Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) was a renowned and prolific Scottish essayist, historian, and social critic. His other major works include Sartor Resartus, Heroes and Hero Worship, Past and Present, and his history of the French Revolution.John M. Ulrich is Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Mansfield University and the author of Signs of Their Times: History, Labor, and Body in Cobbett, Carlyle, and Disraeli. Lowell T. Frye is Elliott Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric and Humanities at Hampden-Sydney College and has published numerous articles on Thomas Carlyle, especially on the social and political essays and Latter-Day Pamphlets. Chris R. Vanden Bossche is Professor Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Carlyle and the Search for Authority and Reform Acts: Chartism, Social Agency, and the Victorian Novel, 1832–1867, editor of Carlyle's Historical Essays, and coeditor of Carlyle's Past and Present and Essays on Literature.

• ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Chronology of Carlyle’s Life Introduction Note on the Text IllustrationsEssays on Politics and SocietySigns of the Times. Characteristics.Death of Edward Irving.Petition on the Copyright Bill.Chartism.Dr. Francia.Louis Philippe.Repeal of the Union.Ireland and the British Chief Governor.Irish Regiments (of the New Æra).Legislation for Ireland.Death of Charles Buller.Ireland and Sir Robert Peel.Indian Meal.Trees of Liberty.The Opera.Project of a National Exhibition of Scottish Portraits.Ilias (Americana) in Nuce.Inaugural AddressShooting Niagara: And After?Latter Stage of the French-German War, 1870-71.The Portraits of John KnoxNotesWorks CitedTextual ApparatusEmendations of the Copy-TextDiscussion of Editorial DecisionsLine-End Hyphens in the Copy-TextLine-End Hyphens in the Present TextHistorical Collation Alterations in the ManuscriptIndex

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) was a renowned and prolific Scottish essayist, historian, and social critic. His other major works include Sartor Resartus, Heroes and Hero Worship, Past and Present, and his history of the French Revolution.John M. Ulrich is Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Mansfield University and the author of Signs of Their Times: History, Labor, and Body in Cobbett, Carlyle, and Disraeli. Lowell T. Frye is Elliott Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric and Humanities at Hampden-Sydney College and has published numerous articles on Thomas Carlyle, especially on the social and political essays and Latter-Day Pamphlets. Chris R. Vanden Bossche is Professor Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Carlyle and the Search for Authority and Reform Acts: Chartism, Social Agency, and the Victorian Novel, 1832–1867, editor of Carlyle's Historical Essays, and coeditor of Carlyle's Past and Present and Essays on Literature.

• ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Chronology of Carlyle’s Life Introduction Note on the Text IllustrationsEssays on Politics and SocietySigns of the Times. Characteristics.Death of Edward Irving.Petition on the Copyright Bill.Chartism.Dr. Francia.Louis Philippe.Repeal of the Union.Ireland and the British Chief Governor.Irish Regiments (of the New Æra).Legislation for Ireland.Death of Charles Buller.Ireland and Sir Robert Peel.Indian Meal.Trees of Liberty.The Opera.Project of a National Exhibition of Scottish Portraits.Ilias (Americana) in Nuce.Inaugural AddressShooting Niagara: And After?Latter Stage of the French-German War, 1870-71.The Portraits of John KnoxNotesWorks CitedTextual ApparatusEmendations of the Copy-TextDiscussion of Editorial DecisionsLine-End Hyphens in the Copy-TextLine-End Hyphens in the Present TextHistorical Collation Alterations in the ManuscriptIndex

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) was a renowned and prolific Scottish essayist, historian, and social critic. His other major works include Sartor Resartus, Heroes and Hero Worship, Past and Present, and his history of the French Revolution.John M. Ulrich is Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Mansfield University and the author of Signs of Their Times: History, Labor, and Body in Cobbett, Carlyle, and Disraeli. Lowell T. Frye is Elliott Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric and Humanities at Hampden-Sydney College and has published numerous articles on Thomas Carlyle, especially on the social and political essays and Latter-Day Pamphlets. Chris R. Vanden Bossche is Professor Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Carlyle and the Search for Authority and Reform Acts: Chartism, Social Agency, and the Victorian Novel, 1832–1867, editor of Carlyle's Historical Essays, and coeditor of Carlyle's Past and Present and Essays on Literature.

• ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Chronology of Carlyle’s Life Introduction Note on the Text IllustrationsEssays on Politics and SocietySigns of the Times. Characteristics.Death of Edward Irving.Petition on the Copyright Bill.Chartism.Dr. Francia.Louis Philippe.Repeal of the Union.Ireland and the British Chief Governor.Irish Regiments (of the New Æra).Legislation for Ireland.Death of Charles Buller.Ireland and Sir Robert Peel.Indian Meal.Trees of Liberty.The Opera.Project of a National Exhibition of Scottish Portraits.Ilias (Americana) in Nuce.Inaugural AddressShooting Niagara: And After?Latter Stage of the French-German War, 1870-71.The Portraits of John KnoxNotesWorks CitedTextual ApparatusEmendations of the Copy-TextDiscussion of Editorial DecisionsLine-End Hyphens in the Copy-TextLine-End Hyphens in the Present TextHistorical Collation Alterations in the ManuscriptIndex