A collection of letters covering the time Thackeray was on the staff of "Punch" & the period of his early triumphs. Illus.

Letters to W.H. Brookfield.

Excerpt from A Collection of Letters of W. M. Thackeray: 1847-1855, With Portraits and Reproductions of Letters and Drawings The letters contained in this volume are in course of publication in Scribners Magazine, and the book is printed from the stereotype plates of a volume about to be published in New York. The American publishers have prefixed the following explanatory note to their edition: - "In arranging the letters for publication, a simple chronological order has been followed, regardless of their relative importance. In some cases the originals were not dated; and in each of these instances an effort has been made to supply the omission. Often it has been possible to do this with certainty; and in that case the date is printed above the letter in Roman type. Where such certainty could not be reached, conjectural dates are given in italics and enclosed in brackets; but even then they have been so far verified by means of incidents referred to in the letters, or other evidence, that they may be depended upon as fixing very closely the time of the notes to which they are attached. In this final arrangement of the letters, and in some additional annotation, the publishers have enjoyed the privilege of advice and assistance from Mr. James Russell Lowell, who kindly consented, with the cordial approval and thanks of Mrs. Brookfield, to give them this aid." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.