[48] He made, as is well known, preparations to 'meet' General Gourgaud, who was wroth about the Napoleon, but who never actually challenged him.
[49] Most injustice has perforce been done to his miscellaneous verse lying outside the great poems, and not all of it included in the novels. It would be impossible to dwell on all the good things, from Helvellyn and The Norman Horseshoe onward; and useless to select a few. Some of his best things are among them: few are without force, and fire, and unstudied melody. The song-scraps, like the mottoes, in his novels are often really marvellous snatches of improvisation.
[50] Il y a plus de philosophie dans ses écrits ... que dans bon nombre de romans philosophiques.
[51] When some tactless person tried to play tricks with the Crown.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON THE "FAMOUS SCOTS" SERIES.
Of THOMAS CARLYLE, by H. C. Macpherson, the British Weekly says:—
"We congratulate the publishers on the in every way attractive appearance of the first volume of their new series. The typography is everything that could be wished, and the binding is most tasteful.... We heartily congratulate author and publishers on the happy commencement of this admirable enterprise."
The Literary World says:—
"One of the very best little books on Carlyle yet written, far outweighing in value some more pretentious works with which we are familiar."