CONTENTS OF VOLUME II
LXXVI. Emerson. Concord, 1 July, 1842. Remittance of L51.—
Alcott.—Editorship of the Dial.—Projected essay on Poetry.—
Stearns Wheeler.
LXXVII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 19 July, 1842. Acknowledgment of remittance.—Change of publishers.—Work on Cromwell.— Sterling.—Alcott.
LXXVIII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 29 August, 1842. Impotence of speech.—Heart-sick for his own generation.—Transcendentalism of the Dial.
LXXIX. Emerson. Concord, 15 October, 1842. The coming book on Cromwell.—Alcott.—The Dial and its sins.—Booksellers' accounts.
LXXX. Carlyle. Chelsea, 17 November, 1842. Accounts.—Alcott.—
Sect-founders.—Man the Reformer.—James Stephen.—Gambardella.
LXXXI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 11 March, 1843. Past and Present.—
How to prevent pirated republication.—The Dial.—Alcott's
English Tail.
LXXXII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 1 April, 1843. Copy of Past and
Present forwarded.—Prospect of pirated edition.
LXXXIII. Emerson. Concord, 29 April, 1843. Carlyle's star.— Lectures on "New England" at Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York.—Politics in Washington.—Past and Present.—Effect of cheap press in America.—Reprint of the book.—The Dial does not pay expenses.
Extract from Emerson's Diary concerning Past and Present.
LXXXIV. Carlyle. 27 August, 1843. Introduction of Mr. Macready.
LXXXV. Emerson. Concord, 30 October, 1843. Remittance of L25.—
Piratical reprint of Past and Present.—E.P. Clark, a
Carlylese, to be asked to take charge of accounts.—Henry James.
—Ellery Channing's Poems.
LXXXVI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 31 October, 1843. Summer wanderings. —The Dial at the London Library.—Growth of Emerson's public in England.—Piratical reprint of his Essays in London.—of Past and Present in America.—Criticism of Carlyle in the Dial.—Dr. Russell.—Theodore Parker.—Book about Cromwell.— Commons Journals.
LXXXVII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 17 November, 1843. Receipt of L25.—
E.P. Clark.—Henry James.—Channing's Poems.—Reverend W.H.
Channing.—"Progress of the Species."—Emerson.—The Cromwell
business.
LXXXVIII. Emerson. Concord, 31 December, 1843. Macready.—
Railroad to Concord.—Margaret Fuller's Review of Sterling's
Poems in the Dial.—Remittance of L32.
LXXXIX. Carlyle. Chelsea, 31 January, 1844. Remittance received and made.—Criticism of Emerson by Gilfillan.—John Sterling.— Cromwell book.—Hexameters from Voss.
XC. Emerson. Concord, 29 February, 1844. Acknowledgment of remittance.—A new collection of Essays.—Faith in Writers as a class.—Remittance of L36.—Proposal concerning publication in America of Cromwell.
XCI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 3 April, 1844. Acknowledgment of remittance.—Piratical reprints.—Professor Ferrier.
XCII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 5 August, 1844. Fear for Sterling.—
Tennyson.—Work on Cromwell frightful.
XCIII. Emerson. Concord, 1 September, 1844. Sends proof sheets of new book of Essays.—Sterling.
XCIV. Carlyle. Chelsea, 29 September, 1844. Death of Sterling.
XCV. Emerson. Concord, 30 September, 1844. Remittance of L30—
Sterling.—Tennyson.—Regrets having troubled Carlyle about
proof-sheets.—Birth of Edward Emerson.—Purchase of land on
Walden Pond.
XCVI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 3 November, 1844. Thanks for remittance.—London edition of Essays, Second Series.— Criticism on them.
XCVII. Emerson. Concord, 31 December, 1844. Sterling's death.—
London edition of Essays.—Carlyle's Preface and strictures.
XCVIII. Emerson. Concord, 31 January, 1845. Bargain about Miscellanies with Carey and Hart.—Portrait of Carlyle desired.—E.P. Clark's "Illustrations of Carlyle".
