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pleasant. . . . Many of the Germans are very contemptu- 

 ous about making out the use of organs ; but they may sneer 

 the souls out of their bodies, and I for one shall think it 

 the most interesting part of Natural History. Indeed you 

 are greatly mistaken if you doubt for one moment on the 

 very great value of your constant and most kind assistance 

 to us." 



The book was widely reviewed, and excited much inter- 

 est among the general public. The following letter refers 

 to a leading article in the Times , November 20, 1880 : 



C. D. to Mrs. Haliburton* Down, November 22, 1880. 



My dear Sarah, You see how audaciously I begin ; 

 but I have always loved and shall ever love this name. Your 

 letter has done more than please me, for its kindness has 

 touched my heart. I often think of old days and of the de- 

 light of my visits to Woodhouse, and of the deep debt of 

 gratitude which I owe to your father. It was very good of 

 you to write. I had quite forgotten my old ambition about 

 the Shrewsbury newspaper ; f but I remember the pride 

 which I felt when I saw in a book about beetles the impres- 

 sive words " captured by C. Darwin." Captured sounded so 

 grand compared with caught. This seemed to me glory 

 enough for anv man ! I do not know in the least what made 

 the Times glorify me, for it has sometimes pitched into me 

 ferociously. 



I should very much like to see you again, but you would 

 find a visit here very dull, for we feel very old and have no 

 amusement, and lead a solitary life. But we intend in a 

 few weeks to spend a few days in London, and then if you 

 have anything else to do in London, you would perhaps 

 come and lunch with us. 



Believe me, my dear Sarah, 



Yours gratefully and affectionately. 



The following letter was called forth by the publication 

 of a volume devoted to the criticism of the Power of Move- 



* Mrs. Haliburton was a daughter of my father's early friend, the late Mr. 

 Owen, of Woodhouse. 



t Mrs. Haliburton had reminded him of his saying as a boy that if 

 Eddowes' newspaper ever alluded to him as " our deserving fellow-towns- 

 man," his ambition would be amply gratified. 



