Introduction. Emerson's early recognition of Carlyle's genius.
--His visit at Craigenputtock, in 1833.--Extracts concerning it
from letter of Carlyle, from letter of Emerson, and from English
Traits.
I. Emerson. Boston, 14 May, 1834. First acquaintance with
Carlyle's writings.--Visit to Craigenputtock.--_Sartor Resartus,_
its contents, its diction.--Gift of Webster's _Speeches_ and
Sampson Reed's _Growth of the Mind._
II. Carlyle. Chelsea, 12 August, 1834. Significance of
Emerson's gift and visit.--Sampson Reed.--Webster.--
Teufelsdrockh, its sorry reception.--Removal to London.--Article
on the Diamond Necklace.--Preparation for book on the French
Revolution.--Death of Coleridge.
III. Emerson. Concord, 20 November, 1834. Death of his brother
Edward.--Consolation in Carlyle's friendship.--Pleasure in
receiving stitched copy of Teufelsdrockh.--Goethe.--
Swedenborgianism.--Of himself.--Hope of Carlyle's coming to
America.--Gift of various publications.
IV. Carlyle. Chelsea, 3 February, 1835. Acknowledgments and
inquiries.--Sympathy for death of Edward Emerson.--Unitarianism.
--Emerson's position and pursuits.--Goethe.-Volume of French
Revolution finished.--Condition of literature.--Lecturing in
America.--Mrs. Austin.
V. Emerson. Concord, 12 March, 1835. Appreciation of Sartor.
--Dr. Channing.--Prospect of Carlyle's visit to America.--His
own approaching marriage.--Plan of a journal of Philosophy in
Boston.--Encouragement of Carlyle.
VI. Emerson. Concord, 30 April, 1835. Apathy of English public
toward Carlyle.--Hope of his visit to America.--Lectures and
lecturers in Boston.--Estimate of receipts and expenses.--Esteem
of Carlyle in America.
VII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 13 May, 1835. Emerson's marriage.
--Astonishing reception of Teufelsdrockh in New England.
--Boston Transcendentalism.--Destruction of manuscript of
first volume of _French Revolution._--Result of a year's
life in London.--Wordsworth.--Southey.
VIII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 27 June, 1835. Visit to America
questionable.--John Carlyle.--Tired out with rewriting _French
Revolution._--A London rout.--O'Connell.--Longfellow.--Emerson
and Unitarianism.
IX. Emerson. Concord, 7 October, 1835. Mrs. Child.--Public
addresses.--Marriage.--Destruction of manuscript of _French
Revolution._--Notice of _Sartor_ in _North American Review._
--Politics.--Charles Emerson.
X. Emerson. Concord, 8 April, 1836. Concern at Carlyle's
silence.--American reprint of _Sartor._--Carlyle's projected
visit.--Lecturing in New England.
XI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 29 April, 1836. Weariness over _French
Revolution._--Visit to Scotland.--Charm of London.--Letter from
James Freeman Clarke.--Article on _Sartor_ in _North American
Review._--Quatrain from Voss.
XII. Emerson. Concord, 17 September,1836. Death of Charles
Emerson.--Solicitude concerning Carlyle.--Urgency to him to come
to Concord.--Sends _Nature_ to him.--Reflections.
XIII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 5 November, 1836. Charles Emerson's
death.--Concord.--His own condition.--_French Revolution_ almost
ended.--Character of the book.--Weariness.--London and its
people.--Plans for rest.--John Sterling.--Articles on Mirabeau
and the _Diamond Necklace._--Mill's _London_ Review.--Thanks for
American Teufelsdrockh.--Mrs. Carlyle.--Might and Right, Canst
and Shalt.--Books about Goethe.
XIV. Carlyle. Chelsea, 13 February, 1837. Teufelsdrockh in
America and England.--_Nature._--Miss Martineau on Emerson.
--Mammon.--Completion of _French Revolution._--Scheme of
Lecturing in London.--America fading into the background.
XV. Emerson. Concord, 31 March, 1837. Receipt of the Mirabeau
and Diamond Necklace.--Their substance and style.--Proof-sheet of
_French Revolution._--Society in America.--Renewed invitation.
