscreet midnight promenade might meanSome dim ideas of imprudence or impropriety in the measure seemed to embarrass him considerably; for he often stopped, as Eliza glided forward, and looked wistfully, first at her and then at the house, and then, as if reassured by reflection, he pattered along after her againA few minutes brought them to the window of Uncle Tom?s cottage, and Eliza stopping, tapped lightly on the window-pane The prayer-meeting at Uncle Tom?s had, in the order of hymn-singing, been protracted to a very late hour; and, as Uncle Tom had indulged himself in a few lengthy solos afterwards, the consequence was, that, although it was now between twelve and one o?clock, he and his worthy helpmeet were not yet asleep ?Good Lord! what?s that?? said Aunt Chloe, starting up and hastily drawing the curtain?My sakes alive, if it an?t Lizy! Get on your clothes, old man, quick!?there?s old Bruno, too, a pawin round; what on airth! I?m gwine to open the door And suiting the action to the word, the door flew open, and the light of the tallow candle, which Tom had hastily lighted, fell on the haggard face and dark, wild eyes of the fugitive ?Lord bless you!?I?m skeered to look at ye, Lizy! Are ye tuck sick, or what?s come over ye?? ?I?m running away?Uncle Tom and Aunt Chloe?carrying off my child?Master sold him!? ?Sold him?? echoed both, lifting up their hands in dismay ?Yes, sold him!? said Eliza, firmly; ?I crept into the closet by Mistress? door tonight, and I heard Master tell Missis that he had sold my Harry, and you, Uncle Tom, both, to a trader; and that he was going off this morning on his horse, and that the man was to take possession today Tom had stood, during this speech, with his hands raised, and his eyes dilated, like a man in a dreamSlowly and gradually, as its meaning came over him, he collapsed, rather than seated himself, on his old chair, and sunk his head down upon his shop knees

There was a large beech-tree overshadowing the place, and the small, sharp, triangular beech-nuts lay scattered thickly on the groundWith one of these in his fingers, Sam approached the colt, stroked and patted, and seemed apparently busy in soothing his agitationOn pretence of adjusting the saddle, he adroitly slipped under it the sharp little nut, in such a manner that the least weight brought upon the saddle would annoy the nervous sensibilities of the animal, without leaving any perceptible graze or wound ?Dar!? he said, rolling his eyes with an approving grin; ?me fix ?em!? At this moment MrsShelby appeared on the balcony, beckoning to himSam approached with as good a determination to pay court as did ever suitor after a vacant place at St ?Why have you been loitering so, Sam? I sent Andy to tell you to hurry ?Lord bless you, Missis!? said Sam, ?horses won?t be cotched all in a mimit; they?d done clared out way down to the south pasture, and the Lord knows whar!? ?Sam, how often must I tell you not to say ?Lord bless you, and the Lord knows,? and such things? It?s wicked ?O, Lord bless my soul! I done forgot, Missis! I won?t say nothing of de sort no more ?Why, Sam, you just have said it again ?Did I? O, Lord! I mean?I didn?t go fur to say it ?You must be careful, Sam ?Just let me get my breath, Missis, and I?ll start fair ?Well, Sam, you are to go with MrHaley, to show him the road, and help himBe careful of the horses, Sam; you know Jerry was a little lame last week; don?t ride them too fastShelby spoke the last words with a low voice, and strong emphasis ?Let dis child alone for dat!? said Sam, rolling up his eyes with a volume of meaning?Lord knows! High! Didn?t say dat!? said he, suddenly catching his breath, with a ludicrous flourish of apprehension, which made his mistress laugh, spite of herself?Yes, Missis, I?ll look out for de hosses!? ?Now, Andy,? said Sam, returning to his stand under the beech-trees, ?you see I wouldn?t be ?t all surprised if dat ar gen?lman?s crittur should gib a fling, by and by, when he comes to be a gettin? upYou know, Andy, critturs will do such things;? and therewith Sam poked Andy in the side, in a highly suggestive manner ?High!? said Andy, with an air of instant appreciation ?Yes, you see, Andy, Missis wants to make time,?dat ar?s clar to der most or?nary ?bserverI jis make a little for herNow, you see, get all dese yer hosses loose, caperin? permiscus round dis yer lot and down to de wood dar, and I spec Mas?r won?t be off in a hurry ?Yer see,? said Sam, ?yer see, Andy, if any such thing should happen as that Mas?r Haley?s