ch. xiv.] 18611871. 283 



heats of polemical agitation which those views have excited, 

 and persistently refusing to retort on his antagonists by 

 ridicule, by indignation, or by contempt. Considering the 

 amount of vituperation and insinuation which has come 

 from the other side, this forbearance is supremely digni- 

 fied." 



And again in the third notice, Feb. 17 : 



" Nowhere has the author a word that could wound the 

 most sensitive self-love of an antagonist; nowhere does he, 

 in text or note, expose the fallacies and mistakes of brother 

 investigators . . . but while abstaining from impertinent 

 censure, he is lavish in acknowledging the smallest debts he 

 may owe ; and his book will make many men happy." 



I am indebted to Messrs. Smith and Elder for the in- 

 formation that these articles were written by Mr. G. H. 

 Lewes. 



The following extract from a letter (Feb. 1870) to his 

 friend Professor Newton, the well-known ornithologist, 

 shows how much he valued the appreciation of his col- 

 leagues. 



" I suppose it would be universally held extremely wrong 

 for a defendant to write to a Judge to express his satisfac- 

 tion at a judgment in his favour ; and yet I am going thus 

 to act. I have just read what you have said in the ' Rec- 

 ord ' * about my pigeon chapters, and it has gratified me 

 beyond measure. I have sometimes felt a little disappoint- 

 ed that the labour of so many years seemed to be almost 

 thrown away, for you are the first man capable of forming a 

 judgment (excepting partly Quatrefages), who seems to 

 have thought anything of this part of my work. The 

 amount of labour, correspondence, and care, which the sub- 

 ject cost me, is more than you could well suppose. I 

 thought the article in the Athenmum was very unjust; but 

 now I feel amply repaid, and I cordially thank you for your 

 sympathy and too warm praise." 



WORK ON MAN. 



In February 1867, when the manuscript of Animals and 

 Plants had been sent to Messrs. Clowes to be printed, and 

 before the proofs began to come in, he had an interval of 



* Zoological Eecord. The volume for 1868, published December, 1869. 



