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To Elizabeth Barnett
[January 1887]1

MS location unknown. Printed in Romanes, Appreciation, 180.

[To Elizabeth Barnett]

I have been reading an article in the National Review, showing how utterly Carlyle misquoted Cromwell’s speeches, and absolutely neglected shoals of contemporary papers which would have spoilt his conceptions of his idol. It is curious, but really, poor old Carlyle must have been a good deal of a humbug for all his bluster.

1The article referred to was no doubt Reginald F. D. Palgrave, 'Carlyle, the "pious editor" of Cromwell's speeches' National Review 8 (January 1887), 588-604.
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The Letters of Charlotte Mary Yonge(1823-1901) edited by Charlotte Mitchell, Ellen Jordan and Helen Schinske.

URL to this Letter is: https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/yonge/2871/to-elizabeth-barnett-25

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