horse should begin to act contrary, and cut up, you and I jist lets go of our?n to help him, and we?ll help him?oh yes!? And Sam and Andy laid their heads back on their shoulders, and broke into a low, immoderate laugh, snapping their fingers and flourishing their heels with exquisite delight At this instant, Haley appeared on the verandahSomewhat mollified by certain cups of very good coffee, he came out smiling and talking, in tolerably restored humorSam and Andy, clawing for certain fragmentary palm-leaves, which they were in the habit of considering as hats, flew to the horseposts, to be ready to ?help Mas?r Sam?s palm-leaf had been ingeniously disentangled from all pretensions to braid, as respects its brim; and the slivers starting apart, and standing upright, gave it a blazing air of freedom and defiance, quite equal to that of any Fejee chief; while the whole brim of Andy?s being departed bodily, he rapped the crown on his head with a dexterous thump, and looked about well pleased, as if to say, ?Who says I haven?t got a hat?? ?Well, boys,? said Haley, ?look alive now; we must lose no time ?Not a bit of him, Mas?r!? said Sam, putting Haley?s rein in his hand, and holding his stirrup, while Andy was untying the other two horses The instant Haley touched the saddle, the mettlesome creature bounded from the earth with a sudden spring, that threw his master sprawling, some feet off, on the soft, dry turfSam, with frantic ejaculations, made a dive at the reins, but only succeeded in brushing the blazing palm-leaf afore-named into the horse?s eyes, which by no means tended to allay the confusion of his nervesSo, with great vehemence, he overturned Sam, and, giving two or three contemptuous snorts, flourished his heels vigorously in the air, and was soon prancing away towards the lower end of the lawn, followed by Bill and Jerry, whom Andy had not failed to let loose, according to contract, speeding them off with various direful ejaculationsAnd now ensued a miscellaneous scene of confusionSam and Andy ran and shouted,?dogs barked here and there,?and Mike, Mose, Mandy, Fanny, and all the smaller specimens on the place, both male and female, raced, clapped hands, whooped, and shouted, with outrageous officiousness and untiring zeal Haley?s horse, which was a white one, and very fleet and spirited, appeared to enter into the spirit of the scene with great gusto; and having for his coursing ground a lawn of nearly half a mile in extent, gently sloping down on every side into indefinite woodland, he appeared to take infinite delight in seeing how near he could allow his pursuers to approach him, and then, when within a hand?s breadth, whisk off with a start and a snort, like a mischievous beast as he was and career far down into some alley of the wood-lotNothing was further from Sam?s mind than to have any one of the troop taken until such season as should seem to him most befitting,?and the exertions that he made were certainly most heroicLike the sword of Coeur De Lion, which always blazed in the front and thickest of the battle, Sam?s palm-leaf was to be seen everywhere when there was the least danger that a horse could be caught; there he would bear down full tilt, shouting, ?Now for it! cotch him! cotch him!? in a way that would set everything to indiscriminate rout in a moment Haley ran up and down, and cursed and swore and stamped shop miscellaneously

In a sort of sleep-waking, vague, unconscious way she opened her eyes, which were now dull and hard at once, and said in a soft, voluptuous voice, such as I had never heard from her lips, "Arthur! Oh, my love, I am so glad you have come! Kiss me!" Arthur bent eagerly over to kiss her, but at that instant Van Helsing, who, like me, had been startled by her voice, swooped upon him, and catching him by the neck with both hands, dragged him back with a fury of strength which I never thought he could have possessed, and actually hurled him almost across the room "Not on your life!" he said, "not for your living soul and hers!" And he stood between them like a lion at bay Arthur was so taken aback that he did not for a moment know what to do or say, and before any impulse of violence could seize him he realized the place and the occasion, and stood silent, waiting I kept my eyes fixed on Lucy, as did Van Helsing, and we saw a spasm as of rage flit like a shadow over her faceThe sharp teeth clamped togetherThen her eyes closed, and she breathed heavily Very shortly after she opened her eyes in all their softness, and