The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-28

many times and never saw even q sign OF
inc brusoueness of which / had heard
Americans complain
Thomas Carlyle had" continued DR..
Milburn, a number Of Americans among
MS intimate friends. He liked Long:ellow
ana he was especially fond of Emerson.
1ongfellow noticed his work in the Eng
isA reviews long before he had gained q
great reputation as an author. The first
copy OF ''Sartor Resartus" that came to
America was brought by Longfellow. 1t
was made up Of clippings from Frasey's
Adgasiae in which a part of the book was
hrst published. Longfellow cut these out,
had them bound and brought them over to
America with him. He once told me
that it was he who called Emer.
sons attention to Carlyle, and through
him Emerson began to read these
strong reviews which emanated from
Cariyie's pen. He had learned to admire
him before he went to Europe and while at
Rome he fell In with q man who knew
Carlyle and got letter to him. Emerson
took this letter and went to Scotland and
called upon Carlyle at Craigenputtock.
He spent some time here with Carlyle and
the two lay cut upon the hills among the
trees and overlooked the country where
Wordsworth walked. They became quite
intimate and Emerson left Scotland with
an increased admiration for Carlyle. I
think. but am not sure. that he took copy
of Sartor Resartus in the extracts from the
magazine homo with him and that he pub
lished these in Boston and that
this was the first publication of
Sartor Resartus. 1t was certainly
better appreciated in America than in
England and it was not until after our
literary circles were talking about it that
the English took il up. / have chatted
with Carlyle about its writing and he has
told me of the troubles he had in getting a
publisher. He carrird the manuscript
from one printing-house to another in vain
and finally got the editor Of Fraser to pub
lish il as serial. The editor found it not
at all popular with his subscribers and he
at once began to receive protests against
the continuance of its publication. Finally
one Of the nobiemen wrote him and
asked him whether he was going
to keep on publishing the writ
ings of THAT damned tailor through
all eternity" You know Sartor Resar-
tus is q book on the Philosophy of
Clothes, and it was from this that the
nobleman gave it its title. The man was
an influential man, and this settled the
question. Upon this Ffasey's Magazine
stopped issuing the work and IL was thrown
back into Carlyle's hands until Emerson
took it to America
..Sartor Resartus was the first work of
Carlyle in the style in which he acquired
his fame. He had, prior to this, written in
the classical English Ct the day, and his
articles possessed high literary merit and
were accepted by the reviews. He got his
latter style largely through the reading of
the German, and cut himself entirely free
from the hidebound restraints of ordinary
classical English"
"What was your idea of Carlyle's appear.
ance?' asked.
Carlyle" replied the blind parson, twas
tall and rather gaunt in appearance, grow
ing thinner in flesh with advancing years.
He had head like Daniel Webster's, COW
cred with a luxuriant growth of shaggy,
iron-gray hair. which hung down like
fringe over his broad forehead.
He was somewhat careless as to
dress. His house was in Chelsea.
twenty steps from the bank of the Thames.
Here he lived from 1884 until his death, in
1881. 1t was his habit in the summer even
ings to go out into the yard and sit under
the awning. Under such circumstances
had many long talks with him.
ITO one who is blind the voice is the
only means of recognition. 1t stands for
the whole face-the entire bodily present