XCIX. Carlyle. Chelsea, 16 February, 1845. Bargain with Carey &
Co.—Portrait.—Emerson's public in England.—Work on Cromwell.
C. Emerson. Concord, 29 June, 1845. Death of Mr. Carey.—
Portrait.—His own occupations.—Preparing to print Poems.—
Lectures in prospect.
CI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 29 August, 1845. Cromwell's Letters and Speeches finished.—Nature of the book.—New book from Emerson welcome.—Imperfection of all modes of utterance.—Forbids further plague with booksellers.
CII. Emerson. Concord, 15 September, 1845. Payment sure from
Carey and Hart.—Lectures on "Representative Men".
CIII. Emerson. Concord, 30 September, 1845. Congratulations on completion of Cromwell book.—Clark.
CIV. Carlyle. Chelsea, 11 November, 1845. Cromwell book sent.—
Visit to Scotland.—Changes there.—His mother.—Impatience with
the times.—Weariness with the Cromwell book.—Visit to the
Ashburtons.
CV. Carlyle. Chelsea, 3 January, 1846. Thanks to Mr. Hart, Mr.
Furness, and others.—_Cromwell proves popular.—New letters of
Cromwell.
CVI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 3 February, 1846. Second edition of
Cromwell.—Emerson to do what he will concerning republication.—
Anti-Corn-Law.—Aristocracy and Millocracy.
CVII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 3 March, 1846. Cromwell lumber.—Sheets of new edition sent.-Essay on Emerson in an Edinburgh Magazine.— Mr. Everett.—Jargon in Newspapers and Parliament.
CVIII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 18 April, 1846. Arrangements concerning reprint of Cromwell.—Promise of Daguerrotype likeness.—Fifty years old.—Rides.—Emerson's voice wholly human.—Blessedness in work.
CIX. Carlyle. Chelsea, 30 April, 1846. Photograph sent.—
Arrangements with Wiley and Putnam for republication of
Cromwell and other books.—Photographs of Emerson and himself.
—Remembrance of Craigenputtock.
CX. Emerson. Concord, 14 May, 1846. Daguerrotype likeness.—
Wood-lot on Walden Pond.
CXI. Emerson. Concord, 31 May, 1846. Photograph of Carlyle received.—One of himself sent in return.—Bargain with Wiley and Putnam.
CXII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 18 June, 1846. Bargain with Wiley and
Putnam.—Emerson's photograph expected.
CXIII. Emerson. Concord, 15 July, 1846. Wiley and Putnam.—
Dealings with booksellers.—Accounts.—E.P. Clark and his
Illustrations of Carlyle's Writings.—Margaret Fuller going to
Europe.
CXIV. Carlyle. Chelsea, 17 July, 1846. Photograph of Emerson unsatisfactory.—Revision of his own books.—Spleen against books.—Going to Scotland.—Reading in American history.— Marshall and Sparks.—Michelet.—Beriah Green.
CXV. Emerson. Concord, 31 July, 1846. Thanks for copy of new edition of Cromwell.—Margaret Fuller.—Desires Carlyle to see her.
CXVI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 18 December, 1846. Long silence.— Disconsolate two months in Scotland.—Visit to Ireland.—A country cast into the melting-pot.—O'Connell.—Young Ireland.— Returned home sad.—Miss Fuller; estimate of her.—What she thought of Carlyle.—Emerson's Poems.
CXVII. Emerson. Concord, 31 January, 1847. Margaret Fuller's visit to Chelsea.—Speculates on going to England to lecture.— His Poems.
CXVIII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 2 March, 1847. Visit to Hampshire.—
Emerson's Poems.—Prospect of Emerson's Lectures in England.—
Miss Fuller.
CXIX. Carlyle. Chelsea, 18 March, 1847. Remittance received.—
Alexander Ireland.—Advice concerning lectures.
CXX. Emerson. Concord, 30 April, 1847. Prospect of lecturing in
England.—Works in garden and orchard.
CXXI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 18 May, 1847. Thoreau's Lecture on
Carlyle.—Visit from E.R. Hoar.—Emerson's visit to England.
CXXII. Emerson. Concord, 4 June, 1847. Prospect of visit to
England.—F.H. Hedge.
