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1t. The text is no less ornate, the conclu.
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convincing.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Thomas Carlyle: A History of His
Life in London, 1S54-1SS1" BY James
Anthony Froude, N. A. Two volumes in
one. New York: Charles Scribners Sons.
San Francisco: \. l.. Bancroft & Co. Very
largely these two volumes, between two
covers, are made up of letters and journal
extracts. 1t is work which will COM
mand a wide reading for it possesses that
attractlyeneSS attaching 10 all books that
take us into the inner life of noted people,
and lift the curtain of the home. The con-
uoversy which invested Froude's earlier
life of Carlyle with such interest, extends
to the volumes now under notice We arc
inclined TO believe that these will be the
more popularity read books. There is that
! personality in them which will command
a larger reading circle If Froude was
! open to the criticisms of the world for the
freedom he took in the first work, he will
be none the less so now. He defended him
/ self briefly and successfully from the
! charge that he had not discreetly edited the
| biography, but had exposed the harsh and
the amiable sides alike of his testator. In
| these London volumes there has been no
| effort at concealment. Froude believes
! that the best vindication of Carlyle is the
! exposure of all his life and the covering UP
! of nothing. He rightly believes that
] the world of scholarship will correctly and
! justly Judge the man. If his heart. his inner
! life, his private thoughts as well his studied
. expressions ere laid bare to the scapel of
| criticism, and that of all characters. that of
~ lx-ln ln, ., a..
| Froude says: The sharpest scrutiny is
the condition of enduring fame" And.
again, after quoting Carlyle to show that
though il was not bis desire to have his life
written, since no one knew the under-cur-
rents of it but himself, yet when he found
some one would do it despite him, he COM
mitted the trust to Froude. the author, says:
Higher confidence was never placed by any
man in another. ! had not sought, but / did
not refuse TO accept it. / feel myself only the
more strictly bound than men in such circum-
stances usually are, to discharge the duty which
l was undertaking with the fidelity which
knew was expected from me. Had considered
my own comfort or my own interests, | would
have siited out, or have passed lightly over the
delicate features in the story. II would have
been as easy, as it would have been agreeable
for me to construct picture with every detail
strictly accurate of almost perfect character.
An account so written would have been received
with immediate pleasure. Carlyle would have
been ADMIRED ana &pptauuet ana tne DlOgra-
pher, if he had not shared in the praise, would
AT least have escaped censuc.
He then proceeds to show how unwise it
| is TO leave blanks i'll the recorded lives of
| those who belong TO the immortals, who
withstand i'll history to blackened by ground
less calumnicS or to be torn to pieces by
rival critics. and adds Had taken the
course which the natural man would
have recommended, | would have given no
faithful account OF Carlyle
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