
Although not a formal biography, being more concerned with the mind of the man, as revealed in his writing, than with the external incidents of his life, it sets both Carlyle and Jane Welsh before the reader in an outline that is alive and challenging

"Thomas Carlyle" by Mary Agnes Hamilton provides a penetrating and scholarly examination of the life, thought, and enduring influence of the preeminent Scottish philosopher and man of letters. As one of the most formidable intellectual figures of the Victorian era, Carlyle's...