Description
Book SynopsisThis volume of the definitive edition of Charles Darwin's letters provides texts of more than 700 letters Darwin wrote and received in 1881. Darwin published The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms and reflected on reactions to his previous book, The Power of Movement in Plants.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations; List of Letters; Introduction; Acknowledgments; List of Provenances; Note on Editorial Policy; Darwin/Wedgwood Genealogy; Abbreviations and Symbols; The Correspondence; Appendixes: I. Translations; II. Chronology; III. Diplomas; IV. Presentation List for Earthworms; V. Reviews of Earthworms; Manuscript Alterations and Comments; Biographical Register and Index to Correspondents; Bibliography; Notes on Manuscript Sources; Index.
