THE

HISTORY OF PENDENNIS.

THE POCKET EDITION,

Twenty-seven Volumes, price Is. 6d. each in Half Cloth, with
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CONTENTS OF THE VOLUMES.

1-2. Vanity Fair. 2 vols.

3-4. The History of Pendennis.

2 vols.

5. The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon: A Little Dinner at Timmins's.

6-7. The Newcomes. 2 vols.

8.The History of Henry Esmond.

9-10. The Virginians. 2 vols.

11-12. The Adventures of Philip, to which is now prefixed A Shabby

Genteel Story. 2 vols.

13. The Irish Sketch Book.

14. The Great Hoggarty Diamond. The History of the next French

Revolution. Cruikshank and Leech. Cox's Diary. The

Bedford Row Conspiracy.

15. Major Gahagan. The Fatal Boots. Men's Wives. The Second

Funeral of Napoleon.

16. The Yellowplush Papers. Catherine.

17. The Fitzboodle Papers. Character Sketches. Tales. Papers

by the Fat Contributor. Miss Tickletoby's Lectures on

English History.

18. The Book of Snobs. Novels by Eminent Hands.

and other Papers.

19. Lovel the Widower. The Wolves and the Lamb.

Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo.

Sultan Stork

Notes of a

20. Ballads. A Legend of the Rhine. The Diary of C. Jeames de

la Pluche, Esq., with his Letters.

21. Roundabout Papers. Little Travels and Roadside Sketches.

23. The Christmas Books of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh. Contents:-Mrs.

Perkins's Ball-Our Street-Dr. Birch and his Young Friends

-Rebecca and Rowena-The Rose and the Ring-The

Kickleburys on the Rhine. 2 vols.

24. Sketches and Travels in London; and Miscellaneous Contribu-

tions to Punch.

25. The Four Georges; and The English Humorists of the Eighteenth

Century.

26. The Paris Sketch Book; and a Lecture on Charity and Humour.

27. Denis Duval; and Miscellaneous Essays, Sketches, and Reviews.

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THE HISTORY

OF

PENDENNIS

HIS FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES, HIS FRIENDS

AND HIS GREATEST ENEMY

BY

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. I.

LONDON

SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE

1891

ΤΟ

DR. JOHN ELLIOTSON.

MY DEAR DOCTOR,

Thirteen months ago, when it seemed likely that this story had come to a close, a kind friend brought you to my bedsi le, whence, in all probability, I never should have risen but for your constant watchfulness and skill. I like to recall your great goodness and kindness (as well as many acts of others, showing quite a surprising friendship and sympathy) at that time, when kindness and friendship were most needed and welcome.

And as you would take no other fee but thanks, let me record them here in behalf of me and mine, and subscribe myself

Yours most sincerely and gratefully,

W. M. THACKERAY.

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