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    1284 The Publishers' Circular | Nov > ^ ...

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    CARLYLE'S EARLY LETTERS.* These two volu...

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    ROMANCES OF CHIVALRY. *

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    1284 The Publishers' Circular | Nov > ^ ...

    1284 The Publishers' Circular | Nov > ^ jg 86

    Carlyle's Early Letters.* These Two Volu...

    CARLYLE'S EARLY LETTERS . * These two volumes contain letters written

    b between e read wi the th years genuine 1814 deli and ght 1826 by . admirers They will of

    as the indispensab sage , and must le to , in ll ser tu i ous , be studen look t s o u f p hi on s

    life body and ing a work hitherto . In a unpublished recent pamp letter hlet , em of

    that Carly the le ' s historian , Dr . Hutchison -philosopher Stirling ' s charact remarked er seems

    one of still great and unsatisfied interest . I the This two cannot volumes be disputed now published , and we will fa do ncy some that

    thing in the direction of enlightening the I public respecting that interesting period in

    I was Carly being le ' life formed when , , and as a his studen modes t , his of ch thoug aract ht er

    I established . curious Besides throug his h the domestic light it throws correspondence on some ,

    e simp xchanged le phases many of Scottish letters with life , three Carlyle college then

    friends schoolmaster who became —James a at minister Hadding Johnston t and on , af ; Robert Thomas terwards Mitchell Murray parish , ;

    one of the masters of Edinburgh Academy , , who died in 1836 . At all time 3 free with his correspondenceeven to those who had little

    or no claim to such , attentionsas well as with the transmission of his thoughts , , it was to be

    e a T xpected o good some dea that rea l d that ers the was new of course collection worthy the of would preserva matter contain tion will . , ,

    not appear to have that importance which should be associated with the products of Carlyle ' s penbut notwithstanding this , they

    will be slow -A . to , lay down the book — ' once they have begun it . One of the earliest of his letters home is dated Kirkcaldy , September

    1818 . It describes his prospects : a ' My prospects in this place are far from ,

    brilliant at present . About a month before I went away a body had established himself in my neighbourhood and taken up a school , rbut could make

    next to nothing of it . During the vacation , however , I he seems to have succeeded in getting most of my « scholarsand to-day I mustered only twelve . This

    , /; will never do . The people ' s rage for novelty is the Vl cause of it , I suppose , for the poor creature is very f " \ i norant _ i and uch i i to drink "I 1 T make 1 _ .

    g , very mgven . I no doubt I could re-establish the school , but the fact is — I am — very - much — — tired — of — — the — — trade — , and very ^

    anxious to find some other way of making my bread , and this is as good a time for trying it as any other . Irving is going awa y tooand — 1 shall have no

    associa O te in the place at all , . I think I could find private teaching , perhaps about Edinburgh , to support me till I could fall into some other way of

    doing . At any rate , I have more than sevonty \ ( and pound that s ( besides might keep what mo I send for a yon season ) of . road In y short money I ,

    , i ' only wait for your ad vice till I give in my resignak tion "against V- » the KSl beg f inning of JLJecomberI have

    •^ ^ " » * r *) ^ ' ^ »» - » x * M . V- * KS V ~ , ~ A M . A A M . M ML * j V ^ K . *—* \* J V- VJIU + * J ^ - X . . - » - *»««*» ^ v \\ thought of trying the law and several other things , » ' but ^^* - *« - I * - A have -atwTvy not IA \ JU yet ^ 7 got fS correct ^ V-w in JUIUlilHitlUll / ormation about t / j ^/ v / UV '

    ; ' an brothers y of them and . sisters , Give . m 1 y cxpoct kindest a letter love very to all soon my ,

    | for In the I shal meantime l be unhappy , however till , I I resolve remain , upon my dear something father . , __ ffectionatel rfV * . a 1 Thomas r a * * ~ * le

    f yours ay , Carly . ' 1 * Early Letters of Thbyrias Carlyle . Edited by Charles ^ it ^ KvuAa * M ^* \ /

    ^^^ ,, -. V r a A « V * - » All . Ut > V * *~ l * * 1 4 4 l I A VJ » V \_^/ \ . /« > W V V / lOt

    Carlyle's Early Letters.* These Two Volu...

