The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II.

Letters between Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson document decades of friendship and intellectual exchange, blending personal confidences with sustained discussion of literary and philosophical work. The writers trade news of travels, moods, and health while reviewing manuscripts, editorial projects, and lectures, and they raise practical complaints about pirated reprints, publishers' accounts, and the business of books. Mutual introductions and commentary on common acquaintances recur alongside critiques of essays and historical studies and reflections on the public reception of their ideas. Practical concerns about money and publishing sit beside aesthetic debate and affectionate, sometimes anxious, counsel.