The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
Volume 7. 1858–1859
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Part of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
- Real Author: Charles Darwin
- Editors:
- Frederick Burkhardt, President Emeritus, American Council of Learned Societies
- Sydney Smith, University of Cambridge
- Date Published: January 1992
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521385640
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The seventh volume of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin covers two of the most momentous years in Darwin's life and in the history of science. Begun in 1856, Darwin's big book on species, later published as Natural Selection (Cambridge University Press, 1974) was a little more than half finished when Darwin unexpectedly received a letter and a manuscript from Alfred Russel Wallace indicating that he too had independently formulated a theory of natural selection. In a letter to his friend, Charles Lyell, Darwin wrote, "So all my originality, whatever it may amount to, will be smashed." On the Origin of Species was an abstract of the larger manuscript and was published in 1859. All the extant correspondence surrounding Darwin's receipt of Wallace's letter and the eventual publication of the abstract of Darwin's theory a year later is gathered in this volume. The letters detail the stages in the preparation of what was to become one of the world's most famous works, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. They reveal the first impressions of Darwin's book given by his confidants; including Joseph Dalton Hooker, Thomas Henry Huxley, and Asa Gray. Finally, the letters relate Darwin's anxious response to the early reception of this theory by friends, family members, and prominent naturalists. This volume provides the key to understanding Darwin's remarkable efforts for more than two decades to solve one of nature's greatest riddles--the origin of species. This volume also contains a supplement (1821-1857) of letters which have been located or redated since publication of Volumes One to Six of the Correspondence. Many of these letters appear in print for the first time and provide an interesting and important complement to the correspondence published to date.
Read more- Covers a crucial and exciting period that has changed the course of scientific thought
- The publication of On the Origin of Species brought Charles Darwin both praise and condemnation in large measure, and the turmoil of the period is reflected in the letters
- Many of the letters in this volume have never been published
- Contains a supplement which buyers of Volumes 1-6 will want to have
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"This is the climactic volume of a superb series....beautifully produced, beautifully readable, efficiently indexed, supportively but not gossipily annotated." Times Literary Supplement
See more reviews"A must for admirers of Charles Darwin." Choice
"Anyone who would like to get inside the mind of one of the greatest scientists in history should order this book." Skeptic
"...there is some very valuable information provided, especially about the dissemination of presentation copies of the Origin, that will aid in future studies of the earliest spread and reception of Darwin's views...Future historians will recognize the indispensable leadership of Frederick Burkhardt in initiating and sustaining the entire project." M.J.S. Hodge, ISIS
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- Date Published: January 1992
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521385640
- length: 709 pages
- dimensions: 243 x 163 x 43 mm
- weight: 1.35kg
- contains: 14 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
List of letters
Introduction
Acknowledgements
List of provenances
Note on editorial policy
Darwin/Wedgwood genealogy
Abbreviations
The Correspondence 1858–9
Appendixes
Manuscript alterations and comments
Bibliography
Biographical register and index to correspondents
Index.
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