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The Committee on Publications of The Grolier Club 
 certifies that this copy of a "Catalogue of an Exhi- 
 bition Commemorating the Hundredth Anniversary 
 of the Birth of William Makepeace Thackeray 
 (i8i 1-1863)" is one of an edition of two hundred 
 and sixty copies on Van Gelder Zonen hand-made 
 paper, printed in the month of AprU, 191 2. 
 
CATALOGUE OF 
 
 AN EXHIBITION COMMEMORATING THE 
 
 HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 OF THE BIRTH OF 
 
 l^tlliam JEafeepeace CJjackra^ 
 
 (1811-1863) 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 THE GROLIER CLUB 
 '^ 1912 
 
 v.. 
 
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 Copyright, 1912, by 
 
 The Grolier Club of the 
 
 City of New York 
 
 l\l':^&I GX 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 PAGE 
 
 List of Reproductions vii 
 
 Introduction ix 
 
 The Works of Thackeray . . 3-92 
 
 Miscellanea 95-98 
 
 Manuscripts and Letters . . 99-102 
 
 Sketch-books, Original Draw- 
 ings, etc 103-108 
 
 Association Books and Prints . 109-113 
 
 Published Letters 114 
 
 Books about Thackeray . . . 11 5-1 19 
 
 Portraits 120 
 
 Addenda 121-127 
 
 Index 129-141 
 
LIST OF REPRODUCTIONS 
 
 William Makepeace Thackeray. From 
 an American Daguerreotype, now 
 reproduced for the first time (No. 
 
 167) Frontispiece 
 
 (,Photogravure) 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Water-color Drawing for "Vanity 
 
 Fair" (No. 24/) 28 
 
 (^Gelatin print, hand-colored) 
 
 One page of the Manuscript of "Pen- 
 dennis," with Drawings facing it 
 (No. 30&) 36, 37 
 
 One page of the Manuscript of "The 
 Newcomes" (No. t^jo) 50 
 
 William Makepeace Thackeray. From 
 a Portrait in Oil by Lord Leighton 
 
 (No. 168) 59 
 
 (Photogravure) 
 
 The Waterloo Letter (No. 151) . . . 71 
 vii 
 
LIST OF REPRODUCTIONS 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Manuscript of "Sorrows of Werther" 
 (No. 149) 81 
 
 Letter to Adelaide Procter (No. 153) 94 
 
 One page of Thackeray's Copy of Cow- 
 per's Poems, annotated (No. 120) . iii 
 
 Study for a Title-page of "Sketches by 
 Boz" (No. 157) 124 
 
 vm 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 ■ iLLiAM Makepeace Thackeray 
 was born on July i8, 1811, in 
 Alipur, India. His father, Rich- 
 mond Thackeray, held a respon- 
 sible position in the Bengal Civil Service. 
 Four years after the birth of his son, Rich- 
 mond Thackeray died. 
 
 In 1817, at the age of five, owing to the 
 climate of India, young Thackeray was sent 
 to relatives in England. The parting with 
 his mother on the river-front at Calcutta 
 made a lasting impression, to which he fre- 
 quently alluded in his writings. 
 
 The Thackeray family had always been 
 in good circumstances, and although they 
 were living far away from the home of 
 their ancestors, under the then unsettled 
 government of India, the influences of his 
 childhood were of the nicest kind. His 
 mother, Anne Becher, was descended from 
 a family also long in the civil service of 
 Bengal, and was distinguished as one of the 
 beauties of her time. 
 
 Thackeray does not seem to have been 
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INTRODUCTION 
 
 very happy during his school life, and after- 
 ward wrote of his childish memory of that 
 time : "I remember kneeling by my bed of a 
 night and praying God that I might dream 
 of my mother." He constantly wrote to his 
 mother, and frequently illustrated his let- 
 ters with drawings. From an early age, 
 apparently, he desired to become a writer, 
 and attained quite a reputation for his 
 rhymes among his school-mates. It is said 
 that his first known effort was a parody on 
 Letitia Elizabeth Landon's verses entitled 
 "Violets." Thackeray's title was "Cab- 
 bages." However, his first appearance in 
 print seems to have been a parody of 
 Moore's "Minstrel Boy," which appeared 
 in the "Western Luminary" in 1828. 
 
 It was during his school-days at the 
 Charterhouse that he received a broken 
 nose as the result of a school-boy fight, and 
 we are told that immediately after it was 
 set it was again broken by one of the bullies 
 of the school. 
 
 In 1829 he entered Cambridge, and it was 
 during his student days that he became a 
 contributor to "The Snob" and "The 
 Gownsman," the first of his recorded liter- ■ 
 ary works. 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 The literary period of Thackeray's life 
 extended from 1829 to 1863. 
 
 It is related that when Robert Seymour's 
 career terminated suddenly, Thackeray ap- 
 plied to Charles Dickens to be allowed to 
 carry on the illustrating of the "Pickwick 
 Papers." He was unsuccessful. This 
 failure and the disappointment were largely 
 responsible for his turning to a literary 
 career. 
 
 It is of extreme interest to know that the 
 first appearance of any of Thackeray's 
 writings in book form occurred in Philadel- 
 phia, in 1838, when Carey & Hart, the 
 publishers, collected his contributions to 
 "Eraser's Magazine," under the title of 
 "The Yellowplush Correspondence." 
 
 A Thackeray memorial exhibition was 
 held in London, under the auspices of The 
 Titmarsh Club, from Saturday, July i, to 
 Saturday, July 15, 1911. His Excellency 
 the American Ambassador was chairman, 
 and Lord Rosebery made the opening ad- 
 dress. The exhibition was held in the 
 Charterhouse, where Thackeray had at- 
 tended school. On Tuesday, July 18, it was 
 followed by a lawn party given by Lady 
 Ritchie, Thackeray's daughter, and the edi- 
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INTRODUCTION 
 
 tor of the "Cornhill Magazine," in the 
 Middle Temple Gardens. 
 
 The present exhibition has been made 
 possible by the universal appreciation of 
 Thackeray's writings by members of The 
 Grolier Club and American collectors. The 
 members of The Grolier Club wish to con- 
 vey their sincere thanks for the assistance 
 and cooperation of Mrs. Walter Goodwin, 
 Miss Faith Moore, Miss Amy Seabury 
 Weeks, Mr. Robert Coster, Mr. Frank 
 Crowninshield, Mr. Robert Fridenberg, Mr. 
 H. H. Havemeyer, Major William H. Lam- 
 bert, Colonel O. H. Payne, Mr. R. J. Saf- 
 ford, Mr. H. S. Van Duzer, and General 
 James Grant Wilson. 
 
 It has been our purpose, in this exhibi- 
 tion, to group Thackeray's works chrono- 
 logically as they were presented to the Eng- 
 lish world in book form, with whatever 
 could be collected relating to these works 
 and to his life. 
 
 Thackeray died December 24, 1863. The 
 mortal remains of the greatest novelist of 
 the Victorian era were laid to rest in the 
 cemetery at Kensal Green. 
 
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CATALOGUE 
 
T 
 
 THE WORKS OF 
 
 HE SNOB: A Literary And Scien- 
 tific Journal. Not "Conducted By 
 Members Of The University." [Quota- 
 tion from Virgil.] Cambridge: Published 
 by W. H. Smith, Rose Crescent. 1829. 
 
 Duodecimo. 11 numbers, uncut and un- 
 bound. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of title, dedica- 
 tion, preface and index (s leaves). Text, 64 pp. 
 
 Eleven weekly numbers of "The Snob" were 
 issued, from April 9 to June 18, 1829. They were 
 printed on variously tinted papers, and usually con- 
 tain the words, "Second Edition," or "Third Edi- 
 tion,'' etc., at the top of the first page, leading to the 
 erroneous conclusion that no copies existed without 
 these words. There is, in the Cambridge Free Li- 
 brary, a set of the eleven numbers without any desig- 
 nation of edition. In the present set No. i, green 
 wrappers, is designated "Second Edition" ; No. 2, 
 olive-green wrappers, has no edition designated ; 
 No. 3, buff wrappers, "Fourth Edition" ; No. 4, pink 
 wrappers, "Fourth Edition" ; No. 5, pink wrappers, 
 "Fourth Edition" ; No. 6, blue wrappers, "Fourth 
 Edition" ; No. 7, olive-green wrappers, "Fourth Edi- 
 
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 tion" ; No. 8, green wrappers, no edition designated ; 
 Nos. 9 and lo, pink wrappers, "Third Edition"; No. 
 II, pink wrappers, "Second Edition." 
 
 Thackeray left Charterhouse School in 1828, and 
 was entered at Trinity College, Cambridge, in Feb- 
 ruary of the following year. One of the things 
 which he enjoyed the most at Cambridge was his 
 connection with the two little undergraduate papers, 
 "The Snob" and "The Gownsman," founded by his 
 fellow-student, W. G. Lettsom. Thackeray is sup- 
 posed to have been responsible for much of the 
 contents, his best-known contribution to "The Snob" 
 being "Timbuctoo," a parody of the poem which won 
 for Tennyson the Chancellor's medal, published in 
 the same year. 
 
 Among Thackeray's fellow-students at Cambridge 
 who became his lifelong friends were Alfred Tenny- 
 son, Edward Fitzgerald, and Richard Monckton 
 Milnes. 
 
 I a Another copy, with pink printed paper 
 
 wrapper bound in. 
 
 In this set Nos. 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 lack the desig- 
 nation of edition. 
 
 I b Another copy, in the original buff 
 
 printed boards. 
 
 I c Another copy. 
 
 Bound with this are several Cambridge pamphlets, 
 among them "The Snob's Trip to Paris," which has 
 been ascribed without evidence to Thackeray. 
 
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 THE GOWNSMAN, (Formerly 
 Called) "The Snob," A Literary 
 AND Scientific Journal, Now Conducted 
 By Members Of The University [Quota- 
 tion from Hamlet.] Vol. 2. Cambridge: 
 Published By W. H. Smith, Rose Qrescent, 
 And Sold By Simpkin And Marshall, Lon- 
 don, And May Be Had Of All Booksellers. 
 1830. 
 
 Duodecimo. 17 numbers, uncut and un- 
 bound. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of title, dedica- 
 tion, preface and index (s leaves). Text, 138 pp. 
 In this set there is a leaf, advertising the first num- 
 ber, and saying: "A few remaining copies of 'The 
 Snob,' vol. 1, price 3^., may be had as above." 
 
 Of this successor of "The Snob" seventeen weekly 
 numbers were issued, from November s, 1829, to 
 February 25, 1830. 
 
 It seems possible that Thackeray was the editor of 
 "The Gownsman," and wrote a large part of it. It 
 has been stated on the authority of Edward Fitz- 
 gerald that the articles signed "@" are Thackeray's. 
 He is generally credited with the Ramsbottom letter 
 (pp. 10-12), the last paragraph on p. 13, "I 'd be a 
 Tadpole," "From Anacreon" and "Extract from the 
 diary of the late Thomas Timmins." 
 
 At the end of the Easter term, 1830, Thackeray 
 left Cambridge without a degree, and spent the fol- 
 lowing year in travel. 
 
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 2 a Another copy, with buflf printed paper 
 
 wrapper bound in. 
 
 2 b Another copy, in the original light 
 
 green printed boards. 
 
 2 c The Original Manuscript of the poem, "I 'd 
 be a Tadpole." Accompanied by facsimile 
 reproduction. 
 
 The leaf on which this manuscript is pasted was 
 taken from the scrap-book of Miss E. Spence, who 
 has written, under the poem : "These lines by Thack- 
 eray his mother says were never published but writ- 
 ten in his cousin's album (now Mrs. Carmichael), 
 whilst he was yet at the Charter House School." 
 
 The handwriting is boyish, resembling that in his 
 Charterhouse text-books. The lines were published, 
 with some alterations, in "The Gownsman." The 
 discovery of this manuscript was the proof that the 
 poem was by Thackeray. 
 
 The National Standard, 1833. See No. 730. 
 
 3 in LORE ET ZEPHYR Ballet Mytho- 
 X logique dedie a [Sketch of Flore] 
 Par Theophile Wagstaff. London. 
 Published March ist, 1836, By J. Mitchell, 
 Library, 33, Old Bond St. a Paris, chez 
 Rittner & Goupil, Boulevard Montmartre: 
 Printed by Graf & Soret. 
 6 
 
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 Small folio (14^ x 10^ inches). 9 un- 
 numbered plates (including wrapper title), 
 slightly tinted. No letterpress. 
 
 These nine plates, drawn by Thackeray and 
 lithographed by Edward Morton, represent scenes in 
 the life of a ballet-girl. Most copies are tinted, but 
 the British Museum owns an uncolored copy. The 
 order of the plates differs in various copies, as do 
 the size of the wrappers and the size of the litho- 
 graphic impressions. A copy exists with the title in 
 proof before letters, and another with the title on 
 India paper and mounted on a blank wrapper. 
 
 Disappointed in his hope to become a painter, it 
 occurred to Thackeray to turn his sketches to finan- 
 cial account, and "Flore et Zephyr" was the first 
 result. It appeared in March, 1836, attracting little 
 attention. Two months later, after the death of 
 Robert Seymour, Thackeray applied unsuccessfully 
 to Dickens for the work of illustrating "Pickwick 
 Papers," a failure which he afterwards alluded to as 
 "Mr. Pickwick's lucky escape." 
 
 3* Another copy. 13x9^ inches. 
 
 3 b Another copy. 11% x 8^ inches. 
 
 Inserted is a letter from Thackeray, dated April 
 22, 1836, saying: "Enclosed are three puff-provokers 
 wh. I should be obliged to you to send with copies of 
 Flore & Zephyr." 
 
 3,c K Sketch Book used in Paris, containing 
 what seem to be studies for "Flore et Ze- 
 
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 phyr" and numerous other drawings on 53 
 leaves. 
 
 4 TZING GLUMPUS: An Interlude In 
 XV One Act. [For private circula- 
 tion only.] London : 1837. 
 
 Duodecimo. 16 pp. 3 plates from draw- 
 ings by Thackeray. Original blank yellow 
 paper wrappers. 
 
 John Barrow's copy. 
 
 A one-act burlesque, the authorship of which is 
 disputed, though it is probably by John Barrow. It 
 has been claimed that Thackeray was its author, and 
 there seems to be no doubt that he was its illus- 
 trator. The plates face the title-page and pp. 9 
 and 13. 
 
 Reproduced in the "Autographic Mirror," Feb- 
 ruary IS, 1863, and the "Bookman," December, 
 i8g8. 
 
 4 « A Reprint of "King Glumpus," issued by 
 W. T. Spencer in 1898. 
 
 5 TERROLD, DOUGLAS. Men Of 
 J Character. By Douglas Jerrold. 
 [Quotation from Fielding] In Three 
 Volumes . . . London : Henry Colburn, 
 Publisher, Great Marlborough Street. 
 MDCCCXXXVIII. 
 
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THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 Octavo. 3 volumes. 12 plates (includ- 
 ing frontispieces). Original brown boards. 
 
 The twelve illustrations are by Thackeray. 
 
 THE YELLOWPLUSH CORRE- 
 SPONDENCE. Philadelphia: E. L. 
 Carey & A. Hart. 1838. 
 
 Octavo. Original brown boards with 
 paper label. 
 
 Consists of title and pp. [131-238. 
 
 The first collected edition of any of Thackeray's 
 writings that appeared in England or America. The 
 papers first appeared in "Fraser's Magazine" in 
 November, 1837, and January-July, 1838, and were 
 not published in book form in England until 1841, 
 when they appeared in "Comic Tales and Sketches." 
 They were also among the selections from the "Mis- 
 cellanies,"' published separately in 1856. 
 
 The collection includes "Fashnable Fax," not 
 reprinted in England until 1885, but "Epistles to the 
 Literati" is omitted, also "Mr. Yellowplush's Ajew." 
 As the latter appeared in "Fraser's Magazine" for 
 August, it seems probable that the book was brought 
 out before the August number of the magazine had 
 reached this country. 
 
 ADDISON, CHARLES GREEN- 
 l\ STREET. Damascus And Pal- 
 myra : A Journey To The East. With 
 A Sketch Of The State And Prospects 
 
the works of thackeray 
 
 Of Syria, Under Ibrahim Pasha. By 
 Charles G. Addison . . . London : Richard 
 Bentley . . . 1838. 
 
 Octavo. 2 volumes. 18 colored litho- 
 graphs, after designs by Thackeray. Orig- 
 inal green cloth binding. 
 
 The illustrations by Thackeray (9 in each vol- 
 ume) show Eastern costumes. Most copies contain 
 but 10 plates. 
 
 7 a Another copy, containing presentation 
 
 inscription from the author to his niece. 
 
 Inserted is the following signed receipt in Thack- 
 eray's handwriting: "Received of C. G. Addison, 
 Esqr twenty pounds for illustrations &c. to his work 
 on Damascus & Palmyra." 
 
 8 'npHE COMIC ALMANACK, FOR 
 X 1839: An Ephemeris In Jest And 
 Earnest, Containing "All Things Fit- 
 ting For Such A Work." By Rigdum 
 FuNNiDos, Gent. [Vignette] Adorned 
 With A Dozen Of "Righte Merrie" 
 Cuts, Pertaining To The Months, And 
 An Hieroglyphic, By George Cruik- 
 shank. London: Imprinted For Charles 
 Tilt, Bibliopolist, In Fleet Street. White- 
 10 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 head And Co. Printers, 76, Fleet Street. 
 [1838.] 
 
 Duodecimo. 12 plates, by George Cruik- 
 shank. Original buff, printed, pictorial 
 paper wrappers and 16 leaves of advertise- 
 ment bound in. 
 
 Thackeray's "Stubbs's Calendar; or, The Fatal 
 Boots" appears here for the first time, occupying 24 
 pages. It was first reprinted in "Comic Tales and 
 Sketches," 1841, and appeared in "People's Al- 
 manack," Boston, the same year. Its first separate 
 appearance was in New York in 1850 (see following 
 number). Reprinted as "The Fatal Boots" in the 
 "Miscellanies," and issued as one of the selections 
 from the "Miscellanies" in 1855. 
 
 8«QTUBBS'S CALENDAR: Or, The 
 vj Fatal Boots. By W. M. Thackeray. 
 . . . Illustrated By George Cruikshank. 
 New York : Stringer & Townsend. 1850. 
 
 Sixteenmo. 112 pp. 6 plates (including 
 frontispiece) by George Cruikshank. Orig- 
 inal yellow printed boards, with vignette. 
 
 The first separate appearance of "Stubbs's Cal- 
 endar,'' which was printed for the first time in "The 
 Comic Almanack," 1839 (see preceding number). 
 The American publishers seem to have had too few 
 sets of plates, and were obliged to divide them ; 
 consequently two copies do not necessarily contain 
 the same six plates. The illustrations have no titles 
 
 II 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 in this edition. It had already been printed in Amer- 
 ica, in "Peoples Almanack," Boston, 1842, a copy of 
 ■which is also shown. 
 
 The Corsair, 1839. See No. 670. 
 
 9 'T^HE WHITEY-BROWN PAPER 
 i MAGAZINE. Suggested to be issued 
 in 1838-39, as a weekly publication. 
 
 Quarto. Nine illustrations with descrip- 
 tive letterpress. The only known copy. 
 
 Consists of humorous sketches illustrating "The 
 Veracious History of Dionysius Diddler." 
 
 9 a The Nine Original Drawings for "The 
 Veracious History of Dionysius Diddler," 
 with explanatory text in Thackeray's auto- 
 graph. 
 
 Accompanied by an explanatory pamphlet by 
 Luther S. Livingston (of which three copies were 
 printed in 1909). 
 
 There are nine drawings with explanatory notes 
 by Thackeray, covering the "History." There are 
 three additional drawings included in this volume, 
 one being a portrait of Dr. Dionysius Lardner, whom 
 Thackeray caricatures in this "History." The two 
 other portraits are of Thackeray by himself, the first 
 showing the author in the guise of a jester, the 
 second resembling the one in Maclise's cartoon of 
 the Fraserians. These drawings were formerly 
 owned by Joseph Grego, editor of "Thackerayana" 
 
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THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 and "The Student's Quarter,'' and were exhibited 
 by him at the Victorian Era Exhibition, London, 
 1897. 
 
 9 ^ A Facsimile Reprint of "The Veracious 
 
 History of Dionysius Diddler." 
 
