The history and progress of the world . edition was printed. Carlyle receivedhis share of the American profits. After six years residence at Craigenputtoch, Carlyleremoved to London and took the little house at Chelsea,which has now been made a memorial and place of pil-grimage. Here he completed his work on the FrenchRevolution, already commenced in the Scotch Stuart Mill borrowed the first volume in manuscriptand lent it to his friend, Airs. Taylor, whose housemaidused it to kindle a fire. Mill insisted, against Carlylesproud refusal, on paying for the loss, but the terrible
The history and progress of the world . edition was printed. Carlyle receivedhis share of the American profits. After six years residence at Craigenputtoch, Carlyleremoved to London and took the little house at Chelsea,which has now been made a memorial and place of pil-grimage. Here he completed his work on the FrenchRevolution, already commenced in the Scotch Stuart Mill borrowed the first volume in manuscriptand lent it to his friend, Airs. Taylor, whose housemaidused it to kindle a fire. Mill insisted, against Carlylesproud refusal, on paying for the loss, but the terrible taskof rewriting the manuscript had to be performed. Thiswork, which first gave Carlyle fame, is memorable for itscreation of a prose epic style, as well as for its new modeof viewing and interpreting history by vivid pictures. TheFrench Revolution came out in 1837, and in spite offurious outcries against its style and temper, gave itsauthor rank among the great historians of the now lectured on German Literature, on His-. THOMAS CARLYLE Photo from life ENGLISH 121 tory and on Heroes and Hero-Worship, the last beingprinted in 1841 and becoming one of his best-known discussed the political problems of the time inChartism (1839), and in Past and Present (1843),which greatly stirred the thoughtful public. In 1845 hepublished his Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell,in which he did much to explain the character and deedsof that extraordinary leader. The revolutions of 1848 filled Carlyle with indignantscorn for the weakness and stupidity of governments thatdid anything but govern, and henceforth he insisted on thesubmission of the common herd to the Strong Silent Latter-Day Pamphlets (1850) he discussed thenigger question and other political problems. In con-trast with this came his Life of Sterling (1851), whichwas written as a reply to Archdeacon Julius Hares sketchof their friend, and exhibited distinctly Carlyles attitudetowards the Church. The
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