putting out her poor, pale, thin hand, took Van Helsing's great brown one, drawing it close to her, she kissed it"My true friend," she said, in a faint voice, but with untellable pathos, "My true friend, and his! Oh, guard him, and give me peace!" "I swear it!" he said solemnly, kneeling beside her and holding up his hand, as one who registers an oathThen he turned to Arthur, and said to him, "Come, my child, take her hand in yours, and kiss her on the forehead, and only once Their eyes met instead of their lips, and so they partedLucy's eyes closed, and Van Helsing, who had been watching closely, took Arthur's arm, and drew him away And then Lucy's breathing became stertorous again, and all at once it ceased "It is all over," said Van Helsing"She is dead!" I took Arthur by the arm, and led him away to the drawing room, where he sat down, and covered his face with his hands, sobbing in a way that nearly broke me down to see I went back to the room, and found Van Helsing looking at poor Lucy, and his face was sterner than everSome change had come over her bodyDeath had given back part of her beauty, for her brow and cheeks had recovered some of their flowing linesEven the lips had lost their deadly pallorIt was as if the blood, no longer needed for the working of the heart, had gone to make the harshness of death as little rude as might be "We thought her dying whilst she slept, and sleeping when she died I stood beside Van Helsing, and said, "Ah well, poor girl, there is peace for her at lastIt is the end!" He turned to me, and said with grave solemnity, "Not so, alas! Not soIt is only the beginning!" When I asked him what he meant, he only shook his head and answered, "We can do nothing as yet CHAPTER 13 DRSEWARD'S DIARY--cont The funeral was arranged for the next succeeding day, so that Lucy and her mother might be buried togetherI attended to all the ghastly formalities, and the urbane undertaker proved that his staff was afflicted, or blessed, with something of his own obsequious suavityEven the woman who performed the last offices for the dead remarked to me, in a confidential, brother-professional way, when she had come out from the death chamber, "She makes a very beautiful corpse, sirIt's quite a privilege to attend on herIt's not too much to say that she will do credit to our establishment!" I noticed that Van Helsing never kept far awayThis was possible from the disordered state of things in the householdThere were no relatives at hand, and as Arthur had to be back the next day to attend at his father's funeral, we were unable to notify any one who should have been biddenUnder the circumstances, Van Helsing and I took it upon ourselves to examine papers, etcHe insisted upon looking over Lucy's papers himselfI asked him why, for I feared that he, being a foreigner, might not be quite aware of English legal requirements, and so might in ignorance make some unnecessary trouble He answered me, "I know, I knowYou forget that I am a lawyer as well as a doctorBut this is not altogether for the lawYou knew that, when you avoided the coronerI have more than him to shop avoid

I?d rather she?d kill me, right out Miss Ophelia stood considering, with the paper in her hand ?You see, Miss Feely,? said Rosa, ?I don?t mind the whipping so much, if Miss Marie or you was to do it; but, to be sent to a man! and such a horrid man,?the shame of it, Miss Feely!? Miss Ophelia well knew that it was the universal custom to send women and young girls to whipping-houses, to the hands of the lowest of men,?men vile enough to make this their profession,?there to be subjected to brutal exposure and shameful correctionShe had known it before; but hitherto she had never realized it, till she saw the slender form of Rosa almost convulsed with distressAll the honest blood of womanhood, the strong New England blood of liberty, flushed to her cheeks, and throbbed bitterly in her indignant heart; but, with habitual prudence and self-control, she mastered herself, and, crushing the paper firmly in her hand, she merely said to Rosa, ?Sit down, child, while I go to your mistress ?Shameful! monstrous! outrageous!? she said to herself, as she was crossing the parlor She found Marie sitting up in her easy-chair, with Mammy standing by her, combing her hair; Jane sat on the ground before her, busy in chafing her feet ?How do you find yourself, today?? said Miss Ophelia A deep sigh, and a closing of the eyes, was the only reply, for a moment; and then Marie answered, ?O, I don?t know, Cousin; I