On heroes and hero-worship and the heroic in history / by Thomas Carlyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881, author.

Contributor:

Henry Altemus Company, publisher.

Series:

[Vademecum series] ; [26]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heroes.

Hero worship.

Genre:

Publisher's advertisements.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered plates, 5-337 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 15 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Henry Altemus, 1894.

Contents:

Lecture I. The hero as divinity. Odin. Paganism : Scandinavian mythology

Lecture II. The hero as prophet. Mahomet : Islam

Lecture III. The hero as poet. Dante; Shakspeare

Lecture IV. The hero as priest. Luther; Reformation : Knox; Puritanism

Lecture V. The hero as man of letters. Johnson, Rousseau, Burns

Lecture VI. The hero as king. Cromwell, Napoleon : modern revolutionism

Summary.

Notes:

Binding is format 3 for Altemus' Vademecum series, used 1894. See www.henryaltemus.com/series/series179.htm (viewed 24 August 2026).

Series statement and volume number from www.henryaltemus.com/series/series179.htm (viewed 24 August 2026).

Publisher's advertisement: Pages [2]-[4] at end.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

LIBRA Rare PR4426 .A1 1894 purchased for the Penn Libraries from Patrick Richardson Graham in 2011. Latter half of leaves dampstained at fore-edge.

OCLC:

8421529