The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Parts 1 and 2 Hardback: Volume 16, 1868: Parts 1 and 2: 1868 January to June, July to December: v. 16
Cambridge University Press, 6/26/2008
EAN 9780521518369, ISBN10: 0521518369
Hardcover, 1312 pages, 24 x 16.2 x 7.5 cm
Language: English
Charles 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. In January of 1868, Darwin's Variation Under Domestication was published. The first printing of 1500 copies rapidly sold out and the publisher, John Murray, ordered a second printing. Responses to this new book, added to Darwin's continuing research into sexual selection and the expression of the emotions, increased the quantity of Darwin's correspondence to such an extent that the letters from 1868 fill two volumes. The letters he wrote and received during this year are presented here in chronological order across two volumes, with notes and appendices to put them into context, explain references, and provide information on related works. For information on the Charles Darwin Correspondence Project, see http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk.
Part I
List of illustrations
Frederick Henry Burkhardt (1912–2007)
List of letters
Introduction
Acknowledgements
List of Provenances
Note on editorial policy
Darwin/Wedgewood genealogy
Abbreviations and symbols
THE CORRESPONDENCE, January-June 1868
Part II
List of illustrations
THE CORRESPONDENCE, July-December 1868
Appendices I. Translations
II. Chronology
III. Diplomas
IV. Presentation lists for Variation
V. Darwin's Queries about expression
VI. Reviews of Variation
Manuscript alterations and comments
Biographical register and index to correspondents
Bibliography
Notes on manuscript sources
Index.
From previous volumes: 'The most recent volumes of Darwin's correspondence shed new light on the complex question of the origin's reception and Darwin's responses to his critics ... they allow us to see Darwin in his proper historical context ... The story ... is a more subtle complex and ultimately much more interesting one than those invented by the myth-makers ... The letters also tell us so much about Victorian attitudes and society, and serve as a useful reminder that neither Darwin's story nor that of the Origin finishes in 1859, demonstrating why the eventual publication of all Darwin's correspondence is going to be so useful.' Times Literary Supplement