This paper will first take a look at its genesis which can be shown to have started no later than 1947. The second part will discuss Gombrich’s hypothesis of ‘schema and correction’ and some of its predicaments. Gombrich found approval and criticism both before and after the book’s publication. How he responded to remarks and evaluations, and that he often felt to be misread and misunderstood, can be examined through this selection of correspondence.