CARLYLE (Thomas, 1795-1881, Historian)

Autograph note signed to an unnamed correspondent, "Here is my 'autograph', may it do you much more good than I expect!", with the place and date, 1 side oblong 8vo., Seaforth Lodge, Seaton, Devonshire, 16th March

The later period of Carlyle's labours was darkened by anxiety about his wife's increasingly delicate state of health. In August 1863 she had been knocked down by a cab she never fully recovered. Carlyle fell into his usual depression after the conclusion of 'Frederick' (January 1865) & went with his wife to Devonshire for a time and afterwards to Scotland. At the end of 1865 Carlyle was elected almost unanimously to the rectorship of Edinburgh. He delivered the customary address, 2 April 1866 and remained in Scotland with a slight sprain. On 21st April 1866 Mrs. Carlyle went out for a drive with a little dog; she let it out for a run, and a carriage knocked it down. She sprang out and lifted it into the carriage. The driver went on, and presently she was found sitting with folded hands in the carriage, dead. The news reached Carlyle at Dumfries.

Item Date:  1865

Stock No:  21528      £325

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