New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-07
THOMAS CARLYLE
A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
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THE ROY COLLEGIAN-A DEsPONDENr AUTHORIZING

kneyV lie rented q small farm, and afterwards .
larger, at Ecclefechan, Dumtrie&hre lie had
great energy and decision of character, ana was
more than ordinarily intelligent possessing IL II
said an extensiv We vocabulary OF words winch rs
we see in the case of his distinguished son. hss not
been lost in the family. lie was an eiuct III el9
Kirk on good terms with the minister, ana nopeu
at one time to have seen his son thomas III .he
high places OF the Kirk too HIS end was soneWle
unexpected, he having died suddenly while Thomas
was IN London negotiating for tho iReue OF nartot
Resartus.' His mother. like the mothers or many
great men, was "A woman OF more than ordinary
sIgacty and penetration ana TO TN? 10 Is sai II 10
be attributed much OF that shire I'd instinct. ana
caustc insight into character, which marks inc
writings of her son.
CARLYLE. who was born on the 4th December,
1893 received his education partly 10 the parish
school at iEccefechan and partly at AMMAN enter,
ing Edinburgh University before he had completed
his fifteenth year. Here he studied hard IN classics
and mathematics. and read extensively and assldu-
Ously i'm all kinds Of literature. Through TOO close
attention to study he injured ms naturally ROBUST
health and speaking to the Edinburgh students III
1866 he sounded very serious warning TO them on
this point. Designed by ms parents tor tIlo'
Churtb "A change of views when he was twenty
one made this mpractIcaDle. We next Huu NM
teaching mathematics IN the DnTFh sGhooI ol
! AMMAN; and thereafter classics and mathematics
| at Kircaldy Towards the end of 1915 he again
| appeared in Edinburgh, with no Definite prospects
| before him. but with decided leannes towards III
erature He executed TRANSACTIONS, wrote ior the le-
! views and magazines, and fairly began nls literary
| career In 1876 he married Jane, daughter OF Ut;
| John Welsh. HaddlngtOn, and a lineai descendant
| of ichn Knox She was a remarkable woman
taught herself Latin while but a glrl ana was III
| the habit when child OF secretlng hersei uhder
her fathers table, so that she might usten 10 my
nbilosophic and learned conversation that passed
| between him and his friends Settling IN ISIS at
! tralgenputtoch Dunn friesshlre-a property belong
/ inu % his wiie-CaFlyle devoted his Whoie time 10
! literature Sartur Resartus ana the rcfnThaoie
essay Robert Burns being part OF the run Oh us
letter written to Goethe in 1928, from Craigen-
| puttoch, revealed the Simple life when he lea IN
that region, with its lonely SURROUNDINGS Ne neaC
/ 4 fryF... FaTg
! ulOus neigh bOrhOOd being fifteen miles northwest
! from Dumfries; but two ponies which they pos
sessed carried the author and his wife whittier they
would. Hero he had come 10 Simply hls lnoue VI
life and remain true 10 himself MS Ot OF eailh
! Is our own he remarks here we can llVS' "rile
/ and think ~ best peasts ourselves Oh MS Hu-
Tary table was piled cart-load of French, German,
! American. and English Journals ana perlOulcals
| Writing to De Quincy IN December OF the same
yeaT be remarks such quantity or German
| ocriodicals and mystic speculation embOsomed IN
plain Scottish peat-mOOr being nowhere else that
! know of to Nc met with We nave no SOCIETY
| but who has, IN the strict sense OF Ih1t Notu l
| have never had any worth speahHg lnheh apouu
| since I came into this world. My wife ana arc
| busy learning spanish; far advanced IN Doh
/ Oui xote' already | purpose writing mystical re-
| views for somewhat more than tweivemonth to
| come have Greek to read. and the whole universe
/ to study tor understand less and less OF ~ ,
During the visit which Carlyle made 10 scotland
10 din. barge the duty in connection with MS ap-
! pointment as Lord Rector OF Edinburgh hlVerSlty
] in 1866. the sad intelligence reached nm OF the
/ sudden death of mis- wife IN London; ana few Things
| Of the kind are finer than the epitaph, whlch iIe
caused 10 DE placed on her tombstone IN the FAMILY
| I|r,,,ny- cround nj HaddingtOn: " Here likewise
/ now rests Jane Welsh Carlyle, spouse or Thomas
! CARLYLE Chelsea, London. she Was born at iiad-
dlngton. 18th July 1901, only child OF the ABOVE
! iohn Welsh and OF Grace Welsh, Caplegiu, Dunn
frie3shre hIsWIte. In heG bright existence she h'l
| more " than are common DuV aISo SDIS
aniabllIty, capacity oil dlscerhlhen'' anu noplo
lovaltv of heart which are rare. For forty years
! She was the true and loving helpmate OF her nus,
| hand and bv act and word unwearledly forwarded
! D ,ll-
/ ar attempted She died at London. 2lSt April,
! 1866 suddenly snatched away from him. and the
! hight Of has life as If gone out
! Ralph Waldo Emerson found him at Craigenput-
/ toch in s33, and described him as tail and
/ cauut with c1-like brow, selt-possessed, ana
holding has extraordinary powers OF conversation
| i'm easy command Clnglug 10 his northern accent
with evident relish tull Of lively anecdote. ana a
| streaming humor. which Heated everything ne
/ looked upon They dIscOurSed pleasantly OF
books and philosophy. and Emerson aecidentali4
| to9y9rds London. whittier he removed TO Cheyne
| Row Chelsea, IN the following year.