 From the "Autographic Mirror," February 20 to 
 June I, 1864. 
 
 10 'y^HE ANTI-CORN LAW CIRCULAR 
 
 X ... No. I. Tuesday, April 16, 1839 . . . 
 [-No. 57, Thursday, April 8, 1841.] 
 Folio. Illustrations. 
 
 The "Illustrations of the Rent Laws" in Nos. 8 
 and 18 are by Thackeray, and "Rain and Rents" 
 (No. 10), "Nicholas Nickleby" (No. ii) and two 
 woodcuts with text (No. 39) have been attributed 
 to him. 
 
 11 'T^HE EXQUISITES: A Farce In Two 
 
 X Acts. [Quotation from Dryden, four 
 lines.] [For private circulation only.] 
 London: 1839. 
 
 Octavo. 4 plates from drawings by 
 Thackeray. Original blank yellow paper 
 wrappers. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of title and "dra- 
 matis personae" (2 leaves). Text, 37 pp. 
 
 John Barrow's copy. 
 
 As in the case of "King Glumpus," the authorship 
 
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 of this farce, which seems never to have been acted, 
 is disputed, being claimed for Thackeray and for 
 John Barrow. The plates, which are attributed to 
 Thackeray, face the title-page and pp. 7, 21 and 25. 
 One of the few known copies has colored plates. 
 
 12 -npHE LOVING BALLAD OF LORD 
 JL BATEMAN. Illustrated by George 
 Cruikshank. London : Charles Tilt, Fleet 
 Street; And Mustapha Syried, Constan- 
 tinople. MDCCCXXXIX. 
 
 Twenty four-mo. 12 plates (including 
 frontispiece and i plate of music) by 
 George Cruikshank. Original limp green 
 cloth cover with gold pictorial design, also 
 by Cruikshank. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of half-title, title 
 and "Warning to the Public'' (4 leaves), and there 
 are 4 leaves of publishers' advertisements at the end. 
 Text, pp. [9]-40. 
 
 The page numbers of this issue are in the middle 
 of the page excepting those of the preface and notes. 
 In a second issue of the first edition and in later 
 editions they are given their usual position on the 
 page. 
 
 The text has been attributed to Thackeray, Cruik- 
 shank and Dickens, but is now considered with rea- 
 sonable certainty to be by Thackeray. It is thought 
 that the preface and notes may be by Dickens. 
 
 1 2 a The Original Drawings by George Cruik- 
 
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 shank for "The Loving Ballad of Lord 
 Bateman." 
 
 1 2 3 The Original Steel Plates for "The Lov- 
 ing Ballad of Lord Bateman." 
 
 12 c Trial Drawings by Thackeray for "The 
 Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman." 
 
 Six original drawings by Thackeray with (ap- 
 parently) printers' proof of the text of "Lord Bate- 
 man" pasted on to each plate. The text as printed 
 here differs very considerably from that of the first 
 edition, and is not in dialect. 
 
 Stanzas s and 9 are omitted. Stanzas 3-9 are 
 also given in Thackeray's handwriting with three ap- 
 propriate water-color sketches surrounding them. 
 
 13 npHE COMIC ALMANACK, For 1840 
 
 X ... By George Cruikshank . . . 
 
 London : Imprinted For Charles Tilt . . . 
 
 [1839-] 
 
 Duodecimo. 64 pp. 12 plates by George 
 Cruikshank. Original buff, printed, pic- 
 torial paper wrappers, and 20 leaves of ad- 
 vertisement bound in. 
 
 Thackeray's "Barber Cox, and the Cutting of his 
 Comb" appears here for the first time. The 12 plates 
 by Cruikshank illustrate it. 
 
 Reprinted as "Cox's Diary" in the "Miscellanies,'' 
 and issued with "The Fatal Boots" as one of the 
 selections from the "Miscellanies" in 1855. 
 
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 14 q^HE PARIS SKETCH BOOK: By 
 
 JL Mr. Titmarsh. With Numerous 
 Designs By The Author, On Copper 
 And Wood . . . London: John Macrone, i, 
 St. Martin's Place, Trafalgar Square. 1840. 
 Octavo. 2 volumes. 12 plates (includ- 
 ing engraved title-page in Vol. I and fron- 
 tispiece of Vol. II), woodcuts, all by 
 Thackeray. Original dark brown cloth 
 binding. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of title, contents, 
 [note] and dedicatory letter in Vol. I (4 leaves), and 
 title and contents (2 leaves) in Vol. II, and there is 
 a leaf with imprint at the end of Vol. II. Text, 
 304+298 pp. 
 
 The first printed book by Thackeray to appear in 
 England. Its publisher, John Macrone, had brought 
 out "Sketches by Boz,'' four years earlier. 
 
 14 « An Original Pencil Sketch, slightly tinted ; 
 a study for one of the plates, "The Gallery 
 at Deberau's Theater" ("The Paris Sketch 
 Book"). 
 
 15 AN ESSAY On The Genius Of George 
 xjL Cruikshank. With Numerous 
 Illustrations Of His Works. (From 
 The Westminster Review, No. LXVI.) 
 With Additional Etchings. Henry 
 Hooper, 13 Pall Mall East. MDCCCXL. 
 
 16 
 
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 Octavo. 17 etchings, 39 woodcuts, all by 
 George Cruikshank. Issued in green cloth 
 binding. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of title and list 
 of illustrations (2 leaves). Text, 59 pp. 
 
 Reprint of an article which appeared in the 
 "Westminster Review" for June, 1840. It was re- 
 printed in Thackeray's "Works," 1879, with 10 etch- 
 ings and 24 woodcuts. 
 
 The plate "Philoprogenitiveness" is often lacking. 
 
 15 a The "Westminster Review" for June, 1840, 
 in which the "Essay on the Genius of 
 George Cruikshank" first appeared, pp. 
 1-60. 
 
 This contains one plate less than when it ap- 
 peared in book form. (See preceding number.) The 
 list of Cruikshank's works in the book contains two 
 not mentioned in the magazine article. 
 
 The Britannia, 1841. See No. 72a. 
 
 16 1\ TEADOWS, [JOSEPH] KENNY. 
 iVi Heads Of The People: Or, Por- 
 traits OF the English. Drawn by 
 Kenny Meadows. With Original Es- 
 says By Distinguished Writers. Lon- 
 don : Robert Tyas, 50 Cheapside. MDCCC- 
 XI^XLI. 
 
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 Octavo. 2 series, in parts as issued. 
 Frontispieces, engraved title-pages, and io6 
 plates, engraved by Orrin Smith, from 
 drawings by Kenny Meadows. Original 
 wrappers. 
 
 Thackeray's contributions were "Captain Rook 
 and Mr. Pigeon," "The Fashionable Authoress" and 
 "The Artists." The first had appeared in "The 
 Corsair," September, 1839. All three were printed 
 as "Character Sketches" in "Miscellanies," 1835-57, 
 and in "Novels by Eminent Hands," 1856. This copy 
 is accompanied by an illustrated advertisement of 
 the work. 
 
 17 'T^HE SECOND FUNERAL OF NA- 
 1 POLEON: In Three Letters To 
 Miss Smith, Of London, and The 
 Chronicle Of The Drum. By Mr. M. 
 A. Titmarsh. London: Hugh Cunning- 
 ham, St. Martin's Place, Trafalgar Square. 
 1841. 
 
 Square twentyfour-mo. 4 full-page 
 woodcuts. Original gray, printed, pictorial 
 paper wrappers, with sketch of Napoleon 
 by Thackeray. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of title and con- 
 tents (2 leaves), and there is a leaf of advertise- 
 ment at the end. Text, 122 pp. The only illustra- 
 tion by Thackeray is that on the cover. 
 
 Fitzgerald wrote in February, 1841, that he con- 
 sidered "The Second Funeral of Napoleon" the best 
 
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 thing that Thackeray had done. "Buy it," said he, 
 "and ask others to buy it; as each copy sold puts 
 754d in T's pocket: which is very empty just now, I 
 take it." 
 
 This was reprinted "from the original manu- 
 script" in the "Cornhill," No. 73. In 1896 a fac- 
 simile of the first edition was printed and distributed 
 as a gift by Philadelphia and Chicago Sunday news- 
 papers. 
 
 "The Chronicle of the Drum" was reprinted for 
 the first time in the "Cornhill Magazine," 1866. 
 
 The leaf at the end advertises "Dinner Remi- 
 niscences ... by Mr. M. A. Titmarsh" as "preparing 
 for immediate publication." 
 
 17a Another copy, with blue, printed pic- 
 torial wrapper. 
 
 18 /^OMIC TALES AND SKETCHES. 
 V_y Edited And Illustrated By Mr. 
 Michael Angelo Titmarsh ... In Two 
 Volumes . . . London : Hugh Cunningham, 
 St. Martin's Place, Trafalgar Square. 1841. 
 Octavo. 2 volumes. 12 plates (includ- 
 ing engraved title-page in Vol. I and fron- 
 tispiece of Vol. II). Original maroon cloth 
 binding. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of title and 
 preface (4 leaves) in Vol. I, and title and "Contents 
 of Vol. II" (2 leaves) in Vol. II, and there is a leaf 
 of publisher's advertisements at end of Vol. II. 
 Text, 299-I-370 pp. 
 
 19 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 The first volume contains "The Yellowplush Cor- 
 respondence" as issued in Philadelphia in 1838, 
 with the omission of "Fashuable Fax'' and the 
 addition of "Mr. Yellowplush's Ajew" and "Epistles 
 to the Literati." The second contains "Some Pas- 
 sages in the Life of Major Gahagan," "The Profes- 
 sor," "The Bedford Row Conspiracy" and "Stubbs's 
 Calendar." 
 
 - After the success of "Vanity Fair," the remaining 
 copies of this edition were issued with a reprinted 
 title-page, referring to the author as "Author of 
 'Vanity Fair,' " and bearing no date. 
 
 18 a Another copy. 
 
 Inserted opposite the plate lettered, "The Two 
 Celebrated Literary Characters at St. John's," is 
 Thackeray's original drawing for this plate, de- 
 scribed at the top in Thackeray's autograph, "The 
 Two Celebrated Literary Characters,'' and at the 
 bottom, "The Dochter Dionysius Diddler and Sir 
 Hinry Pilham Being Announced." The manuscript 
 of "Mr. Yellowplush's Ajew" describing the scene 
 illustrated by the drawing is also inserted. 
 
 George Cruikshank's Omnibus, 1841. See 
 No. 71 &. 
 
 19 'T^HE IRISH SKETCH-BOOK. By 
 1 Mr. M. a. Titmarsh. With Nu- 
 merous Engravings On Wood, Drawn 
 By The Author. In Two Volumes . . . 
 20 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 London: Chapman And Hall, i86, Strand. 
 MDCCCXLIII. 
 
 Octavo. 2 volumes. Frontispieces, 38 
 woodcuts, all by Thackeray. Original green 
 cloth binding. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of half-title, title, 
 dedication to Charles Lever and contents in Vol. I 
 (4 leaves), and half-title, title and contents (3 
 leaves) in Vol. II. Text, 311-I-327 pp. 
 
 The first of Thackeray's books that was published 
 by Chapman and Hall, and the first to bear the 
 author's name, which appears on the dedication 
 page. Thackeray wrote: "The book is going oS 
 fairly well. The Irish are in a rage about it." 
 
 A second edition appeared in 1845. 
 
 19a An Autograph Letter from Thackeray to 
 E. Chapman, Esq. : "Will you please to let 
 the bearer have a copy of the Irish Sketch 
 book by your sincere well-wisher, W. M. 
 Thackeray." 
 
 George Cruikshank's Table-Book, 1845. 
 See No. 48a. 
 
 20 A TOTES OF A JOURNEY From Cqrn- 
 
 i 1 HILL To Grand Cairo, By Way Of 
 
 Lisbon, Athens, Constantinople, 'And 
 
 Jerusalem : Performed In The Steamers 
 
 21 
 
the works of thackeray 
 
 Of The Peninsular And Oriental Com- 
 pany. By Mr. M. A. Titmarsh . . . Lon- 
 don: Chapman And Hall, i86 Strand. 
 MDCCCXLVI. 
 
 Octavo. Colored frontispiece, wood- 
 cuts, all by Thackeray. Original red cloth 
 binding, gold-stamped. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of half-title, title, 
 dedication to Captain Samuel Lewis, contents and 
 preface (7 leaves), and there are 9 leaves of pub- 
 lishers' advertisements at the end. Text, 301 pp. 
 
 The dedication is dated, "December 24, 1845." 
 The frontispiece, which is often lacking, was col- 
 ored by hand. 
 
 This copy formerly belonged to Samuel Lewis, 
 captain of the vessel, the Lady Mary Wood, in 
 which Thackeray sailed to Gibraltar at the beginning 
 of his Eastern trip. Inserted is a sketch entitled 
 "The New Chibouque," with an autograph note by 
 Captain Lewis's daughter: "This drawing was made 
 by Mr. Thackeray on board the Lady Mary Wood, 
 and given to my father Capt. Lewis. S. L." 
 
 20 a Notes Of A Journey From Cornhill To 
 Grand Cairo . . . Second Edition. London : 
 Chapman And Hall . . . MDCCCXLVI. 
 
 Sixteenmo. Frontispiece, woodcut. 
 
 Second edition, containing a new preface. 
 
 The cover illustration appears as a vignette on 
 the title-page of this edition. 
 
 22 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 2 1 pUNCH'S POCKET-BOOK For 1847 
 L ... London: Punch Office . . . [1846.] 
 Twentyfour-mo. Plates by John Leech. 
 Original red morocco binding, with flap. 
 
 Contains "An Eastern Adventure of the Fat Con- 
 tributor," pp. 148-156, not reprinted until 1894, 
 when it appeared in "Loose Sketches" (see No. 72). 
 
 M' 
 
 'RS. PERKINS'S BALL By M. A. 
 TiTMARSH Chapman & Hall, 186 
 Strand [1847]. 
 
 Octavo. 22 colored plates (including 
 frontispiece and title-page) by Thackeray. 
 Original pink, printed, pictorial, glazed- 
 paper covers. 
 
 Consists of half-title, 46 pp. of text and leaf bear- 
 ing imprint on verso. There is no plain title-page. 
 
 Three editions were published in 1847. The first 
 is the only one in which there is no letterpress under 
 the plate facing the title. The plates appear in 
 both colored and uncolored states. 
 
 This is the first of Thackeray's "Christmas 
 Books." It was a success, and he continued to 
 issue one annually for four years. The fifth and 
 last, "The Rose and the Ring," appeared in 1855. 
 
 In connection with this copy, a contemporary piece 
 of music with colored cover illustration is shown : 
 "The Ballymulligan Polka as danced at Mrs. Per- 
 kins's Ball." 
 
 ! Another copy, with plates uncolored. 
 
 23 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 22/5 A Facsimile Reprint of "Mrs. Perkins's 
 Ball" issued by Smith, Elder & Co. in 
 1898. 
 
 23 "f\UR STREET." Mr. M. A. Tit- 
 \J MARSH. [Vignette] London: Chap- 
 man And Hall, 186 Strand. MDCCC- 
 XLVIII. 
 
 Duodecimo. 16 colored plates (including 
 frontispiece and title-page), woodcut on 
 page 45, all by Thackeray. Original pink, 
 printed, pictorial, glazed-paper covers. 
 
 Consists of S4 PP- of text and leaf of advertise- 
 ments, with imprint on verso. There is no plain 
 title-page. 
 
 Thackeray's second Christmas book. The plates 
 appear in both colored and uncolored states. No list 
 of plates was issued with the book, and the cover 
 illustration was not repeated. 
 
 The original manuscript of about half of "Our 
 Street" is in the collection of Major William H. 
 Lambert. 
 
 23 a Another copy, with plates uncolored. 
 
 This is sometimes called a second edition. 
 
 24 T 7ANITY FAIR. A Novel without a 
 
 V Hero. By William Makepeace 
 
 Thackeray. With Illustrations On 
 
 Steel And Wood By The Author. Lon- 
 
 24 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 don: Bradbury And Evans, ii, Bouverie 
 Street, 1848. 
 
 Octavo. 20 parts in 19 as issued. 40 
 plates, initials, woodcuts, all by Thackeray. 
 Original yellow, printed, pictorial paper 
 wrappers, with title of No. i as follows: 
 No. I.] January. [Price i j. [Woodcut] 
 Vanity Fair: Pen And Pencil Sketches Of 
 English Society. By W. M. Thackeray . . . 
 London: Published At The Punch Office 
 . . . 1847, etc. 
 
 This is the first issue of the first edition, as pub- 
 lished in parts from January, 1847, to July, 1848. 
 Parts ig-20 were issued as one number, accom- 
 panied by sixteen preliminary leaves, consisting of 
 advertisement of "The Great Hoggarty Diamond," 
 general title-page, dedication, "Before the Curtain," 
 contents and list of plates. The plates in this double 
 number include the engraved title, viz. : "Vanity Fair 
 A Novel without a Hero. By William Makepeace 
 Thackeray. London. Bradbury & Evans, Bouverie 
 Street. 1848." There are 624 pp. of text. In this 
 first issue, page i of the text has the heading, "Van- 
 ity Fair" in rustic type; on page 336 is the portrait 
 of the Marquis of Steyne, afterwards omitted; and 
 on page 453 the text reads, "Mr. Pitt," instead of 
 "Sir Pitt," to which it was afterwards changed. The 
 numbers of the parts are printed in Roman nu- 
 merals; in later issues they were sometimes left to 
 be filled in with a pen. In the present copy all the 
 numbers have brackets at their right except Nos. 14, 
 
 25 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 IS, 17, 18 and 19-20. All the parts except No. 16 
 are dated at the bottom. The dates are sometimes 
 omitted on Nos. 18 and 19-20. The advertisements 
 on the wrappers, the inserted leaves, and three slips 
 agree with the list given in the "Boston Evening 
 Transcript," September 2, 1908, except that the note 
 after "N. B." at the foot of page 4 of the wrapper of 
 No. 17 has been altered and increased to four lines 
 in the last two pamphlets. The copy contains about 
 half of the original tissue-papers, showing the oflfset 
 from the plates, which face each other. 
 
 The pictorial title-page was not repeated in the 
 work as afterwards issued in cloth. An American 
 edition was published in 1848 by Harper & Brothers 
 in New York, in 2 parts, with green paper wrappers, 
 engraved title, and 32 plates. 
 
 The first numbers of "Vanity Fair" were com- 
 paratively unsuccessful, but its popularity increased 
 rapidly, and before the last parts appeared Thack- 
 eray's position as one of the foremost English 
 novelists was assured. Before half of it had been 
 published, Mrs. Carlyle wrote to her husband: "He 
 beats Dickens out of the world." 
 
 24 a Another copy of the first issue, bound, 
 
 with an autograph presentation letter from 
 Thackeray to Macready inserted. 
 
 24 b The Original Manuscript of Chapters I- VI 
 and VII-XIII of "Vanity Fair." 1 12 pages 
 in Thackeray's handwriting. 
 
 26 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 There are two copies of Chapter VI, the first en- 
 tirely in Thackeray's handwriting inserted between 
 Chapters IV and V. The second is made up in part 
 of printed pages with Thackeray's interlineations and 
 corrections. 
 
 24 c The Original Pencil Drawing of Mr. 
 Joseph in a State of Excitement" (Vanity 
 Fair). 
 
 24^ The Original Sketch of "An Elephant for 
 Sale" (Vanity Fair). 
 
 24 e An Original Pencil Study for the "Marquis 
 of Steyne" portrait (Vanity Fair). 
 
 24/ The Original Water-color Drawing of "A 
 Fine Summer Evening" (Vanity Fair). 
 
 24^ An Original Pen-and-ink Drawing, prob- 
 ably an experimental sketch of "Miss Craw- 
 ley" (Vanity Fair). 
 
 25 'T^HE BOOK OF SNOBS By W. M. 
 X Thackeray [Two lines, Vignette] 
 London: Punch Office, 85, Fleet Street. 
 MDCCCXLVIII. 
 
 29 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 Duodecimo. 65 woodcuts and initials by 
 Thackeray. Original stiff, green, printed, 
 pictorial paper wrappers, also designed by 
 the author. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of publisher's ad- 
 vertisement, half-title, title and contents (4 leaves). 
 Text, 180 pp. 
 
