The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-16

forth in a most original and mastery
way the then aspects of Religion,
Politics, Literature, Arts and Social
Life, is really a poem in prose, if one
has the poets eye to discern it. It
certainly contains a vast deal of noble
poetry that even the man with moth
ms higher than in some respects
poetic sympathy, may perceive and
enjoy. It may be as has been thought
by some his greatest work Of genius.
Diamond Necklace and Miralean";;
the large volume Of Essays Rep
resentatiye Men, French Revolu-
tom and "Cromwell' are of high
merit ana marked entertainment
provided you have learned to love
Carlyle. His EIDE The Great l
know only through what critics have
said of it.
Many years since, Professor William
knight. Of the University Of st. An
drews, Scotland, published a work Of
literary "reminiscences entitled Re
Prospects, It was an octave in size.
It did not impress me Of special In
terest, although full of of
literary contemporaries. Among them
was Thomas Carlyle, the original and
illustrious. He knew him well and
spent many evenings with him. All
Informed readers know Of Carlyle's
most wonderful conversational pow
ers, one of the greatest in literature,
deserving to be remembered with DR..
Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Con-
bridge. Lord Macaulay, and Thomas
De Quincy. Prof. Knight says he
wishes he had been able to take
| stenographic notes of those talks, but
that no man might venture. He adds
that Dean Stanly once reproduced
from memoir q conversation With
Carlyle, the manuscript Of which ex-
tended over more tina forty pages
of the Deans notebook. h re
produced the Socratic talker in so
realistic a fashion that it is a great
loss to posterity that the manuscript
has disappeared" His recollections
Of the great poet, Lord Tennyson. do
not seem important or new. OF
Robert Browning he writes with more
of personal interest and
and says that The was one of the
most delightful Of human beings;
more so, perhaps, than any OF his
contemporaries. I never heard him
unsympathetic attitude toward other
men of genius" He is very kind to
the once famous Dean Stanley, OF the
Established Church whose works on
the Greek Church and Life OF DR..
Thomas Arnold, the celebrated Head
Master of Rugby school, I had read
with pronounced entertainment. Prof.
Knight regards him as "~theologicahy
and enthusiastically the widest
minded man of his age" He was
indeed very broad, liberal in his
church views. ] believe he once visit
e0 the United States. He was Dean
of Westminster Abbey, LondOn [
was interested in noting that Prof.
Knight has an intensely apprecia-
tive opinion Of Anna SwanWick. and
she is the only female character in
his gallery of portraits. Those who
have read her metrica1 TRANSACTIONS OF
the tragedies Of the illustrious Greek
poet Aeschylus, and the tragedy or
Faust" the greatest creation OF the
German poet Goethe. must recall TINS
remarkable performances OF MISS
StranWick.
CARLYLE was born in Dumfriesstore.
Scotland, on December 4th, 1875. His
father was an intelligent. worthy
stone-mason. He had a fair parish
school education, n at fifteen went
to the University Of Edinburgh, ne
had but little money and was resigned
for the ministry. He first attempted
teaching but probably had but little
taste for it. He spent years ! DONG
hack work" as a translator. In
1925, when thirty years old. he pub
lished his first book, a life OF the
German poet Schiller. He was mar
ried in 1886 to a superior
Miss jaime WEIGH, who made many
sacrifices for him. He was much
criticised after a few years Of au-
authorship. His miscellaneous es-
saws, including "Sartor Resartus,'
gave him both fame and a support.
He survived his very gifted wife some
fifteen years. but he wrote but little
after her death tina added to his fame
or happiness. There is no doubt as
to Carlyle's fame being cure What-
ever the opinions may be as to his
peculiarities Of opinion and manner
ism Of style. it is recognized among
men Of distinction in letters that be
was a very gifted and original
genius in letters.
Wilmington, N. G.