--
Literature
in these days.
Thomas Carlyle
.
.
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CXLII. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 19 July, 1850. A year's Silence-
--Latter Day Pamphlets. --Divergence from Emerson. --
Representative Men. --Prescott lionized . . . . . - - 216
CXLIII. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 14 November, 1850. "Eighteen
million bores. " -- Emerson on Latter Day Pamphlets. ---- A11-
tumn Jomney. --Disordered nerves . . . . . . . . 220
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CXLIV. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 8 July, 1851. Appeal for news.
-1/Lye qf Sterling. --Crystal Palace. --Bossu's Journal, Bar-
tram's Travels. -Margaret Fuller. --Ma. zzini. --Dr. Carlyle 225
CXLV. EMERSON. Concord, 28 July, 1851. Story of the year.
----Journey in the West. -- Memoir of Margaret Fuller. -- Life
of Sterling. -- English friends . . . . . . . . . . 230
CXLVI. CARLYLE. Great Malvern, 25 August, 1851. I/ife of
Sterling. -- Bossu's Journal. --Water-cure. --- Twisleton. -
Milnes married. -- Tennyson. -- Browning on Miss Fuller . 234
CXLVI1. EMnnson. Concord, 14 April, 1852. Browning's
Reminiscences of Margaret Fuller. -- Books on the Indians.
--I/ifiaofSterling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
CXLVIII. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 7 May, 1852. Correspondence
must be revived. -- Margaret Fuller. -- Memoirs of her . . 241
CXLIX. EMERSON. Concord, May, 1852. Relations with Car-
lyle. -- Carlyle's genius and his own. ---- Margaret Fuller . . 244
CL. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 25 June, 1852. Emerson and himself.
--- Reading about Frederick the Great. . . . . . . . 246
CLI. Eunuson. Corword, 19 April, 1853. Excuses for not
writing. - Chapter on Fate. --Visit to the West. -- Condi-
tions of American life. -- Clough . . . . . . . . . 248
CLII. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 13 May, 1853. Blessing of letters
from Emerson. --Coming on of old age. ---Modern democracy.
-- Visit to Germany. --Still reading about Fritz . . . . 252
CLIP. EMERSON. Concord, 10 August, 1853. Slowness to
write. --Regret at Clough's return to England. -- Miss Bacon.
----Carlyle's visit to Germany. -- Thackeray in America. ---
New York and its society . . . . . . . . . . . 257
CLIII. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 9 September, 1853. Regrets for old
days. -- Not left town. -- A new top story. --Miss Bacon, her
Quixotic enterprise. --Clough. -- Thackeray. --- To Concord ? 258
CLIV. EMERSON. Concord, 11 March, 1854. Laurence, the
artist. --Roading Latter Day Pamphlets. --Death of Car-
lyle's, and of Emerson's mother. -- Miss Bacon. -- His Eng-
lish Notes. -- Lecturing tour in the West. -- Speed Frederick! 263
CLV. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 8April, 1854. Thankful for Emer-
son's letter. ---Death of his mother. --Makes no way in
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Prussian History. ---- The insuperable difliculty with Freder-
ick.
-- Literature in these days. -- Emerson's picture of
America. ---- Battle of Freedom and Slavery. --Emerson's
book on England desired. --Miss Bacon . . . . . .
CLVI. EMnnson. Cmword, 17 April, 1855. Excuses for not
---Unchanged feeling for Carlyle. -- The American.
-- True measure of life. --- Musings of indolence . . . .
CLVII. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 13 May, 1855. Emerson's letters
indispensable; his complete understanding of Carlyle. --A
grim and lonely year. --- Never had such a business as Fred-
erick. --- Frederick himself. -- " Ba. la. kls. va. " --- Persistence of
268
273
the English. --- Urges Emerson to print his book on England. 277
CLVIII. Ermnson. Corword, 6 May, 1856. Letter-writing.
--Lea/ue. 1ofC'rass. --Mrs. -- . . . . . . . . . 282
CLIX. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 20 July, 1856. Emerson's letter
welcome. -- Life a burden. -- Going to Scotland. --~ I/i]'e of
Frederick to go to press. --M_rs. ----. --lll. iss Bacon. --
Brown. ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CLX. CARLYLE. The Gill, Cu/mmertrees, Arman, 28 August,
1856. The debt of America to Emerson. --Englz'sh Traits
will be welcome. ---~ Grateful for whatever Emerson may have
said ofhi. mself. --In retreat in Annan . . . . . . .
