The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
Frederick Burkhardt, American Council of Learned Societies
Duncan M. Porter, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Sheila Ann Dean, Cambridge University Library
Samantha Evans, Cambridge University Library
Shelley Innes, Cambridge University Library
Alison M. Pearn, Cambridge University Library
$202.00
USDVolume 13 contains letters for 1865, the year Charles Darwin published his long paper on climbing plants and continued work on his book, The Variation of Plants and Animals under Domestication. 1865 was also the year when Robert FitzRoy committed suicide; Joseph Dalton Hooker became director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; and Charles Lyell and John Lubbock quarrelled over an alleged incident of plagiarism. The volume includes a supplement of over 100 letters discovered or redated since the series began publication, including a fascinating collection written when Darwin was 12.
- Offers unparalleled insight into Darwin's experiments, thoughts, friendships, and family life
- Covers the period when Darwin published his long paper on climbing plants and continued working on his book, The Variation of Plants and Animals under Domestication
- Contains a supplement of over 100 letters recently discovered or redated, including a fascinating collection of letters written when Darwin was 12
Reviews & endorsements
"A more serious picture of the scientist's thought is necessarily conveyed..." Kate Flint, Studies in English Literature
"The talented editorial staff, which continues to transform this correspondence into one of the greatest in the history modern letters, deserves credit for a comprehensive and readable introduction, fine-grained footnoting, and the useful bibliography, appendixes, and index." The Quarterly Review of Biology
Product details
February 2003Hardback
9780521824132
752 pages
242 × 164 × 45 mm
1.16kg
25 b/w illus.
Available
Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of letters
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- List of provenances
- Note on editorial policy
- Darwin/Wedgwood genealogy
- Abbreviations and symbols
- The Correspondence, 1865
- Supplement to the Correspondence, 1822–1864
- Appendix I. Translations
- Appendix II. Chronology
- Appendix III. Diplomas
- Appendix IV. Note on Darwin's health
- Appendix V. The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
- Manuscript alterations and comments
- Biographical register and index to correspondents
- Bibliography
- Notes on manuscript sources
- Index.