--Mrs. Carlyle.--His son Waldo.--Bronson Alcott.--Second edition
of _Sartor._
XVI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 1 June, 1837. Lectures on German
Literature.--Copy of _French Revolution_ sent.--Review of himself
in _Christian Examiner._--George Ripley.--Miss Martineau and her
book on America.--Plans.
XVII. Emerson. Concord, 13 September, 1837. _The French
Revolution._--Sale of Carlyle's books.--Lectures.
XVIII. Emerson. Concord, 2 November, 1837. Introduction given
to Charles Sumner.--Reprint of _French Revolution._--Lectures.
XIX. Carlyle. Chelsea, 8 December, 1837. Visit to Scotland.
--Mrs. Carlyle's ill-health.--His own need of rest.--John
Sterling; his regard for Emerson.--Emerson's Oration on the
American Scholar.--Proposed collection of his own Miscellanies.
XX. Emerson. Concord, 9 February, 1838. Lectures on Human
Culture.--Carlyle's praise of his Oration.--John Sterling.
--Reprint of _French Revolution._--Profits from it.--American
selection and edition of Carlyle's _Miscellanies._
XXI. Emerson. Boston, 12 March, 1838. Sale of _French
Revolution._--Arrangements concerning American edition of
_Miscellanies._
XXII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 16 March, 1838. Prospect of cash from
Yankee-land.--Poverty.--American and English reprints of
_Miscellanies._--Sterling's _Crystals from a Cavern._--Miss
Martineau on Emerson.--Lectures.--Plans.
XXIII. Emerson. Concord, 10 May, 1838. American edition of
_Miscellanies._--Invitation to Concord.--His means and mode of
life.--Sterling.--Miss Martineau.--Carlyle's poverty.
XXIV. Carlyle. Chelsea, 15 June, 1838. American _French
Revolution._--London edition of Teufelsdrockh.--Miscellanies.
--Lectures, their money result.--Plans.--Emerson's Oration.
--Mrs. Child's _Philothea._
XXV. Emerson. Boston, 30 July, 1838. Encloses bill for L50.
--_Miscellanies_ published.
XXVI. Emerson. Concord, 6 August, 1838. Publication of
_Miscellanies._--Two more volumes proposed.--Orations at
Theological School, Cambridge, and at Dartmouth College.--Carlyle
desired in America.
XXVII. Carlyle. Scotsbrig, Ecclefechan, 25 September, 1838.
Visit to his Mother.--Remittance from Emerson of L50.--
_Miscellanies_ again.--Another Course of Lectures.--Sterling.--
Miss Martineau.
XXVIII. Emerson. Concord, 17 October, 1838. Business.--Outcry
against address to Divinity College.--Injury to Carlyle's repute
in America from association with him.--Article in _Quarterly_ on
German Religious Writers.--Sterling.
XXIX. Carlyle. Chelsea, 7 November, 1838. Emerson's letters.--
Dyspepsia.--Use of money from America.--Arrangements concerning
publication of _Miscellanies._--Emerson's Orations.--Tempest in a
washbowl concerning Divinity School Address.--John Carlyle--
Postscript by Mrs. Carlyle.
XXX. Carlyle. Chelsea, 15 November, 1838. Arrangements
concerning Miscellanies.--Employments, outlooks.--Concord not
forgotten, but Emerson to come first to England.--John Carlyle.
--Miss Martineau and her books.
XXXI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 2 December, 1838. Arrival of American
reprint of _Miscellanies._--English and American bookselling.--
Proposed second edition of _French Revolution._--Reading Horace
Walpole.--Sumner.--Dartmouth Oration.--Sterling.--Dwight's
German Translations.
XXXII. Emerson. Concord, 13 January, 1839. Business.--
Remittance of L100.--Lectures on Human Life.--Dr. Carlyle.
XXXIII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 8 February, 1839. Acknowledgment of
remittance.--Arrangements for new edition of _French
Revolution._--London.--Wish for quiet.--Ill-health.--Suggestion
of writing on Cromwell.--Mr. Joseph Coolidge.--Divinity School
Address.--Mrs. Carlyle.--Gladstone cites from Emerson in his
Church and State.
XXXIV. Emerson. Concord, 15 March, 1839. Account of sales.--
Second series of _Miscellanies._--Ill wind raised by Address
blown over.--Lectures.--Birth of daughter.--_The Onyx Ring._
--Alcott.
