The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 8, 1860 by Charl... - 9780521442411

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 8, 1860Author(s): Charles Darwin, Frederick Burkhardt, Janet Browne, Duncan M. Porter, Marsha Richmond\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521442411, 978-0521442411\nSynopsis\nThe correspondence in this volume is dominated by the public and private response to the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species. Volume 8 opens with Darwin eagerly scrutinising each new review, as one by one all the major organs of the day carried notices of the book. To those who express their views privately in letters, Darwin responds patiently and thoughtfully, answering their objections and attempting to guide their fuller understanding of the operation of natural selection. His more personal thoughts emerge in letters to his friends Joseph Dalton Hooker, Charles Lyell, and Thomas Henry Huxley. This volume presents a wealth of detailed information, giving the full range of.