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Thackeray the Humourist and the Man of Letters, Including a Selection From His Characteristic Speeches, by Theodore Taylor
Thackeray the Humourist and the Man of Letters Including a Selection From His Characteristic Speeches by Theodore Taylor Author:John Camden Hotten General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1864 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. INTERVIEW WITH ME. DICKENS -- OFFER TO ILLUSTRATE " PICKWICK " EARLY ADMIRATION OF " BOZ " -- EXECUTION OF FIESCHI -- STARTING OF THE "CONSTITUTIONAL" -- POLITICAL OPINIONS -- LAMAN BLANCHARD AND JER- ROLD -- FAILURE OF THE JOURNAL -- LOSS OF FORTUNE MARRIAGE -- THE " TORCH AND PARTHENON " -- DOMESTIC AFFLICTION -- OEORGE CRUIKSHANK -- THE PARIS SKETCHBOOK -- RES ANGUSTA DOMI -- ANECDOTE OF HIS TA1LOK, M. ARETZ -- COMIC TALES AND SKETCHES -- SECOND FU- NERAL OF NAPOLEON -- CONTRIBUTIONS TO "FRASER" AND THE " NEW MONTHLY " -- THE " COMIC ALMANAC " -- THE SHABBY-GENTEEL STORY -- ADVENTURE AT LILLE -- -- TOUR IN THE EAST -- CONNEXION WITH "PUNCH" -- POPULARITY OF " JEAMES'S DIARY " -- CHRISTMAS BOOKS -- RESIDENCE IN YOUNG STREET, KENSINGTON -- CHAM- BEES IN THE TEMPLE. It was in the year 1836 that Mr. Thackeray, according to an anecdote related by himself, offered Mr. Dickens to undertake the task of illustrating one of his works. The story was told by the former at an anniversary dinner of the Royal Academy a few years since, Mr. Dickens being present on the occasion. " I can remember (said Mr. Thackeray) when Mr. Dickens was avery young man, and had commenced delighting the world with some charming humorous works in covers, which were coloured light green, and came out once a month, that this young man wanted an artist to illustrate his writings; and I recollect walking up to his chamhers in Furnival's Inn, with two or three drawings in my hand, which, strange to say, he did not find suitable. But for the unfortunate blight which came over my artis- tical existence, it would have been ...« less