 This first appeared in "Punch" as a serial, 1846- 
 47 (Vols. X-XII), under the title, "The Snobs of 
 England. By one of themselves. With illustra- 
 tions." In the reprint in book form Chapters XVII- 
 XXIII were suppressed by Thackeray. The illustra- 
 tion on the cover did not appear in the "Punch" 
 issue, nor is it repeated in the book. The title-vi- 
 gnette is repeated on p. 15. Another separate issue 
 of the work appeared in 1855, one of the selections 
 from the "Miscellanies." 
 
 25 a The Book of Snobs. By W. M. Thackeray. 
 New York : D. Appleton & Company . . . 
 M.DCCC.LII. 
 
 Sixteenmo. Original red cloth binding. 
 "Appletons' Popular Library of the Best 
 Authors." 
 
 The first edition to contain all the chapters. 
 
 26 AN INTERESTING EVENT. By M. 
 XX A. TiTMARSH. London : David Bogue, 
 
 86 Fleet Street; 1849. 
 
 Sixteenmo. Issued unbound. 
 
 30 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 This consists of i6 pp., including half-title and 
 title. Its first appearance was in "The Keepsake," 
 1849. 
 
 26 a The Keepsake 1849. Edited by the Coun- 
 tess of Blessington . . . London : David 
 Bogue . . . 1849. 
 
 Octavo. Plates. Original red cloth 
 binding, gold-stamped. 
 
 "An interesting event" was first issued in this 
 work, pp. [207]-2is. It also appeared separately 
 with the same date (see preceding number). 
 
 27 T)EVAN, SAMUEL. Sand And Can- 
 \j VAS ; A Narrative Of Adventures In 
 Egypt, With A Sojourn Among The 
 Artists In Rome. By Samuel Bevan. 
 London: Charles Gilpin, 5, Bishopsgate 
 Street, Without. MDCCCXLIX. 
 
 Octavo. Engraved title-page by Herbert 
 White, 7 full-page woodcuts by W. C. Har- 
 rison (all except one colored). Original 
 red cloth binding, gold-stamped. 
 
 Thackeray's ballad, "The Three Sailors," ap- 
 peared for the first time in this work (pp. 340-342). 
 An account of the holiday dinner-party in Rome, 
 upon which occasion it was written and recited by 
 the author, accompanies the poem. It was reprinted 
 in the "North British Review," February, 1864, 
 under its better-known title, "Little Billee." 
 
 31 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 The original manuscript of the poem (i}^ pp.) is 
 inserted in this copy. 
 
 28 T\OCTOR BIRCH And His Young 
 D Friends [Vignette] By Mr. M. A. 
 TiTMARSH. London: Chapman and Hall, 
 186, Strand. 1849. 
 
 Duodecimo. 16 colored plates (including 
 frontispiece and engraved title-page) by- 
 Thackeray. Original pink, printed, picto- 
 rial, glazed-paper cover. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of printed title, 
 with vignette as on cover, and list of illustrations 
 (2 leaves), and there is a leaf of advertisement at 
 the end. Text, 49 pp. 
 
 Thackeray's third Christmas book. The plates 
 appear in both colored and uncolored states. The 
 vignette on the printed title should not be colored. 
 
 The original manuscript of about two-thirds of 
 "Doctor Birch" is in the collection of Major William 
 H. Lambert. 
 
 28 a Another copy, with plates uncolored. 
 
 29 'T^HE HISTORY OF SAMUEL TIT- 
 
 X MARSH And The Great Hoggarty 
 Diamond. By W. M. Thackeray . . . 
 London: Bradbury & Evans, 11, Bouverie 
 Street, MDCCCXLIX. 
 
 Octavo. ID plates (including frontis- 
 piece and engraved title-page) by Thack- 
 
 32 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 eray. Original white, printed, pictorial, 
 glazed-paper covers. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of half-title, 
 printed title, preface, contents and list of illustra- 
 tions (6 leaves), and there is a leaf of publishers' 
 advertisements at the end. 
 
 Besides the engraved title-page, there is a plain 
 one. The cover has an illustration which is not 
 repeated in the book, and the leaf at the end con- 
 tains press notices of "Vanity Fair" and the early 
 numbers of "Pendennis." The work originally ap- 
 peared in "Eraser's Magazine," 1841 (Vol. XXIV). 
 It was first published in book form by Harper & 
 Brothers in New York (1848). The present is the 
 first London edition. 
 
 Shortly before the publication of "Vanity Fair," 
 Thackeray said that "The Great Hoggarty Diamond" 
 was the best thing he ever wrote. The death of 
 Thackeray's second daughter, Jane, in infancy, 1839, 
 suggested a pathetic chapter of the book. 
 
 29 a A Proof Impression, on India paper, of the 
 vignette illustration on the cover of "The 
 History of Samuel Titmarsh." 
 
 30 ^HE HISTORY OF PENDENNIS. 
 X His Fortunes And Misfortunes. 
 His Friends And His Greatest Enemy. 
 By William Makepeace Thackeray. 
 With Illustrations On Steel And 
 Wood By The Author . . . London : Brad- 
 
 33 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 bury and Evans, ii, Bouverie Street. 1849 
 [-1850]. 
 
 Octavo. 24 parts in 23 as issued. 2 en- 
 graved title-pages, 46 plates, initials, wood- 
 cuts; all by Thackeray. Original yellow, 
 printed, pictorial paper wrappers, with ad- 
 vertisements. 
 
 Issued in 24 numbered monthly parts (the last a 
 double number), from November, 1848, to December, 
 i8so. With No. 12 were issued the engraved title- 
 page and four preliminary leaves for Vol. I (half- 
 title, title, contents, and list of plates), and with 
 Nos. 23-24 were issued the engraved title-page and 
 six leaves for Vol. II (title of Vol. II, dedication to 
 Dr. John EUiotson, preface, contents, and list of 
 plates). Text, 384-I-372 pp. The last part contains 
 the advertisement of "The Kickleburys on the 
 Rhine." 
 
 Four months elapsed between the publication of 
 the eleventh and twelfth numbers, September, 1849, 
 and January, i8so. The preface is dated "Kensing- 
 ton, November 26, 1850." The woodcut on the pic- 
 torial wrapper, when repeated inside, differs con- 
 siderably from the wrapper. 
 
 "Pendennis" was afterwards issued in cloth in 
 two volumes. An American edition was published 
 by Harper & Brothers in 1849-50 in eight parts. It 
 contains the woodcuts, but not the plates, of the 
 London edition. Portions of Chapters XVI and 
 XVII and two illustrations, which were suppressed 
 in all later English and American issues, are found 
 in this New York edition. 
 
 34 
 
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 111 A |uUt* U» L JwU tUTu. Lrv «mA 4 Atfcfltt tu- MUu» aIjU WUJUu UwUt'ltiftHt' 
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 44.(Uc<^ «- 1'-*^ tr AtAk*' «. (l«<*^ ; (>uf A U<l(k«iU- <t CUtaiMuA ilMUlt, ft*"**^ 
 
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 ^iTl-ra l^t^' |w"* ''*'<«1 '•'"♦♦''•'♦•l* ' 
 
 No. 30 (5 
 
 A page of the manuscript of 
 "Pendennis," with drawings facing it 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 30 a Another copy, bound. 
 
 From the library of Dr. John Elliotson, to whom 
 Thackeray dedicated and presented the work. The 
 first volume has inserted opposite the half-title a 
 characteristic letter to the Doctor, and contains the 
 following inscription in Thackeray's autograph : 
 "From the author to the Doctor, January i, 185 1." 
 In the second volume, opposite the dedication, is 
 inserted an autograph letter from Thackeray to the 
 Doctor, asking permission to dedicate the work to 
 him. It will be remembered that the publication of 
 the second volume of this book was stopped by the 
 serious illness of the author, and he was attended 
 through this illness by Dr. Elliotson, and to his skill 
 Thackeray considered he owed his life. 
 
 30 b The Original Manuscript of a portion of 
 "The History of Pendennis." 36 pages, 
 one page containing three original sketches 
 — "General Washington," "General Bona- 
 parte" and one unnamed. 
 
 30 c Six Original Rough and Traced Sketches 
 in pencil and pen and ink for illustrations 
 of "Pendennis." 
 
 2,0 dhn Original Pen-and-ink Drawing, prob- 
 ably an experimental sketch of "Mr. Foker" 
 (Pendennis). 
 
 39 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 30 e Two pages of the Original Proof-sheets of 
 
 "Pendennis" with corrections and additions 
 in Thackeray's autograph. 
 
 31 ^HE KICKLEBURYS ON THE 
 1 RHINE. [Vignette] By Mr. M. A. 
 TiTMARSH. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 
 65, Cornhill. MDCCCL. 
 
 Duodecimo. 15 colored plates (including 
 frontispiece and vignette title-page) by 
 Thackeray. Original pink, printed, pic- 
 torial, glazed-paper cover. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of half-title and 
 list of illustrations (2 leaves), and there is a leaf of 
 advertisement at the end. Text, 87 pp. There is no 
 plain title-page. 
 
 Thackeray's fourth Christmas book, marking the 
 beginning of his connection with Messrs. Smith, 
 Elder, & Co., following a financial disagreement with 
 Messrs. Chapman and Hall. The illustrations appear 
 in both colored and uncolored states. 
 
 31 « Another copy, with plates uncolored. 
 
 31 b The Kickleburys On The Rhine. [Vi- 
 gnette] By Mr. M. A. Titmarsh. Second 
 Edition. London : Smith, Elder, & Co., 65, 
 Cornhill. MDCCCLL 
 
 Duodecimo. 15 colored plates (including 
 frontispiece and vignette title-page). An 
 unbound copy in the original sheets. 
 40 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 This second edition contains a preface, "being an 
 Essay on Thunder and Small Beer," written in an- 
 swer to a severe criticism of the work which ap- 
 peared in the "Times," probably written by Samuel 
 Phillips. Besides the preface, there are three pre- 
 liminary leaves consisting of publishers' advertise- 
 ment, half-title, and list of illustrations. 
 
 31 c The Kickleburys On The Rhine . . . Au- 
 tumnal Excursions . . . With Tales For The 
 Road By William Howitt . . . Frankfort 
 o. M. Printed for Charles Jugal, Pub- 
 lisher. 1851. 
 
 Sixteenmo. Colored plates. Original 
 green cloth binding, gold-stamped. 
 
 32 "pEBECCA AND ROWENA. A Ro- 
 iS^ MANCE Upon Romance By Mr. M. A. 
 TiTMARSH [Vignette] With Illustra- 
 tions By Richard Doyle. London : Chap- 
 man And Hall, 186, Strand. 1850. 
 
 Duodecimo. 8 colored plates (including 
 frontispiece), 2 woodcuts in the text, all by 
 Richard Doyle. Original pink, printed, pic- 
 torial, glazed-paper covers. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of half-title, title 
 with first five lines engraved, preface and contents 
 (4 leaves), and there is a leaf of advertisement at 
 the end. Text, 102 pp. 
 
 The illustration on the cover is not repeated in 
 
 41 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 the work. The title-page illustration is usually left 
 uncolored, even in copies with colored plates. 
 
 Written as a burlesque continuation to Scott's 
 "Ivanhoe," the foundation of the tale appearing in 
 "Fraser's Magazine," 1846. It was reprinted in 
 "Littell's Living Age" the same year, and translated 
 into Spanish and published in Madrid in 1882. The 
 present work, in book form, differs greatly from the 
 original. The preface is dated, "Kensington, Decem- 
 ber 20, 1849." Owing to an illness of Thackeray, the 
 illustrations were made by Richard Doyle. 
 
 32 a Another copy, with plates uncolored. 
 
 Inserted is an autograph letter from Richard 
 Doyle, the illustrator of the work, to its publishers. 
 
 33 A /TARVY, L[OUIS]. Sketches After 
 iVJL English Landscape Painters. By 
 L. Marvy. With Short Notices By W. 
 M. Thackeray. London: David Bogue, 
 86, Fleet Street. [1850.] 
 
 Folio. 23 unnumbered leaves, with 20 
 colored plates. Issued in blue cloth binding, 
 gold-stamped. 
 
 The plates appear in both colored and uncolored 
 states. 
 
 Louis Marvy was a young French artist, a Re- 
 volutionary refugee, with whose family Thackeray 
 had been on friendly terms in Paris. Thackeray 
 furnished the short critical sketches of painters 
 which accompany Marvy's engravings of their works. 
 
 42 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 33 a Another copy, with plates uncolored. 
 
 33 b Marvy, L[ouis]. The Landscape Painters 
 Of England : In A Series Of Steel Engrav- 
 ings. By L. Marvy. With Short Notices 
 By W. M. Thackeray. London And Glas- 
 gow : Richard Griffin And Company . . . 
 [i8S4] 
 
 A later and inferior edition. The plates are col- 
 ored in this copy. 
 
 For first editions appearing in "Apple- 
 tons' Popular Library," N. Y., 1852-53, see 
 Nos. 44&, 4S&, 460, 47&, 50a, 50&, 510. 
 
 34 ^HE HISTORY OF HENRY ES- 
 i MONO, ESQ., A Colonel In The 
 Service Of Her Majesty Q. Anne. 
 Written By Himself [Latin Quotation] 
 In Three Volumes . . . London : Printed 
 For Smith, Elder & Company, Over Against 
 St. Peter's Church In Cornhill, 1852. 
 
 Octavo. 3 volumes. Original brown 
 cloth binding, with white paper labels. 
 The preliminary matter is as follows : 
 Vol. I : half-title, title, dedication, contents, 
 preface and half-title of Book I, all included in the 
 pagination, with text beginning on p. [25]. 
 
 43 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 Vol. II: half-title, title and contents (3 leaves), 
 half-title of Book II, p. [i], verso blank. 
 
 Vol. Ill: half-title, title and contents (3 leaves), 
 half-title of Book III, p. [i], verso blank. There are 
 8 leaves of publishers' advertisements at the end of 
 Vol. III. 
 
 Text, pp. [251-344, [3]-3i9, [3]-324. 
 
 Editions appeared in New York and Leipzig the 
 same year, 1852. 
 
 For this work, by many claimed to be his master- 
 piece, Thackeray did a vast amount of research in 
 eighteenth-century memoirs. The printing of it was 
 much delayed on account of the small obtainable 
 amount of the obsolete type of the Queen Anne period 
 in which it was set, and the mislaying of part of the 
 manuscript by the printers. It was barely finished 
 in time for Thackeray to take with him to America, 
 some copies being delivered to him on the pier as 
 he was sailing for his first visit to this country. 
 Soon after his arrival in Boston, he was met, with 
 the three volumes under his arm, by James T. Fields, 
 to whom he remarked, "Here is the very best I 
 can do." 
 
 34 a Another copy, presented by the author 
 
 to Charlotte Bronte. 
 
 With presentation inscription in Thackeray's 
 handwriting: "Miss Bronte. With W. M. Thack- 
 eray's grateful regards. October 28, 1852." The 
 dedication of Miss Bronte's "Jane Eyre'' to Thack- 
 eray was »ne of the first appreciations of the author 
 that appeared in print. 
 
 This seems to be an advance copy. There are 
 
 44 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 publishers' advertisements on the fly-leaves of Vols. 
 I and II. 
 
 34 (5 A facsimile of the Manuscript of "Henry 
 Esmond," the original of which is in Trin- 
 ity College, Cambridge. (In: Sinker, 
 Robert. The Library of Trinity College, 
 Cambridge. Cambridge, 1891 ; facing p. 
 115.) 
 
 35 'T^HE ENGLISH HUMOURISTS Of 
 X The Eighteenth Century. A 
 Series Of Lectures. By W. M. Thack- 
 eray . . . London : Smith, Elder, & Co. 65, 
 Cornhill. Bombay: Smith, Taylor, & Co. 
 
 1853- 
 
 Duodecimo. Original blue marbled cloth 
 binding. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of half-title 
 ("English Humourists"), title and contents (3 leaves, 
 following I blank leaf), and there are 3 leaves of 
 press notices of "Esmond," and a publishers' cata- 
 logue of 16 pp., dated March, 1853, at the end. 
 Text, 322 pp. 
 
 Thackeray undertook these lectures with the de- 
 sire of augmenting his income, and they were a 
 success in every way. Always averse to public 
 speaking, his nervousness before the first lecture is 
 said to have been pitiable. Invited to deliver them 
 in America, he sailed thither on October 30, 1832, 
 
 45 
 
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 lecturing in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Balti- 
 more, Richmond, Charleston and Savannah, return- 
 ing in the spring of 1853. 
 
 35 a Another copy. 
 
 The publishers state that they believe this to be 
 a unique advance copy, made up for their represen- 
 tative, whose signature, "Jos. Connell, z March, 
 1853," is on the fly-leaf, and used by him for 
 soliciting orders in advance of the regular issue. 
 It has no publishers' catalogue at the end. 
 
 35 15 The English Humourists Of The Eigh- 
 teenth Century. A Series of Lectures, 
 Delivered In England, Scotland, And The 
 United States Of America. By W. M. 
 Thackeray . . . London : Smith, Elder, & 
 Co. 65, Cornhill. Bombay : Smith, Taylor, 
 & Co. 1853. [The author of this work re- 
 serves to himself the right of authorizing a 
 translation of it.] 
 
 Duodecimo. Original blue marbled cloth 
 binding. 
 
 Second edition. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of half-title 
 ("English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century"), 
 title, contents and errata (4 leaves), and the cata- 
 logue at the end is dated June, 1853. Text, 322 pp. 
 
 A third issue of 1853 has title and half-title like 
 the second, but has no rule under the running title, 
 
 46 
 
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 and the rule between the text and the notes extends 
 entirely across the text-page. The errors noted on 
 the leaf of errata have been corrected, but the leaf is 
 retained in some copies. The catalogue at the end 
 is dated September, 1853. 
 
 35 <r The English Humourists Of The Eigh- 
 teenth Century. A Series of Lectures. By 
 W. M. Thackeray . . . New York : Harper 
 & Brothers . . . 1853. 
 
 Duodecimo. Original red cloth binding. 
 
 "Although the title-page of this edition does not 
 contain the words 'Delivered in England, Scotland, 
 and the United States of America,' agreeing in 
 this with the first English edition, the variations of 
 the text show that it was printed from the second 
 English edition, and not from the first. This Ameri- 
 can edition has a positive first edition value, as it 
 contains a seventh lecture, 'Charity and Humour,' 
 not printed in England until 1885. The lecture was 
 written and delivered in New York for the benefit 
 of the 'Ladies' Society for the Employment and 
 Relief of the Poor.' " L. S. Livingston. 
 
 35 ^ Manuscript Lecture on "Prior, Gay and 
 Pope." 
 
 In the handwriting of Miss Jane Trulock, Thack- 
 eray's secretary. This seems to be the copy used in 
 his lectures in America. 
 
 35 e Manuscript Lecture on "Hogarth, Smollett 
 and Fielding." 
 
 47 
 
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 In the handwriting of Miss Jane Trulock, Thack- 
 eray's secretary. This seems to be the copy used in 
 his lectures in America. 
 
 35 /Autograph Letter from Thackeray to Miss 
 Jane Trulock, his secretary. 
 
 This letter was written from New York, and 
 says : "I am so weary of reading those lectures 
 (though some of them are so beautifully written, as 
 you know) that I may revolt any day." 
 
 36 npHE KEEPSAKE 1854. Edited By 
 
 X Miss Power . . . London : David 
 Bogue . . . 1854. 
 Octavo. 
 
 "Lucy's Birthday," dated "New York, April 15," 
 appears on p. 18. It is included in the "Ballads,'' 
 ISSS- 
 
 37 qr^HE NEWCOMES. Memoirs Of A 
 
 X Most Respectable Family. Edited 
 By Arthur Pendennis, Esq. With Il- 
 lustrations On Steel And Wood By 
 Richard Doyle . . . London : Bradbury 
 And Evans, 11, Bouverie Street. 1854 
 
 [-1855]. 
 
 Octavo. 24 parts in 23 as issued. 2 en- 
 graved title-pages, 46 plates, initials and 
 woodcuts, all by Richard Doyle. Original 
 48 
 
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 No. 37 « 
 
 A page of the manuscript 
 
 of "The Newcomes" 
 
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 yellow, printed, pictorial, paper wrappers, 
 with advertisements. 
 
