On the Choice of Books (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

This 1869 miscellany of articles, letters, and speeches by and about Carlyle highlights his restless intellect and wide-ranging interests. The volume begins; “The general belief that Carlyle is a gloomy misanthrope…is quite an error.” Contents include “Goethe and Carlyle,” “Preface to Emerson’s Essays,” “Advice to a Young Man,” and more.