XXXV. Emerson. Concord, 19 March, 1839. Need of copy to fill
out second series of _Miscellanies._--John S. Dwight.
XXXVI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 13 April, 1839. Solicitude on account
of Emerson's silence.--Gift to Mrs. Emerson.--Book business.
--New edition of _French Revolution._--New lectures.--Better
circumstances, better health.--Arthur Buller urges a visit to
America.--Milnes.--Emerson's growing popularity.
XXXVII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 17 April, 1839. Nothing in manuscript
fit for _Miscellanies._--Essay on Varnhagen.--Translation of
Goethe's _Mahrchen._--Cruthers and Jonson.--Dwight's book.
--Lectures.--Discontent among working people.
XXXVIII. Emerson. Boston, 20 April, 1839. Proposals of
publishers concerning _French Revolution._--Introduction of
Miss Sedgwick.
XXXIX. Emerson. Concord, 25 April, 1839. Account.--Sales
of books.
XL. Emerson. Concord, 28 April, 1839. Proposals of publishers
and accounts.
XLI. Emerson. Concord, 15 May, 1839. Arrangements with
publishers.--Matter for completion of fourth volume of
_Miscellanies._--Stearns Wheelers faithful labor.--Arthur
Buller's good witnessing.--Plans for Carlyle's visit to America.
--Milnes.--Copy of _Nature_ for him.
XLII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 29 May, 1839. Lectures happily over.--
Sansculottism.--Horse must be had.--Extempore speaking an art.--
Must lecture in America or write a book.--Wordsworth.--Sterling.
--Messages.
XLIII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 24 June, 1839. Delay in arrival of
_Miscellanies._--Custom-house rapacities.--Accounts..--No longer
poor.--Emerson's work.--Miss Sedgwick.--Daniel Webster.--Proposed
visit to Scotland.--Sinking of the Vengeur.
XLIV. Emerson. Concord, 4 July, 1839. Proof-sheet of new
edition of _French Revolution_ received.--Gift to Mrs. Emerson of
engraving of Guido's Aurora.--Publishers' accounts.--Sterling.--
Occupations.--Margaret Fuller.
XLV. Emerson. Concord, 8 August, 1839. _Miscellanies_ sent.
--Daniel Webster.--Alcott.--Thoreau.
XLVI. Carlyle. Scotsbrig, Ecclefechan, 4 September, 1839.
Rusticating.--Arrival of _Miscellanies._--Errata.--Reprint of
_Wilhelm Meister._--Estimate of the book.--Copies of _French
Revolution_ sent.--Eager expectation of Emerson's book.--
Sterling.--Plans.
XLVII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 8 December, 1839. Long silence.--Stay
in Scotland.--Chartism.--Reprint of _Miscellanies._--Stearns
Wheeler.--_Wilhelm Meister._--Boston steamers.--Speculations
about Hegira into New England.--Visitor from America who had
never seen Emerson.--Miss Martineau.--Silence and speech.--
Sterling.--Southey.--No longer desperately poor.
XLVIII. Emerson. Concord, 12 December, 1839. Copies of _French
Revolution_ arrived.--Lectures on the Present Age.--Letter from
Sterling, his paper on Carlyle.--Friends.
XLIX. Carlyle. Chelsea, 6 January, 1840. _Chartism._--
Sterling.--Monckton Milnes, paper by him on Emerson.
L. Carlyle. Chelsea, 17 January, 1840. Export and import of
books.--New editions.--Books sent to Emerson.--Cromwell as a
subject for writing.--No appetite for lecturing.--Madame Necker
on Emerson.
LI. Emerson. New York, 18 March, 1840. New York.--Loss of faith
on entering cities.--Margaret Fuller to edit a journal.--Lectures
on the Present Age.--His children.--Renewed invitation.
LII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 1 April, 1840. Count D'Orsay, his
portrait of Carlyle.--Wages for books, due to Emerson.--Milnes's
review.--Heraud.--Landor.--Lectures in prospect on Heroes and
Hero-worship.
LIII. Emerson. Concord, 21 April, 1840. Introduction of Mr.
Grinnell.--Chartism.--Reprint of it.--At work on a book.--
Booksellers' accounts.--_The Dial._--Alcott.
