Rich County Reaper | 1933-08-04 | Page 2 | Queen Not Favorably Impressed by Carlyle

queen not nol favorably impressed by carlyle the human hand Is not wanting in the letters and journals of queen victoria iwho was a woman of much independence of spirit and clarity of Ali thought ought writes dora hitt in the victoria B 0 colonist thus in 1969 we learn that she went to the deanery 0 of westminster to meet certain writers of renown among them mr carlyle the historian a strange looking eccentric old scotsman who holds forth in a drawling melancholy voice with a broad scotch accent upon scotland and upon the utter degeneration of everything sir 0 and lady lyell lie he an old acquaintance most agreeable and she very pleasing and mr air browning the poet a very agreeable man it was at first very shy work speaking to them but afterwards when tea was being drunk they were very agreeable and talked very entertainingly