The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 3, 1844-1846

by Charles Darwin, Frederick Burkhardt, Sydney Smith

Overview

This is the third volume of the complete edition of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin. For the first time full authoritative texts of Darwin's letters are available, edited according to modern textual editorial principles and practice. The letters in this volume were written during the years 1844–6. By 1844 Darwin had become an established figure within the circle of London naturalists and his life at Down had assumed the regularity that the responsibility for a thriving and growing household entailed. Despite his move to rural Kent, Darwin was not isolated, and this volume shows how frequent were his trips to London and further afield, how regular his meetings with his scientific colleagues, and how extensive his network of correspondents.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521255899
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/21/1988
Series:	The Correspondence of Charles Darwin , #3
Pages:	576
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.42(d)

About the Author

Date of Birth:

February 12, 1809

Date of Death:

April 19, 1882

Place of Birth:

Shrewsbury, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

B.A. in Theology, Christ¿s College, Cambridge University, 1831

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, 1844–6; Appendixes; Manuscript alterations and comments; Bibliography; Bibliographical register and index to correspondents; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...it fully measures up to its predecessors in the series in scholarly care and editorial acumen." Quarterly Review of Biology

"The magnificent series continues; it couldn't be better done." Evolutionary Theory

"...the period covered by these two volumes of the Darwin correspondence [vols. 2 and 3]—encompasses by all measures the most creative era of Darwin's scientific life....These two volumes of the correspondence, presenting 532 (76% of total) previously unpublished letters, fill in many details, and flesh out Darwin-as-person with intimate details of his personal and family life in this creative decade....The scholarship that has gone into these volumes leaves little to be desired—indeed, it is standard-setting." Phillip R. Sloan, Biology and Philosophy

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