 Issued in 24 numbered monthly parts (the last a 
 double number), from October, 1853, to August, 
 1855. With No. 12 were issued the engraved title- 
 page and four preliminary leaves for Vol. I (half- 
 title, title, contents and list of plates) ; and with 
 Nos. 23-24 was issued the corresponding matter for 
 Vol. II. Text, 38o-f-37S pp. The design on the 
 wrappers was not repeated when it appeared in book 
 form in two volumes, with slate-colored cloth cover. 
 It was also published in "Harper's Magazine" in 
 1853-SS, and in New York in 1855 in book form 
 (two volumes). The story of a "suppressed plate" 
 in "The Newcomes" seems to be without foundation. 
 
 37 a One page of the Original Manuscript of 
 
 "The Newcomes," comprising pp. 325-326 
 of Vol. II in Thackeray's handwriting. 
 
 This is endorsed on the reverse by Lady Ritchie : 
 "A page of The Newcomes. A. T. R." The manu- 
 script of "The Newcomes," partly in Thackeray's 
 handwriting, partly in that of his oldest daughter 
 and partly in that of his secretary, is preserved at 
 the Charterhouse. 
 
 38 ry^KE ROSE AND THE RING; Or, 
 
 1. The History Of Prince Giglio And 
 Prince Bulbo. A Fire-Side Pantomime 
 FOR Great and Small Children. [Vi- 
 
 51 
 
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 gnette] By Mr. M. A. Titmarsh, . . . Lon- 
 don: Smith, Elder, And Co., 65, Cornhill. 
 
 1855. 
 
 Duodecimo. 8 plates (including frontis- 
 piece) and 48 woodcuts in the text, all by 
 Thackeray. Original pink, printed, pic- 
 torial, glazed-paper covers. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of title, with 
 vignette, and prelude (2 leaves), and there are 8 
 leaves of publishers' advertisements at the end. 
 Text, 128 pp. 
 
 This is the fifth and last of Thackeray's Christ- 
 mas books. There is no list of plates, and they are 
 never found colored. A second and a third edition 
 appeared the same year, and it was also published by 
 Harper & Brothers, New York, in 1853. 
 
 The original manuscript of "The Rose and the 
 Ring," with drawings in color, many of them unpub- 
 lished, is in the collection of Major William H. 
 Lambert. This has been called the "'choicest Thack- 
 eray manuscript in existence." 
 
 39 ]\ /TISCELLANIES: Prose And Verse. 
 iVl By W. M. Thackeray . . . [followed 
 by contents of respective volumes, as be- 
 low] London: Bradbury & Evans, 11, 
 Bouverie Street. 1855 [-57]. 
 
 Duodecimo. 4 volumes. Original brown 
 cloth covers bound in. 
 
 52 
 
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 Contents. 
 
 Vol. I : Ballads. The Books of Snobs. The Fatal 
 Boots. Cox's Diary. The Tremendous Adventures 
 of Major Gahagan. 
 
 Vol. II : Memoirs of Mr. C. J. Yellowplush. 
 Diary of C. Jeames De La Pluohe, Esq. Sketches 
 and Travels in London. Novels by Eminent Hands. 
 Character Sketches. 
 
 Vol. Ill : The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. A 
 Legend of the Rhine. Rebecca and Rowena. A 
 Little Dinner at Tiramins's. The Bedford-Row 
 Conspiracy. 
 
 Vol. IV: The Fitz-Boodle Papers. Men's Wives. 
 A Shabby Genteel Story. The History of Samuel 
 Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond. 
 
 A series of thirteen different volumes of selec- 
 tions from these "Miscellanies" appeared separately 
 in yellow paper wrappers at intervals from 185s to 
 i8S7 (see Nos. 40-52). 
 
 A large number of these pieces had already been 
 published in New York in separate book form by 
 D. Appleton & Co., 1852-53, preceding their appear- 
 ance in England. In the following numbers, these 
 American editions have been grouped with the cor- 
 responding selections from the "Miscellanies." 
 
 A Tauchnitz edition of "Miscellanies" was issued 
 from 1849 to 1857. 
 
 40 "p ALLADS. By W. M. Thackeray . . . 
 Jj [Vignette] London: Bradbury & 
 Evans, 11, Bouverie Street. 1855. 
 
 53 
 
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 Duodecimo. Original yellow, printed 
 paper wrappers, with vignette. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of one leaf of ad- 
 vertisements, half-title, title and contents (4 leaves). 
 Text, 159 pp. 
 
 One of the selections from the "Miscellanies," 
 1835-57. This seems to be the first separate issue of 
 the "Ballads" in book form, although an edition was 
 published in Boston by Ticknor & Fields, during the 
 same year, which has been called the first. Their 
 earliest collective appearance was in the "Miscel- 
 lanies." 
 
 41 npHE BOOK OF SNOBS. By W. M. 
 
 J. Thackeray . . . [Vignette] London : 
 Bradbury & Evans ... 1855. 
 
 Duodecimo. Original yellow, printed 
 paper wrappers, with vignette. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of title and con- 
 tents (2 leaves), and there is a leaf of advertisement 
 at the end. Text, 169 pp. 
 
 One of the selections from the "Miscellanies," 
 1855-57. See also Nos. 25 and 250. 
 
 42 qpHE FATAL BOOTS, And Cox's 
 
 1 Diary. By W. M. Thackeray ... 
 [Vignette] London : Bradbury & Evans . . . 
 1855. 
 
 Duodecimo. Original yellow, printed 
 paper wrappers, with vignette. 
 
 54 
 
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 The preliminary matter consists of half-title and 
 title (2 leaves). Text, 100 pp., including half-titles 
 of both pieces. 
 
 One of the selections from the "Miscellanies,'' 
 1855-57. They were first issued in the "Comic Al- 
 manacks" for 1839 and 1840. 
 
 43 'T^HE TREMENDOUS ADVEN- 
 
 i TURES OF MAJOR GAHAGAN. 
 By W. M. Thackeray . . . [Vignette] 
 London : Bradbury & Evans . . . 1855. 
 
 Duodecimo. Original yellow, printed 
 paper wrappers, with vignette. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of half-title and 
 title (2 leaves). Text, 75 pp. 
 
 One of the selections from the "Miscellanies," 
 1855-57. There is evidence in "Comic Tales and 
 Sketches," where this appeared in 1841, which points 
 to a separate edition, in book form, of "Major 
 Gahagan" in 1839, but no copy is known. It was 
 first published as "Some Passages in the Life of 
 Major Gahagan" in the "New Monthly Magazine," 
 1838-39. 
 
 44 n^HE MEMOIRS OF MR. CHARLES 
 
 i J. YELLOWPLUSH, And The 
 Diary Of C. Jeames De La Pluche, Esq. 
 By W. M. Thackeray . . . [Vignette] 
 London : Bradbury & Evans . . . 1856. 
 
 Duodecimo. Original yellow, printed 
 paper wrappers, with vignette. 
 
 55 
 
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 The preliminary matter consists of title and con- 
 tents (2 leaves), and there is a leaf of publishers' 
 advertisement at the end. Text, 202 pp. 
 
 One of the selections from the "Miscellanies," 
 1853-57. The "Yellowplush Papers" appeared sepa- 
 rately in Philadelphia, in 1838, and were included in 
 "Comic Tales and Sketches," 1841 (see Nos. 6 and 
 18). "Jeames's Diary" was contributed to "Punch," 
 1845-46, and was first reprinted in book form in 
 New York in 1846. 
 
 44 a Jeames's Diary ; or, Sudden Riches. By 
 Michael Angelo Titmarsh . . , New York, 
 Philadelphia and Baltimore: William 
 Taylor and Company. 1846. 
 Octavo. 
 
 This American edition is the first appearance in 
 book form of "Jeames's Diary" (see preceding num- 
 ber). 
 
 44 b Jeames's Diary, A Legend Of The Rhine, 
 And Rebecca and Rowena. By W. M. 
 Thackeray . . . New York : D. Appleton & 
 Company . . . 1853. 
 
 Sixteenmo. Original red cloth binding. 
 "Appletons' Popular Library of the Best 
 Authors." 
 
 This American edition is the first appearance in 
 book form of "A Legend of the Rhine," which ap- 
 peared in "George Cruikshank's Table-Book," 1845. 
 
 56 
 
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 45 QKETCHES AND TRAVELS IN LON- 
 O DON. By W. M. Thackeray . . . 
 [Vignette] London : Bradbury & Evans . . . 
 1856. 
 
 Octavo. Original yellow, printed paper 
 wrappers, with vignette. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of title and con- 
 tents (2 leaves). Text, 176 pp. 
 
 One of the selections from the "Miscellanies,"' 
 
 I8SS-S7- 
 
 A collection of various series of articles which 
 came out in "Punch," 1847-1850, with the exception 
 of the last article, "Going to see a man hanged," 
 which appeared in "Eraser's Magazine" for August, 
 1840. These were first printed in book form in New 
 York by D. Appleton & Co., in 1853, in the two vol- 
 umes, "Mr. Brown's Letters to a Young Man about 
 Town ; with The Proser and other papers," and 
 "Punch's Prize Novelists, The Fat Contributor, and 
 Travels in London" (see Nos. 456 and 46a). 
 
 45 a Sketches And Travels In London . . . Lon- 
 don, 1858. 
 
 Octavo. Yellow paper wrapper bound in. 
 
 Contents the same as the above. The date on the 
 wrapper is also i8s8. 
 
 45 b Mr. Brown's Letters To A Young Man 
 About Town; Wit[h] The Proser And 
 Other Papers. By W. M. Thackeray . . . 
 
 57 
 
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 New York : D. Appleton & Company . . . 
 M.DCCC.LIII. 
 
 Sixteenmo. Original red cloth binding. 
 "Appletons' Popular Library of the Best 
 Authors." 
 
 This American edition is the first appearance in 
 book form of the entire contents. (See No. 45.) 
 
 46 ATOVELS BY EMINENT HANDS, 
 IM And Character Sketches. By W. 
 M. Thackeray . . . [Vignette] London : 
 Bradbury & Evans . . . 1856. 
 
 Duodecimo. Original yellow, printed 
 paper wrappers, with vignette. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of title and con- 
 tents (2 leaves). Text, 112 pp. 
 
 One of the selections from the "Miscellanies," 
 I85S-S7- 
 
 The "Novels" had appeared in "Punch" in 1840; 
 the "Character Sketches," in Kenny Meadows's 
 "Heads of the People" (No. 16). The "Novels," 
 which are parodies of popular authors, were pub- 
 lished separately for the first time in New York in 
 i8s3 as "Punch's Prize Novelists" (see next num- 
 ber). 
 
 46 a Punch's Prize Novelists, The Fat Contrib- 
 utor, And Travels In London. By W. M. 
 Thackeray . . . New York : D. Appleton & 
 Company . . . 1853. 
 
 58 
 
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 Sixteenmo. Original red cloth binding. 
 "Appletons' Popular Library of the Best 
 Authors." 
 
 This American edition is the first appearance in 
 book form of the entire contents (see Nos. 45 and 
 46). 
 
 47 'T^HE MEMOIRS OF BARRY LYN- 
 i DON, ESQ., Of The Kingdom Of 
 Ireland. Containing An Account Of 
 His Extraordinary Adventures; Mis- 
 fortunes; His Sufferings In The Ser- 
 vice Of His Late Prussian Majesty ; His 
 Visits To Many Of The Courts Of Eu- 
 rope ; His Marriage And Splendid Estab- 
 lishments In England And Ireland; 
 And The Many Cruel Persecutions, 
 Conspiracies, And Slanders Of Which 
 He Has Been A Victim. By W. M. 
 Thackeray . . . [Vignette] London : Brad- 
 bury & Evans, 1 1 Bouverie Street. 1856. 
 
 Duodecimo. Original yellow, printed 
 paper wrappers, with vignette. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of title and con- 
 tents (2 leaves) ; there is an inserted yellow printed 
 slip, and there are 2 leaves of publishers' advertise- 
 ments at the end. Text, 303 pages. 
 
 One of the selections from the "Miscellanies," 
 1855-37- 
 
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 It first appeared as "The Luck of Barry Lyndon" 
 in "Fraser's Magazine," 1844 (Vols. XXIX-XXX). 
 In the present edition, many passages that appeared 
 in the magazine are omitted. An American edition, 
 containing these passages, was published by D. 
 Appleton & Co., New York, 1853. (See No. 4.7b.) 
 
 47 a Another issue, with "The right of 
 
 Translation is reserved" added at the foot 
 of the title-page. 
 
 47 6 The Luck of Barry Lyndon : A Romance Of 
 The Last Century. By William M. Thack- 
 eray . . . New York : D. Appleton & Com- 
 pany . . . 1853. 
 
 Sixteenmo. 2 volumes. Original red 
 cloth binding. "Appletons' Popular Library 
 of the Best Authors." 
 
 This American edition is "Barry Lyndon's" first 
 appearance in book form. It contains passages 
 omitted in the later English edition (see No. 47). 
 
 48 OURLESQUES. A Legend Of The 
 D Rhine: Rebecca And Rowena. By 
 W. M. Thackeray . . . [Vignette] Lon- 
 don : Bradbury & Evans . . . 1856 
 
 Duodecimo. Original yellow, printed pa- 
 per wrappers, with vignette. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of title and con- 
 tents (2 leaves) ; there is an inserted yellow, printed 
 
 62 
 
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 slip, and there are 3 leaves of publishers' advertise- 
 ments at the end. 
 
 One of the selections from the "Miscellanies," 
 
 i8sS-S7- 
 
 The "Legend of the Rhine" had appeared in 
 "George Cruikshank's Table-Book," 1845, and in 
 "Jeames's Diary," published by Appleton & Co., New 
 York, 1853 (see No. 44b). (For "Rebecca and 
 Rowena," see No. 32.) 
 
 48 a "George Cruikshank's Table-Book," June- 
 December, 1845, in which "A Legend of 
 the Rhine" first appeared. 
 
 49 A LITTLE DINNER AT TIMMINS'S : 
 l\. And The Bedford-Row Conspiracy. 
 By W. M. Thackeray [Vignette] Lon- 
 don: Bradbury & Evans, 11, Bouverie 
 Street. 1856. 
 
 Duodecimo. Original yellow, printed 
 wrappers, with vignette. 
 
 The title and contents are included in the pagina- 
 tion (82 pp.) ; there is an inserted yellow, printed 
 slip, and there are 3 leaves of publishers' advertise- 
 ments at the end. 
 
 One of the selections from the "Miscellanies," 
 
 i8sS-57- 
 
 The "Little Dinner" first appeared with eight il- 
 lustrations in "Punch," 1848 (Vols. XIV and XV) ; 
 the "Bedford Row Conspiracy," in the New 
 Monthly Magazine," 1840, and was reprinted in 
 
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 "Comic Tales and Sketches," 1841. Both were 
 printed, together with the "Shabby Genteel Story," 
 by D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1852 ; the "Little 
 Dinner at Timmins's" being incomplete in the first 
 New York edition (see No. S''')- 
 
 50 -T^HE FITZ-BOODLE PAPERS: And 
 1 Men's Wives . By W. M. Thack- 
 eray . . . [Vignette] London : Bradbury & 
 Evans, 11, Bouverie Street. 1857. 
 
 Duodecimo. Original yellow, printed 
 wrappers bound in. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of title and con- 
 tents (2 leaves). Text, 219 pp. 
 
 One of the selections from the "Miscellanies," 
 i8S5-S7, published separately in yellow wrappers. 
 
 Both of these appeared in "Fraser's Magazine," 
 1842-43 (Vols. XXV-XXVIII), and both were first 
 published in book form by D. Appleton & Co., New 
 York, 1852 (see next number). 
 
 50 a The Confessions Of Fitz-Boodle ; And 
 Some Passages In The Life Of Major 
 Gahagan. By W. M. Thackeray . . . New 
 York: D. Appleton & Company ... M.- 
 DCCC.LII. 
 
 Sixteenmo. Original red cloth binding. 
 "Appletons' Popular Library of the Best 
 Authors." 
 
 This American edition is the first appearance in 
 book form of "The Confessions." 
 
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 50 b Men's Wives. By William M. Thackeray. 
 New York : D. Appleton & Company . . . 
 1852 
 
 Sixteenmo. Original red cloth binding. 
 "Appletons' Popular Library of the Best 
 Authors." 
 
 This American edition is the first appearance in 
 book form of "Men's Wives.'' 
 
 51 A SHABBY GENTEEL STORY. By 
 r\ W. M. Thackeray . . . [Vignette] 
 London : Bradbury & Evans . . . 1857. 
 
 Duodecimo. Original yellow, printed 
 paper wrappers, with vignette. 
 
 The half-title, title and contents are included in 
 the pagination (io8 pp.). 
 
 One of the selections from the "Miscellanies,"' 
 1855-57. It appeared in "Eraser's Magazine," 1840 
 (Vols. XXI and XXII). In book form it contains 
 alterations and a note by the author. A New York 
 edition was published by Appleton in 1852 (see next 
 number). 
 
 5 1 « A Shabby Genteel Story, And Other Tales. 
 By William M. Thackeray. New York : D. 
 Appleton & Company . . . 1852. 
 
 Sixteenmo. Original red cloth binding. 
 "Appletons' Popular Library of the Best 
 Authors." 
 
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 The "Other Tales" consist of "The Professor," 
 "The Bedford-Row Conspiracy," and "A Little Din- 
 ner at Timmins's," the last-named being incomplete. 
 
 This American edition is the first appearance in 
 book form of "A Shabby Genteel Story" and "A 
 Little Dinner at Timmins's." 
 
 52 q^HE HISTORY OF SAMUEL TIT- 
 
 J. MARSH And The Great Hoggarty 
 Diamond. By W. M. Thackeray . . . 
 [Vignette] London : Bradbury & Evans . . . 
 
 1857. 
 
 Duodecimo. Original yellow, printed 
 paper wrapper, with vignette. 
 
 Consists of 131 pages, including three preliminary 
 leaves. 
 
 One of the selections from the "Miscellanies," 
 1855-57. It was first published separately in Eng- 
 land in 1849 (see No. 29). 
 
 53 PROCEEDINGS AT THE THIR- 
 r TEENTH ANNIVERSARY FES- 
 TIVAL Of The Royal General The- 
 atrical Fund, Held At The Free- 
 masons' Tavern, Great Queen Street, 
 On Monday, March 29, 1858. Wm. M. 
 Thackeray, Esq., in the chair. Lon- 
 don: Printed By Frederick Ledger, Cath- 
 erine St., Strand. MDCCCLVIII. 
 
 Duodecimo. Original yellow, printed 
 paper wrappers. 
 
 66 
 
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 The proceedings at this meeting give testimony to 
 the friendly feelings existing between Thackeray and 
 Dickens, and record the longest of Thackeray's 
 speeches, occupying nearly the whole of pp. 11-17, 
 and over half a page more towards the end of the 
 proceedings, during the delivery of which later ad- 
 dress he was so overcome with emotion that he was 
 obliged to resume his seat. 
 
 54 nr^UE VIRGINIANS. A Tale Of The 
 X Last Century. By W. M. Thack- 
 eray . . . With Illustrations On Steel 
 And Wood By The Author . . . London : 
 Bradbury & Evans, 11, Bouverie Street. 
 
 i8s8[-i859]. 
 
 Octavo. 24 parts as issued. 2 engraved 
 title-pages, 46 plates, initials, woodcuts, all 
 by Thackeray. Original yellow, printed, 
 pictorial paper wrappers, with advertise- 
 ments. 
 
 Originally published in parts from November, 
 1857, to October, 1839. With No. 12 were issued the 
 engraved title-page and four preliminary leaves for 
 Vol. I (half-title, title, contents and list of plates) ; 
 and with No. 24 were issued the engraved title-page 
 for Vol. II and four leaves (title of Vol. II, dedica- 
 tion to Sir Henry Davison, contents and list of 
 plates). It was later issued in two cloth-bound 
 volumes, dated 1858 and 1859. It also appeared 
 serially in the "New York Semi-Weekly Tribune," 
 the "New York Weekly Tribune" and "Harper's 
 
 67 
 
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 Magazine,'' 1857-1859, and was published in book 
 form by Harper & Brothers in 1859. 
 
