Work
Huxley's major biographies were the three volumes of Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley and the two volumes of Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM GCSI. He also published Thomas Henry Huxley: a character sketch, and a short biography of Darwin. He was assistant master at Charterhouse School between 1884 and 1901. He was then the assistant editor of Cornhill Magazine between 1901 and 1916, becoming its editor in 1916.
- 1900 Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley. 2 vols.
- 1912 Thoughts on education drawn from the writings of Matthew Arnold (editor).
- 1913 Scott's last expedition (editor). 2 vols.
- 1918 Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM, GCSI. 2 vols.
- 1920 Anniversaries, and other poems.
- 1920 Thomas Henry Huxley: a character sketch.
- 1920 Charles Darwin.
- 1924 Jane Welsh Carlyle: letters to her family 1839-1863 (editor).
- 1926 Progress and the unfit.
- 1926 Sheaves from the Cornhill.
- 1930 Elizabeth Barrett Browning: letters to her sister 1846-1859 (editor).
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