1 872.] 



'EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS.' 



173 



But as we look at everything from different points of view, it 

 is not likely that we should agree closely. 



I have been greatly pleased by what you say about the 

 crying expression and about blushing. Did you read a review 

 in a late ' Edinburgh ' ? * It was magnificently contemptuous 

 towards myself and many others. 



I retain a very pleasant recollection of our sojourn together 

 at that delightful place, Moor Park. 



With my renewed thanks, I remain, my dear Sir, 



Yours sincerely, 



Ch. Darwin. 



C. Darwin to Mrs. Haliburton.\ 



Down, November 1 [1872]. 

 My DEAR Mrs. Haliburton, — I dare say you will be 

 surprised to hear from me. My object in writing now is to 



* The review on the ' Expression 

 of the Emotions ' appeared in the 

 April number of the ' Edinburgh 

 Review,' 1873. The opening sen- 

 tence is a fair sample of the general 

 tone of the article : " Mr. Darwin has 

 added another volume of amusing 

 stories and grotesque illustrations 

 to the remarkable series of works 

 already devoted to the exposition 

 and defence of the evolutionary 

 hypothesis." A few other quota- 

 tions may be worth giving. " His 

 one-sided devotion to an a priori 

 scheme of interpretation seems thus 

 steadily tending to impair the 

 author's hitherto unrivalled powers 

 as an observer. However this may 

 be, most impartial critics will, we 

 think, admit that there is a marked 

 falling off, both in philosophical 

 tone and scientific interest, in the 

 works produced since Mr. Darwin 

 pommitted himself to the crude 

 metaphysical conception so largely 



associated with his name." The 

 article is directed against Evolution 

 as a whole, almost as much as 

 against the doctrines of the book 

 under discussion. We find through- 

 out plenty of that effective style of 

 criticism which consists in the use 

 of such expressions as " dogma- 

 tism," " intolerance," " presump- 

 tuous," " arrogant ; " together with 

 accusations of such various faults 

 as " virtual abandonment of the 

 inductive method," and the use of 

 slang and vulgarisms. 



The part of the article which 

 seems to have interested my father 

 is the discussion on the use which 

 he ought to have made of painting 

 and sculpture. 



f Mrs. Haliburton is a daughter 

 of my father's old friend, Mr. Owen 

 of Woodhouse. Her husband, 

 Judge Haliburton, was the well- 

 known author of ' Sam Slick.' 



