Chapter VIII: 1838

Pages 152-164.

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Interest in characters at close of _Oliver_ 152
Writing of the last chapter 153
Cruikshank illustrations 154
Etchings for last volume 154
How executed 154
Slander respecting them exposed 155
Falsehood ascribed to the artist 155
Reputation of the new tale 156
Its workmanship 157
Social evils passed away 157
Living only in what destroyed them 157
Chief design of the story 158
Its principal figures 158
Comedy and tragedy of crime 159
Reply to attacks 160
Le Sage, Gay, and Fielding 160
Likeness to them 161
Again the shadow of _Barnaby_ 161
Appeal to Mr. Bentley for delay 161
A very old story 162
"Sic vos non vobis" 162
_Barnaby_ given up by Mr. Bentley 163
Resignation of _Miscellany_ 163
Parent parting from child 164