The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Parts 1 and 2 Hardback: Volume 16, 1868: Parts 1 and 2

Over 850 letters between Darwin and worldwide correspondents, as he gathered information on human origins and the expression of emotion.

Charles Darwin (Author), Frederick Burkhardt (Edited by), James Secord (Edited by), The Editors of the Darwin Correspondence Project (Edited by)

9780521518369, Cambridge University Press

, published 26 June 2008

1312 pages
24 x 16.2 x 7.5 cm, 2.09 kg

'… what must surely be the world's most important scientific correspondence.' Human Genetics

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.

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