The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Volume 13: 1865 edited by Frederick Burkhardt, Duncan M. Porter, Sheila Ann Dean, Samantha Evans, Shelley Innes, Alison M. Pearn, Cambridge University Press, £65, ISBN 0521824133 Reviewed by Roy Herbert
THE latest in this staggering series shows Charles Darwin on undiminished form as a letter writer, averaging about one a day in 1865, even though for much of the year he was ill. He was also engaged in writing an important paper on climbing plants, and was involved in tiring scientific squabbles and domestic affairs. Yet the letters are unfailingly courteous and elegant, illustrating the…