 The word "actresses" in the first edition, Vol. I, 
 p. 207, is changed to "ancestresses" in later editions. 
 Chapters XLVII and XLVIII, wrongly numbered 
 XLVIII and XLIX, are corrected in the second. 
 
 54 a The Original Manuscript of 23 Chapters of 
 "The Virginians." 185 pages, almost en- 
 tirely in Thackeray's handwriting. 
 
 55 ABATES, EDMUND. Mr. Thackeray, 
 
 X Mr. Yates, And The Garrick Club. 
 
 The Correspondence And Facts. Stated 
 
 By Edmund Yates. Printed For Private 
 
 Circulation. 1859. 
 
 Octavo. Mr. Yates's own copy of the 
 first issue, with his book-plate, and with 
 "Edmund Yates, '59," in his autograph on 
 the title-page. 
 
 This pamphlet of fifteen pages relates to the 
 dispute which arose over an article written by Yates, 
 which appeared in "Town Talk,'' June, 1858, leading 
 to the expulsion of Yates from the Garrick Club, 
 and a long coolness between Thackeray and Dickens. 
 
 In the "Evening Post," March 31, 1906, Mr. 
 Luther S. Livingston states the typographical differ- 
 ences between this and another issue, also dated 
 1859. The only difference in spelling is on p. 14, 
 where "Dickens" is misspelled "Dickes" in the 
 genuine first edition. Though corrected in the sec- 
 
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 ond pamphlet, which bears the date 1859, the error 
 is copied in a recent facsimile reprint. 
 
 Inserted is the official printed report of the Secre- 
 tary of the Garrick Club, Alexander Doland, cover- 
 ing the Thackeray- Yates controversy ; the original 
 resolutions passed at the special meeting of the 
 Club, July 10, 1858; report of the Committee, July 
 20, 1858, and the final action under which Yates was 
 dropped from the Club membership. 
 
 55 a Another issue, also dated 1859, with 
 
 "Dickens," on p. 14, correctly spelled. 
 
 55 ^ A Facsimile Reprint of "Mr. Thackeray, 
 Mr. Yates, and the Garrick Club, 1859." 
 
 While the error, "Dickes," of No. SS is repeated, 
 the punctuation agrees in some cases with No. 55 
 and in some with No. 550. 
 
 55 f Correspondence. [The Yates-Thackeray 
 Dispute.] 
 Quarto. 4 pp. 
 
 55 ^ Quiz. No. 3, Vol. I. September, 1858. 
 
 Containing "The Garrick Club," pp. 72-73, an 
 article on the Yates-Thackeray dispute. 
 
 56 TT TILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACK- 
 VV ERAY At Clevedon Court [c. 
 i860]. 
 
 Quarto. Title, with facsimile on verso, 
 15 plates. Original blue, glazed paper wrap- 
 
 69 
 
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 per, bearing the title, and "Lavars Lith. 
 Bristol." 
 
 Lithographic facsimiles of Thackeray's drawings 
 made at Clevedon Court, the original of Castlewood 
 in "Henry Esmond." The owner of Clevedon Court 
 was the father of Thackeray's friend, Mrs. Brook- 
 field. This copy was obtained from the present 
 owner, who states that copies were made only for 
 family use and presentation to certain guests. 
 
 Although it is usually ascribed to the year i860, 
 it is quite probable that it belongs to a later date. 
 
 57 /^ORILLA FIGHT. He Awoke the 
 VjT NEXT Morning And found Himself 
 Famous!! Published by T. McLean, 26 
 Haymarket, London, [i860] Thomas Land- 
 seer, fecit. 
 
 Oblong octavo. 5 plates (including gray, 
 pictorial wrapper), partially by Thackeray. 
 I leaf of letterpress. 
 
 This was published in i860, to satirize the 
 Heenan-Sayers fight, on which Thackeray wrote 
 "Roundabout Paper, No. 4." The first plate shows 
 Landseer and "Punch" in the crowd, with Thack- 
 eray towering over them. 
 
 It seems uncertain whether Thackeray and Land- 
 seer made the designs on a commission, or whether 
 the pamphlet was published for them. It is thought 
 that the main figures in the plates were made by 
 Landseer, and the backgrounds by Thackeray. Some 
 copies do not contain "Thomas Landseer, fecit" up- 
 der the cover illustration. 
 
 70 
 
wis •\'5rttr- 
 
 
 
 cUuftnii 
 
 /«4^ 
 
 
 
 No. 151 
 The Waterloo Letter 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 58 TOVEL THE WIDOWER. By W. M. 
 J_^ Thackeray. With Illustrations. 
 London: Smith, Elder And Co., 65, Corn- 
 hill. M.DCCCLXI. [The right of Trans- 
 lation is reserved.] 
 
 Octavo. 6 full-page woodcuts (including 
 frontispiece), 6 small woodcuts in text, all 
 by Thackeray. Original violet cloth bind- 
 ing. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of title and con- 
 tents (2 leaves), and i leaf with imprint and 8 
 leaves of publishers' advertisements are at the end. 
 Text, 258 pp. 
 
 This appeared in the "Cornhill Magazine," i860, 
 the first year of Thackeray's editorship, and was 
 reprinted in "Harper's Magazine'' for the same year. 
 It was first separately printed by Harper & Brothers, 
 New York, i860, with 13 woodcuts (see No. 586). 
 
 A story adapted from the play, "The Wolves and 
 the Lamb," which Thackeray wrote about 1854, but 
 failed to get produced. It was acted by amateurs, 
 among them Thackeray himself, at the opening of 
 his new house in Kensington, in February, 1862. 
 Thackeray is reported to have said sadly : "I thought 
 I could write a play and I find I can't." 
 
 58 a Another copy containing, inserted, un- 
 lettered proofs of the illustrations, showing 
 material alterations in the engraving. 
 
 73 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 58 b Level The Widower. A Novel. By W. 
 M. Thackeray . . . With Illustrations. [Vi- 
 gnette] New York : Harper & Brothers . . . 
 i860. 
 
 Narrow octavo. 13 woodcuts. Original 
 gray, printed, pictorial paper wrapper. 
 
 This is the first separate edition of the work. It 
 was issued in June, 1861, preceding the English edi- 
 tion by five months. 
 
 58 c The Original Manuscript of "Lovel The 
 Widower." 
 
 Bound with the manuscript are a photograph of 
 Thackeray taken by Lombardi & Co., London, on the 
 back of which Lady Ritchie has written: "I think 
 this is the best photograph that was taken of my 
 father"; one unidentified drawing, and the original 
 drawings of the illustrations of the book as follows : 
 frontispiece ("I am referred to Cecelia"), "Bessie's 
 Reflections," "Bedford to the Rescue," and the 
 headpiece for Chapter V. 
 
 58 d "A Thirty-six Line Epilogue in the Novel- 
 ist's Autograph, with Five Original Pencil 
 Drawings and a Lock of his Hair." 
 
 The Epilogue was composed for "The Wolves 
 and the Lamb," the play on which "Lovel the Wid- 
 ower" was founded. It is written on the back of a 
 programme of the play, as presented at the "W. 
 Empty House Theatricals," February 24 and 25. 
 
 74 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 1862. The five original drawings which, together 
 with a lock of the novelist's white hair, are found 
 in the volume with the Epilogue, are a portrait of 
 Thackeray, three of Mrs. Brookfield, and one of 
 "French Child Life," all by Thackeray. 
 
 58 ^ Another copy of the programme of 
 
 the "W. Empty House Theatricals," with 
 the Epilogue on verso in Thackeray's 
 autograph. 
 
 There are a few verbal changes and alterations in 
 punctuation. 
 
 S9 'T^HE FOUR GEORGES : Sketches of 
 X Manners, Morals, Court, And 
 Town Life. By W. M. Thackeray . . . 
 With Illustrations. London: Smith, 
 Elder And Co., 65, Comhill M.DCCC.LXI. 
 [The right of Translation is reserved.] 
 
 Duodecimo. Frontispiece, plate, 13 
 woodcuts in text. Original green cloth 
 binding. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of half-title and 
 title (2 leaves), and i leaf with imprint and 8 
 leaves of publishers' advertisements are at the end. 
 
 The publishers' catalogue at the end is dated 
 "November, 1861.'' At least one copy of this issue 
 contains the catalogue of November, 1862, leading to 
 the contention that this is not the first issue. 
 
 The lectures were delivered by Thackeray during 
 
 75 
 
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 his second visit to the United States, 1855-56, and 
 afterwards in London and other cities of England. 
 Their reception by the students at Oxford afforded 
 the lecturer especial pleasure. They appeared in 
 print in the "Cornhill Magazine," i860, and were 
 first published in book form by Harper & Brothers, 
 New York, i860, with 16 illustrations (see No. sgc). 
 
 59 a The Four Georges : By W. M. Thackeray 
 . . . With Illustrations. London : Smith, 
 Elder And Co., 65, Cornhill. M.DCCC.LXI. 
 [The right of Translation is reserved.] 
 
 Another issue of the same year as the above, with 
 no typographical changes except the omission of 
 "Sketches of Manners," etc., on the title-page. These 
 words appear upon the half-titles of both issues. 
 The publishers' catalogue bound at the ' end of the 
 present issue is dated "December, 1 861," whereas the 
 other is dated "November, 1861," and "With illus- 
 trations" and "Price sj. cloth" have been added to 
 the notice of "The Four Georges" on p. 2 of the 
 present Catalogue. The publishers' bindings are 
 identical. 
 
 59 i The Four Georges : By W. M. Thackeray 
 . . . With Illustrations. London : Smith, 
 Elder, And Co., 65, Cornhill. M.DCCC- 
 LXVI. [The right of Translation is re- 
 served.] 
 
 Except for the difference in date and the comma 
 after "Elder" on the title-page, and the omission of 
 
 76 
 
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 "Little Green Arbour Court" from the imprint leaf 
 at the end, this is like No. sga. 
 
 59 c The Four Georges. Sketches Of Manners, 
 Morals, Court, And Town Life. By W. M. 
 Thackeray . . . With Illustrations, New 
 York: Harper & Brothers . . . i860. 
 
 Duodecimo. 16 woodcuts. Original 
 green cloth binding. 
 
 This is the first separate edition of the work, the 
 English edition not appearing until 1861. A mis- 
 print, "sale," on p. 217 of the English edition, is 
 correctly printed "sail" here. The arrangement of 
 illustrations differs from the English, "The Murder 
 of Konigsmarck" not appearing in the latter. It was 
 also issued in New York in i860 as No. i of 
 "Noyes' Twenty-five Cent Serials" (paper covers, 
 ten cents), copies of which are also shown in this 
 exhibition. 
 
 59 1/ Another copy, bound in black cloth. 
 
 59 e The Original Manuscript of the Lecture on 
 "George the Third." 12 pp. in Thackeray's 
 handwriting, the remainder written by his 
 daughter and George Hodder, his secretary. 
 
 A portion of the original manuscript of "George 
 the Third" is in the library of the Drexel Institute, 
 Philadelphia. 
 
 59/ A Visiting Card: "Mr Thackeray. 36, 
 Onslow Square, Brompton." 
 
 77 
 
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 The following note is written on the card : "Dear 
 Mrs. Martin. Would you like to come through the 
 rain & hear a lecture about George III at 4 pre- 
 cisely. Never mind answer." 
 
 60 A LEAF OUT OF A SKETCH-BOOK. 
 l\. By William Makepeace Thack- 
 eray. London : Emily Faithfull & Co. Vic- 
 toria Press. 1861. 
 
 Sixteenmo. 2 full-page woodcuts, from 
 drawings by Thackeray. Original green 
 printed wrapper. 
 
 This consists of 21 pages, including half-title and 
 title. It first appeared, during the same year, in 
 "The Victoria Regia" (see No. 60a). 
 
 One of 25 copies for the author's use. This is 
 accompanied by the original manuscript (3 leaves). 
 
 60 a The Victoria Regia . . . Edited By Adelaide 
 A. Procter London: Printed And Pub- 
 lished By Emily Faithfull And Co. . . . Vic- 
 toria Press (for the Employment of 
 Women) . . . 1861. 
 
 Octavo. Original red stamped morocco 
 binding. 
 
 To this compilation, set up in type by women com- 
 positors, Thackeray contributed "A Leaf Out of a 
 Sketch-Book," printed separately with the same date 
 (see No. 60). 
 
 78 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 6 1 "pOUNDABOUT PAPERS. Reprinted 
 J\. from the "Cornhill Magazine." 
 With Illustrations. By W. M. Thack- 
 eray . . . London : Smith, Elder And Co., 
 6s, Cornhill. M.DCCC.LXIII. [The right 
 of Translation is reserved.] 
 
 Duodecimo. Frontispiece and 3 full- 
 page illustrations, 2 of them not mentioned 
 in the list of illustrations ; woodcuts. Orig- 
 inal blue cloth binding. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of half-title, title 
 and contents with list of illustrations on verso (3 
 leaves), and there are 8 leaves of publishers' adver- 
 tisements at the end. Text, 352 pp. 
 
 Articles which appeared in the "Cornhill Mag- 
 azine," 1860-63. Lady Ritchie writes: "The Round- 
 about Papers might serve for a diary of the last 
 years of my father's work." 
 
 The original manuscript of most of the "Round- 
 about Papers'' is in the library of Harvard Univer- 
 sity. 
 
 61 a The Original Manuscript of "Round about 
 the Christmas Tree." Roundabout Paper, 
 No. 10, February, 1861. 
 
 62 npHE ADVENTURES OF PHILIP 
 
 X On His Way Through The World ; 
 Shewing Who Robbed Him, Who 
 Helped Him, And Who Passed Him By. 
 
 79 
 
the works of thackeray 
 
 By W. M. Thackeray ... In Three Vol- 
 umes . . . London : Smith, Elder And Co., 
 6s, Cornhill. M.DCCC.LXII. 
 
 Octavo. 3 volumes. Original dark red 
 cloth binding. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of half-title, title, 
 dedication to M. I. Higgins and contents (4 leaves) 
 in Vol. I ; and title and contents (2 leaves) in both 
 Vols. 11 and III. Text, 329+304+301 pp. 
 
 This first appeared as a serial in the "Cornhill 
 Magazine," 1861-62, with illustrations by the author 
 and Frederick Walker, which were not reprinted 
 when the work appeared in book form. It is one of 
 the most autobiographical of Thackeray's works, giv- 
 ing "an admirable picture of his beloved Bohemia," 
 and is thought by Lady Ritchie to contain "some of 
 the wisest and most beautiful things my father ever 
 wrote." 
 
 The remaining sheets were reissued with a slight 
 difference in the stamping of the binding, and with 
 "Smith, Elder & Co.," on the back, changed to 
 "Smith & Elder." A copy of each is shown. 
 
 The original manuscript of "The Adventures of 
 Philip" is in the collection of Major W. H. Lambert. 
 
 63 TPvENIS DUVAL. By W. M. Thack- 
 LJ ERAY . . . London : Smith, Elder And 
 
 Co., 65, Cornhill. 1867. 
 80 
 
^ujI. 04 unnAi CuuM. lAMc afr<». 
 '««J «i» loMt (Mil l^ittuti.TeeO'b^ • 
 
 No. 149 
 Manuscript of'The Sorrows of Werther'' 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 Duodecimo. Original maroon cloth bind- 
 ing. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of title and con- 
 tents (2 leaves) ; text, 233 pp. ; "Notes on Denis 
 Duval," pp. [2553-275. 
 
 This first appeared in the "Cornhill Magazine,'' 
 1864, Vol. IX, and was reprinted in "Harper's Mag- 
 azine" for the same year. Vols. XXVIII-XXIX. It 
 was first published in book form in New York, 1864, 
 preceded by Charles Dickens's "In Memoriam" and 
 with a portrait and 8 woodcuts. In this, the first 
 English edition, there are no illustrations. 
 
 "On the evening of Thursday, December 23, 
 [1863,] Thackeray went into his study and worked 
 on the proofs of 'Denis Duval' ; but feeling ill, he 
 retired at an early hour. It was noticed afterwards 
 that the last words he revised were, 'And my heart 
 throbbed with an exquisite bliss.' The next morning 
 he was found dead in his bed, effusion into the brain 
 having taken place." Lewis Melville. 
 
 63 a Denis Duval. A Novel. By W. M. Thack- 
 eray . . . With Illustrations. New York : 
 Harper & Brothers . . . 1864. 
 
 Narrow octavo. Portrait, 8 woodcuts. 
 Original light brown, printed paper wrap- 
 per bound in. 
 
 This is the first separate edition of the work, the 
 English edition not appearing until 1867. 
 
 Pp. [vii]-ix: In Memoriam, by Charles Dickens. 
 
 83 
 
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 64 Fj'ARLY AND LATE PAPERS Hith- 
 Jd ERTO Uncollected. By William 
 Makepeace Thackeray. Boston: Tick- 
 nor And Fields. 1867. 
 
 Duodecimo. Portrait. Original green 
 cloth binding. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of half-title, title, 
 note and contents (4 leaves). Text, 407 pp. With 
 an Introductory Note by James T. Fields. 
 
 64 a Another copy, with dark red cloth 
 
 binding. 
 
 65 /y^HE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA GIFT 
 
 X BOOK . . . Edited By John Sherer 
 . . . London : Hamilton, Adams, And Co . . . 
 1868 
 Octavo. Original green cloth binding. 
 
 Thackeray's poem, "The Anglers," is on pp. 22- 
 
 23- 
 
 66 /CATHERINE: A Story. By Ikey 
 V_/ Solomons, Esq., Junior. [W. M. 
 Thackeray.] Boston : Fields, Osgood, & Co. 
 1869. 
 
 Narrow octavo. Original tan-colored 
 printed wrapper. 
 
 This first appeared in "Fraser's Magazine," 1839- 
 40, and was included in the collected edition of 
 
 84 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 1867-69. This American edition is its first appear- 
 ance in book form. 
 
 The story, founded on the crimes of Mrs. Cath- 
 erine Hayes, was written as a protest against the 
 Newgate School of Fiction. 
 
 It greatly resembles "Elizabeth Brownrigge," a 
 tale which shortly preceded it, and which is some- 
 times ascribed to Thackeray. 
 
 67 'T^HE STUDENTS' QUARTER Or 
 i Paris Five-and-Thirty Years Since. 
 By The Late William Makepeace 
 Thackeray. Not inclitoed in his Col- 
 lected Writings. With Original Col- 
 oured Illustrations. London : John Cam- 
 den Hotten, Piccadilly. [1874] 
 
 Octavo. 5 colored plates (including 
 frontispiece) with Thackeray's mark, a pair 
 of spectacles. Original blue cloth binding. 
 
 The preliminary matter consists of title, preface 
 and contents (3 leaves). Text, 202 pp. 
 
 Consists of articles contributed by Thackeray to 
 the "Corsair,"' New York, 1839-40 (see next num- 
 ber). Seven of the eight letters were printed in the 
 "Paris Sketch Book." 
 
 67 a The Corsair. A Gazette of Literature, Art, 
 Dramatic Criticism, Fashion and Novelty. 
 New York .. . 1839 [-40]. 
 
 85 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 Quarto. The 52 weekly numbers of Vol. 
 I bound in 2 volumes. 
 
 Thackeray was engaged by N. P. Willis, one of 
 the proprietors of the "Corsair," to contribute to it. 
 The following articles (as collected in "The Stu- 
 dents' Quarter") are by him : 
 
 Off to France, August 24, 1839. 
 
 French Fiction, September 14, 1839. 
 
 The Story of "Spiridion," September 21, 1839. 
 
 A Week of Fetes, October s, 1839. 
 
 A French Jack Sheppard, October 19, 1839. 
 
 More Aspects of Paris Life, October 26, 1839. 
 
 A Ramble in the Picture Galleries, December 28, 
 
 1839- 
 
 Another Ramble in the Picture Galleries, January 
 18, 1840. 
 
 In writing to his partner of engaging Thackeray's 
 services, Willis said : "For myself I think him the 
 very best periodical writer alive. He is a royal, dar- 
 ing, fine creature, too. I take the responsibility 
 of it." 
 
 67 b Another copy of the "Corsair" in un- 
 bound numbers. 
 
 68 'T^HACKERAYANA Notes & Anec- 
 X. dotes Illustrated by Nearly Six 
 Hundred Sketches By William Make- 
 peace Thackeray Depicting Humorous 
 Incidents in his School Life, and Fa- 
 vourite Scenes and Characters in the 
 86 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 Books of his Every-day Reading London 
 Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly 1875. 
 
