Bifolium, 2 pp. 8vo
1836
by Carlyle, Thomas
1836. Bifolium, 2 pp. 8vo. Old folds, wax seal remnants, very good. Bifolium, 2 pp. 8vo. Carlyle writes to John Sterling (1806–1844) for an account of his – famously poor – health, offering the help of his wife, and quoting from Goethe.
Sterling was a Scottish author. A follower of Coleridge, he was entrusted to edit his unpublished theological writings. Carlyle much admired Sterling's anonymously-published novel set during the French Revolution, Arthur Coningsby (1832), and first met Sterling in person at John Stuart Mill's office in February 1835. In October 1839 Mill published Sterling's a controversial essay on Carlyle. They carried on (truncated)
Sterling was a Scottish author. A follower of Coleridge, he was entrusted to edit his unpublished theological writings. Carlyle much admired Sterling's anonymously-published novel set during the French Revolution, Arthur Coningsby (1832), and first met Sterling in person at John Stuart Mill's office in February 1835. In October 1839 Mill published Sterling's a controversial essay on Carlyle. They carried on (truncated)