The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 13, 1865

by Charles Darwin, Frederick Burkhardt, Duncan M. Porter, Sheila Ann Dean, Samantha Evans

Overview

Volume 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521824132
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/19/2002
Series:	The Correspondence of Charles Darwin , #13
Pages:	752
Product dimensions:	6.46(w) x 9.53(h) x 1.77(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, 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.

Editorial Reviews

"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

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