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Letters of Asa Gray; Vol. 2 — Asa Gray

Letters of Asa Gray; Vol. 2

Asa Gray

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  • Book language: English
  • 340 pages

This second volume gathers letters of the American botanist Asa Gray, edited by Jane Loring Gray. It follows his later travels in Europe and America, his correspondence with Darwin and other scientists, and his botanical work, offering a window into nineteenth-century science and personal life.

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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).

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Photo of Asa Gray (signed)

LETTERS OF ASA GRAY

EDITED BY

JANE LORING GRAY

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. II.

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY

The Riverside Press, Cambridge

1894

Copyright, 1893,

By JANE LORING GRAY.

All rights reserved.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

V.

Second Journey in Europe.—Correspondence. 1830-1859 369

VI.

Letters to Darwin and Others. 1800-1868

454

VII. Travel in Europe and America. 1808-1880

565

VIII. Final Journeys and Work. 1880-1888

701

Appendix

Index

Note on the Illustrations. The frontispiece portrait of Dr. Gray is a photogravure from a photograph taken in 1880. The plate of Dr. Gray in his

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  1. LETTERS OF ASA GRAY
  2. LETTERS OF ASA GRAY.

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