Froude's Biography of Carlyle Brief résumé of Carlyle's career Parentage and birth Slender education; school-teaching Abandons clerical intentions to become a writer "Elements of Geometry;" "Life of Schiller;" "Wilhelm Meister" Marries Jane Welsh Her character Edinburgh and Craigenputtock Essays: "German Literature" Goethe's "Helena" "Burns" "Life of Heyne;" "Voltaire" "Characteristics" Wholesome and productive life at Craigenputtock "Dr. Johnson" Friendship with Ralph Waldo Emerson "Sartor Resartus" Carlyle removes to London Begins "The French Revolution" Manuscript accidentally destroyed Habits of great authors in rewriting Publication of the work; Carlyle's literary style Better reception in America than in England Carlyle begins lecturing Popular eloquence in England Carlyle and the Chartists "Heroes and Hero Worship" "Past and Present" Carlyle becomes bitter "Latter-Day Pamphlets" "Life of Oliver Cromwell" Carlyle's confounding right with might Great merits of Carlyle as historian Death of Mrs. Carlyle Success of Carlyle established "Frederick the Great" Decline of the author's popularity Public honors; private sorrow Final illness and death Carlyle's place in literature LORD MACAULAY. ARTISTIC HISTORICAL WRITING. Macaulay's varied talents Descent and parentage Birth and youth Education Character; his greatness intellectual rather than moral College career Enters the law His early writings; poetry; essay on Milton Social success; contemporaries Enters politics and Parliament Sent to India; secretary board of education Essays in the Reviews Limitations as a statesman Devotion to literature Personal characteristics Return to London and public office Still writing essays; "Warren Hastings," "Clive" Special public appreciation in America Drops out of Parliament; begins "History of England" Prodigious labor; extent and exactness of his knowledge Self-criticism; brilliancy of style Some inconsistencies Public honors Remarkable successes; re-enters Parliament Illness and growing weakness Conclusion of the History; foreign and domestic honors Resigns seat in Parliament Social habits Literary tastes Final illness and death; his fame SHAKSPEARE; OR, THE POET. BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON. The debt of genius to its age and preceding time. The era of Shakspeare favorable to dramatic entertainments. The stage a substitute for the newspaper of his era. The poet draws upon extant materials--the lime and mortar to his hand. Plays which show the original rock on which his own finer stratum is laid. In drawing upon tradition and upon earlier plays the poet's memory is taxed equally with his invention. All originality is relative; every thinker is retrospective. The world's literary treasure the result of many a one's labor; centuries have contributed to its existence and perfection. Shakspeare's contemporaries, correspondents, and acquaintances.