T FOREWORD HE author begs to express his indebtedness to the sev eral authorities who have made a close and intimate study of the lfie and work of the man whom we all love. Notably to my friends William H. Rideing, for his "Thackeray's London," and Lawrence Hutton, for his "Literary Landmarks of London." To Hare's "Walks in London," Taylor's "Historical Guide to London," Lucas's "A Wanderer in London," Merivale's "Thackeray," Theodore Taylor's "Thackeray, the Humorist and Man of Letters," Melville's "Thackeray's Country," and Anthony Trollope's "Life of Thackeray." F. H. S. New York, August, 1913. |