    == the ' I have seem not yet more seen backward much of than the in country DuTnfr , but oo I I shire crops They iare t \ busy exporting viuiui potatoes from ;

    » jii * j . v . . j-uuj * . j WM . CTJT ^^ u ^ ^ ytawcs irotti thin thU I II p article lace to will Eng probabl land— y what be dear part . ' I know not—so the II I

    The following is a passage from the last I letter in October sent to 1826 Miss : Welsh before their marriage s I j

    ' The last speech and marrying words of that unfortunate young woman Jane ± 5 aillie Welsh I

    received aehgntiuL delightful ^ on and ana Friday r ~^ swan swan * 1 -- morning like like melody melody * , and was was ^ tru ¦ m in ly thpm them a most ..

    tenderness a maiden , bidding , and warm farewell devoted to the trust ( unmarried , worth —* y of ) earth \ suc Ult h a

    of which she was C- * the fairest ornament X . Dear - « -- » y little . IX child ! How is it that I have deserved theedeserved

    a purer and nobler «¦* heart f .. than * falls sh ^ - * to the , lot of millions ? I swear I will love thee with my whole

    heart , and think my life well spent if it can make thine happy . . . . Your own day , Tuesday , as was fitting , I have made mine . Jack and I will surely

    after call on ^ tea j # Monday but I think evening it will ac Temp be more iand , commodious most ~ ^ — — " ^~ ^^ likel ^»^ ^» ^^ ^ y for all parties , , that we sleep at the inn . You will

    not see me on Monday night ? I bet two to one you will I At all events I hope you will on Tuesday ; so , as Jack says , * it is much the same . ' Do you know

    aught of wedding gloves ? I must leave all that to you , for , except a vague tradition of some such thingI am profoundly ignorant concerning

    the whole , matter . Or will you give any ? Ach der guter Gott ! Would we were off and away three months before all these observances of the

    ceremonial law ! I could say much ; and what were words to the sea of thoughts that rolls through ¦ my — ^ ^— w heart ^ M » - ^ - ^ - — ^~ »* when v ^» ^ ^^ ^^ t ^ m ^ I ^^^ ^ feel ^ - ^^ -m ^ ^ v that ^^ ^ m ^ b - *~ r ^ ^^ thou - ^^ ^ ^ ' ^^ -w ^ v art ' ^ m ^— ¦ - ^^ mine ^ ^* - ^ m - ~ - - ^ , v that - ~ — — - — — I am

    thine ; that henceforth we live , not for ourselves , b hol ut for each oses other be no ! t frus Let tra us ted pray let to us God trust that in Him our

    and y in p each p otherand fear no evil that can befall us is is . mv M last ln y «; t- last lpff letter . blessing A -p to tr , Jane Tm . ti as pi Welsh WaI a lover «) i . is Good f ^ nnrl wiih nig mVht you ht , . : then then thU ;;

    y for the last time we have to part . In a week I see you ; in a week you are my own . . . . "

    tains The som appendix e severe : supp remark lied s by the the editor use made

    conupon by Mr . Froude of other parts of the

    prenuptial correspondence .

    Romances Of Chivalry. *

    ROMANCES OF CHIVALRY . *

    Here we have another of Mr . Ash ton ' s curious \ volumeswhich bring before - ^ s us scenes

    juiivyuo t viuuivu < , it uivii Mime , * s *^ i * * . w «—and to \ J \ J be KJ \ J life CAj an JL * . in indefati 111 the U \ J 1 UIU remote 1 C gable 1 UIU 1 V past rescuer lUUVUVi . Mr . of w- Ashton * . things ~ ancestors £ 3 seems that

    are Unless good such in the rescuers social were history among of our us , much that . is iaworthv worthy ot of life lite would would be be lost lost to to modern modern ruau readers ^ ° , ;

    the of spirit love labour still . The animates of collecting age of ( as chi it v being has alry done is often gone for a , but labour centu its

    ries . ) the . 1 impulse "I of r- Eng -m lish -i ¦ % poetry _ X— . v , I 14 4 * I' ' 0 Olll " * this VjlllO < alone A > M . \ JMl . VJ A it . U - is 1 U especial VOIJVV / 1 M 11 ly J interesting AliU * - * - * - « w »» C ) to renew

    old acquaintances by scanning tho nugei Mr . JLT . A- * . Ashton . A . m . * 7 kt V V ^ JL « . 's well W V ^ y * ••¦ - + stored -J V ^^ A ^ > * - * L volume V \ S . * »^ — - *—¦ — . - . _ -

    Not a few of the time-worn romances ^ been edited and reprinted under the c ; lIlf n « . w »^ - «^ -v learned 1 ^ . * x ¦»« - » - » . rwl societies r . « ni ' /^ ti ' nr . The I K . " » archaism Of / 'llH mill <> OI » * ^

    some . language has , perhaps , prevented a u * Romances of Chii airy , told _ and illustrate unwin — * i" . ¦ , 'Si iru ' ''

    By John AahLon . -Lori ion : J ,. JL ' lsaer . ^ __ ^

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1886, page 1284, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111886/page/6/