Chapter VII

'Elizabeth Brownrigge: a Tale,' 1832 -- 'Comic Magazine,' 1832-4
-- 'National Standard and Literary Representative,' 1833-4 --
'Flore et Zéphyr, Ballet Mythologique,' 1836 -- On the Staff of
'Fraser's Magazine' -- Early Connection with Maginn and his
Colleagues -- The Maclise Cartoon of the Fraserians --
Thackeray's _Noms de Plume_ -- Charles Yellowplush as a Reviewer
-- Skelton and his 'Anatomy of Conduct' -- Thackeray's Proposal
to Dickens to illustrate his Novels -- Gradual Growth of
Thackeray's Notoriety -- His Genial Admiration for 'Boz' --
Christmas Books and Dickens's 'Christmas Carol' -- Return to
Paris -- Execution of Fieschi and Lacénaire -- Daily Newspaper
Venture -- The 'Constitutional' and 'Public Ledger' -- Thackeray
as Paris Correspondent -- Dying Speech of the 'Constitutional' --
Thackeray's Marriage -- Increased Application to Literature --
The 'Shabby Genteel Story' -- Thackeray's Article in the
'Westminster' on George Cruikshank -- First Collected Writings --
The 'Paris Sketch-Book' -- Dedication to M. Aretz -- 'Comic Tales
and Sketches,' with Thackeray's original Illustrations -- The
'Yellowplush Papers' -- The 'Second Funeral of Napoleon,' with
the 'Chronicles of the Drum' -- The 'History of Samuel Titmarsh
and the great Hoggarty Diamond' -- 'Fitzboodle's Confessions' --
The 'Irish Sketch-Book,' with the Author's Illustrations -- The
'Luck of Barry Lyndon' -- Contributions to the 'Examiner' --
Miscellanies -- 'Carmen Lilliense' -- 'Notes on a Journey from
Cornhill to Grand Cairo,' with the Author's Illustrations --
Interest excited in Titmarsh -- Foundation of 'Punch' --
Thackeray's Contributions -- His comic Designs -- The 'Fat
Contributor' -- 'Jeames's Diary' 124

CHAPTER VIII.

Increasing reputation -- Later writings in 'Fraser' -- 'Mrs.
Perkins's Ball,' with Thackeray's Illustrations -- Early
Vicissitudes of 'Pencil Sketches of English Society' --
Thackeray's connection with the Temple -- Appearance of 'Vanity
Fair,' with the Author's original Illustrations -- Appreciative
notice in the 'Edinburgh Review' -- The impression produced --
'Our Street,' with Titmarsh's Pencillings of some of its
Inhabitants -- The History of Pendennis,' illustrated by the
Author -- 'Dr. Birch and his Young Friends,' with illustrations
by M. A. Titmarsh -- 'Rebecca and Rowena' -- The Dignity of
Literature and the 'Examiner' and 'Morning Chronicle' newspapers
-- Sensitiveness to Hostile Criticism -- The 'Kickleburys on the
Rhine,' with illustrations by M. A. Titmarsh -- Adverse bias of
the 'Times' newspaper -- Thackeray's reply -- An 'Essay on
Thunder and Small Beer' 161