The view
which I take is free, but I trust not irreverent. They terminate with
a brief review of Colenso's great work. The collection now amounts to
a small book." From the references already given in previous years to
his Papers and correspondence on the geography of Exodus, his
correspondence with Colenso, &c. &c., it will be seen that he took a
great interest in the early history of the Israelites.--On August
10th, 1875, Airy celebrated the Bicentenary of the Royal Observatory
by a dinner in the Octagon Room, which was attended by the Presidents
of the Royal Society and the R. Astr. Society, and by a large number
of Scientific gentlemen interested in Astronomy.--In February he was
revising his Treatise on "Probabilities."
Of private history: up to Jan. 16th Airy was at Playford as
usual.--For about a week in April he was in the Isle of Man with his
daughter Christabel.--In June there was a short trip to Salisbury,
Blandford, and Wimborne.--On August 12th he started with his daughter
Annot for a holiday in Cumberland, but on the next day he was recalled
by a telegram with the intelligence that a change for the worse had
come over his wife's health. Lady Airy died on August 13th, 1875.
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