148 'DESCENT OF MAN' EXPRESSION. 



The remainder of Mr. Huxley's critique is largely occupied 

 with a dissection of the ' Quarterly ' reviewer's psychology, and 

 his ethical views. He deals, too, with Mr. Wallace's objections 

 to the doctrine of Evolution by natural causes when applied 

 to the mental faculties of Man. Finally, he devotes a couple 

 of pages to justifying his description of the ' Quarterly ' 

 reviewer's "treatment of Mr. Darwin as alike unjust and un- 

 becoming." 



It will be seen that the two following letters were written 

 before the publication of Mr. Huxley's article.] 



C. Darwin to T. H. Huxley. 



Down, September 21 [1871}. 



MY DEAR HUXLEY, Your letter has pleased me in many 

 ways, to a wonderful degree. . . . What a wonderful man 

 you are to grapple with those old metaphysico-divinity books. 

 It quite delights me that you are going to some extent to 

 answer and attack Mivart. His book, as you say, has pro- 

 duced a great effect ; yesterday I perceived the reverberation? 

 from it, even from Italy. It was this that made me ask 

 Chauncey Wright to publish at my expense his article, which 

 seems to me very clever, though ill-written. He has not 

 knowledge enough to grapple with Mivart in detail. I think 

 there can be no shadow of doubt that he is the author of the 

 article in the ' Quarterly Review ' . . . I am preparing a new 

 edition of the ' Origin,' and shall introduce a new chapter in 

 answer to miscellaneous objections, and shall give up the 

 greater part to answer Mivart's cases of difficulty of incipient 

 structures being of no use : and I find it can be done easily. 

 He never states his case fairly, and makes wonderful blunders. 

 . . . The pendulum is now swinging against our side, but I 

 feel positive it will soon swing the other way ; and no mortal 

 man will do half as much as you in giving it a start in the 

 right direction, as you did at the first commencement. God 

 forgive me for writing so long and egotistical a letter ; but it 



