Chapter XII

THACKERAY'S RESEARCHES AMONGST THE WRITINGS OF THE EARLY ESSAYISTS--_Continued._

Extracts of Characteristic Passages from the Works of 'The
Humourists,' from Thackeray's Library, illustrated with Original
Marginal Sketches by the Author's Hand -- The Series of THE
'GUARDIAN,' 1713 -- Introduction -- Steele's Programme -- Authors
who contributed to the 'Guardian' -- Paragraphs and Pencillings.