. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . he wall are a few woodcuts in plain framesor pinned against the wall; also a photograph of Mr. Carlyle, taken one day,as his family told me, when he had a violent toothache and could attend tonothing else. It is his favorite picture, though it gives him a face more thanordinarily severe and troubled. In long shelves, unpainted and unsheltered by glass or door, is the libraryof the world-renowned thinker. The books are worn, as though he had boughtthem to read. Many of them are uncommon books, the titles of which I neversaw before
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . he wall are a few woodcuts in plain framesor pinned against the wall; also a photograph of Mr. Carlyle, taken one day,as his family told me, when he had a violent toothache and could attend tonothing else. It is his favorite picture, though it gives him a face more thanordinarily severe and troubled. In long shelves, unpainted and unsheltered by glass or door, is the libraryof the world-renowned thinker. The books are worn, as though he had boughtthem to read. Many of them are uncommon books, the titles of which I neversaw before. American literature is almost ignored, while Germany monopolizesmany of the spaces. I noticed the absence of theological works, save those ofThomas Chalmers, whose name and genius he well-nigh worships. The carpetsare old and worn and faded—not because he cannot afford better, but becausehe would have his home a perpetual protest against the worlds sham. It is aplace not calculated to give inspiration to a writer. 274 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK.
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