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Chapter XIII: Roundabout Papers

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By William Makepeace Thackeray

CONTENTS

ROUNDABOUT PAPERS.

ON A LAZY IDLE BOY.

ON TWO CHILDREN IN BLACK.

ON RIBBONS.

ON SOME LATE GREAT VICTORIES.

THORNS IN THE CUSHION.

ON SCREENS IN DINING-ROOMS.

TUNBRIDGE TOYS.

DE JUVENTUTE.

ON A JOKE I ONCE HEARD FROM THE LATE THOMAS HOOD.

ROUND ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS TREE.

ON A CHALK-MARK ON THE DOOR

ON BEING FOUND OUT.

ON A HUNDRED YEARS HENCE.

SMALL-BEER CHRONICLE.

OGRES.

ON TWO ROUNDABOUT PAPERS WHICH I INTENDED TO WRITE.

A MISSISSIPPI BUBBLE.

ON LETTS'S DIARY.

NOTES OF A WEEK'S HOLIDAY.

NIL NISI BONUM.

ON HALF A LOAF.

THE NOTCH ON THE AXE.—A STORY A LA MODE.

DE FINIBUS.

ON A PEAL OF BELLS.

ON A PEAR-TREE.

DESSEIN'S.

ON SOME CARP AT SANS SOUCI.

AUTOUR DE MON CHAPEAU.

ON ALEXANDRINES.

ON A MEDAL OF GEORGE THE FOURTH.

“STRANGE TO SAY, ON CLUB PAPER.”

THE LAST SKETCH.

THE SECOND FUNERAL OF NAPOLEON

by William Makepeace Thackeray AKA Michael Angelo Titmarch.

Contents

I.—ON THE DISINTERMENT OF NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA.

II.—ON THE VOYAGE FROM ST. HELENA TO PARIS.

III.—ON THE FUNERAL CEREMONY.

BURLESQUES By William Makepeace Thackeray

CONTENTS

NOVELS BY EMINENT HANDS.

GEORGE DE BARNWELL

CODLINGSBY.

PHIL FOGARTY.

BARBAZURE.

LORDS AND LIVERIES.

CRINOLINE.

THE STARS AND STRIPES.

A PLAN FOR A PRIZE NOVEL.

THE DIARY OF C. JEAMES DE LA PLUCHE, ESQ.,

THE TREMENDOUS ADVENTURES OF MAJOR GAHAGAN.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

A LEGEND OF THE RHINE.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

REBECCA AND ROWENA.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

THE HISTORY OF THE NEXT FRENCH REVOLUTION.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

COX'S DIARY.

THE BOOK OF SNOBS

By One Of Themselves (William Makepeace Thackeray)

CONTENTS

PREFATORY REMARKS

CHAPTER I—THE SNOB PLAYFULLY DEALT WITH

CHAPTER II—THE SNOB ROYAL

CHAPTER III—THE INFLUENCE OF THE ARISTOCRACY ON SNOBS

CHAPTER IV—THE COURT CIRCULAR, AND ITS INFLUENCE ON SNOBS

CHAPTER V—WHAT SNOBS ADMIRE

CHAPTER VI—ON SOME RESPECTABLE SNOBS

CHAPTER VII—ON SOME RESPECTABLE SNOBS

CHAPTER VIII—GREAT CITY SNOBS

CHAPTER IX—ON SOME MILITARY SNOBS

CHAPTER X—MILITARY SNOBS

CHAPTER XI—ON CLERICAL SNOBS

CHAPTER XII—ON CLERICAL SNOBS AND SNOBBISHNESS

CHAPTER XIII—ON CLERICAL SNOBS

CHAPTER XIV—ON UNIVERSITY SNOBS

CHAPTER XV—ON UNIVERSITY SNOBS

CHAPTER XVI—ON LITERARY SNOBS

CHAPTER XVII—A LITTLE ABOUT IRISH SNOBS

CHAPTER XVIII—PARTY-GIVING SNOBS

CHAPTER XIX—DINING-OUT SNOBS

CHAPTER XX—DINNER-GIVING SNOBS FURTHER CONSIDERED

CHAPTER XXI—SOME CONTINENTAL SNOBS

CHAPTER XXII—CONTINENTAL SNOBBERY CONTINUED

CHAPTER XXIII—ENGLISH SNOBS ON THE CONTINENT

CHAPTER XXIV—ON SOME COUNTRY SNOBS

CHAPTER XXV—A VISIT TO SOME COUNTRY SNOBS

CHAPTER XXVI—ON SOME COUNTRY SNOBS

CHAPTER XXVII—A VISIT TO SOME COUNTRY SNOBS

CHAPTER XXVIII—ON SOME COUNTRY SNOBS

CHAPTER XXIX—A VISIT TO SOME COUNTRY SNOBS

CHAPTER XXX—ON SOME COUNTRY SNOBS

CHAPTER XXXI—A VISIT TO SOME COUNTRY SNOBS

CHAPTER XXXII—SNOBBIUM GATHERUM

CHAPTER XXXIII—SNOBS AND MARRIAGE

CHAPTER XXXIV—SNOBS AND MARRIAGE

CHAPTER XXXV—SNOBS AND MARRIAGE

CHAPTER XXXVI—SNOBS AND MARRIAGE

CHAPTER XXXVII—CLUB SNOBS

CHAPTER XXXVIII—CLUB SNOBS

CHAPTER XXXIX—CLUB SNOBS

CHAPTER XL—CLUB SNOBS

CHAPTER XLI—CLUB SNOBS

CHAPTER XLII—CLUB SNOBS

CHAPTER XLIII—CLUB SNOBS

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