The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-10

and soon afterward called upon Jane to
follow him. There she found friends,
amusement. admirers. among the latter
John Stuart Mill, jeffrey and others-men
TO whose society the Rose of Haddington
had never before aspired.
In 1889 the couple went 10 Edinburgh to
live-another interruption of the Craiggen-
puttock idyl-but neither Thomas nor Jane
liked the town. In 1884. to please his wife.
Carlyle chose London his regular place
of residence; they had had enough of
stable girls and of peat miseries."
1t was not Carlyles fault that lack of
money followed them to London, too. He
had to write for his daily bread. yet could
not write unless his heart was In the writ
ing
In 1912, upon the death OF her mother,
Jane became an heiress; from that time
on they had goo a year to fall back on. a
fortune when their modest mode Of life is
taken into consideration. But his poor
/! darling" his heroine"-thus Carlyle re-
| fers to his wife in his beautiful, sincere
| letters to his mOther-Jane was already
| a very sick woman, subject to continuous
| headaches and intermittent influenza. At
| frequent intervals she was forced to go
away, visiting members of her family and
friends Ito give her tired soul a rest
Then happened the awful, the unexpected.
the unusual AS the result of long years
of exhausting labor the first volume of
| the French Revolution was finished and
| Carlyle lent the manuscript to his friend
Mill for perusal Mill allowed the bundle
| of papers to lie about and a slovenly serv-
ant used it TO start a fire. Carlyle him
| self came to console with his despairing
| friend, and it may perhaps be said that out
wardly at least, no man carried a great
loss with more heroic fortitude than he;
his diary alone knew his innermost
| thoughts.
''Ah. II 1 had but faith, nothing would
be too hard and laborious' he wrote. He
had no notes of the lost manuscript and
like one possessed he began anew,
while his mother took care Of Jane. When
he turned over to her the second manu-
script of the French Revolution, a new book
I'm every respect, he said: Whether IL is
worth anything, I do not know. but I can
truly say that of hundred years no book
was written that came more directly and
more burning from the heart of living
man."
The French Revolution made Carlyle cele-
brated and. as Goethe had predicted, he
became new moral force in Europe All
the great men OF the day made pilgrim
ages to the little house in Cheyne Row.
| When Sterling. the elder, said to Jane,
You would be far more amiable IL you
were not 50 damned smart" Mrs. Carlyle.
| ignoring the criticism. accepted the ex-
| preston a great compliment. Her best
letters were written after 1910. AS English
readers know, they fairly blaze with COM
ical situations. sarcastic whims and smart
observations, mostly at the expense of
others. Jane did not care who got hurt
when she had pen in hand. She even car
featured her own mother who is always
ready to give up everything except what
is wanted and TO do everything except that
for which you ask" Darwin she hauled
over the Goals for an act of unkindness,
and made fun of her women friends on ac-
| count OF their vanity. We have a letter
Of hers to James Martinez, that is par
ticularly remarkable for its outspokenness.
1t was written after both attended a sermon
which they disliked and which caused them
Ito rebel against all that nonsense of vir-
tue and happiness"
The dancer Taglioni, the Empress OF
| Russia, duchesses and paupers, friends and
! enemies-Jane has a sarcastic word for
| tnem all, Ter alOne lOtInlHB Il
| luminous exception.
"a thousand kisses and words OF love
! gratitude for his kindness and promises
never to Offend willingly" are the themes
| OF her daily letters 10 Thomas
These good relations between Mr.. and
Mrs. Carlyle were interfered with when
| Lady Harriet Barring cater Lady Ashbur-
toni came into their lives.
| II see that your friend possesses a genius
for dominating" said Jane TO Thomas
too bad my genius will not tolerate dOmi-
neeriDg persons Mrs. Carlyle hated Lady
Barring at first sight and her husband suf-
| fered severely from her jealousy. The
editor of her letters" prefaces the collec-
zion with "a long medical report. setting
forth that James jealousy was due 10 men
tai disturbances. 'In those years" says
the doctor. Mrs. Carlyle irresponsi.
bic. in fact. she was mildly insane owine
TO her bodily ailments and 10 overindulgencC
in the use OF cigarettes. tea and morphine
Like Froude. the physician exaggerates
Mrs. Carlyle's letters are the best proof oil
that. But i'm 1876 she had a tremendous
! scene with her husband and left him. il