 Octavo. Original pictorial, red cloth 
 binding. 
 
 Compiled by Joseph Grego. The edition was sup- 
 pressed, as it contained copyright matter, and was 
 reissued with alterations in the text, and the third 
 line of the title changed to "Illustrated by Hundreds 
 of Sketches." The reissue contains 494 pp. (instead 
 of 492) and has s additional colored plates. 
 
 68 a Nooth, Charlotte. Original Poems. Lon- 
 
 don, 1815. 
 
 From Thackeray's library, with two caricatures 
 drawn by Thackeray on fly-leaves. 
 
 One of the volumes used in the preparation of 
 "Thackerayana." 
 
 69 'T^HE ORPHAN OF PIMLICO And 
 X Other Sketches, Fragments And 
 Drawings By William Makepeace 
 Thackeray. With Some Notes By Anne 
 Isabella Thackeray. London Smith, 
 Elder & Co . . . 1876 . . . 
 
 Folio. 195 unnumbered pp. and plates. 
 Original slate-colored boards. 
 
 The plates are in two states, colored and uncol- 
 ored. 
 
 69 a Another copy, bound in half morocco 
 
 by Tout. 
 
 87 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 70 T7TCHINGS BY THE LATE WIL- 
 LL LIAM makepeace THACK- 
 ERAY, WHILE AT Cambridge, Illustra- 
 tive OF University Life, etc., etc. Now 
 First Published from the Original 
 Plates. 1878. London. H. Sotheran & 
 Co., Piccadilly. 
 
 Octavo. Title, List of Subjects, and 11 
 reproductions on 8 plates. Original gray 
 boards. 
 
 The plates are in two states, colored and uncolored. 
 
 71 QULTAN STORK And Other Stories 
 O And Sketches By William Make- 
 peace Thackeray . . . Now First Col- 
 lected To Which Is Added The Bib- 
 liography of Thackeray revised and 
 Considerably Enlarged. London, George 
 Redway . . . 1887. 
 
 Octavo. Original green cloth. 
 
 A collection of pieces which appeared in various 
 magazines. The first, "Sultan Stork," was contrib- 
 uted to "Ainsworth's Magazine," 1842, and "Little 
 Spitz" appeared in "George Cruikshank's Omnibus" 
 (see Nos. 71a and 71&). 
 
 7 1 a "Ainsworth's Magazine," for February and 
 May, 1842, in which "Sultan Stork" first 
 appeared. 
 
 88 
 
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 71 ^ "George Cruikshank's Omnibus," for Oc- 
 tober, 1841, in which "Little Spitz" first ap- 
 peared. 
 
 The December number of the same work, contain- 
 ing the poem, "The King of Brentford's Testament. 
 By Michael Angelo Titmarsh," is also shown. 
 
 72 T OOSE SKETCHES. An Eastern Ad- 
 L^ venture. Etc. By W. M. Thack- 
 eray. With A Frontispiece By John 
 Leech. London: Frank T. Sabin, 118, 
 Shaftesbury Avenue, W. MDCCCXCIV. 
 Octavo. Frontispiece. One of an edi- 
 tion of 100 copies. 
 
 The "Loose Sketches" are articles contributed by 
 Thackeray to "The Britannia," 1841 (see next num- 
 ber). None of them had appeared in book form 
 except the first, "Reading a Poem," which was pri- 
 vately issued by The Sette of Odd Volumes in 1891. 
 The same piece was privately printed for a member 
 of The Grolier Club in 1897, ^^^ issued as a Grolier 
 Club publication in 191 1. "An Eastern Adventure" 
 appeared in "Punch's Pocket-Book" for 1847 (see 
 No. 2l). 
 
 72 a! [Quotation] The Britannia A Weekly Jour- 
 nal Of News, Politics, And Literature, For 
 The Year, 1841 . . . London : Published 
 Every Saturday Morning At six. And 
 
 89 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 Every Saturday Evening At Three, At The 
 Office, 26, Bride Lane, Fleet Street. 
 Folio. 
 
 Chiefly interesting for Thackeray's contributions, 
 which are as follows : "Reading a Poem," May i and 
 8; "A St. Philip's day at Paris,'' May 15 and 22; 
 "Shrove-Tuesday in Paris," June 5 ; "Rolandseck," 
 June 19. These were issued collectively in 1894 under 
 the title, "Loose Sketches" (see preceding number). 
 
 There is also a review of "The Second Funeral of 
 Napoleon" (January 9), which it has been suggested 
 that Thackeray himself wrote. 
 
 73 A/TR. THACKERAY'S WRITINGS In 
 IVJL "The National Standard," and 
 "Constitutional" ... To Which Is 
 Added An Elegiac Poem (1864), By 
 Sebastian Evans, M. A. London : W. T. 
 Spencer . . . 1899. 
 Octavo. Frontispiece, illustrations. 
 
 Thackeray's first identified contribution to "The 
 National Standard" (see following number) is in the 
 issue of May 4, 1833, about the time that he became 
 proprietor and editor of the paper. The unfortunate 
 results of his connection with it and the "Constitu- 
 tional," 1836-37, are well known. His writings for 
 the two papers are published collectively here for 
 the first time. 
 
 73 « The National Standard of Literature, Sci- 
 ence, Music, Theatricals, And The Fine 
 90 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 
 Arts . . . London : Thomas Hurst . . . 
 
 1833 • • • 
 Quarto. Nos. 1-3 1, bound. 
 
 Thackeray's contributions, from May 4, 1833, to 
 February i, 1834, were reprinted collectively in 1899 
 (see preceding number). 
 
 74 npHE HITHERTO UNIDENTIFIED 
 i CONTRIBUTIONS Of W. M. 
 Thackeray to "Punch." With a Com- 
 plete AND Authoritative Bibliography 
 from 1843 TO 1848. By M. H. Spielman 
 . . . With Numerous Illustrations And 
 Explanatory Notes. New York And 
 London Harper & Brothers Publishers 
 1899. 
 Octavo. 
 
 74 a "Punch Or The London Charivari," Vol. 
 
 II, June 18, 1842, containing "The Legend 
 of Jawbrahim-Heraudee," which is at pres- 
 ent thought to be Thackeray's first con- 
 tribution to the magazine. 
 
 75 TTNPUBLISHED VERSES By Wil- 
 
 U LiAM Makepeace Thackeray. With 
 Two Original Drawings, and Facsim- 
 iles OF THE Original Manuscripts, now 
 
 91 
 
THE WORKS OF THACKERAY 
 PRINTED FOR THE FiRST TiME. TwCIlty- 
 
 Five Numbered Copies Only, Not For 
 Sale. Printed For W. T. Spencer, London. 
 June, 1899. 
 
 Duodecimo. Original yellow paper wrap- 
 pers bound in. 
 
 One of twenty-five copies. 
 
 76 -\-\T M. THACKERAY. The New 
 VV . Sketch Book: Being Essays 
 Now First Collected From "The For- 
 eign Quarterly Review." Edited, With 
 An Introduction, By Robert S. Garnett 
 . . . London : Alston Rivers . . . 1906. 
 Octavo. 
 
 92 
 

 
 m<^ 
 
 
 
 No. 153 
 Letter to Adelaide Procter 
 
MISCELLANEA 
 
 77 QPECIMENS OF A NEW PROCESS 
 O OF ENGRAVING For Surface- 
 Printing. W. J. Linton, 85 Hatton Gar- 
 den, London. 1861. 
 
 Square octavo. Original gray paper 
 wrappers, the front wrapper bearing the 
 words "Kerographic Process." 
 
 On p. 4 there is a reproduction of "An experi- 
 mental drawing by Mr. Ttiackeray,'' and p. 12 con- 
 tains a reproduction of a sketch by him for a wood- 
 cut which appeared in "Cornhill Magazine," No. 1. 
 
 78 'T^HE MAHOGANY TREE, A Song 
 
 A. FROM "Punch." Written by W. M. 
 Thackeray, The Music by Frank 
 RoMER. Published at the Office of The 
 Music Book ... [n. d.] 
 Folio. Title, p. [i] ; music, pp. 2-8. 
 
 79 QKETCHES BY SPEC. No. i. Britan- 
 O NiA Protecting the Drama. Pub- 
 lished by H. Cunningham . . . [Reproduc- 
 tion, 1885.] 
 
 A reproduction of a drawing with letterpress pub- 
 lished in 1840. Only one copy of the original is 
 known. 
 
 95 
 
MISCELLANEA 
 
 80 1\ /TORE HINTS ON ETIQUETTE . . . 
 iVl With Cuts, By George Cruik- 
 SHANK. [Vignette] London: Charles Tilt 
 . . . MDCCCXXXVIII. 
 
 Twentyfour-mo. Woodcuts. Original 
 limp maroon cloth, with gold pictorial de- 
 sign. 
 
 It has been suggested by Mr. F. G. Kitton that 
 this may be by Thackeray on account of an entry in 
 his diary concerning writing "a little etiquette." It 
 is generally attributed to Dickens. 
 
 81 T 'ABB AYE DE PENMARC'H, Melo- 
 L^ drame en Trois Actes, Par MM. 
 
 P^= TOURNEMINE Et ThACKERAY . . . Re- 
 
 presente pour la premiere fois, a Paris 
 ... ier fevrier 1840. 
 
 Octavo. "Repertoire dramatique des Au- 
 teurs Contemporains," No. 53. Original 
 yellow wrapper. 
 
 A play of 21 pp., which has been improperly at- 
 tributed to Thackeray, on the strength of the appear- 
 ance of the name in the title. This copy is from the 
 Daly library. 
 
 81 a Another edition, in blue wrapper, 
 
 dated 1846. 
 
 81 ^ ... Never Before in English. Penmark 
 Abbey ... By William Makepeace Thack- 
 96 
 
MISCELLANEA 
 
 eray. Translated from the Original French, 
 By Henry Llewellyn Williams . . . New 
 York: Dewitt . . . Copyright, 1884. 
 
 Duodecimo. "De Witt's Acting Plays," 
 No. 320. 
 
 82 TTA^RLEQUIN AND HUMPTY 
 Xl DUMPTY, OR RoBBiN DE Bobbin 
 AND THE First Lord Mayor of Lun'on. 
 A Grand Historical Pantomime, by E. 
 FiTZBALL . . . First performed at the The- 
 atre Royal, Drury Lane, Dec. 26th, 1850. 
 Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. 
 
 Sixteenmo. 20 lithographed plates. Orig- 
 inal glazed, ornamented paper covers. 
 
 The plates have been attributed to Thackeray. 
 
 In an article on "Another Thackeray find," in the 
 London "Athenaeum" of October 27, 1900, Mr. Ber- 
 tram Dobell says : "Of course I do not attach any 
 great degree of importance to the present discovery, 
 but it may be said, at least, that 'Humpty Dumpty,' 
 like 'King Glumpus' and 'The Exquisites,' has the 
 merit of excessive rarity, if no other, to recommend 
 it to the enthusiastic collector of Thackeray items." 
 
 83 'TPHE PUPPET-SHOWMAN'S AL- 
 
 JL BUM. With Contributions By 
 The Most Eminent Light And Heavy 
 Writers Of The Day [Vignette] Illus- 
 
 97 
 
MISCELLANEA 
 
 TRATED By Gavarni. London : Published 
 At The Office, 334 Strand (Opposite 
 Somerset House). 
 Duodecimo. Original yellow wrapper. 
 
 Among these burlesques is "Mrs. Tippikens' Yel- 
 low Velvet Cape. By W. M. Thwackaway. (With 
 An Illustration By The Author.)" 
 
 84 [ T OVER, SAMUEL.] Rival Rhymes, In 
 L^ Honour Of Burns . . . Collected 
 And Edited By Ben Trovato. London: 
 Routledge . . . 1859. 
 
 Duodecimo. Original red cloth binding. 
 
 One of these burlesque rhymes is "Letter to the 
 
 Directors of the Chrystal Palace. By W. M. T***k- 
 
 98 
 
MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS 
 
 See also : 
 
 "I 'd be a Tadpole," No. 2c. 
 
 Mr. Yellowplush's Ajew, No. i8a. 
 
 Vanity Fair, No. 24b. 
 
 The Three Sailors, No. 27. 
 
 Pendennis, No. 30&. 
 
 The Virginians, No. 540. 
 
 Lovel the Widower, No. 58c. 
 
 George the Third, No. 59^. 
 
 Round about the Christmas Tree, No. 610. 
 —and Nos. 19a, 24a, 300, 35/, 37a, 58^, 
 58^, 59/, 121, 129, 140, 146 and 148-154- 
 
 85 'T^HACKERAY'S ALGEBRA EXER- 
 i CISE BOOK. A quarto blank book, 
 twenty pages being filled with problems in 
 algebra written by Thackeray. 
 
 On the cover Thackeray has written: "Embel- 
 lished with a frontispiece." This frontispiece is a 
 sketch by Thackeray, in ink, on the inside front 
 cover. It represents a pedagogue approvingly pat- 
 ting the head of a plump and smirking lad, probably 
 intended for Thackeray himself, as there is a very 
 
 99 
 
MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS 
 
 striking resemblance to the bust of Thackeray at the 
 age of eleven. Over this sketch he has written : 
 "Mentor looking with an eye of benevolence on the 
 well directed labors of youth." 
 
 86 qpHACKERAY'S DIARY, 1845. This 
 
 X is almost entirely a record of engage- 
 ments. 
 
 87 q^HACKERAY'S DIARY, 1852. Some 
 
 X of the notes are as follows : 
 
 November 12. Arrived at Boston. 
 
 November 14. Dined with Prescott. 
 
 November 16. Came to New York. 
 
 December 11. Brooklyn. Congreve. Greeley. 
 
 88 A TANUSCRIPT COPY OF POEM, 
 iVi "DOCTOR LUTHER." The poem 
 was written by Thackeray on the back of a 
 bill-head, at the request of F. S. Cozzens, 
 author of "Sparrowgrass Papers," who, 
 hearing Thackeray sing the song while in 
 America, asked for a copy of it. 
 
 Framed with portrait by HoUyer. 
 
 89 TETTER FROM THACKERAY TO 
 -L EDWARD FITZGERALD. Written 
 from Paris, postmarked October, 1834. It 
 is illustrated by drawings of Miss Langford 
 
 100 
 
MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS 
 
 ("her miniature I send you, you can set it 
 if you wish in a bracelet"), a "little Doctor 
 from Bath," etc., and recounts experiences 
 at the Louvre, the Luxembourg, and the 
 theater. 
 
 90 TETTER FROM THACKERAY, dated 
 IL/ "April 3d, 1850," and written in a mi- 
 croscopic hand. "P. S. You can't write as 
 small as this. I can write much smaller." 
 
 91 TETTER FROM THACKERAY, dated 
 1^ "March 19, 1853," regarding various 
 literary undertakings. 
 
 Framed with portrait. 
 
 92 TETTER FROM THACKERAY TO 
 Lj MRS. GOODCHILD, dated "Sept. 21, 
 1852," declining an invitation to lecture in 
 Sunderland, as he is "due at Boston, U. S., 
 early in November." 
 
 93 TETTER FROM THACKERAY TO J. 
 i^ R. THOMPSON, written on a letter- 
 head of the American Hotel, Richmond, 
 Va., 1853, beginning: "I saw your Rocker 
 was in a delabre condition, and bought you 
 a two-penny one." 
 
 lOI 
 
MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS 
 
 94 TETTER FROM THACKERAY TO J. 
 i-y C. FISKE, dated "Boston, December, 
 185s": "I am sorry it will not be in my 
 power to lecture at Bath during the winter." 
 
 Framed with portrait and original subscription 
 list of Bath citizens: "We agree to employ Mr. 
 Thackeray to lecture in this city ..." 
 
 95 T ETTER FROM THACKERAY TO T. 
 L^ HOOD, giving exact version of poem. 
 
 Framed with portrait engraved by H. H. Hall & 
 Sons. 
 
 96 TETTER FROM THACKERAY TO 
 i^ MR. SWAINE: "Can some of your 
 young men do me a pretty O 2 Beehives in 
 a garden & a moon behind ..." There is 
 an illustrative drawing at the top of the 
 page. 
 
 97 TETTER FROM THACKERAY TO 
 L/ [TOM?] TAYLOR, beginning: "How 
 can whirds disgribe my sinsatiums on read- 
 ing your harticle ! . . . Seriously I am quite 
 astounded at the praise." 
 
 Framed with portrait. 
 
 102 
 
SKETCH-BOOKS, ORIGINAL 
 DRAWINGS, ETC. 
 
 See also Nos. ^c, ga, 14a, i8a, 20, 24c-24g, 
 3ob-3od, 58c, sSd, 85, 138, 149, 151, 153 
 and 155-161. 
 
 98 A COLLECTION of about 250 Original 
 ix. Pen Drawings and Colored Sketches, 
 made by Thackeray between 1827 and 1840. 
 Pasted in scrap-book. 
 
 The collection was presented by Thackeray to 
 Daniel Maclise. One of the sketches, a. schoolboy 
 ridiculing a master, is signed "W. M. Thackeray. 
 Charterhouse, July, 1827." Several of these are 
 reproduced in "Thackerayana," among them "An 
 Exile," "A Sentry," "Mr. Braham," "Bambooz-ling," 
 "A German Fencing Bout," and the five plates ("A 
 Royal Game," "In the Louvre," "Among the Artists," 
 "Mai de Mer" and "Nos braves Soldats"). 
 
 99 QIMPLE MELODIES with illustra- 
 O TiONS. Choisy Le Roi. Printed For 
 Edward Torre. 1832. Title-page in script 
 and 6 pen drawings. 
 
 These Original Drawings and Verses of "Simple 
 Melodies" are accompanied by a letter from the 
 former owner to Messrs. Smith, Elder & Co., sug- 
 
 103 
 
SKETCH-BOOKS, ORIGINAL DRAWINGS 
 
 gesting the publication of a facsimile. The owner 
 wrote: "I have an original manuscript jeu d'esprit, 
 drawn and written by the late Mr. Thackeray for a 
 little friend of his, while he was in Paris in 1832. 
 . . . The entire work has been long in my posses- 
 sion, and years ago I showed it many a time to 
 Thackeray (whom I had the pleasure of knowing 
 intimately) ." 
 
 The first "melody," "Little Miss Perkins," seems 
 to have been a favorite with Thackeray, as the 
 British Museum owns a manuscript similar to this, 
 which it ascribes to Thackeray, and a third copy of 
 the drawing, with slightly altered verses, appears in 
 one of the Books of Original Sketches, shown in this 
 exhibition (see No. loi). One of the verses is about 
 little Edward Torre, for whom the book was 
 "printed." 
 
 99 a Simple Melodies with Illustrations. Choisy 
 Le Roi. Printed For Edward Torre. 1832. 
 [c. 1890.] 
 Square octavo. 
 
 A facsimile of the drawings described above. 
 
 100 /^NE OF THACKERAY'S SKETCH- 
 \J BOOKS. 32 pp. filled with pencil 
 and water-color sketches. 
 
 Inside the front cover is the novelist's visiting- 
 card, and a presentation inscription from Mrs. B 
 W. Procter to J. Dykes Campbell is pasted in. 
 
 104 
 
SKETCH-BOOKS, ORIGINAL DRAWINGS 
 
 Nearly all the sketches are scenes and characters 
 observed in Rouen and other French towns. Notes 
 in Thackeray's handwriting are under many of them. 
 
 For another sketch-book, see No. 3c. 
 
 ioi""pv 
 
 RAWINGS BY THACKERAY 
 
 lection of 35 drawings, mounted and bound. 
 
 Some of the subjects are "Herr Hummel," "The 
 Vale of Health" (a series of s drawings), a series of 
 drawings representing the seven ages of man, "A 
 reformed Candidate," drawings illustrating nonsense 
 rhymes similar to "Simple Melodies," "The Astrol- 
 oger sinking into the Earth with the Gothic 
 Princess," "Eugene Aram" and "Under a Cloud." 
 
 io2"T)ONEY." A series of five large draw- 
 JD ings, four of them being caricatures of 
 Napoleon I, and the fifth a demon's head. 
 
