BY THOMAS CARLYLE, Esq. LONDON: THOMAS BOSWORTH, 215 REGENT STREET. MDCCCLIV. LONDON: Printed by G. Barclay , Castle St. Leicester Sq....

The European war now impending differs from the last in every important feature,—in its theatre, its origin, and its issues. Never was a contest more mysterious and unexpected in its rise, more unwelcome to the majority of those engaged in it, and more pregnant with grave yet uncertain consequences. There are three classes of men whose minds it especially occupies. While the religious eschatologist expects a new phase of predicted fulfilment, and the speculative politician a new distribution of