On the Choice of Books eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 136 pages of information about On the Choice of Books.

On the Choice of Books eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 136 pages of information about On the Choice of Books.

  Kirkcaldy, 10. 
  Knox, John, an ancestor of Carlyle’s wife, 17, 196;
    grim humour of, 47;
    the portraits of, 115;
    belongs to the select of the earth, 142-143;
    his History of the Reformation, 184-185.

  Lally, at Pondicherry, 84. 
  La Motte Fouque, Carlyle’s Translations from, 16. 
  Landor, Walter Savage, 23, 38. 
  Latter-Day Pamphlets, 80. 
  Laurence, Samuel, his portrait of Carlyle, 119. 
  Legendre’s Geometry, translated by Carlyle, 13, 14. 
  Leslie, Sir John, 9. 
  Lewes, George Henry, 66. 
  London Magazine, The, 15, 16. 
  Louis Philippe, 74.

  Machiavelli on Democracy, 107, 146. 
  Maclise, Daniel, 119. 
  Mazzini, his articles on Carlyle, 58;
    Carlyle’s defence of his character, 59;
    remonstrates vainly with Carlyle, 69. 
  Milnes, R. M., see Houghton, Lord. 
  Mirabeau, 23. 
  Moore, Thomas, meets Carlyle at a breakfast party, 38. 
  Musaeus, Carlyle’s translations from, 17.

  Napier, Sir William, his History of the Administration of Scinde 81;
    Carlyle’s letter to him, 81-85. 
  Necker, Carlyle’s biography of him, quoted, 11. 
  Nero, death of, 22. 
  Newfoundland, Carlyle’s account of, quoted, 12.

  Ossoli, see Fuller.

  Past and Present, 53;
    quoted, 187-188.
  Paul et Virginie, 44. 
  Petrarch and Laura, 67. 
  Phocion, 167.

  Quincey, see De Quincey.

  Richardson, David Lester, his Literary Leaves, 40;
    Carlyle’s letter to him, 40-44. 
  Richter, Jean Paul, 17. 
  Robinson, Henry Crabb, 38, 39. 
  Rous, Sir Francis, 148. 
  Rousseau, at St. Pierre, 19;
    his Confessions, 23. 
  Ruskin, John, his praise of Boehm’s statue of Carlyle, 116, 121. 
  Rugby School, 63, 64.

  Sartor Resartus, 36, 37. 
  Schiller, Friedrich, Carlyle’s life of him, 15;
    Supplement to, 115. 
  Shakespeare, 67. 
  Smith, Alexander, his account of the delivery of Carlyle’s Address at
    Edinburgh, 87-92. 
  Socrates, disparaged by Carlyle, 23. 
  Sophocles, the tragedies of, 141. 
  Sterling, John, 37, 38;
    death of, 62;
    Carlyle’s life of him, 81. 
  Stirling, Dr., Carlyle’s letter to, 189-191.

  Tennyson, why he wrote in verse, 67. 
  Teufelsdroeckh, 36, 68. 
  Thackeray, W.M., his verses on the death of Charles Buller, 15, 74-75. 
  Tieck, 17. 
  Turveydrop senior, on Polished Deportment, 49.

  University of Edinburgh, 125.

  Watts, G.F., his portrait of Carlyle, 120. 
  Welsh family, 17. 
  Whistler, J.A., his portrait of Carlyle, 120.

  Youth, the golden season of life, 130.

  Zoilus, 19.

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