William Thackeray: The Critical Heritage

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
PREFACE page......Page 14
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 15
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE......Page 16
INTRODUCTION......Page 18
Part of an unsigned review, Spectator, 4 January 1840......Page 34
Thackeray, from a letter, 18 January 1840......Page 35
Thackeray, the end of the novel......Page 37
Thackeray, from two letters, February and March 1840......Page 41
Unsigned review, Spectator, 18 July 1840......Page 42
J.F.STEPHEN, from a review, Saturday Review, 27 December 1856......Page 43
ANTHONY TROLLOPE, from Thackeray (1879)......Page 47
ABRAHAM HAYWARD, from \'Thackeray\'s Writings\', Edinburgh Review, January 1848......Page 50
G.H.LEWES, article, Morning Chronicle, 6 March 1848......Page 61
Thackeray, letter, 6 March 1848......Page 67
CHARLOTTE BRONT, from two letters, 29 March and 14 August 1848......Page 68
JOHN FORSTER, from a review, Examiner, 22 July 1848 page......Page 70
R.S.RINTOUL, from a review, Spectator, 22 July 1848......Page 75
ROBERT BELL, from a review, Fraser\'s Magazine, September 1848......Page 79
Thackeray, letter, 3 September 1848......Page 84
CHARLES ASTOR BRISTED, from \'Vanity Fair\', American Review, October 1848......Page 85
ELIZABETH RIGBY, from \'Vanity Fair and Jane Eyre\', Quarterly Review, December 1848......Page 94
JOHN RUSKIN, two comments, 1856 and 1884......Page 104
Thackeray, Preface, 26 November 1850......Page 105
From an unsigned review, Athenaeum, 7 December 1850......Page 107
J.R.FINDLAY, review, Scotsman, 18 December 1850......Page 110
R.S.RINTOUL, from \'Thackeray\'s Pendennis\', Spectator, 21 December 1850......Page 115
G.H.LEWES, review, Leader, 21 December 1850......Page 122
DAVID MASSON, from \'Pendennis and Copperfield\', North British Review, May 1851......Page 128
Thackeray, letter, 6 May 1851......Page 144
SAMUEL PHILLIPS, from \'David Copperfield and Arthur Pendennis\', The Times, 11 June 1851......Page 146
G.H.LEWES, from \'Thackeray\'s New Novel\', Leader, 6 November 1852......Page 153
GEORGE BRIMLEY, from \'Thackeray\'s Esmond\', Spectator, 6 November 1852......Page 155
JOHN FORSTER, from a review, Examiner, 13 November 1852......Page 161
GEORGE ELIOT, from a letter, 13 November 1852......Page 168
From an unsigned review, United States Review, March 1853 page......Page 176
ANTHONY TROLLOPE, from Thackeray (1879)......Page 182
THEODORE MARTIN, \'Thackeray\'s Works\', Westminster Review, April 1853......Page 186
NASSAU SENIOR, from \'Thackeray\'s Works\', Edinburgh Review, January 1854......Page 206
MRS. OLIPHANT, from \'Mr. Thackeray and his Novels\', Blackwood\'s Magazine, January 1855......Page 219
Thackeray, from chs. xxiv and xlii......Page 234
From an unsigned review, Spectator, 18 August 1855......Page 237
Unsigned review, The Times, 29 August 1855......Page 240
WHITWELL ELWIN, from a review, Quarterly Review, September 1855......Page 247
EDWARD BURNE-JONES, from \'Essay on The Newcomes\', Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, January 1856......Page 269
HENRY THEODORE TUCKERMAN, from \'Mr. Thackeray as a Novelist\', Christian Examiner, January 1856......Page 276
W.C.ROSCOE, from \'W.M.Thackeray, Artist and Moralist\', National Review, January 1856......Page 282
GOLDWIN SMITH, from a review, Edinburgh Review, October 1859......Page 303
Unsigned review, Saturday Review, 19 November 1859......Page 314
WALTER BAGEHOT, review, Spectator, 9 August 1862......Page 322
Unsigned review, Saturday Review, 23 August 1862 page......Page 326
JAMES HANNAY, from A Brief Memoir of the late Mr. Thackeray (1864)......Page 332
CHARLES DICKENS, \'In Memoriam\', Cornhill Magazine, February 1864......Page 337
LORD HOUGHTON, \'Historical Contrast\', Cornhill Magazine, February 1864......Page 340
ANTHONY TROLLOPE, \'W.M.Thackeray\', Cornhill Magazine, February 1864......Page 341
HENRY KINGSLEY, \'Thackeray\', Macmillan\'s Magazine, February 1864......Page 346
DAVID MASSON, \'Thackeray\', Macmillan\'s Magazine, February 1864......Page 358
WALTER BAGEHOT, from \'Sterne and Thackeray\', National Review, April 1864......Page 367
LESLIE STEPHEN, from \'The Writings of W.M.Thackeray\', 1879......Page 375
INDEX......Page 402