Excerpt from Littell's Living Age, Vol. 118: July, August, September, 1873 The Expression of the E motzow in Man and Animals. By charles darwin, m.a., &c. With Photographic and other Illustrations. London 1872. However this may be, most partial 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 committed himself to the crude metaphysical concep tion so largely associated with his name. The Origin of Species contained a number of typical facts carefully selected, admirably described, and skilfully mar shalled in support of the general argu ment. The tone of the exposition was moreover cautious, sober, and perfectly candid. No attempt was made to dis, guise the partial and provisional nature of the results arrived at. The conception of gradual evolution by means of natural selection was stated as an hypothesis towards which many facts seem to point, but which in the present state of our knowledge could not be positively veri fied. In The Descent of Man, While the relevant facts were far fewer, and the gaps in the evidence wider and more serious, the tone of the reasoning founded on them was confident even to dogmatism. In the present work, especially in the ear lier or animal part, the facts, even when well established, are vague and ambigu ous, while many of the more important are doubtful and disputed. A large pro portion of them would indeed suit almost any other hypothesis quite as well as Mr. Darwin's, and many directly suggest a counter theory. Yet on the strength of this obscure and uncertain evidence Mr. Darwin claims to have established his general conclusion by even an excess of proof. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.