 These are accompanied by a letter from Lady 
 Ritchie saying: "My father drew these pictures of 
 Napoleon somewhere about 1852." Four of the sub- 
 jects are copied from James Gillray. 
 
 los'^T^HE FINE ARTS." Four humorous 
 
 JL water-color drawings of "Painting," 
 
 "Sculpture," "Poetry" and "Music," with 
 
 manuscript title-page as follows : "The Fine 
 
 Arts. Designed by W. M. T." 
 
 105 
 
SKETCH-BOOKS, ORIGINAL DRAWINGS 
 
 io4"T AW." A humorous water-color drawing 
 J_^ of three lawyers in a coach. 
 
 There are numerous small studies on the back of 
 this drawing, which is from the collection of J. F. 
 Boyes, a schoolfellow of Thackeray at the Charter- 
 house. 
 
 io5"A7"E SCRAPPERS' DUET." Pen draw- 
 X ing of two musicians, one of them a 
 caricature of Thackeray. 
 
 io6"TA CONVALESCENTE (SCENE 
 i^ TOUCHANTE)." A pen drawing, 
 with description in Thackeray's handwrit- 
 ing. 
 
 Beneath is a sketch of Lord Ashburton's coat-of- 
 arms, and Thackeray has noted that the drawing is 
 "de la collection de Milor Ashburton." 
 
 107 [TT rOMAN WITH CAT AND BROOM.] 
 V V A pencil drawing, with three sketches 
 of heads at top, one of them a likeness of 
 Thackeray. 
 
 io8[TOUIS NAPOLEON(?) AND TWO 
 J—/ OTHERS.] A water-color drawing. 
 
 On the back, in handwriting resembling Thack- 
 eray's, is: "This must be reduced in heig[h]t." 
 
 106 
 
SKETCH-BOOKS, ORIGINAL DRAWINGS 
 
 io9[TTEAD OF A YOUNG ARTIST.] A 
 XI pencil drawing, possibly made by 
 Thackeray when a student in Paris. 
 
 Below, in Thackeray's handwriting, is : "A Study. 
 W. M. Thackeray." 
 
 1 10 A SET OF THREE WATER-COLOR 
 r\ DRAWINGS. A. Man and woman 
 walking by seashore. B. Two men and 
 woman on seashore. C. Man and woman 
 walking in park ; two figures in distance. 
 
 111 A POSSIBLE SUGGESTION FOR 
 r\ AN ILLUSTRATION of "The 
 Three Sailors." Pen drawing. 
 
 112 A POSSIBLE STUDY FOR AN IL- 
 r\ LUSTRATION of "Pendennis." 
 
 [13 AN ETCHING BY THACKERAY, said 
 xjL to have been produced, under the 
 guidance of George Cruikshank, previous 
 to the publication of "Vanity Fair." 
 
 [14 /\> 
 
 N ETCHING BY CRUIKSHANK, in- 
 scribed : "Etched on glass by me, G. C, 
 from a pen & ink sketch made by my dear 
 
 107 
 
SKETCH-BOOKS, ORIGINAL DRAWINGS 
 
 friend W. M. Thackeray which he enclosed 
 in a copy of his Vanity Fair." 
 
 The sketch represents a schoolboy with a large 
 book on his head, over which is written: "with the 
 gentleman's compliments to his old friend and mas- 
 ter." 
 
 115 ^HE BOOK-PLATE OF EDWARD 
 i FITZGERALD, designed by Thack- 
 eray. 
 
 108 
 
ASSOCIATION BOOKS AND PRINTS 
 
 ii6 A BOOK OF SELECTED VERSE, 
 1\ FOR SCHOOL READING; title- 
 page missing. 
 
 This little book was used in school by Thackeray, 
 probably soon after his entrance in the Charter- 
 house. The inside covers are filled with writing and 
 rough sketches by him. There are Latin phrases 
 and verses, and the schoolboy has figured out the 
 time to the holidays thus : "Only two weeks to the 
 holidays," "Only 13 days to the holidays," etc., down 
 to "holidays," written with a flourish. The name is 
 cut out with a penknife in the leather binding. 
 
 ii7[/^ERMAN POCKET DICTIONARY.] 
 VjT ScHUL- uND Reise-Taschen-Wor- 
 
 TERBUCH DER FRANZOSISCHEN UND DEUT- 
 
 SCHEN Sprache. Leipzig, bei Karl Tauch- 
 nitz. 
 
 Thackeray's copy, with his stamped monogram on 
 the title-page, and the signature "Anne T. Thack- 
 eray" on the fly-leaf. 
 
 118 "nURRIDGE, THOMAS, & CLOUGH, 
 Jj A. H. Ambarvalia. London, 1849. 
 
 Thackeray's copy, with his stamped monogram on 
 the title-page. 
 
 109 
 
ASSOCIATION BOOKS AND PRINTS 
 
 119 ADVICE FROM A LADY OF QUAL- 
 l\. ITY TO HER Children. . . . London, 
 1779. 
 
 Thackeray's copy, with many marginal notes in 
 his handwriting. On the fly-leaf of Vol. I he has 
 written: "Bought at a Sale, August 1859. W. M. 
 Thackeray. A good Book of advice. I like the 
 volume very much indeed ..." On the fly-leaf of 
 Vol. II he wrote: "I like the Second Volume better 
 than I liked the first. The argument is grand." 
 
 120 /^OWPER, WILLIAM. Poems. Lon- 
 \_^ don, 1810. 
 
 Thackeray's copy, with his signature and auto- 
 graph notes. On the fly-leaf of Vol. I he has writ- 
 ten: "Bought at a sale August 1830. The engravings 
 are as fine as the poems, — and they are grand. W. 
 M. Thackeray." 
 
 121 /CATALOGUE OF THE CONTENTS 
 V_/ OF THE House of the late W. Make- 
 peace Thackeray . . . [London, Christie, 
 Manson & Woods, March 16-17, 1864] 
 
 Octavo. Priced. 
 
 Sixteen lines of unpublished verse, in Thackeray's 
 handwriting, bound in. 
 
 122 T7IVE PRINTS FROM THACK- 
 r FRAY'S COLLECTION. 
 
 These are portraits of Dr. John Bridgeman, 
 Henry Jenkins, and Richd. Perkins, a view of "The 
 
 IIO 
 
$7^ ON THE RECEIPT OF 
 
 Where no volcano pours his fiery flood, 
 
 No crested warrior dips his plume in blood; 
 
 Where Pow'r secures what Industry has won; 
 
 Where to succeed is not to be undone; 
 
 A land that distant tyrants hate in vain. 
 
 In Britain's isle, beneath a George's reign! 90 
 
 ON THE 
 
 RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE 
 OUT OF NORFOLK, 
 
 THE GIFT OF MY COUSIN ANN BODHAM. 
 
 iO THAT those lips had language! Life has pass'd 
 With me but roughly since I heard thee last. 
 Those hps are thine — thy own sweet smile I see. 
 The same, that oft in childhood solac'd me; 
 \M MM*. A Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, 
 
 ^ \ <« Grieve not, ray child, chase all thy fears away!" 
 
 No. 120 
 
 A page of Thackeray's copy 
 of Cowper's Poems, annotated 
 
ASSOCIATION BOOKS AND PRINTS 
 
 Circular Part of the Temple Church, London," and 
 "New Head Dresses for 1772." 
 
 The prints are mounted on sheets of uniform size, 
 and, according to notes on these sheets in Thack- 
 eray's handwriting, were purchased at sales from 
 June, 1849, to August, 1859. -A-t various times 
 Thackeray has added other notes of interest. Under 
 "The Temple Church" he has written: "I love the 
 Temple Church. I love its associations! There are 
 good and great men buried there I or within its 
 precincts. Goldsmith — dear kindly Oliver ! — ^is there. 
 Rest his bones ! W. M. Thackeray." 
 
 "3 
 
SOME PUBLISHED LETTERS OF 
 THACKERAY 
 
 123 \ COLLECTION OF LETTERS OF 
 J\ THACKERAY, 1847-1855. New 
 York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888. 
 
 Letters to Mr. and Mrs. Brookiield. 
 
 124 q^HACKERAY'S LETTERS TO AN 
 
 1 AMERICAN FAMILY, with an 
 Introduction by Lucy W. Baxter. New 
 York, The Century Co., 1904. 
 
 125 QOME FAMILY LETTERS OF W. M. 
 >^ THACKERAY, together with Rec- 
 ollections By his Kinswoman, Blanche 
 Warre Cornish, Boston, Houghton, Mif- 
 flin Company, 191 1. 
 
 114 
 
SELECTED BOOKS AND ARTICLES 
 ABOUT THACKERAY 
 
 126 THROWN, JOHN. Thackeray: His 
 J_) Literary Career . . . Boston : James 
 R. Osgood and Company . . . 1877. 
 
 127 /^HURCH, W. E. W. M. Thackeray 
 V/ AS AN Artist and Art Critic. [Pri- 
 vately printed, probably about 1882.] 
 
 128 /^ORNHILL MAGAZINE; No. i, Jan- 
 \^ uary, i860. 
 
 The "Cornhill Magazine" was founded by Messrs. 
 Smith, Elder & Co., with Thackeray as editor, and a 
 large number of distinguished contributors. This 
 first number contains "Father Prout's Inaugurative 
 Ode to the Author of Vanity Fair." 
 
 I 
 
 128 a No. 50, February, 1864. 
 
 Thackeray died on December 24, 1863. This 
 memorial number contains: "In Memoriam,'" by 
 Charles Dickens ; "Historical Contrast," by Lord 
 Houghton; and "W. M. Thackeray," by Anthony 
 TroUope. 
 
 "S 
 
SELECTED BOOKS ABOUT THACKERAY 
 
 1 2 8 (5 No. 439. July, 1896. 
 
 Contains an article by Lady Ritchie on "The 
 First Number of the 'Cornhill.' " 
 
 128^ No. 619, July, 191 1. 
 
 The Thackeray Centenary Number, containing 
 hitherto unpublished matter by him, with explanatory 
 notes by Lady Ritchie. 
 
 129 /^RO WE, EYRE. With Thackeray in 
 V^ America. London, Cassell & Co., 
 1893. 
 
 With autograph letter from Thackeray laid in, 
 beginning, "Dear Lady Elizabeth,*' and ending, 
 "Yours dear Madam in the agonies of composition." 
 
 The author accompanied Thackeray as his secre- 
 tary on his first visit to America. 
 
 13° T^AVIES, G. S. Thackeray as Car- 
 LJ thusian. Illustrations by W. M. 
 Thackeray (O. C), H. H. Cameron 
 (O.C), Leonard Marshall (Ch. M.), and 
 G. S. Davies (O. C). (In The Grey-Friar, 
 Vol. II, No. 7, April, 1892.) 
 
 .3.JJ 
 
 ANNAY, JAMES. A brief memoir 
 
 OF the late Mr Thackeray , . . 
 
 [Reprinted from the "Edinburgh Cour- 
 
 ant."] Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd, 1864. 
 
 116 
 
SELECTED BOOKS ABOUT THACKERAY 
 
 132 1\ /TELVILLE, LEWIS. William Make- 
 iVJL peace Thackeray A biography in- 
 cluding HITHERTO uncollected LETTERS & 
 SPEECHES & A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF I3OO ITEMS. 
 
 London, John Lane, 1910. 
 
 Two volumes. First published by Hutchinson, 
 London, 1899. 
 
 133 1\ /TERIVALE, HERMAN, & MAR- 
 iVl ZIALS, F. T. Life Of W. M. 
 Thackeray. London : Walter Scott, . . . 
 1891. (Great Writers Series.) 
 
 134 qpHE NATIONAL SHAKESPEARE 
 
 i COMMITTEE and the Late Mr. 
 Thackeray . . . London ; Joseph Clayton, 
 265, Strand ... [n. d.] 
 
 135 HTHE PEDIGREE OF THACKERAY. 
 
 X (In: "The Herald and Genealogist," 
 May and September, 1864, pp. 315-328, 
 440-455- ) 
 
 136 [TDERRY, KATE E.] Reminiscences of 
 
 X A London Drawing-room. Chesham 
 Place, 1849. 
 
 Privately printed about the year i860 by the 
 authoress, Thackeray's friend, for presentation only. 
 
 117 
 
SELECTED BOOKS ABOUT THACKERAY 
 
 It contains references to Thackeray on almost every 
 page, the original ideas for "Vanity Fair'" being 
 mentioned on page 3. This copy, in the original 
 blue wrappers, is corrected and annotated through- 
 out by Miss Perry, evidently with the intention of 
 issuing a revised edition. 
 
 136 a Miss Perry's Original Diary for the Year 
 1849. 
 
 This diary (49 pages of MS.) formed the founda- 
 tion of Miss Perry's "Reminiscences of a London 
 Drawing-room." 
 
 137 [T^EED, WILLIAM BRADFORD.] 
 
 Ja. Haud immemor. a few personal 
 
 RECOLLECTIONS OF Mr. ThACKERAY IN 
 
 Philadelphia. (Privately printed.) Wil- 
 liam P. Kildare, 1864. 
 
 This contains six letters from Mr. Thackeray to 
 Mr. Reed. 
 
 138 'T^AYLOR, THEODORE. Thackeray 
 
 J. THE Humourist and the Man of 
 Letters. The Story of his Life, includ- 
 ing A Selection From His Character- 
 istic Speeches, now For The First Time 
 Gathered Together. London: John 
 Camden Hotten, Piccadilly. 1864. 
 
 Inserted is an original drawing by Thackeray, 
 done in pen and ink on a playing-card, with a letter 
 from his daughter. Lady Ritchie, authenticating it. 
 "Theodore Taylor" was the pseudonym of John 
 Camden Hotten. 
 
 118 
 
SELECTED BOOKS ABOUT THACKERAY 
 
 139 'T^HACKERAY CENTENARY, 191 1. 
 
 X The Thackeray Exhibition, The 
 Old Charterhouse, E. C. Friday, June 
 30, TO Saturday, July 15... Printed for 
 the Titmarsh Club. [London, 191 1.] 
 
 Accompanied by an invitation to the garden-party 
 given by Lady Ritchie and the editor of the "Corn- 
 hill Magazine" on July i8, and ticket of admission to 
 the exhibition. 
 
 140 ^ROLLOPE, ANTHONY. Thack- 
 
 X eray. London: Macmillan and Co. 
 1879. (English Men of Letters.) 
 
 Among the insertions for extra-illustration are 
 autographs or autograph letters of Thackeray, Dick- 
 ens, Carlyle, John Leech, and W. H. Ainsworth. 
 Thackeray's letter begins : "By dear Sprig-Rice. Re- 
 bebber your probise to dide with be ol Welsday." 
 
 141 TT HLSON, JAMES GRANT. Thack- 
 
 VV ERAY IN THE UNITED STATES, 1852- 
 
 3, 1855-6. New York, Dodd, Mead and 
 Company, 1904. 
 
 Two volumes ; with "A Bibliography of William 
 Makepeace Thackeray in the United States," by 
 F. S. Dickson. 
 
 This is accompanied by numerous proofs of 
 Thackeray's drawings, letters, portraits, etc., which 
 were used in illustrating the work ; also by eight 
 proofs of illustrations for an article on "Thackeray 
 in the United States,'' by the same author, which 
 appeared in "The Century Magazine," July, 191 1. 
 
 119 
 
PORTRAITS OF THACKERAY 
 
 142 ^HE ORIGINAL WOOD BLOCK of 
 
 X "Mr. Michael Angelo Titmarsh, as he 
 appeared at Willis's Rooms in his celebrated 
 character of Mr. Thackeray," By John 
 Leech. 
 
 This is accompanied by "The Month," July, 1831, 
 in which the woodcut appeared. 
 
 143 A DAGUERREOTYPE taken in New 
 l\. York during Thackeray's first visit in 
 America, 1852-53. 
 
 144 A CRAYON DRAWING finished in 
 l\. Water-color, signed : "S. Lover 1859." 
 
 145 A COLLECTION OF ENGRAVED 
 r\ PORTRAITS of Thackeray. 
 
 145* A TERRA-COTTA STATUETTE of 
 xjL Thackeray. 
 
 Reproduction of the statuette by Sir Edgar Boehm 
 in the National Portrait Gallery. 
 
 120 
 
ADDENDA 
 
 146 ATOTES FOR A SPEECH at Dinner, 
 IM October 11, 1855, by W. M. Thack- 
 eray on the Eve of his Departure for Amer- 
 ica. Letter to William C. Macready. Phila- 
 delphia, MDCCCXCVI. 
 
 One of forty copies privately printed (for Major 
 William H. Lambert). Accompanied by the Original 
 Letter to Macready. 
 
 147 /^RIGINAL COPPER PLATE for one 
 V^ of Thackeray's illustrations for "Cath- 
 erine" — "Captain Brock appears at Court 
 with my Lord Peterborough. Published by 
 James Eraser, 215 Regent Street, London." 
 
 148 AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of 
 l\. "Bouillabaisse." 
 
 149 AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of 
 l\. "Sorrows of Werther," with drawing. 
 121 
 
ADDENDA 
 
 150 rr^HE LORD'S PRAYER, written by 
 
 X Thackeray, in microscopic hand, in the 
 space of a three-penny piece. 
 
 151 Hi^HE "WATERLOO LETTER" from 
 
 X Thackeray to Miss Smith, with draw- 
 ings, dated "Kensington, June 6." 
 
 152 T ETTER FROM THACKERAY to "My 
 JL/ Shildren Dear." 
 
 153 T ETTER FROM THACKERAY to Ade- 
 1^ laide Procter, with drawings, dated 
 "July, i860." 
 
 154 T ETTER FROM THACKERAY to Hor- 
 J_^ ace Smith, dated "Sepr 21, 1846": 
 "Fanny's Ghost is the sweetest and most 
 charming lyric." 
 
 iSS"T7EROGIO." A water-color drawing 
 X from one of Thackeray's Sketch- 
 books, with explanatory letter from Lady 
 Ritchie. 
 
 i56[^WO YOUNG GIRLS READING.] 
 X A water-color drawing by Thackeray, 
 presented by him to Miss Kate Perry. 
 
 Framed with a fragment of a letter from Thack- 
 eray to Miss Perry, beginning "My dear and kind 
 K. P." 
 
 122 
 
"^^m 
 
ADDENDA 
 
 157 q^HREE ORIGINAL PENCIL STUD- 
 
 Jl IES for a title-page of "Sketches by 
 Boz." 
 
 1 58 /^RIGINAL WATER-COLOR DRAW- 
 Vv ING for the frontispiece of "Notes 
 of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo." 
 
 159 A CARICATURE OF THACKERAY, 
 Ix. by himself, as Cupid beating a kettle- 
 drum, accompanying an invitation in his 
 handwriting to Mrs. Sartoris (Adelaide 
 Kemble). 
 
 160 A CARICATURE OF THACKERAY, 
 l\ by himself, as "J. Pummell Beadle of 
 Kensington," with description in his hand- 
 writing. 
 
 161 pENCIL PORTRAIT of "Mrs. Lover, 
 1 Dublin" ; signed "Thackeray 1843." 
 
 162 'THICKET OF THE PHILOLERIAN 
 
 1 SOCIETY, December 6, 1855, with 
 message written on back by Thackeray to 
 his valet. 
 
 163 ATEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS concern- 
 IM ing Thackeray and his works, 185 1- 
 1864. 
 
 125 
 
ADDENDA 
 
 164 A SCRAP-BOOK containing a letter 
 r\ from Thackeray to Lady Pollock, 
 three carte-de-visite photographs (by Her- 
 bert Watkins, Caldesi, Blandford & Co., 
 and the London Stereoscopic and Photo- 
 graphic Co.), clippings about Thackeray 
 from contemporary newspapers, a page of 
 the London "Times," January 24, 1857, with 
 a woodcut of Thackeray lecturing on "The 
 Four Georges" at Marylebone Institution, 
 and a variety of engraved portraits. 
 
 165 q^HE BALLAD, "The Three Sailors," 
 
 J. copied into a blank-book, with photo- 
 graphs of drawings, apparently by Thack- 
 eray, mounted throughout the book. 
 
 166 'T^HACKERAY IN AUTOGRAPHIC 
 
 1 MIRROR. The facsimiles of Thack- 
 eray's manuscripts and sketches which ap- 
 peared in "The Autographic Mirror," 1864- 
 66, beginning in Vol. I with "Dionysius 
 Diddler," and concluding in Vol. IV with 
 "The Fraserians," here attributed to Thack- 
 eray, have been collected and bound in a 
 quarto volume. 
 
