When G. H. Lewes published a review of Charles Darwin’s The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication in 1868, the two began a correspondence that lasted from 2 March–18 November 1868 (with a final surviving note of 18 April 1877). We think now is a good time to shine a light on that correspondence for what it shows us about Lewes as a man of science and his relationship to Darwin and Darwin’s theories. Below we have reprinted the correspondence, which is introduced by George Levine.
The following excerpts from The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 volumes to date (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985–) are reprinted here with kind permission from Cambridge University Press and reproduced with permission of the Licensor through PLSclear.
Thanks to the Darwin Correspondence Project (James A. Secord, director) and to William H. Darwin for permission to publish CD...
