The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin [SEP] editor
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin is a book published in 1887 edited by Francis Darwin about his father Charles Darwin. It contains a selection of 87 letters from the correspondence of Charles Darwin, an autobiographical chapter written by Charles Darwin for his family, and an essay by Thomas Huxley "On the reception of the 'Origin of Species'".
It was published by Darwin's publisher John Murray.
The autobiographical chapter was edited by Francis to remove references to his father
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