Excerpt from Thomas Carlyle: Philosophic Thinker, Theologian, Historian, and Poet Thomas carlyle, Thinker, Poet, Historian, and Prophet, in every sense the most remarkable man of letters, of the England of our time, is yet a writer of whom many readers desire some compact and distincl: information. The impressions concerning him, and' the influence of his writings, are very various, very pre judiced, and for the most part entirely incorrect. His writings are not to be summed up in the space of a brief review and if this little volume shall serve as a kind of index, pointing modest and not too-well-in formed readers to the leading characteristics which may be expected in that long row of closely-printed volumes, and thus prove an incentive to their closer and more continuous study, its chief end will be answered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.