LIV. Emerson. Concord, 30 June, 1840. _Wilhelm Meister_
received.--Landor.--Letter to Milnes.--Lithograph of Concord.
--_The Dial,_ No. 1.
LV. Carlyle. Chelsea, 2 July, 1840. Bibliopoliana.--Lectures
about Great Men.--Lecturing in America.--Milnes and his _Poems._
--Controversial volume from Ripley.
LVI. Emerson. Concord, 30 August, 1840. Booksellers' accounts.
--Faith cold concerning Carlyle's coming to America.--
Transcendentalism and _The Dial._--Social problems.--Character of
his writing.--Charles Sumner.
LVII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 26 September, 1840. Not to go to
America for the present.--_Heroes and Hero-Worship._--Journey on
horseback.--Reading on Cromwell.--_Dial_ No. 1.--Puseyism.--Dr.
Sewell on Carlyle.--Landor.--Sterling.
LVIII. Emerson. Concord, 30 October, 1840. Booksellers'
accounts.--Projects of social reform.--Studies unproductive.
--Hopes to print a book of essays.
LIX. Carlyle. Chelsea, 9 December, 1840. Booksellers'
carelessness and accounts.--Puseyism.--Dial No. 2.--Goethe.
--Miss Martineau's _Hour and Man._--Working in Cromwellism.
LX. Carlyle. Chelsea, 21 February, 1841. To Mrs. Emerson.--
London transmuted by her alchemy.--Hope of seeing Concord.
--Miss Martineau.--Toussaint l'Ouverture.--Sheets of _Heroes
and Hero-worship_ sent to Emerson.
LXI. Emerson. Concord, 28 February, 1841. Accounts.--Essays
soon to appear.--Lecture on Reform.
LXII. Emerson. Boston, 30 April, 1841. Remittance of L100.--
Accounts.--Piratical reprint of _Heroes and Hero-worship._--
_Dial_ No. 4.
LXIII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 8 May, 1841. Visit to Milnes.--To his
Mother.--Emerson's _Essays._--His own condition.
LXIV. Carlyle. Chelsea, 21 May, 1841. Acknowledgment of
remittance of L100.--Unauthorized American reprint of _Heroes and
Hero-worship._--Improvement in circumstances.--Desire for
solitude.--Article on Emerson in _Fraser's Magazine._
LXV. Emerson. Concord, 30 May, 1841. Accounts.--Book by Jones
Very.--_Heroes and Hero-worship._--Thoreau.
LXVI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 25 June, 1841. Proposed stay at Annan.
--Motives for it.--London reprint of Emerson's Essays.--Rio.
LXVII. Emerson. Concord, 31 July, 1841. London reprint of
_Essays._--Carlyle in his own land.--Writing an oration.
LXVIII. Carlyle. Newby, Annan, Scotland, 18 August, 1841.
Speedy receipt of letter.--Stay in Scotland.--Seclusion and
sadness.--Reprint of Emerson's _Essays._--Shipwreck.
LXIX. Emerson. Concord, 30 October, 1841. Pleasure in English
reprint of _Essays._--Lectures on the Times.--Opportunities of
the Lecture-room.--Accounts.
LXX. Emerson. Concord, 14 November, 1841. Remittance of L40.--
His banker.--Gambardella.--Preparation for lectures on the Times.
LXXI. Carlyle. Chelsea, 19 November, 1841. Gambardella.--
Lawrence's portrait.--Emerson's Essays in England.--Address at
Waterville College.--_The Dial._--Emerson's criticism on Landor.
LXXII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 6 December, 1841. Acknowledgment of
remittance of L40.--American funds.--Landor.--Emerson's Lectures.
LXXIII. Emerson. New York, 28 February, 1842. Remittance of
L48.--American investments.--Death of his son.--Alcott going
to England.
LXXIV. Carlyle. Templand, 28 March, 1842. Sympathy, with
Emerson.--Death of Mrs. Carlyle's mother.--At Templand to settle
affairs.--Life there.--A book on Cromwell begun.
LXXV. Emerson. Concord, 31 March, 1842. Bereavement.--Alcott
going to England.--Editorship of _Dial._--Mr. Henry Lee.--
Lectures in New York.
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