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Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-85931-8 — The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Charles Darwin , Edited by Frederick Burkhardt , James Secord , The Editors of the Darwin Correspondence Project Frontmatter More Information THE CORRESPONDENCE OF CHARLES DARWIN Editors FREDERICK BURKHARDT DUNCAN M. PORTER SHEILA ANN DEAN SAMANTHA EVANS SHELLEY INNES ALISON PEARN ANDREW SCLATER PAUL WHITE Associate Editors ANNE SCHLABACH BURKHARDT ROSEMARY CLARKSON RUTH GOLDSTONE MURIEL PALMER ELLIS WEINBERGER © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-85931-8 — The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Charles Darwin , Edited by Frederick Burkhardt , James Secord , The Editors of the Darwin Correspondence Project Frontmatter More Information This edition of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin is sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies. Its preparation is made possible by the co-operation of Cambridge University Library and the American Philosophical Society. Advisory Committees for the edition, appointed by the Council, have the following members: United States Committee British Committee Whitfield J. Bell Jr Gillian Beer Frederick B. Churchill W. F. Bynum William T. Golden Owen Chadwick John C. Greene Peter J. Gautrey Sandra Herbert Richard Darwin Keynes Frank H. T. Rhodes Desmond King-Hele Marsha Richmond G. E. R. Lloyd Support for editing has been received from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the British Academy, the British Ecological Society, the Isaac Newton Trust, the Natural Environment Research Council, the Royal Society of London, the Stifterverband f¨ur die Deutsche Wissenschaft, and the Wellcome Trust. The National Endowment for the Humanities funding of the work was under grants nos.RE - - - , RE- --,- RE --,- RE -,- RE -,- RE -,- RE - ,RE - - , RE - - , RZ - - , RZ - - , and RZ - - ; the National Science Foundation funding of the work was under grants Nos.SOC - - ,SOC --,- SES ,- SES , SBR - , SBR - ,and SES- . Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the editors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the grantors. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-85931-8 — The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Charles Darwin , Edited by Frederick Burkhardt , James Secord , The Editors of the Darwin Correspondence Project Frontmatter More Information Hypothetical sphinx moth pollinating Angraecum sesquipedale in the forests of Madagascar (see pp. 384 and 385 n.5) Quarterly Journal of Science 4 (1867): facing p. 471 Illustration by T. W. Wood By permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-85931-8 — The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Charles Darwin , Edited by Frederick Burkhardt , James Secord , The Editors of the Darwin Correspondence Project Frontmatter More Information THE CORRESPONDENCE OF CHARLES DARWIN VOLUME 15 1867 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-85931-8 — The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Charles Darwin , Edited by Frederick Burkhardt , James Secord , The Editors of the Darwin Correspondence Project Frontmatter More Information University Printing House, Cambridge cb2 8bs, United Kingdom One Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, ny 10006, usa 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, vic 3207, Australia 314-321, 3rd Floor, Plot 3, Splendor Forum, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi - 110025, India 79 Anson Road, #06-04/06, Singapore 079906 Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. It furthers the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521859318 © Cambridge University Press 2005 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 2005 Citation: Burkhardt, Frederick, et al., eds. 2005. The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Vol. 15. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library isbn 978-0-521-85931-8 Hardback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-85931-8 — The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Charles Darwin , Edited by Frederick Burkhardt , James Secord , The Editors of the Darwin Correspondence Project Frontmatter More Information In Memoriam ERNST MAYR 1904–2005 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-85931-8 — The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Charles Darwin , Edited by Frederick Burkhardt , James Secord , The Editors of the Darwin Correspondence Project Frontmatter More Information CONTENTS List of illustrations viii List of letters ix Introduction xv Acknowledgments xxvii List of provenances xxx Note on editorial policy xxxii Darwin/Wedgwood genealogy xl Abbreviations and symbols xlii THE CORRESPONDENCE, Appendixes I. Translations II. Chronology III. Diplomas IV. Darwin’s Queries about expression Manuscript alterations and comments Biographical register and index to correspondents Bibliography Notes on manuscript sources Index Table of Relationship © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-85931-8 — The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Charles Darwin , Edited by Frederick Burkhardt , James Secord , The Editors of the Darwin Correspondence Project Frontmatter More Information ILLUSTRATIONS Hypothetical sphinx moth pollinating Angraecum sesquipedale in the forests of Madagascar frontispiece Julius von Haast and the Glenmark moas in the Canterbury Provincial Council Building, facing p. Frederick Geach and Alfred Russel Wallace, Singapore, Bernard Peirce Brent, William Boyd Dawkins, circa John William Salter Calotes nigrilabris Albert G¨unther, Ernst Haeckel and colleagues, Helgoland, Mary Elizabeth Barber Federico Delpino George Henslow Hermann M¨uller Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky, Carl Vogt © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-85931-8 — The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Charles Darwin , Edited by Frederick Burkhardt , James Secord , The Editors of the Darwin Correspondence Project Frontmatter More Information CALENDAR LIST OF LETTERS The following list is in the order of the entries in the Calendar of the correspondence of Charles Darwin. It includes all those letters that are listed in theCalendar for the year , and those that have been redated into . Alongside theCalendar numbers are the corrected dates of each letter. A date or comment printed in italic type indicates that the letter has been omitted from this volume. Letters acquired after the publication of the first edition of theCalendar , in , have been given numbers corresponding to the chronological ordering of the originalCalendar listing with the addition of an alphabetical marker. Many of these letters are summarised in a ‘Supplement’ to a new edition of the Calendar (Cambridge University Press, ). The marker ‘f’ denotes letters acquired after the second edition of theCalendar went to press in . Mar [ ?] . Jan [ ] . Jan [ ] . Jan . June [ ] . [ Jan ] . Jan [ ] . Jan . Sept [ ] . Jan . [ May – Aug ] . Jan [ ] . [ May ]. To be published in next supplement. Jan [ ] . [before Nov ] . Jan [ ] . [before Feb ?] . Jan [ ] . [c. August ?] . Jan [ ] . [ – Mar ] . Jan . [before Jan ] . Jan [ ] . [Apr–June ] . Enclosure to . [c. Feb ?] . [ July ] .[ ?] . Jan . [Mar ] . Jan [ ] . [before Jan ] . Jan f. Jan . Jan [ ] Cancel: duplicates part of . Jan a. Jan . Jan [ ] . Jan [ ] . Jan . Jan [ ] a. Jan [ ] . Jan [ ] . Jan . Jan [ ] . Jan . Jan . Jan [ ] . Jan [ ] . Jan [ ] . Jan [ ] . Jan [ ] . [after Jan ] . Jan [ ] . Jan [ ] . Jan [ ] . Jan [ ] . Jan [ ] . Jan . [April ?] © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-85931-8 — The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Charles Darwin , Edited by Frederick Burkhardt , James Secord , The Editors of the Darwin Correspondence Project Frontmatter More Information x List of letters . Feb [ ] . Mar . Feb . March [ ] . Feb [ ] . Mar [ ] . Feb [ ]. To be published in next supplement. Mar a. Feb . Mar . Feb . [ – ] Mar [ ] . Feb . Mar . Feb [ ] . Apr [ ] . Feb [ ] . Mar . Feb . Mar [ ] . Feb [ ] f. Mar [ ] . Feb . Mar [ ] . Feb . Mar [ ] . Feb [ ] . Mar . Feb . Mar [ ] . Feb . Mar . Feb [ ] . Mar [ ] . [ – Feb ] f. Mar [ ] . Feb [ ] . Mar