 The book is accompanied by Vols. I and II of 
 "The Autographic Mirror," 1864-65. 
 
 126 
 
ADDENDA 
 
 167 A DAGUERREOTYPE OF THACK- 
 l\ ERAY, from the "J. H. Whitehurst 
 Galleries, New York, Baltimore, Richmond, 
 Norfolk, Petersburg and Lynchburg." 
 
 168 A PORTRAIT OF THACKERAY by 
 Ix Frederic, Lord Leightofl. Oil paint- 
 ing; bust, life size. 
 
 Thackeray met Leighton in Rome in the early fif- 
 ties, and, returning to London, remarked to Millais, 
 "I have met in Rome a versatile young dog called 
 Leighton, who will one of these days run you hard 
 for the presidentship." This portrait seems to have 
 been painted toward the end of Thackeray's life, 
 probably after Leighton settled permanently in Lon- 
 don, in 1862. 
 
 127 
 
INDEX 
 
 Numbers 
 
 L'Abbaye de Penmarc'h, 1840 81 
 
 1846 810 
 
 Penmark Abbey. N. Y., 1884 81& 
 
 Addison, C. G. Damascus and Palmyra, 1838 7, ja 
 
 The Adventures of Philip, 1862 62 
 
 Advice from, a Lady of Quality, 1779 . . 119 
 
 Ainsworth's Magazine, 1842 710 
 
 Algebra Exercise Book, Thackeray's .... 85 
 
 The Anglers 65 
 
 Anti-Corn Law Circular, 1839—41 10 
 
 The Artists 16 
 
 The Autographic Mirror, 1 864-63 166 
 
 Ballads, 1855 ■ 39, 40 
 
 The Ballymulligan Polka 22 
 
 Barber Cox. See Cox's Diary. 
 
 Barrow, John 4, 1 1 
 
 Barry Lyndon. See The Memoirs of Barry 
 
 Lyndon. 
 
 Bath, Agreement of citizens 94 
 
 Baxter, L. W., Editor. Thackeray's Letters to 
 
 an American Family, 1904 124 
 
 The Bedford-Row Conspiracy . . .18,39,49,51a 
 Bevan, Samuel. Sand and Canvas, 1849. • • 27 
 Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of ... . 260 
 "Boney," Drawings . . . 102 
 
 129 
 
INDEX 
 
 Numbers 
 
 Book of Selected Verse ii6 
 
 The Book of Snobs, 1848 zs 
 
 — 1855 39,41 
 
 — N. Y., 1832 zso 
 
 Bouillabaisse, Manuscript .... ... 148 
 
 The Britannia, 1841 720 
 
 Britannia protecting the Drama 79 
 
 Bronte, Charlotte 340 
 
 Brookfield, W. H 123 
 
 Brookfield, Mrs. W. H $id, 123 
 
 Brown, John. Thackeray, 1877 126 
 
 Burlesques, 1856 48 
 
 Burridge and Clough. Ambarvalia, 1849 . .118 
 
 Captain Rook and Mr. Pidgeon 16 
 
 Caricatures of Thackeray . . . los, 142, 159, 160 
 Catalogue of the Contents of the House of the 
 
 late William Makepeace Thackeray [1864] 121 
 Catherine. Bost., 1869 66 
 
 — Copperplate for illustration 147 
 
 Chapman, E., Letter to 190 
 
 Character Sketches 16,39,46 
 
 Christmas Books 22, 23, 28, 31, 38 
 
 Chronicle of the Drum 17 
 
 Church, W. E. W. M. Thackeray [c. 1882] . 127 
 
 Clevedon Court 56 
 
 The Comic Almanack for 1839 ...... 8 
 
 — for 1840 13 
 
 Comic Tales and Sketches, 1841 18 
 
 The Confessions of Fits-Boodle. See The Fitz- 
 
 Boodle Papers. 
 
 The Constitutional 73 
 
 "(La) Convalescente," Drawing 106 
 
 130 
 
INDEX 
 
 Numbers 
 Cornhill Magazine, Nos. i, so, 439 and 619 
 
 128-128C 
 Cornish, B. W., Editor. Some Family Letters, 
 
 1911 125 
 
 The Corsair, 1839-40 .... . . .670,676 
 
 Cowper, William. Poems, 1910 . . ... 120 
 
 Cox's Diary .. 13, 39, 42 
 
 Cozzens, F. S 88 
 
 Crowe, Eyre. With Thackeray in America, 
 
 1893 129 
 
 Cruikshank, George . . 8, 80, 12, 13, 80, 113, 114 
 
 — Drawings and steel plates for Lord Bateman 
 
 12a, izb 
 
 Damascus and Palmyra, 1838 7.7" 
 
 Davies, G. S. Thackeray as Carthusian, 1892 . 130 
 Denis Duval, 1867 63 
 
 — N. Y., 1864 63a 
 
 Diary, Thackeray's, 1845 .... ... 86 
 
 — 1852 87 
 
 Diary of C. Jeames de la Pluche. See Jeames's 
 
 Diary. 
 Dickens, Charles 3, 12, 53, 53, 80 
 
 — In memoriam 630, 1280 
 
 — Sketches by Boz, Thackeray's drawings for 157 
 Doctor Birch and his Young Friends, 1849 28, 280 
 
 Doctor Luther, Manuscript 88 
 
 Doyle, Richard 32, 320, 37 
 
 Early and late Papers. Bost., 1867 ... 64, 64a 
 An Eastern Adventure of the Fat Contributor 21,72 
 
 Elliotson, Dr. John, Letters to 30a 
 
 The English Humourists, 1853 35, 350 
 
INDEX 
 
 Niunbers 
 
 — Second edition, 1853 35& 
 
 — N. Y., 1853 3SC 
 
 — Manuscripts used in America .... 356, sse 
 
 Letter concerning 35/ 
 
 Epistles to the Literati 18 
 
 Esmond. See The History of Henry Esmond. 
 
 An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank, 
 
 1840 IS 
 
 — In Westminster Review 150 
 
 Etchings by the late William Makepeace 
 
 Thackeray, 1878 70 
 
 Evan, Sebastian. Elegiac Poem 73 
 
 The Exquisites, 1839 11 
 
 Extract from the Diary of the late Thomas 
 
 Timmins 2 
 
 The Fashionable Authoress 16 
 
 Fashnable Fax 6 
 
 The Fatal Boots. In The Comic Almanack for 
 
 1839 8 
 
 — In Peoples Almanack, 1842 80 
 
 — I8S5 39,42 
 
 — N. Y., 1850 8a 
 
 Father Prout's Inaugurative Ode 128 
 
 Fields, James T 34, 64 
 
 "The Fine Arts," Drawing 103 
 
 Fiske, J. C, Letter to 94 
 
 The Fitz-Boodle Papers, 1857 39, 50 
 
 — N Y., 1852 50a 
 
 Fitzgerald, Edward, Letter to 89 
 
 — Book-plate . ... 115 
 
 Flore et Zephyr, 1S36 3,30,36 
 
 — Drawings 3c 
 
 132 
 
INDEX 
 
 Numbers 
 The Four Georges, i86i . 59, sga 
 
 — 1866 . . 596 
 
 — N. Y., i860 59c, sgd 
 
 — Manuscript of George the Third .... sge 
 
 — Invitation to lecture . 59/ 
 
 From Anacreon .... 2 
 
 Garnett, R. S 76 
 
 Garrick Club . 55-5S(i 
 
 Gavarni 83 
 
 George Cruikshank's Omnibus, 1841 .... 716 
 George Cruikshank's Table-Book, 1845 . . . 480 
 
 German Pocket Dictionary 117 
 
 Gillray, James 102 
 
 Goodchild, Mrs., Letter to 92 
 
 Gorilla Fight [i860] .... 57 
 
 The Gownsman, 1830 . 2, 2a, 2b 
 
 The Great Hoggarty Diamond. See The His- 
 tory of Samuel Titmarsh. 
 
 Hannay, James. A Brief Memoir, 1864 . . . 131 
 Harlequin and Humpty Dumpty, 1850 .... 82 
 
 Harrison, W. C. . 27 
 
 Haud Immemor, 1864 . 137 
 
 Heads of the People, 1840-41 16 
 
 The History of Henry Esmond, 1852 . . 34, 340 
 
 — ■ Facsimile of Manuscript 346 
 
 The History of Pendennis, 1849-50 . . . 30, 30a 
 
 — Manuscript 306 
 
 — Drawings ... 30c, sod 
 
 — Proof sheet .... 3oe 
 
 — Possible illustration 112 
 
INDEX 
 
 Numbers 
 The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great 
 
 Hoggarty Diamond, 1849 29 
 
 — 1857 39.52 
 
 — Proof impression of cover illustration . . 290 
 The Hitherto Unidentified Contributions . . . 
 
 to "Punch," 1899 .... .... 74 
 
 Hood, T., Letter to 95 
 
 Hotten, J. C. Thackeray the Humourist, 1864 138 
 
 I 'd be a Tadpole, Manuscript . . . . . 2C 
 An Interesting Event, 1849 26 
 
 — In The Keepsake 26a 
 
 The Irish Sketch-Book, 1843 .19 
 
 — Letter concerning 190 
 
 "J. Pummell Beadle of Kensington," Drawing. 160 
 leames's Diary, 1856 39, 44 
 
 — N. Y., 1846 440 
 
 — N. Y., 1853 446 
 
 Jerrold, Douglas. Men of Character, 1838 . . 5 
 
 The Keepsake, 1849 26a 
 
 — i8S4 36 
 
 The Kickleburys on the Rhine, 1850 . 31,31a 
 
 — Second edition, 1851 .... ... 316 
 
 — Frankfort o. M., 1851 ... .... 31c 
 
 King Glumpus, 1837 . . . 4 
 
 — Reprint 40 
 
 The King of Brentford's Testament .... 716 
 
 The Landscape Painters of England [1854]. . 336 
 Landseer, Thomas 57 
 
INDEX 
 
 Numbers 
 
 "Law," Drawing 104 
 
 A Leaf out of a Sketch-Book, 1861 60 
 
 — In The Victoria Regia 60a 
 
 Leech, John 21, 72, 142 
 
 The Legend of Jawbrahim-Heraudee .... 740 
 
 A Legend of the Rhine 39, 446^ 48, 480 
 
 Leighton, Frederic, Lord 168 
 
 Little Billee . . 27 
 
 A Little Dinner at Timmins's, 1856 . . . . 39, 49 
 
 — N. Y., 1852 510 
 
 Little Miss Perkins 99 
 
 Little Spitz ... 71,716 
 
 Loose Sketches, 1894 -72 
 
 — In The Britannia . 720 
 
 The Lord's Prayer, in microscopic writing . 150 
 Lovel the Widower, 1861 58, 58a 
 
 — N. Y., i860 . . 586 
 
 — Manuscript and Drawings . . . . .58c 
 
 Lover, Samuel 84, 144 
 
 Lover, Mrs. Samuel, Portrait 161 
 
 The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman, 1839 . . 12 
 
 • — Drawings by George Cruikshank .... 120 
 
 — Steel plates 126 
 
 — Trial drawings by Thackeray 12c 
 
 The Luck of Barry Lyndon. See The Memoirs 
 
 of Barry Lyndon. 
 Lucy's Birthday 36 
 
 Maolise, Daniel 98 
 
 Macready, W. C 240^ 146 
 
 The Mahogany Tree 78 
 
 Major Gahagan. See The Tremendous Adven- 
 tures of Major Gahagan. 
 
INDEX 
 
 Numbers 
 Marvy, Louis. Sketches after English Land- 
 scape Painters [1850] 33. 33" 
 
 [1854] 33& 
 
 Meadows, J. K. Heads of the People, 1840-41 16 
 Melville, Lewis. William Makepeace Thack- 
 eray, 1910 132 
 
 The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, 1856 . . 39,47,470 
 
 — N. Y., i8s3 47& 
 
 The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush. 
 
 See The Yellowplush Correspondence. 
 
 Men of Character, 1838 .5 
 
 Men's Wives, 1857 . . 39, SO 
 
 — N. Y., 1852 506 
 
 Merivale and Marzials. Life of W. M. Thack- 
 eray, 1891 133 
 
 Microscopic handwriting . .... go, 150 
 Milnes, Richard Monckton, first Baron Hough- 
 ton i, 1280 
 
 Miscellanies, 1855-57 • ■ • • ■ ■ -39 
 
 — Selections from 40-52 
 
 More Hints on Etiquette, 1838 80 
 
 Morton, Edward 3 
 
 Mr. Brown's Letters. N. Y., 1853 456 
 
 See also Sketches and Travels in London. 
 Mr. Thackeray, Mr. Yates and the Garrick 
 
 Club, 1859 55, 550 
 
 — Reprint 556 
 
 Mr. Thackeray's Writings in "The National 
 
 Standard," 1899 73 
 
 Mr. Yellowplush' s A jew 18 
 
 — Manuscript 180 
 
 Mrs. Perkins's Ball [1847] 22,220 
 
 — Reprint 226 
 
 136 
 
INDEX 
 
 Numbers 
 Music. The Mahogany Tree . ... 78 
 
 — The Ballymulligan Polka 22 
 
 Napoleon I, Caricatures of .102 
 
 The National Shakespeare Committee [n.d.] . 134 
 The National Standard, 1833 ... ... 730 
 
 "The New Chibouque," Drawing . . 20 
 
 The New Sketch-Book, 1906 . . . . 76 
 
 The Newcomes, 1854-55 37 
 
 — Page of Manuscript .... . . 37a 
 
 Newspaper Clippings 163, 164 
 
 Nooth, Charlotte. Original Poems, 1815 . . . 680 
 
 Notes for a Speech, 1896 146 
 
 Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand 
 
 Cairo, 1 846 .... 20 
 
 — Second edition, 1846 20a 
 
 — Drawing for frontispiece 158 
 
 Novels by Eminent Hands, 1856 39, 46 
 
 — N. Y., 1853 46a 
 
 Noyes's Serials 59c 
 
 The Orphan of Pimlico, 1876 69, 690 
 
 Our Street, 1848 23,230 
 
 The Paris Sketch-Book, 1840 14 
 
 — Drawing for plate 140 
 
 The Pedigree of Thackeray 135 
 
 Pendennis. See The History of Pendennis. 
 
 Penmark Abbey, 1884 816 
 
 Peoples Almanack, 1842 80 
 
 Perry, K. E., Reminiscences, 1849 136 
 
 — Diary of .... 1360 
 
 — Sketch presented to 156 
 
INDEX 
 
 Numbers 
 Philip. See The Adventures of Philip. 
 
 Philolerian Society, Ticket 162 
 
 Pollock, Lady, Letter to 164 
 
 Portraits of Thackeray. Caricatures drawn by 
 
 himself 105, IS9, 160 
 
 — Crayon drawing ... 144 
 
 — • Daguerreotypes 143, 167 
 
 — Engraved portraits . . 14S 
 
 — Oil painting . . 168 
 
 — Photographs S8c, 164 
 
 — Statuette 14S* 
 
 — Wood block 142 
 
 Power, Marguerite 36 
 
 The Princess Alexandra Gift-Book, 1868 ... 65 
 Proceedings at the Thirteenth Anniversary Fes- 
 tival, 1858 ■ • ■ • S3 
 
 Procter, Adelaide . . 600, 153 
 
 Procter, Mrs. B. W 100 
 
 The Professor 18,510 
 
 Punch, 1842 74a 
 
 — The Hitherto Unidentified Contributions 
 
 . . . to, 1899 74 
 
 Punch's Pocket-Book for 1847 21 
 
 Punch's Prize Novelists. See Novels by Emi- 
 nent Hands. 
 The Puppet Showman's Album [n.d.] ... 83 
 
 Quiz, 1858 SSi 
 
 Ramsbottom Letters 2 
 
 Reading a Poem . 72, 72a 
 
 Rebecca and Rowena, 1850 32,320 
 
 — 1856 39,48 
 
 — N. Y., 1853 446 
 
 138 
 
INDEX 
 
 Numbers 
 Reed, W. B. Hand Immemor, 1864 . . . .137 
 Ritchie, Lady Anne Isabella [Thackeray] 
 
 370, 62, 69, 102, iss 
 
 Rival Rhymes, 1839 84 
 
 The Rose and the Ring, 1855 38 
 
 Roundabout Papers, 1863 61 
 
 — Manuscript of No. 10 6ia 
 
 Sand and Canvas, 1849 27 
 
 Sartoris, Mrs. E. J. [Adelaide Kemble], Letter 
 
 to IS9 
 
 The Second Funeral of Napoleon, 1841 . . 17, 170 
 A Shabby Genteel Story, 1857 39, 51 
 
 — N. Y., 1852 510 
 
 Sherer, John 65 
 
 Simple Melodies, Manuscript and drawings . 99 
 
 — Facsimile 990 
 
 Sketches after English Landscape Painters 
 
 [1850] 33,33a 
 
 Sketches and Travels in London, 1856 . . 39,45 
 
 — 1858 4S0 
 
 — N. Y., 1853 463 
 
 Sketches by Bos, Drawings for title .... 157 
 
 Sketches by Spec, No. i 79 
 
 Smith, Horace, Letter to iS4 
 
 Smith, Orrin 16 
 
 The Snob, 1829 1, la, ib, ic 
 
 The Snob's Trip to Paris ic 
 
 Solomons, Ikey, Esq., Junior, Pseudonym . . 66 
 Some Passages in the Life of Major Gahagan. 
 
 See The Tremendous Adventures of Major 
 Gahagan. 
 Sorrows of Werther, Manuscript and drawing 149 
 
INDEX 
 
 Numbers 
 Specimens of a New Process of Engraving, 
 
 1861 77 
 
 Spielmari, W. M 74 
 
 Stubbs's Calendar. See The Fatal Boots. 
 
 The Students' Quarter [1874] 67 
 
 — In The Corsair 670, 676 
 
 Sultan Stork, 1887 71 
 
 — In Ainsworth's Magazine 71a 
 
 Swaine, Joseph, Letter to 96 
 
 Taylor, Theodore, Pseudonym 138 
 
 Taylor, Tom(?), Letter to 97 
 
 Tennyson, Alfred, Lord i 
 
 Thackeray, Anne Isabella. See Ritchie, Lady. 
 
 Thackeray Centenary, igii 139 
 
 Thackerayana, 1875 68 
 
 Thompson, J. R., Letter to 93 
 
 Three Sailors .... 27, 165 
 
 Timbuctoo i 
 
 Titmarsh, Michael Angelo (or M. A.), Pseudo- 
 nym . 17,18,19,20,22,23,26,28,31,32,38,440 
 
 Titmarsh, Mr., Pseudonym 14 
 
 Torre, Edward 99, 990 
 
 The Tremendous Adventures of Major 
 
 Gahagan, 1855 39,43 
 
 — N. Y., 1852 SO" 
 
 Trollope, Anthony. Thackeray, 1879 .... 140 
 
 — In Cornhill Magazine 128a 
 
 Unpublished Verses, 1899 73 
 
 Vanity Fair, 1848 .... 24, 24a 
 
 — Manuscript 246 
 
 140 
 
INDEX 
 
 Numbers 
 
 — Drawings 24c, 2^d, z^e, 24/, 243 
 
 The Veracious History of Dionysius Diddler . 9, gb 
 
 — Drawings ga 
 
 The Victoria Regia, 1861 600 
 
 The Virginians, 1838—59 S4 
 
 — Manuscript 540 
 
 Visiting card, Thackeray's 59/ 
 
 W. Empty House Theatricals sSd, s8e 
 
 Wagstaff, Theophile, Pseudonym 3 
 
 Walker, Frederick 62 
 
 Waterloo letter 151 
 
 White, Herbert 27 
 
 Whitey Brown Paper Magazine g, 90, 96 
 
 William Makepeace Thackeray at Clevedon 
 
 Court [c. i860] 56 
 
 Wilson, J. G. Thackeray in the United States, 
 
 1904 141 
 
 The Wolves and the Lamb, Program and Epi- 
 logue S8d, sSe 
 
 Yates, Edmund 55, 550, 556, 55c, 5s<i 
 
 "Ye Scrappers' Duet," Drawing 105 
 
 The Yellowplush Correspondence . Phil., 1838 . 6 
 
 — In Comic Tales, 1841 18 
 
 — 1856 39.44 
 
 141