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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

For private distribution. The following pages contain extracts from letters addressed to Professor Henslow by C. Darwin, Esq.

Publication Details

Cambridge, England: [Privately Printed], 1835 CE.

Darwin's teacher, John Stevens Henslow, had some of Darwin's letters to him published for private distribution as a pamphlet while Darwin was on the Beagle circumnavigation. Estimates of the number of copies printed vary from about 25 to about 200.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#8920
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/11098
Author Bio LinkDarwin Online ↗
External URLfor-private-distribution-the-following-pages-contain-extracts-from-letters-addressed-to-professor-henslow-by-c-darwin-esq

Geographic Context

Publication place: Cambridge, England