CXXIII. Emerson. Concord, 31 July, 1847. Visit to England decided upon.—Portrait of Sterling.
CXXIV. Carlyle. Rawdon, Yorkshire, 31 August, 1847.
Journeyings.—Emerson's expected visit.—Hedge.—Dr. Jacobson.—
Quaker hosts.
CXXV. Emerson. Concord, 30 September, 1847. Plans for England.
CXXVI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 15 October, 1847. Delay of Emerson's letter announcing his coming.—Welcome to Chelsea.
Emerson—Extracts from his Diary concerning Carlyle.
CXXVIl. Emerson. Manchester, 5 November, 1847. His reception and occupations.
CXXVIII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 13 November, 1847. Messages.—
Occupations.—Bancroft.
CXXIX. Carlyle. Chelsea., 30 November, 1847. Messages.—Mr.
Forster, &c.
CXXX. Emerson. Manchester, 28 December, 1847. Message from Miss
Fuller.—Hospitality shown him.—The English.
CXXXI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 30 December, 1847. The Pepolis.—
Milnes.—Tennyson.—Idleness.—Visit to Hampshire.—Massachusetts
Review.
CXXXII. Emerson. Ambleside, 26 February, 1848. At Miss
Martineau's.—Wordsworth.—Proposed return to Chelsea.
CXXXIII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 28 February, 1848. Welcome ready at
Chelsea.—His own conditions.—The new French Republic.
CXXXIV. Emerson. Manchester, 2 March, 1848. Return to London.
CXXXV. Emerson. [London,] 19 June, 1848. Proposed call with
Mrs. Crowe.
CXXXVI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 20 June, 1848. Mrs. Crowe.—Luncheon with the Duchess.
CXXXVII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 23 June, 1848. Invitation to dinner.
CXXXVIII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 6 December, 1848. Long silence.— Questions concerning Indian meal.—Death of Charles Buller, and of Lord Ashburton's mother.—Neuberg and others.
CXXXIX. Emerson. Boston, 23 January, 1849. John Carlyle's translation of the Inferno.—Indian corn.—Clough's Bothie.
CXL. Carlyle. Chelsea, 19 April, 1849. Indian corn from
Concord; trial of it, reflections upon it.—No writing at
present.—Macaulay's History.—Political outlook.—Clough.—
Sterling Club.
CXLI. Carlyle. Scotsbrig, 13 August, 1849. Indian corn again.—
Tour in Ireland.—Letter from Miss Fuller.—Message to Thoreau.
CXLII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 19 July, 1850. A year's silence.—
Latter Day Pamphlets.—Divergence from Emerson.—Representative
Men.—Prescott lionized.
CXLIII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 14 November, 1850. "Eighteen million bores."—Emerson on Latter Day Pamphlets.—Autumn Journey.— Disordered nerves.
CXLIV. Carlyle. Chelsea, 8 July, 1851. Appeal for news.—Life of Sterling.—Crystal Palace.—Bossu's Journal, Bartram's Travels.—Margaret Fuller.—Mazzini.—Dr. Carlyle.
CXLV. Emerson. Concord, 28 July, 1851. Story of the year.—
Journey in the West.—Memoir of Margaret Fuller.—Life of
Sterling.—English friends.
CXLVI. Carlyle. Great Malvern, 25 August, 1851. Life of Sterling.—Bossu's Journal.—Water-cure.—Twisleton.—Milnes married.—Tennyson.—Browning on Miss Fuller.
CXLVII. Emerson. Concord, 14 April, 1852. Browning's Reminiscences of Margaret Fuller.—Books on the Indians.—Life of Sterling.
CXLVIII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 7 May, 1852. Correspondence must be revived.—Margaret Fuller.—Memoirs of her.
CXLIX. Emerson. Concord, May, 1852. Relations with Carlyle.—
Carlyle's genius and his own.—Margaret Fuller.
CL. Carlyle. Chelsea, 25 June, 1852. Emerson and himself.—
Reading about Frederick the Great.
CLI. Emerson. Concord, 19 April, 1853. Excuses for not writing.—Chapter on Fate.—Visit to the West.—Conditions of American life.—Clough.
