Author: Francis EspinassePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780484004213
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Excerpt from Literary Recollections and Sketches Robertson's early career and literary life in London - His intro duction to Lord Melbourne - His intimacy with John Stuart Mill and his anecdotes of the first Lord Lytton - Becomes acting editor of the London and Westminster Review - Takes out of Carlyle's hands an article on Cromwell - Carlyle is then induced to write a book on Cromwell - Robertson's article the first attempt at a complete rehabilitation of Cromwell Carlyle's contemptuous references to it and to Robertson Robertson's later career undistinguished, but happy Carlyle's monitions to me on entering the wilderness of litera ture, and anecdote of Diderot. 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.