Carlyle, Thomas, quotations from, 25, 49, 50, 58, 60, 61, 71,
73, 75, 204, 206-209, 211, 215-217, 219, 223-226, 228-232,
234, 236-238, 240, 241, 246-248, 251, 254-259, 266;
residences of, 49-51, 54, 55;
the grave of, 56, 57;
at the graves of his father and mother, 57, 58;
his reverence and affection for his kindred, 58;
his family traits, 58, 59;
his love of Scotland, 59, 60;
his affection for his mother, 61;
an old road-mender's opinion of, 67;
his style, 71, 75;
his connection with Irving, 72;
an indomitable worker, 73-75;
his house in Chelsea, 199, 200;
a call on, 200-202;
on Scott, 201, 202;
his correspondence with Emerson, 203, 204, 208-210;
his friendship with Emerson, 203, 204;
compared and contrasted with Emerson, 203-210, 212;
his magnanimous wrathfulness, 203, 204;
a man of action, 207;
a regal and dominating man, 211, 212;
as an historical writer, 213, 214;
his power of characterization, 214, 215;
his vocabulary of vituperation, 216, 217;
not a philosopher, 217, 218;
his struggle against odds, 218-220;
his unselfishness, 220, 221;
his relations with his wife, 221-223;
his passion for heroes, 223-226, 232-234;
his glorification of the individual will, 226;
his earnestness, 227;
a master portrait-painter, 228-232;
the value he set on painted portraits, 232;
his hatred of democracy, 232-251;
his large capital of faith, 251-253;
his religious belief, 251-257;
his attitude of renunciation, 255, 256;
his search for the truth, 256, 257;
his egoism, 258;
value of his teaching, 258-266;
his isolation of soul, 262-264;
his mission, 265;
his _Oliver Cromwell_, 211, 212;
his _Frederick the Great_, 211-217, 242.
Carlyle family, the, 56-61, 67, 70, 71.
Catbird (_Galeoscoptes carolinensis_), notes of, 117, 120,
125, 129.
Cathedrals, Canterbury, 11-13;
images in, 15;
soil collected on the walls of, 21;
Rochester, 21;
St. Paul's, 182.
Catskill Mountains, contrasted with the mountains of Scotland,
7;
scenery in, 38;
the valleys of, 149.
Cattle, of the Scotch Highlands, 25.
Cedar-bird, _or_ cedar waxwing (_Ampelis cedrorum_), notes of,
115.
Celandine, 172.
Celts, the, 45.
Chaffinch, or shilfa, 133, 134, 191;
song of, 79, 90, 95, 129, 133, 134;
nest of, 65, 190.
Chat, yellow-breasted (_Icteria virens_), 117;
song of, 117, 120, 125.
Chewink, _or_ towhee (_Pipilo erythrophthalmus_), notes of,
118, 120, 125, 129.
Chickadee (_Parus atricapillus_), notes of, 129.
Chiffchaff, notes of, 95, 143.
Chipmunk (_Tamias striatus_), 195.
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