i86i.] CRITICISM. 359 



If you come across Dr. Freke on the ' Origin of Species by 

 means of Organic Affinity,' read a page here and there. . . . 

 He tells the reader to observe [that his result] has been 

 arrived at by " induction," whereas all my results are arrived 

 .at only by " analogy." I see a Mr. Neale has read a paper 

 before the Zoological Society on ' Typical Selection ; ' what it 

 means I know not. I have not read H. Spencer, for I find 

 that I must more and more husband the very little strength 

 which I have. I sometimes suspect I shall soon entirely fail. 

 .... As soon as this dreadful weather gets a little milder, I 

 must try a little water cure. Have you read the ' Woman in 

 White ' ? the plot is wonderfully interesting. I can recom- 

 mend a book which has interested me greatly, viz. Olmsted's 

 * Journey in the Back Country.' It is an admirably lively 

 picture of man and slavery in the Southern States 



C. Darwin to C. LyelL 



February 2, 1861. 



MY DEAR LYELL, I have thought you would like to read 

 the enclosed passage in a letter from A. Gray (who is printing 

 his reviews as a pamphlet,* and will send copies to England), 

 as I think his account is really favourable in a high degree 

 to us : 



" I wish I had time to write you an account of the lengths 

 to which Bowen and Agassiz, each in their own way, are 

 going. The first denying all heredity (all transmission except 

 .specific) whatever. The second coming near to deny that we 

 .are genetically descended from our great-great-grandfathers ; 

 and insisting that evidently affiliated languages, e.g. Latin, 

 Greek, Sanscrit, owe none of their similarities to a com- 

 munity of origin, are all autochthonal ; Agassiz admits that 



* " Natural Selection not incon- August, and October, 1860; pub- 

 .sistent with Natural Theology," from lished by Triibner. 

 .the 'Atlantic Monthly' for July, 



