Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE FIRST VOLUME
- CHAPTER I EARLY DAYS
- CHAPTER II THE ANTARCTIC VOYAGE: PRELIMINARIES
- CHAPTER III THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY AND ITS SCIENTIFIC SCOPE
- CHAPTER IV THE VOYAGE OF THE EREBUS AND TERROR: PASSING IMPRESSIONS
- CHAPTER V TASMANIA AND THE ANTARCTIC
- CHAPTER VI SOUTH AGAIN: NEW ZEALAND AND THE CAPE
- CHAPTER VII THE ANTARCTIC VOYAGE: PERSONAL
- CHAPTER VIII RETURN TO ENGLAND: AND VISIT TO PARIS
- CHAPTER IX EDINBURGH
- CHAPTER X THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
- CHAPTER XI THE VOYAGE TO INDIA
- CHAPTER XII JOURNEY TO THE KYMORE HILLS
- CHAPTER XIII To DARJILING: THE FIRST HIMALAYAN JOURNEY
- CHAPTER XIV THE SECOND HIMALAYAN JOURNEY
- CHAPTER XV CAPTIVITY AND RELEASE
- CHAPTER XVI LAST DAYS IN SIKKIM
- CHAPTER XVII To THE KHASIA MOUNTAINS
- CHAPTER XVIII THE RETURN FROM INDIA
- CHAPTER XIX BOTANY: ITS POSITION AND PROSPECTS IN THE FIFTIES
- CHAPTER XX SCIENCE TEACHING: EXAMINATIONS
- CHAPTER XXI SCIENCE ORGANISATION: SOCIETIES, JOURNALS, AND REWARDS
- CHAPTER XXII MISCELLANEOUS, 1850-1860
- CHAPTER XXIII LETTERS TO DARWIN, 1843-1859
- CHAPTER XXIV ON SPECIES
- CHAPTER XXV THE MAKING OF THE ‘ORIGIN’: SCIENCE AND FRIENDSHIP
- CHAPTER XXVI PUBLICATION OF THE ‘ORIGIN’ AND THE ‘INTRODUCTION TO THE TASMANIAN FLORA’
- CHAPTER XXVII THE JOURNEY TO PALESTINE AND THE WORK OF 1860
- Plate section
CHAPTER XIX - BOTANY: ITS POSITION AND PROSPECTS IN THE FIFTIES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2012
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE FIRST VOLUME
- CHAPTER I EARLY DAYS
- CHAPTER II THE ANTARCTIC VOYAGE: PRELIMINARIES
- CHAPTER III THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY AND ITS SCIENTIFIC SCOPE
- CHAPTER IV THE VOYAGE OF THE EREBUS AND TERROR: PASSING IMPRESSIONS
- CHAPTER V TASMANIA AND THE ANTARCTIC
- CHAPTER VI SOUTH AGAIN: NEW ZEALAND AND THE CAPE
- CHAPTER VII THE ANTARCTIC VOYAGE: PERSONAL
- CHAPTER VIII RETURN TO ENGLAND: AND VISIT TO PARIS
- CHAPTER IX EDINBURGH
- CHAPTER X THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
- CHAPTER XI THE VOYAGE TO INDIA
- CHAPTER XII JOURNEY TO THE KYMORE HILLS
- CHAPTER XIII To DARJILING: THE FIRST HIMALAYAN JOURNEY
- CHAPTER XIV THE SECOND HIMALAYAN JOURNEY
- CHAPTER XV CAPTIVITY AND RELEASE
- CHAPTER XVI LAST DAYS IN SIKKIM
- CHAPTER XVII To THE KHASIA MOUNTAINS
- CHAPTER XVIII THE RETURN FROM INDIA
- CHAPTER XIX BOTANY: ITS POSITION AND PROSPECTS IN THE FIFTIES
- CHAPTER XX SCIENCE TEACHING: EXAMINATIONS
- CHAPTER XXI SCIENCE ORGANISATION: SOCIETIES, JOURNALS, AND REWARDS
- CHAPTER XXII MISCELLANEOUS, 1850-1860
- CHAPTER XXIII LETTERS TO DARWIN, 1843-1859
- CHAPTER XXIV ON SPECIES
- CHAPTER XXV THE MAKING OF THE ‘ORIGIN’: SCIENCE AND FRIENDSHIP
- CHAPTER XXVI PUBLICATION OF THE ‘ORIGIN’ AND THE ‘INTRODUCTION TO THE TASMANIAN FLORA’
- CHAPTER XXVII THE JOURNEY TO PALESTINE AND THE WORK OF 1860
- Plate section
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- Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker O.M., G.C.S.I. , pp. 366 - 384Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1918