CLII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 13 May, 1853. Blessing of letters from
Emerson.—Coming on of old age.—Modern democracy.—Visit to
Germany.—Still reading about Fritz.
CLIIa. Emerson. Concord, 10 August, 1853. Slowness to write.— Regret at Clough's return to England.—Miss Bacon.—Carlyle's visit to Germany.—Thackeray in America.—New York and its society.
CLIII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 9 September, 1853. Regrets for old days.—Not left town.—A new top story.—Miss Bacon, her Quixotic enterprise.—Clough.—Thackeray.—To Concord?
CLIV. Emerson. Concord, 11 March, 1854. Laurence, the artist.—
Reading Latter Day Pamphlets.—Death of Carlyle's, and of
Emerson's mother.—Miss Bacon.—His English Notes.—Lecturing
tour in the West.—Speed Frederick!
CLV. Carlyle. Chelsea, 8 April, 1854. Thankful for Emerson's letter.—Death of his mother.—Makes no way in Prussian History. —The insuperable difficulty with Frederick.—Literature in these days.—Emerson's picture of America.—Battle of Freedom and Slavery.—Emerson's book on England desired.—Miss Bacon.
CLVI. Emerson. Concord, 17 April, 1855. Excuses for not writing.—Unchanged feeling for Carlyle.—The American.—True measure of life.—Musings of indolence.
CLVII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 13 May, 1855. Emerson's letters indispensable; his complete understanding of Carlyle.—A grim and lonely year.—Never had such a business as Frederick.— Frederick himself.—"Balaklava."—Persistence of the English.— Urges Emerson to print his book on England.
CLVIII. Emerson. Concord, 6 May, 1856. Letter-writing.—Leaves of Grass.—Mrs. —-.
CLIX. Carlyle. Chelsea, 20 July, 1856. Emerson's letter welcome.—Life a burden.—Going to Scotland.—Life of Frederick to go to press.—Mrs. —-.—Miss Bacon.—Browning.
CLX. Carlyle. The Gill, Cummertrees, Annan, 28 August, 1856. The debt of America to Emerson.—English Traits will be welcome.—Grateful for whatever Emerson may have said of himself.—In retreat in Annan.
CLXI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 2 December, 1856. Close of negotiations for printing a complete edition of his Works in America.— English Traits.—Its excellence.
CLXII. Emerson. Concord, 17 May, 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Longworth.—Inquires for the Frederick.—Desires a liber veritatis.—Friendship of old gentlemen.
CLXIII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 2 June, 1858. Emerson's letter and
friends welcome.—First two volumes of Frederick just ready.—
Ugliness of the job.—Occasional tone of Emerson in the
Magazines.—Health.—Separation of Dickens from his wife.
CLXIII.* Carlyle. Chelsea, 9 April, 1859. Copy of Frederick sent to Emerson.—Nearly choked by the job.—Self-pity.— Emerson's speech on Burns.
CLXIV. Emerson. Concord, I May, 1859. Arrival of first volumes of Frederick.—Illusion of children.—His own children.—A correspondent of twenty-five years not to be disused.
Extracts from Emerson's Diary respecting the Frederick.
CLXV. Emerson. Concord, 16 April, 1860. Mr. O.W. Wight's new edition of the Miscellanies.—Sight at Toronto of two nephews of Carlyle.—Carlyle commended to the Gods.
CLXVI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 30 April, 1860. Encouragement from
Emerson's words about Frederick.—Message to Mr. Wight.
CLXVII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 29 January, 1861. Emerson's Conduct of Life.—Still twelve months from end of his task; nearly worn out.
CLXVIII. Emerson. Concord, 16 April, 1861. Thanks for last note.—Frederick.
CLXIX. Emerson. Concord, 8 December, 1862. The third volume of Frederick.—The manner of it.—The war in America—Death of Clough.
CLXX. Carlyle. Chelsea, 8 March, 1864. Introduction of the Hon.
Lyulph Stanley.—Mrs. Carlyle's ill-health.