CLXI. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 2 December, 1856. Close of nego-
tiations for printing a. complete edition of his Works i. n Amer-
ica. --Erzgl'ish Traits. -- Its excellence . . . . . . .
CLXII. EMnnSOrz. Concord, 17 May, 1858. Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Longworth. -- Inquires for the Frederick. --Desires a
Ziber veritatis. -- Friendship of old gentlemen . . . . .
CLXIII. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 2 June, 1858. Emerson's letter
and friends welcome. --First two volumes of Frederick just
ready. -- Ugliness of the job. -- Occasional tone of Emerson
in the Magazines. -- Health. -- Separation of Dickens from
hiswife. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CLXIII. *' CARLYLE. Chelsea, 9 April, 1859. Copy of Fred-
erick sent to Emerson. -- Nearly choked by the job. -- Self-
pity. -- Emerson's speech on Burns . . - . . . . 301
285
288
291
295
298
it
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xi
CLXIV. EMERsoN. Concord, 1 May, 1859. Arrival of first
volumes of Frederick. --Illusion of children. --His own
children. -- A correspondent of twenty~five years not to be
disused. . . . . . . . . ,. _______
Extracts from Ernerson's Diary respecting the Friedrich .
CLXV. EMERSON. Concord, 16 April, 1860. Mr. O. W. Wight's
new edition of the J1l'iscella'n'ies. --Sigl1t at Toronto of two
nephews of Carlyle. -Carlyle commended to the Gods . .
CLXVI. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 30 April, 1860. Encouragement
from Emerson's words about Friedrich. --Message to Mr.
CLXVII. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 29 January, 1861.
CXLII. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 19 July, 1850. A year's Silence-
--Latter Day Pamphlets. --Divergence from Emerson. --
Representative Men. --Prescott lionized . . . . . - - 216
CXLIII. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 14 November, 1850. "Eighteen
million bores. " -- Emerson on Latter Day Pamphlets. ---- A11-
tumn Jomney. --Disordered nerves . . . . . . . . 220
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? Contents of Volume II. ix
CXLIV. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 8 July, 1851. Appeal for news.
-1/Lye qf Sterling. --Crystal Palace. --Bossu's Journal, Bar-
tram's Travels. -Margaret Fuller. --Ma. zzini. --Dr. Carlyle 225
CXLV. EMERSON. Concord, 28 July, 1851. Story of the year.
----Journey in the West. -- Memoir of Margaret Fuller. -- Life
of Sterling. -- English friends . . . . . . . . . . 230
CXLVI. CARLYLE. Great Malvern, 25 August, 1851. I/ife of
Sterling. -- Bossu's Journal. --Water-cure. --- Twisleton. -
Milnes married. -- Tennyson. -- Browning on Miss Fuller . 234
CXLVI1. EMnnson. Concord, 14 April, 1852. Browning's
Reminiscences of Margaret Fuller. -- Books on the Indians.
--I/ifiaofSterling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
CXLVIII. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 7 May, 1852. Correspondence
must be revived. -- Margaret Fuller. -- Memoirs of her . . 241
CXLIX. EMERSON. Concord, May, 1852. Relations with Car-
lyle. -- Carlyle's genius and his own. ---- Margaret Fuller . . 244
CL. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 25 June, 1852. Emerson and himself.
--- Reading about Frederick the Great. . . . . . . . 246
CLI. Eunuson. Corword, 19 April, 1853. Excuses for not
writing. - Chapter on Fate. --Visit to the West. -- Condi-
tions of American life. -- Clough . . . . . . . . . 248
CLII. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 13 May, 1853. Blessing of letters
from Emerson. --Coming on of old age. ---Modern democracy.