suppose I?m as well as I ever shall be!? and Marie wiped her eyes with a cambric handkerchief, bordered with an inch deep of black ?I came,? said Miss Ophelia, with a short, dry cough, such as commonly introduces a difficult subject,??I came to speak with you about poor Rosa Marie?s eyes were open wide enough now, and a flush rose to her sallow cheeks, as she answered, sharply, ?Well, what about her?? ?She is very sorry for her fault ?She is, is she? She?ll be sorrier, before I?ve done with her! I?ve endured that child?s impudence long enough; and now I?ll bring her down,?I?ll make her lie in the dust!? ?But could not you punish her some other way,?some way that would be less shameful?? ?I mean to shame her; that?s just what I wantShe has all her life presumed on her delicacy, and her good looks, and her lady-like airs, till she forgets who she is;?and I?ll give her one lesson that will bring her down, I fancy!? ?But, Cousin, consider that, if you destroy delicacy and a sense of shame in a young girl, you deprave her very fast ?Delicacy!? said Marie, with a scornful laugh,??a fine word for such as she! I?ll teach her, with all her airs, that she?s no better than the raggedest black wench that walks the streets! She?ll take no more airs with me!? ?You will answer to God for such cruelty!? said Miss Ophelia, with energy ?Cruelty,?I?d like to know what the cruelty is! I wrote orders for only fifteen lashes, and told him to put them on lightlyI?m sure there?s no cruelty there!? ?No cruelty!? said Miss Ophelia?I?m sure any girl might rather be killed outright!? ?It might seem so to anybody with your feeling; but all these creatures get used to it; it?s the only way they can be kept in orderOnce let them feel that they are to take any airs about delicacy, and all that, and they?ll run all over you, just as my servants always haveI?ve begun now to bring them under; and I?ll have them all to know that I?ll send one out to be whipped, as soon as another, if they don?t mind themselves!? said Marie, looking around her decidedly Jane hung her head and cowered at this, for she felt as if it was particularly directed to herMiss Ophelia sat for a moment, as if she had swallowed some explosive mixture, and were ready to burstThen, recollecting the utter uselessness of contention with such a nature, she shut her lips resolutely, gathered herself up, and walked out of the room It was hard to go back and tell Rosa that she could do nothing for her; and, shortly after, one of the man-servants came to say that her mistress had ordered him to take Rosa with him to the whipping-house, whither she was hurried, in spite of her tears and entreaties A few days after, Tom was standing musing by the balconies, when he was joined by Adolph, who, since the death of his master, had been entirely crest-fallen and disconsolateAdolph knew that he had always been an object of dislike to Marie; but while his master lived he had paid but little attention to itNow that he was gone, he had moved about in daily dread and trembling, not knowing what might befall him nextMarie had held several consultations with her lawyer; after communicating with StClare?s brother, it was determined to sell the place, and all the servants, except her own personal property, and these she intended to take with her, and go back to her father?s plantation ?Do ye know, Tom, that we?ve all got to be sold?? said Adolph, and go back to her father?s plantation ?How did you hear that?? said Tom ?I hid myself behind the curtains when Missis was talking with the lawyerIn a few days we shall be sent off to auction, Tom ?The Lord?s will be done!? said Tom, folding his arms and sighing heavily ?We?ll never get another such a master, said Adolph, apprehensively; ?but I?d rather be sold than take my chance under Missis Tom turned away; his heart was fullThe hope of liberty, the thought of distant wife and children, rose up before his patient soul, as to the mariner shipwrecked almost in port rises the vision of the church-spire and loving roofs of his native village, seen over the top of some black wave only for one last farewellHe drew his arms tightly over his bosom, and choked back the bitter tears, and tried to prayThe poor old soul had such a singular, unaccountable prejudice in favor of liberty, that it was a hard wrench for him; and the more he said, ?Thy will be done,? the worse he felt He sought Miss Ophelia, who, ever since Eva?s death, had treated him with marked and respectful kindness ?Miss Feely,? he said, ?Mas?r shop St