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subsidiary, but to which he would give the first place, in the 

 study of emotional expression. A most interesting, and at the 

 same time entertaining, series of photographs were here intro- 

 duced to illustrate first facial changes expressive of different 

 emotions, and secondly hand movements in association with those 

 of the face. They were portraits of three young lady friends of 

 the lecturer, who had, at his request, endeavoured to place them- 

 selves under the desired emotions, and had then been instan- 

 taneously photographed. A typically perfect face was also 

 thrown on the screen, leading the lecturer to observe that George 

 Herbert was wrong when he said that man was all symmetry ; it 

 was woman to whom the remark applied. (Laughter and cheers.) 

 In concluding, Sir James observed that evolution was still going 

 on, and the faces of men and women wei'e altering, and he hoped 

 altering for the better, every day. The emotions were less 

 violently expressed. The beauty of form of Greek statues might 

 be unsurpassable ; but the faces of the men and women to-day 

 ■were far more interesting than those of classic times. The 

 Roman lady required a lachi'ymarium or saucer to catch her 

 tears ; but our wives and daughters were content with a very 

 small pocket handkerchief. (Laughter.) The faces painted by 

 the old masters were, he ventured to suggest, on the whole some- 

 what insipid when contrasted with those that we saw on the 

 walls of the Academy to-day. Our ancestors gave vent to their 

 feelings in a way that we would be ashamed of, and their range 

 of feeling seemed to have been in some degree more limited. 

 (Cheers.) The language of the countenance, like that of the 

 tongue, had been enriched in the process of the suns. (Cheers.) 



A vote of thanks was awarded to Sir James, on the motion of 

 Mr J. G. H. Starke, vice-president. 



8^/4 February, 1895. 

 Pi,ev. William Andson, V.P., in the Chair. 



New Members. — The Earl of Stair, and Mr Thomas E. Walker 

 of Dalswinton. 



Donations. — Insecta (Zoological Record, vol. xxx. ) by Dr D. 

 Sharp of Cambridge ; the Transactions of the Glasgow 

 Archaeological Society, 1894 ; a Scotch half boddle found at 



