ing, stating that he would join in any agitation for my release,
or for the repeal of the wretched law under which I was suffering "the
utmost martyrdom which society can at present impose." I have always
regarded Admiral Maxse as one of the purest and noblest of our public
men, and I valued his sympathy even more than his assistance.

Further correspondence appeared in the _Daily News_, and the Liberal
papers called on Sir William Harcourt to intervene. Memorials for our
release flowed in from all parts of the country. One of these deserves
especial mention. The signatures were procured, at great expense of time
and labor, by Dr. E. B. Aveling and an eminent psychologist who desired
to avoid publicity. Among them I find the following names:--

Admiral Maxse George Bullen C. Crompton, Q.C. George Du Maurier Charles
Maclaren, M.P. George Dixon Dr. G. J. Romanes Henry Sidgwick. Dr.
Charlton Bastian Herbert Spencer Dr. Edward Clodd Hon. E. Lyulph
Stanley, M.P. Dr. E. B. Tylor J. Cotter Morison Dr. W. Aldis Wright
Jonathan Hutchinson Dr. Macallister John Collier Dr. E. Bond John Pettie
Dr. J. H. Jackson James Sully Dr. H. Maudsley Leslie Stephen Editor
_Daily News_ Lient.-Col. Osborne Editor _Spectator_ P. A. Taylor, M.P.
Editor _Academy_ Professor Alexander Bain Editor _Manchester Examiner_
Professor Huxley Editor _Liverpool Daily Post_ Professor Tyndall Francis
Galton Professor Knight F. Guthrie, F.R.S. Professor E. S. Beesly
Frederick Harrison Professor H. S. Foxwell G. H. Darwin Professor R.
Adamson Professor G. Croom Robertson Rev. Dr. Fairbairn Professor E. Ray
Lancaster Rev. R. Glover Professor Drummond Rev. J. G. Rogers Professor
T. Rhys Davids Rev. J. Aldis R. H. Moncrieff Rev. Charles Beard Rev. J.
Llewellyn Davies Rev. Dr. Crosskey Rev. Dr. Abbot S. H. Vines Rev. A.
Ainger The Mayor of Birmingham Rev. Stopford A. Brooke

I doubt whether such a memorial, signed by so many illustrious men,
was ever before presented to a Home Secretary for the release of any
prisoners. But it made no impression on Sir William Harcourt, for the
simple reason that the signatories were not politicians, but only men of
genius. As the _Weekly Dispatch_ said, "Sir William Harcourt never does
the right thing when he has a chance of going wrong." The _Echo_
also "regretted" the Home Secretary's decision, while the _Pall Mall
Gazette_, then under the editorship of Mr. John Morley, concluded its
article on the subject by saying, "The fact