CLXXI. Emerson. Concord, 26 September, 1864. Sympathy.—Fourth volume of Frederick.—Nature of the war in America—Mr. Stanley.
CLXXII. Carlyle. Annandale, Scotland, 14 June, 1865. Completion of Frederick.—Saunterings.—Stay in Annandale.—Mrs. Carlyle. —Photographs.—Mr. M.D. Conway.—The American Peacock.
CLXXIII. Emerson. Concord, 7 January, 1866. The last volumes of
Friedrich.—America.—Conduct of Americans in war and in peace.—
Photographs.—Little to tell of himself.
CLXXIV. Emerson. Concord, 16 May, 1866. Mrs. Carlyle's death.
CLXXV. Carlyle. Mentone, 27 January, 1867. Sad interval since last writing.—His condition.—Mrs. Carlye's death.—Solace in writing reminiscences.—Visit in Kent during summer.—Tennyson's Idyls.—Emerson's English Traits.—Mentone.
CLXXVI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 18 November, 1869. Long abeyance of correspondence.—Plan of bequeathing books to New England.— Emerson's counsel desired.—His own condition.
CLXXVII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 4 January, 1870. Arrangements respecting bequest of books to Harvard College.
CLXXVIII. Emerson. Concord, 23 January, 1870. Apologies for delay.—Writing new book.—Delight in proposed bequest.—Advice concerning.
CLXXIX. Carlyle. Melchet Court, Romsey, 14 February, 1870.
Acknowledgment of letter.
CLXXX. Carlyle. Chelsea, 24 February, 1870. Ending of the
Harvard business.
CLXXXI. Emerson. Concord, 21 March, 1870. Visit to President
Eliot concerning the bequest to Harvard.—Reflections on the
gift.—Speech about it to others.—Must renew correspondence.—
His own children.
CLXXXII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 24 March, 1870. Possible delay of his last letter.—Society and Solitude not received.
CLXXXIII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 6 April, 1870. Emerson's letter received.—Thankful for the conclusion of the little Transaction.—Reflections on it.—Regrets that it has been spoken of.—Society and Solitude.—News from Concord.—The night cometh.
CLXXXIV. Emerson. Concord, 17 June, 1870. Excuses for delay in writing.—Lectures on Philosophy.—Steps taken to secure privacy in regard to bequest.—Chapman's Homer.—Error in address of books.—Report of Carlyle's coming to America.
CLXXXV. Carlyle. Chelsea, 28 September, 1870. Delay in receiving Emerson's last letter.—Correction of error in address of books.—Emerson's lectures.—Philosophies.—Too late for him to come to America.
CLXXXVI. Emerson. Concord, 15 October, 1870. The victim of
miscellany.—Library Edition of Carlyle's Works received.—
Invitation.—The privilege of genius.—E.R. Hoar.—J.M. Forbes.—
The growing youth.—The Lowell race.
CLXXXVIa. Emerson. Concord, 10 April, 1871. Account of himself and his work.—Introduction to Plutarch's Morals.—Oration before the New England Society in New York.—Lectures at Cambridge.—Reprint of early writings.—About to go to California.
CLXXXVII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 4 June, 1871. Gap in correspondence.—Unfriendly winter.—Completion of Library Edition of his Works.—Significance of piracy of Emerson.— Conditions in America.—Anti-Anarchy.—J. Lee Bliss.—Finis of the Copper Captaincy.
CLXXXVIII. Emerson. Concord, 30 June, 1871. Return from
California.—California.—The plains.—Brigham Young.—Lucy
Garbett.—Carlyle's ill-health.
CLXXXIX. Emerson. Concord, 4 September, 1871. Introduction of his son Edward.
CXC. Emerson. Baltimore, 5 January, 1872. Last instalment of Library Edition of Carlyle's Works received.—Felicitations on this completion.—Happiness in having been Carlyle's contemporary and friend.—Carlyle's perversities.—Proposes to "retire and read the authors."—Carlyle's talk.
CXCI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 2 April, 1872. Excuses for silence.— Ill-health.—Emerson's letter about the West.—Aspect and meaning of that Western World.—Ruskin.—Froude.—Write.
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