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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 were 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 lachrymarium 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. 
8th February, 1895. 
Rev. WiLL1aAmM Anpson, V.P., in the Chair. 
New Members.—The Earl of Stair, and Mr Thomas EK. Walker 
of Dalswinton. 
Donations.—Insecta (Zoological Record, vol. xxx.) by Dr D. 
Sharp of Cambridge; the Transactions of the Glasgow 
Archeological Society, 1894; a Scotch half boddle found at 
