A Calendar of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821–1882

Provides a complete listing of the known correspondence of Charles Darwin.

Frederick Burkhardt (Edited by), Sydney Smith (Edited by)

9780521434232, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 10 March 1994

748 pages
29.2 x 25.1 x 8.5 cm, 3.26 kg

Review of the hardback: 'This calendar is an updated version of one first published in 1985 and includes 34 new pages detailing 517 new letters. No one with a serious interest in Charles Darwin would wish to be without it.' Linda Gamlin, New Scientist

Charles Darwin's correspondence is a prime source for understanding the intellectual revolution in which he was a central figure. As well as revealing how Darwin went about his work, the letters bring out the doubts and anxieties, the false starts and disappointments, which do not feature in his publications. This Calendar is a catalogue of the letters the editors of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin have found to date. Information on the source and location of each letter is given, together with a brief summary of the content. First published in 1985, it has been amended to take account of recently discovered material and re-interpretations or re-dating of known letters. A new supplement section includes over 1500 amendments to the main body of the text together with over 500 newly found addenda.

1. Prefactory note
2. Introduction
3. Provenance list
4. Abbreviations and symbols used for physical description
5. The Correspondence (1821–82)
6. Undated letters and letters with wide ranges of dates
7. Empty covers
8. Addenda
9. Corrigenda
Appendices
Index.

Subject Areas: Evolution [PSAJ], History of science [PDX]