-- Visit to Germany. --Still reading about Fritz . . . . 252
CLIP. EMERSON. Concord, 10 August, 1853. Slowness to
write. --Regret at Clough's return to England. -- Miss Bacon.
----Carlyle's visit to Germany. -- Thackeray in America. ---
New York and its society . . . . . . . . . . . 257
CLIII. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 9 September, 1853. Regrets for old
days. -- Not left town. -- A new top story. --Miss Bacon, her
Quixotic enterprise. --Clough. -- Thackeray. --- To Concord ? 258
CLIV. EMERSON. Concord, 11 March, 1854. Laurence, the
artist. --Roading Latter Day Pamphlets. --Death of Car-
lyle's, and of Emerson's mother. -- Miss Bacon. -- His Eng-
lish Notes. -- Lecturing tour in the West. -- Speed Frederick! 263
CLV. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 8April, 1854. Thankful for Emer-
son's letter. ---Death of his mother. --Makes no way in
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? x Contents of Volume II
Prussian History. ---- The insuperable difliculty with Freder-
ick.
-- Literature in these days. -- Emerson's picture of
America. ---- Battle of Freedom and Slavery. --Emerson's
book on England desired. --Miss Bacon . . . . . .
CLVI. EMnnson. Cmword, 17 April, 1855. Excuses for not
---Unchanged feeling for Carlyle. -- The American.
-- True measure of life. --- Musings of indolence . . . .
CLVII. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 13 May, 1855. Emerson's letters
indispensable; his complete understanding of Carlyle. --A
grim and lonely year. --- Never had such a business as Fred-
erick. --- Frederick himself. -- " Ba. la. kls. va. " --- Persistence of
268
273
the English. --- Urges Emerson to print his book on England. 277
CLVIII. Ermnson. Corword, 6 May, 1856. Letter-writing.
--Lea/ue. 1ofC'rass. --Mrs. -- . . . . . . . . . 282
CLIX. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 20 July, 1856. Emerson's letter
welcome. -- Life a burden. -- Going to Scotland. --~ I/i]'e of
Frederick to go to press. --M_rs. ----. --lll. iss Bacon. --
Brown. ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CLX. CARLYLE. The Gill, Cu/mmertrees, Arman, 28 August,
1856. The debt of America to Emerson. --Englz'sh Traits
will be welcome. ---~ Grateful for whatever Emerson may have
said ofhi. mself. --In retreat in Annan . . . . . . .
CLXI. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 2 December, 1856. Close of nego-
tiations for printing a. complete edition of his Works i. n Amer-
ica. --Erzgl'ish Traits. -- Its excellence . . . . . . .
CLXII. EMnnSOrz. Concord, 17 May, 1858. Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Longworth. -- Inquires for the Frederick. --Desires a
Ziber veritatis. -- Friendship of old gentlemen . . . . .
CLXIII. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 2 June, 1858. Emerson's letter
and friends welcome. --First two volumes of Frederick just
ready. -- Ugliness of the job. -- Occasional tone of Emerson
in the Magazines. -- Health. -- Separation of Dickens from
hiswife. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CLXIII. *' CARLYLE. Chelsea, 9 April, 1859. Copy of Fred-
erick sent to Emerson. -- Nearly choked by the job. -- Self-
pity. -- Emerson's speech on Burns . . - . . . . 301
285
288
291
295
298
it
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xi
CLXIV. EMERsoN. Concord, 1 May, 1859. Arrival of first
volumes of Frederick. --Illusion of children. --His own
children. -- A correspondent of twenty~five years not to be
disused. . . . . . . . . ,. _______
Extracts from Ernerson's Diary respecting the Friedrich .
CLXV. EMERSON. Concord, 16 April, 1860. Mr. O. W. Wight's
new edition of the J1l'iscella'n'ies. --Sigl1t at Toronto of two
nephews of Carlyle. -Carlyle commended to the Gods . .
CLXVI. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 30 April, 1860. Encouragement
from Emerson's words about Friedrich. --Message to Mr.
CLXVII. CARLYLE. Chelsea, 29 January, 1861.