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.