| Between the years l-37-l0, Carlyle delivered
four sets OF lectures only one OF when - Heroes
! Vero-worship, and the Heroic II History has
! been published. These lectures created great
sensation in literary circles and were dehEeled "
| crowded and select audiences. ChaiIes sumner,
/ who heard HIM. decla;td that he seemed ike an
/ inspired boy; truth and thoughts that made one
/ move on the benches came from his apparently
| unconscious mind. cOuched in the most 2rotesque
sr,Ic and vet condensed To a degree OF intensity.
/ Harriet Nartneau who had something 10 do with
Sie tbe5 verv successfully delivered owing to
his unconcealed nervousness. and the tact that he
did not seem 10 enjoy his own efforts. These public
appearances he termed IN sportlve vein a." ny day
| of execution A utteIances, however, theY are
probably among the most notable OF these times :;
! but except in 1865. when he addressed the Edln-
bureh Students, he has not again appeared III TINS
n was some time before Carlyle became certain OF
having caught the OF the public 70 any adequate
/ extent Even so late as 1857, be was not without
| his doubts; perhaps not at all times tree from
/ drspondcucy. In his Life OF Stirling he men
lions a visit which be made TO the latter IN the
/ autumn OF that year, when " from shell releW-
/ Lrr " he saws the good soul took down a book
modest y enough bound in three volumes. lcttcred
/ on the back Carlyles French Revolution, Which
mad been published lately; this he with friendly
banter babe me look Mt Is a hrst symptom. small
but ins gnlcaut th9t the book was nor 10 dIe az az
once one copy of 10 at least might nope 10 last
/ rha date of shccp-lrathcr, admitted anu IN NY
| then mood the little fact Was welcome III July
/ of that same year, John stuart NH Aau ieN""eH
The French Revolution rms is NOT So inuch
/ a history" lie began a. IN epic poem; and not
/ witbstandiug OF even IN consequence or inns the
t-u..t m HISTORIES MILL in his Autobiography,
expresses his belief that the early success OF TINS
! work OF Jlrlylc's much accelerated hy what
/ he said Of IL In Tie GcnMuTT Hr oc. " lnlne-
/ diatcy on rs publication. he explains - ana oe,
/ fore the commonplace critics al. whose rules ana
moods of Judgment 10 seq al defiance. had tiInc 10
prroccupy thf public Wlin tl'I dl0apptoFdt 0i ~
Urora and publ shed a reylrw Of the book, nall
| inl it %, )ue OF those productions OF genus "mti!
/ are above all rules. and are law 10 themselves
/ I'm l~a9. yet another trrute OF heh praise;
mingled with clear and candid criticism, app"are!
/ I'M the same magazine, tins tune from the pen OK
| Tnnu Stirling " nat lis eject on the pupic
/ va-" saws Carlyle " 1 knew not. and kno" nor ;
but remember vel. and may here be permitted
In a. i.DoN ledge the deep silent Joy. not of weak
! w tonnble nature. which it gave To nay sell IN my
! then mood and situation rs d. welt might pom
! hi. notification OF The Letters OF cromwell l&lcr
on he discovered that he had at last iouna cue re-
! cognition and was surprised at the swui n's- with
/ w1ich the first edition. was bought up. And these
historical works deserved to succ eed l'r apart from
al other literary exec leuces, they Wct tur honest
/ productions OF "A dilIgcnt hand. No ON" NHo tN-
/ anime, and compares tncm with other histories
/ bearing on tine same period ana events. uu' iht7t
AZ tuo,rdge the careful sitting OF facts. the minute
/ attention To accuracy Of detail. which everywhere