Heroes and hero worship / Thomas Carlyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881, author.

Contributor:

Laramy, May L., associated name, former owner.

Henry Altemus Company, publisher.

Series:

[Altemus' illustrated Vademecum series] ; [76]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heroes.

Hero worship.

Genre:

Publisher's advertisements.

Physical Description:

337 pages, 37 unnumbered pages : portrait ; 16 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Henry Altemus Company, [1907]

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 2 for Altemus' illustrated Vademecum series, specifically that used 1907. See www.henryaltemus.com/series/series180.htm (viewed 21 August 2026).

Series statement and volume number from publisher's advertisement.

Title in red within green floriate border.

Publisher's advertisement: Pages [2]-[37] at end.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

LIBRA Rare PR4426 .A1 1907 purchased for the Penn Libraries from Patrick Richardson Graham in 2011. Autograph ("May L. Laramy.") in pencil on front free endpaper. Some manuscript marks and notes in pencil in text.

OCLC:

1612577829