THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF 



Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker 



O.M., G.C.S.I., F.R.S. 



BASED ON MATERIAL COLLECTED 

 AND ARRANGED BY LADY HOOKER 



By LEONARD HUXLEY 



Author of " Life and Letters of Thorn as H. Huxley," etc. 



Illustrated. Two 'Volumes. 36s. net. 



The long life of Sir Joseph Hooker, which 

 began exactly one hundred years ago, 

 covers the whole of the scientific renais- 

 sance. Pre-eminent in botany, his name 

 will always be associated with the making 

 of Kew ; but as Traveller and Explorer 

 he was hardly less eminent, whether in the 

 Antarctic, the Himalayas, or the Atlas. 



The history of his scientific career is also 

 the history of many friendships, revealed 

 in his unceasing correspondence, most 

 of all with Charles Darwin, for he was 

 Darwin's confidant, helper, and critic for 

 fifteen years before the "Origin" appeared. 



JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.l 



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