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¦G Ggry " —Tb I May '6 , '« 81 Tlie Publ...
¦ g ggry " —tb I May ' 6 , ' « Tlie Publisliers' Circular 3 8 7
The Criticisms Evoked By The Publication...
The criticisms evoked by the publication of the Carlyle Reminiscences' have led to a someliat recriminatory of correspondence In between Mr . J . A . Fronde and - _ bb Mrs —Baa—Bar bb . Alexander bbbbbbb -bb BiBaaBBBBB « v ^ v Carlyle to "toffBV ^ V
^ « . ^ V VIWJ . e ^ ^ columns L ^^ a ^** ^ a . "™"™ " ^ ^ ^^ 0 the Times JL . the letter which commenced — - - — — — -v- what — — _ must ~ - ' ¦» have - —ap - proved WWB •¦ " » « IV both ^^ V ^ b > ™ b" ^ , M ¦ the v &¦ ^ writers W W ^ L b * ™» ™^ ^^ ^^ a painful ^ L and the task following , *^ Mrs . note Carly at » le the questioned ^ L end of the Mr . Froude headed - - — - — — ' - s — ri —* g _ bb ht —_ r — Welsh to - — _ - publish H ^^^^ ^^^ Carl ™» bbbbj ^ « bbbt the « r bbbbi "M "
is ' fteminiscences printed as a proof , ' that if his wishes had , been consulted it MS woul . d never ' have Jane been given to y the le /
world : — I still mainly mean to " burn this book before my own departure ; but feel that I shall always have a kin if I 11 d n V of / 4 grudge E >« ^^ ^ the ^ t ^ to thi — do — it , and b left indolen b ehind _ — — t — excuse - _ — _ „_ , ible " Not — . . — to yet . inter — — ; j wait est _ - _ _ _ , ed , any . _ . - survivors _ g day — — ^^ ^ M , y t »• hat »—*— ' -w friends can w *««* be - « — ' - **• done ^^ v * - —_ r ! m " will * and r * rM *^ Vi ^ that *< ¦ —t j » - " > "tor
i and t is with possible worthy curiosity ng ma , y e nnworthy ! me In which event [ I ] solemnly forbid — them , only each , I and all hope , to , publish shoul ¦ d be this printe Bit d of ( b » nor Writin - so —~ g far bb as as ¦ it I stands ¦ can ¦ order ¦ ™ bbp here » « s - ; hall ¦ and ¦ ever warn be r ) them ; and that that without the vh " fi b t editing fit editing " of no perhaps part nine of it
tenths H ¦ I If II | I J of _^ J it ^^^ ^ b will » ^ bb » ^ a * *• " , after ———— — I am gone — — " - , have ^ " ^ ' ™ " ^—~ — become ^ ^ , ™ impossible " " ^ ' ^^ » ^» " ^ " »^^ ^^ . ' y ^ - ^^ ^^^ ^**^» ^^ ^™«* ^ « ^^ »^ ^ B - ^^ ^^ v «^ ^^ ^ f ^ A ^^ ^ ft T ~ ^^ gk ^^ «^ H ^ r ^^ ^^ ^»^ ft ^«^ F VV ¦ ^^^ A ^ P ** a ^^^ the ? Ka In memoir memoir reply , to wnicn which Mrs . Carl was was yle written wntxen ' s comment in in 1866 xooo based , , witn with upon tne the this woras words memorandum jiust ust quotea quoted , Mr attached attacnea . Froude to to says it it . was was that .
