The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-11

lectures. on the SupltCl u VII man
literature. modern revolutions, master (
SINGERS. and other subjects.
THIS timely aid prevented his leaving |
ENGLAND for America, where Emerson /
had been urging MIN tO come and reside
or at least to lecture FOX The ediiicatlon Of /
the culture OF Boston. These lectures, /
however. brought him i'm enough money /
to exc out a scanty living until he could /
publish his French Revolution. hlch /
was issued after much delay. occa |
STONED by the accidental burning OF The /
manuscript of the first volume through /
the careies,uc-s IF ms friend Min.
I'm this wondrous book. which /
pre.suuposes knowledge Of all /
French history Oh the part Of the /
reader. the lurd pictures OF the hor-
roIs and terr0rs az that dreadful time. /
and has WIND descriptions of the great /
battles of the French revolution are /
only excelleI by Homer liiiad. Here
hi. tireless aud conscientious research /
after tho facts. has elaboration of the |
minute-t details from contempor-
arv narratives. where he pre-
tends 10 give ANY facts. and hi-
insight into the causes OF the Revolu-
ton mark him the historian. lie said
Of il that 30 b0ol, for one hundred
ytais had come more direct aud liam
ing from the heart Of a living man.
Yet IL T. not in hi. French Revolution
that Carlyle appears the greatest 20 me.
Allison's and Theirs books are more
comprehensive, Judicial, more philoso-
phieal aud useful.
It's iu his sketche, and essays that
Carlyle exccll-. His thousands Of let
tiers. his Ediary even. are full Oh "ls-
dom. poetry. strength, and beauty
This French Revolution, the first
book TO which he put ms
name. brought him recognition from
every class in England and AmeH-
en-. established him even among
the stiT-necked generation Of English
aristocrats, as great and soon alter
followed money. oilers OF posi-
tiou5. social disuncii0n-everything he
mad In his early day iougedand striyen
for in vain. They came BOW and he
despised themall Seeing thar it was but
sham. and looking kings and beg
gars I'm the face with an indifference OF
brotherhood and az Indifference Of con-
tempt. - he went on his way building
books az bis father builded his houses.
A few years after this, IN 1910, he
published his HEROES and Hero Mor-
/ ship. a condensation Of one OF his lee
lures. Here he hold. that the great man
makes the age. and moi the age the mao
/ Wrong. of course. IS was much mat ne
wrote. bat powerful argument Tor ms
position aud tcemiug with many truths.
Between 1910 and 1913 Cerlyle wrote
much for the Eliu0urg Review, the
| Foreign Quarterly aud Fraser.
la the EJiuburg Review. he publish
/ I'd i'm ls3S his Diamond Necklace. In
/ this essay. a prelude or noteol warning
that the French Revolution was com
+ inr. and one of the best ever written by
/ Carlvle. he has adopted method very
common with HIM, but particularly
noticeable i'm tins and M Slrtor h-7ar-
tus. Of using some Incident OF history
fiction or imuglu1tion- a. thie'"
upon which 20 hang his cutting
eaica-ms. his exquisite humor and ms
mar,e.uus thoughts on philosophy, hu
man nature aud every other thing thai
can Doe touched by human MIND
Through this paper runs. Ike the re-
frain through grand opera. the wei
known incident from French history
in which Marie AntoiDette figures "a
tic supposed purchaser OF an Amos
priceless, necklace of diamonds, whicl
purchase. however, she repudlates
With this as his refrain, Carlyle MAJ
given MS dissertation on the ag
of romance. an essay on M
man ambition. sermon on dc
baucLcries pracliced by high officials
covered ~i,h their cardinals cloak5
comment on hobbies. fixed IDEAS, as n
calls them pen picture OK Madam la
motto Valois. which. n lali doZel
pages, paints rs Becky Sharpe a
clearly aud subs.ai ITALY az Ihack
erv ha, done iu bis whole book
compliment % the park
versailles. that most beautiful plac
s III all Europe. more sarcasm
humor and philosophy than many az
other good man could write IN III
lime. aud last Of all most exqulsit
and touching picture of the suiierin
and death o. Marie AltOiuette, who
We canno' refrain from quoting. "Oi
is there mans heart that think
G without pity Of those long month
and wears of ignominy, OF th
q birth. soft graded IN imperi
: Schoenbrunn, the winds of heave
c not 70 visit thy face too rougl
Il w, thy foot to light on sottness, IN
ewes on splendOr, and then OF thy deaf
y or hundred deaths, 10 which the guile
Y tine and Fouquer Tinville's judgmel
e bar was but the merciiul end. Loo
( there. q man, born OF woman, Il
blossom Of that fair face IS wastin
10 the hair Is grey with care, the brigh
10 ness Of those eyes is quenched. the
:. lids hang dropping. the face Is sion
- male rs Of one living in death.
Ia The death hurdle, where thou 81
j. test. pale, motiouless, when on
curses environ must stop. y Peep
drunk with violence, will drink
again. in full draft. Far as the e
reaches a multltudinous sea OF mann
es heads. the air deaf with the triumE
p veil. The living dead must shudd
cs with vet one other pang. Her startI
blood vet again sutfused with the h
y of agony that pale face WIN
e. she hides with her name
There is then no heart to say. God pl
I'm thee. o think not Of these. Ihlnk
him whom thou worshipest-the Cruz
rIs hed-who also treaded the wIne-pr'
lie alone. fronted sorrow still deeper a
triumphed over it and made 1t no
by and built of it a sanctuary Of sorro
lis for thee and all the wretched. /
path of thorns is nigh ended. I
We last, long look at the Tullleries. VIII
tby stem was once 50 light, where
all children shall not dwell.
The head is on the block, the