Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. This edition of Heroes and H era-worship has been pre pared for the use of beginners in the study of Carlyle. With a view to their needs, I have intended that the Introduction should contain as much of a discussion of the author and of the significance of H eroes as may serve to clear the ap proaches to a difi''icult book, and that the Notes should sup ply all necessary information regarding obscure details in the (text. My undertaking has of course involved a general.