I with fould direction a take large , and , charge number the whole of of it other and collection would papers was do referring with placed it i to what n h his is eve hands late r mi wife , g with ht , seem transcribed a personal best to b request y him Mr . after Carl that , y Mr le he ' s . ,
, Carly The le was request gone . itself , Mr . Froude adds , was wholly unexpected . A ' discretion' of so
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that the publication should be deferre ^ d till ten years from that time . That was in 1871 . In liis willdated two years laterMr . Carlyle confirmed the discretionary authority which he
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that Mr — - —•* , Froude a " » permission | ¦ B ^ pr bb i bbb « ap to ¦¦ * B " a * ¦ r ^ " imp ^ ¦ ¦ » bbbt to V l ^^ y publish bb a V ^ BB r */ desire «*» " ¦• bb ^ aBB a . the b ^ v ai aaj to b ^ t bb memoir ¦ guide bB Bat ¦ ^»* ' aaa ** ' « . -Bfca ¦ or was » ll influence nf the " ^ 4 * ^ H ^ SB' conditio ^ aT ^ ^ W ^ a * aBl his ^ a ^—a n b ^ « b ^ b op * n bbb bbb inion ¦ under ¦ VBB > V - ™ bf a . in which * V """ any ^~~™] ^^ "" ~^ way alone ^ b- b bh ^ a- —» aa , and he ^— ^^ " ¦» could ' ™ he -r ^"" » - b repeats — b ¦ have V — — - ~^
undertaken Mrs . Alexander the charge Oarl which yle , writing Mr . Carl in yle rep laid ly to upon Mr . him Froude . ' s statement that he only accepted ¦ the — ~ editing w — ¦ -- ¦—• - >¦ y ^ of % ¦ - - _ v - Mr -to*——kv —« w . Carl ^ _ *_*• # ^ - _ fc y V le J- » ^^ ' s p «_ r papers »_ r M ) » -A ~^ «* k P ^ on ~>_ r ^_ k the W —h—b ~*»* condition ^^ * - ^ •¦>__ . ~—^ -- > ~ v > -k ^ - ^ JV- »» that ~^ —v Jfc ¦ "kJ —/ _ # the —rf > w , ^ >^ ¦ gre _ ^^ ^^ ~ *^* ater ¦ V ~_* - »• part ¦<_ - ^/^ b _^ —^ ¦¦ of ^» " ^— ' the ¦ «^ » ——» —»— memoir ^ ——r - >¦ ¦»•» —— ——>
which about 'Mr . ^^^ Froude bb I which * had WawT / « W ^ ^ reminded ^ there b ^^ wrote J ^ J ^ Jm bHiA ^ IbI ^^^ B > ^ has ^ J ^^ to V » him rW tm . M been - me aaBaUb that ^^« L on bW ^^ V so ^» r they ^^ February ^ L a much |> ^^^ V were W W ~ ^ a ** * ¦ * discussion ^^^ to ^^ 8 - , be ^ in ^ B ^ T ^ J reference _ returned ^^ " ^^ " ^ " fc ^ should A J ^ ^* b & ' ^ ha ^ Wlb to lw to m ^ be _* me b » bV ^ the ^^ published when V V ^»^ a » ^ letters a ^ ^ K bW ^ he _^ V ^^ « had 4 aVal " vY of as # ^ V ^ P done ^ B my it ^ fe V ^^ ^^ b was ^ ^^^ uncle with V V , *^ WJb sa ^ b > , them " bV ys BBriP as * ^^ Vj : — » to 1 : V
"Icannot read such a mass of letters and decide at a single glance what is necessary to the let pwpoae you do and the what editing is not yourself . ... , I as wo you uld easil sooner y could replace do , every if I am thing not in to your be left hands at work at once a , t and my leisure and % am uiiu yefc to bear the responsibilit" This is the onlcommunication of the »/ kind j ^
L " •—•»» «* V BHMM U \ J UV / >^ V / CJVX . U XJLV / JL fkJJJVliKJl . UA » . AU y V . BH X 11 U 3 M UlA BB BH \ y > \ SXXA A y J . V > V 7 null ¦«_ _ mia . wv »«* v /«* . " ^»* . -,-, » w ^ - » ..- « v ^ . ¦ ¦ Ml J w had 1 , , Froude r roude with ^ Mr ^ Bi . and and . Froude not nnt , merely me , and mlxr this t tfi _ & those f . fi referred nsA . _ note n ^ . fp » to - - books f » the nnlf . « whole . which whuVh collection . in in fac fa ^ , o t . k . of were W 7 firft letters _ not nol ; and in in my mv ^ papers mind mind sent at at tne the to
