Two Notebooks of Thomas Carlyle; From 23d March, 1822, to 16th May, 1832 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1898. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Chelsea, 23 June, 1862. "Seekest thou great things, seek them not " I could do no good with your "Tragedy,"after never so much endeavour, it depends on Playhouse Managers, etc. etc. j--and is, I must say, likely to have been an unreasonable, tho' innocent attempt, on the part of a young man, inexperienced inJLife, much more in the suitable ways of Delineating and Expounding what Life is and should be. Forgive my plainness of Speech. But it is my standing advice to all young persons who trace in themselves a superior capacity of mind, to select, beyond all other conditions, a silent course of activity;--and to disbelieve totally the babble of reviews and newspapers, and loud clamour of Nonsense everywhere prevalent, that "Literature" (even if one were qualified) is the truly noble human career. Far other, very far since you ask my opinion. The greatest minds I have known, or have authentically heard of, have not been the speaking ones at all, --much less in these loud times; raging with palaver, and with so little else, from sea to sea --In very great haste (wishing you well, not ill), T. Carlyle. INDEX INDEX. Action and Morality, 228 Actions, great, sometimes histori-cally barren, 171; smallest, some-times very fruitful, 171 Adam, fable concerning, 8i, 82 Advertising, Carlyle upon, 208, 209; amount spent by two book-sellers annually in, 208 Aikin, Lucy, "Memoirs of Queen Elizabeth," 4 Air, always hope in the, 106 Age, every, full of vicissitudes to its people, 141 Alexander, remark by Carlyle con-cerning, 7; compared with Hambden, 7; expedition of, compared with St. Paul's mis-sion, 171 Alfieri, on genius, 30 Alison, Rev. Archibald, "Essay on Taste," 84; criticism of, 84 "Anatomy of Melancholy," ex-tracts from, 85; anecdote con-cerning, 98 Antimacnus Clarius, on...