Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-27

rushing stream.
Jack advanced in anger. ..You are
a perjurer," he said. Il would have
killed YOU" And, disdaining the
proffered hand of his brother, he strobe
rapidly away. The two never met
again Bradford (Eng.) Observer.
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle, historian, biogra
pher and essayist, rich in fame and
ripe in years, is no more. So far as
this life is concerned. his work was
finished, and he was ready to go.
He was born in DumfriesShire in l795.
His father was farmer, but gave
him good education, which closed
with his graduation from the Univer-
sity of Edinburg. He had been intend
ed for the ministry by his parents,
but, after teaching for time, he de.
termined to devote himself to litera-
ture, and in 1923 began, as George
Eliot did, contributing to the maya
zines and to the Edinburg Encyclopse-
dia. In the same year he began those
mastery TRANSACTIONS for which he
has become so distinguished, among
them Legendre's Geometry and
Goethe's Wilhelm Meister." His love
of the German language was intense,
as we'll as his admiration for the two
great German poets, Goethe and Schil-
Ter, and out of it grew one Of his finest
volumes-the Life of Schiller" He
married in 1927 and retired to a seclud-
ed spot, where he continued his con-
tributions to the magazines, among
them his ." Sartor ReSartus,' which
first gave the world real glimpse Of
his genius, and which, by the way, was
first recognized for its actual worth
in this country by Mr.. Emerson. In
1884 he went to London to reside, and
in 1887 published his graphic historical
| work, "The French Revolution. "
In 1889 he wrote a work upon "Chart-
ism," and also published five volumes
of his ESSAYS In 1910 appeared
his lectures upon ''Hero Worship in
1843 his ''Past and Present" and in
l84S the Latter-Day Pamphlets, -
which were suggested by the political
commissions Of that year. Between
1915 and 1860 appeared his three great
est biographies-' John Stirling coli
yer Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, -
and Frederick the Great" Pro-
foundry versed in German language
and German thought, the last biogra-
ply was at once recognized as a mas
terpiece. Mr.. Carlyle was by nature
of retiring and lonely disposition,
but he has nevertheless held some
public offices, among them those of
Rector of the Edinburg University
and President of the London Library.
Few men have been read more than
Thomas Carlyle, and we might say few
have been less understood. His style
had nothing English in it, but was
rather modelled after the German,
which made it difficult reading for
those who admire smooth and flowing
style. He did not well repay the
| admiration with which Americans
regarded him, for in our Civil War he
was one of the bitterest haters of the
Government, though it may be said
that Americans have never laid it up
against him, as his delight at the pros
pect of the destruction of our form of
government grew from his honest
convictions that it ought to be destroy
ed. Though hero worshipper, he was
always honest, and there was nothing
he hated so much as hypocrisy. He
exercised great influence upon the
world Of thought, and no writer has
ever had readers who have striven
more honestly to comprehend his
utterances than he. He was man of
strong character, who smote heavily,
and his blows could be felt and their
influence marked even if they were
not always understood, in which re-
spect he resembles our own Emerson,
who was always in warm sympathy
with him, though sometimes more
obscure in statement and more trans
cendental in thought. Rugged as
they are, Mr.. Carlyle's works are al
ways healthy and strong, and will
hold high place in English litera-
tllre