T. H. HUXLEY'S DIARY OF THE VOYAGE or H. M. S. RATTLESNAKE—edited by Julian Huxley—Doitbleday, Doran ($3).
Today Thomas Henry Huxley may be remembered chiefly as Aldous' grandfather, but when he was his grandson's age he had a resounding fame of his own.
Generally credited with having done more to popularize the doctrine of Evolution than any other man, Huxley was not a scientist of Darwin's stature, was well content to dub himself "Darwin's bulldog." He had other claims to renown. In biology and paleontology he became one of the foremost groundbreakers of...