^ tone "ounnis finished . M ned y rep , with with ly to them th this fiTti . was JNeither N" « that it , } . Ar I then then did not nor nor expect afterward a . ft , Arwftrd , to have s s had ha , the 1 T anv letters , notion notion returned that that Mr Mr to . . tfFroude me roucle until was he any
to examined PMg Bad till to publish I and read decided them the note in upon print -book by . called three If Mr friends . " Froude Jane Welsh of would Mr . Carl Carl but y y le le surrender . " , it The would other the be note in papers accordance -books now I , ne to wi ver be th obvious intention // 1 as he has expressed / it AW in 111 his 1 will Il lll and 11 it ±% would »» Vf be F joyfull wvwvj ^ ted /» w by
way Mr member . . Fronde * ivuuo - ~ »«» vv of ' a s rep L Mr j VJJLy . v « l . y Carly to h < AJLvy J this blLlB AXCWKJ le ' s is IS family A m IIJ . L arked cUKtJ AV > Oa . ' by Uy a a tone iOHO XAU which WHICH . , UI will U WM . MJ . pro yJLUUdhUiy IUV ba bly -rw be l ) O J ^^ ia * matter vuaviG * - * - * "y accep * . ivj for . regret tc ^ ts / i
w F ¦ J * 8 nuny onal letters pr of , oper his made friends ty , b g y iv . Mr n t He . Carl me says y to le : * and The ke s partially u memoir ch use of of prepared as the late ght Mrs by seem him . Carl good for yle to publication and me . the I collection am , the are sole my of « e what ts of them should or should not be printedand neither Mrs . Alexander
J ^ Mi lyle me nor alone anyone par . These else papers has a ri which ght to cal m l ine in I question shall keep the . discretion , The memoir which is published Mr . Carly . le The left
fcfl Car * Myself » ] ! » 2 ? ^ , ^ not be wT \ _"_ » to - P -v ult ¦ - « ^ L-t ) e lisned - — associated X * — . Jl - I , decline ^_ with _ " 1 * ^ me to A . in allow _ " !¦ the - __— any - discharge » j-. person _ — . * v - _ . _ —* * - *• . of or ** —~* a persons -- —s . — tru . > hh ^ - st .-b--. j- * which , whether -nr- * T . * j-v - * - belongs l ^ k _^^ -r » friends J"ir » 1 /~ v T" » exclusivel ^~ l **¦ of _ ' ~ V ** Mr Im / I \ + y .
^ — oon t * * as a . x I The had naa remainin done done with with g papers them them . , w I I hich will will I restore restore was directed at at once once to to to return any anv reaponsiDie responsible to Mrs . Alexander person person whom wnora Carl she sn yle «
iftve fo / e ntory em ? Power 6 n or v placed * even wveu to receive witn numerical Jiumencai respect them list use from to . . these , me 1 I was was . MSS I xoia tol ha d . * fe j that , i \ They n reas , \ , the xne on were m m to ore comp sent ji I burnt lain ulltii to of me of ui the at th wiem position em intervals the uw bettor wvwj in , without which . , , and <* . * va I
lU ^ ' , ^ e re PPil for y seve , I ral had years destroyed in my none possession of them before , and I Mrs was . even Alexander aware Carl that y they le can were have not the my m . Umm ^^ s ? he u resul pleases entire * . ' correspondence as far as the public are concerned is that Mr . Froude
i ^^^ responsibility of the publication of the ' Reminiscences / some parts of
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 16, 1881, page 387, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16051881/page/3/
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