CLI. Emerson. Concord, 19 April, 1853. Excuses for not
writing.--Chapter on Fate.--Visit to the West.--Conditions of
American life.--Clough.

CLII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 13 May, 1853. Blessing of letters from
Emerson.--Coming on of old age.--Modern democracy.--Visit to
Germany.--Still reading about Fritz.

CLIIa. Emerson. Concord, 10 August, 1853. Slowness to write.--
Regret at Clough's return to England.--Miss Bacon.--Carlyle's
visit to Germany.--Thackeray in America.--New York and its society.

CLIII. Carlyle. Chelsea, 9 September, 1853. Regrets for old
days.--Not left town.--A new top story.--Miss Bacon, her Quixotic
enterprise.--Clough.--Thackeray.--To Concord?

CLIV. Emerson. Concord, 11 March, 1854. Laurence, the artist.--
Reading Latter Day Pamphlets.--Death of Carlyle's, and of
Emerson's mother.--Miss Bacon.--His English Notes.--Lecturing
tour in the West.--Speed _Frederick!_

CLV. Carlyle. Chelsea, 8 April, 1854. Thankful for Emerson's
letter.--Death of his mother.--Makes no way in Prussian History.
--The insuperable difficulty with _Frederick._--Literature in
these days.--Emerson's picture of America.--Battle of Freedom and
Slavery.--Emerson's book on England desired.--Miss Bacon.

CLVI. Emerson. Concord, 17 April, 1855. Excuses for not
writing.--Unchanged feeling for Carlyle.--The American.--True