c2. Up for auction is a wonderful book entitled On Heroes, Hero-Worship and The Heroic in History. 6 Lectures reported, with emendations and additions, by Thomas Carlyle. George Routledge and Sons, London 1888. 192 pages + hard bound cover. See table of contents below. 192 pages + hard bound cover.

Good overall condition. Green cloth over boards, some edge and corner rubbing. Untrimmed text edges have some wear. Good binding, text clean overall, numbers fep. It measures 5 3/8" x 8" x 5/8". Anice find.

Table of Contents:

I. The Hero as Divinity, Odin, Paganism, Scandinavian Mythology

II. The Hero as Prophet, Mahomet & Islam

III. The Hero as Poet, Dante, Shakspeare

IV. The Hero as Priest, Luther, Reformation, Knox, Puritanism

V. The Hero as Man of Letters, Johnson, Rousseau, Burns

VI. The Hero as King, Cromwell, Napoleon, Modern Revolutionism