The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
Volume 21. 1873
Part of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
- Real Author: Charles Darwin
- Editors:
- Frederick Burkhardt, American Council of Learned Societies
- James A. Secord, University of Cambridge
- The Editors of the Darwin Correspondence Project, University of Cambridge
- Date Published: January 2014
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107052147
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This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging ideas with scientific colleagues, many of whom he never met in person. The letters are published chronologically: Volume 21 includes letters from 1873, the year in which Darwin received responses to his work on human and animal expression. Also in this year, Darwin continued his work on carnivorous plants and plant movement, finding unexpected similarities between the plant and animal kingdoms, raised a subscription for his friend Thomas Henry Huxley, and decided to employ a scientific secretary for the first time - his son Francis.
Read more- Complete transcriptions of more than 600 letters written and received by Charles Darwin in 1873, providing for the first time primary materials of immense value to researchers across a range of disciplines
- Clear and concise explanatory notes make the material easily accessible for both scholars and general readers, and a complete biographical register provides brief notes on people mentioned in the letters
- A narrative introduction gives a concise and highly readable account of Darwin's life in 1873; a significant year both professionally and in his private life
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'The consistently high-quality edition of the complete correspondence, to and from, Charles Darwin has now reached its twenty first volume and the year 1873. … As always with these volumes, there is so much to find and so much to increase our understanding of this truly great scientist.' Michael Ruse, The Quarterly Review of Biology
See more reviewsReview of volumes 20 and 21: 'Each volume contains an introduction, a chronology, a bibliography, a biographical register, and a wealth of footnotes, all of which help the reader to navigate the text. There is also a variety of supplementary material, including well-chosen illustrations.' Michael Ghiselin, Isis
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- Date Published: January 2014
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107052147
- length: 826 pages
- dimensions: 236 x 157 x 48 mm
- weight: 1.43kg
- contains: 70 b/w illus.
- availability: 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
Appendix I. Translations
Appendix II. Chronology
Appendix III. Diplomas presented to Charles Darwin
Appendix IV. Reviews of Expression
Appendix V. Draft subscription list for Thomas Henry Huxley
Manuscript alterations and comments
Biographical register and index to correspondents
Bibliography
Notes on manuscript sources
Index.
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