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publishers Scott's noble character and action Works issued in 1825-1831 Illness and death Payment of his enormous debt Vast pecuniary returns from his works LORD BYRON. POETIC GENIUS. Difficulty of depicting Byron Descent; birth; lameness Schooling; early reading habits College life Temperament and character First publication of poems Savage criticism by Edinburgh Review "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers" Byron becomes a peer Loneliness and melancholy; determines to travel Portugal; Spain Malta; Greece; Turkey Profanity of language in Byron's time "Childe Harold" Instant fame and popularity Consideration of the poem Marries Miss Milbanke; separation Genius and marriage "The Corsair;" "Bride of Abydos" Evil reputation; loss of public favor Byron leaves England forever Switzerland; the Shelleys; new poems Degrading life in Venice Wonderful labors amid dissipation The Countess Guiccioli Two sides to Byron's character His power and fertility Inexcusable immorality; "Don Juan" "Manfred" and "Cain" not irreligious but dramatic Byron not atheistical but morbid Many noble traits and actions Generosity and fidelity in friendship Eulogies by Scott and Moore Byron's interest in the Greek Revolution Devotes himself to that cause Raises L10,000 and embarks for Greece Collects troops in his own pay His latest verses Illness from vexation and exposure Death and burial The verdict THOMAS CARLYLE. CRITICISM AND BIOGRAPHY. Froude's Biography of Carlyle Brief resume 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
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