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 NEW EDITIOJMjnyiJHACKERAY'S WORKS, TO BE ISSUED IN THIRTEEN MONTHLY VOLUMES. Large Crown 8vo. Cloth, Gilt Top, 6*. each. THE BIOGRAPHICAL EDITION OP W. M. THACKERAY'S COMPLETE WORKS. THIS NEW AND REVISED EDITION COMPRISES ADDITIONAL MATERIAL and HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED LETTERS, SKETCHES, and DRAWINGS Derived from the Author's Original Manuscripts and Note-Books, AND EA.CH VOLUME WILL INCLUDE A MEMOIR IN THE FORM OF AN INTRODUCTION, By MRS. RICHMOND RITCHIE. VOLUME 4, containing THE MEMOIRS OF BARRY LYNDON : The Fitz boodle Papers, &c. With 16 Full-page Illustrations by J. E. MILLAIS, R.A., LUKE FILDES, A.R.A., and the AUTHOR, and 14 Woodcuts. WILL BE READY ON JULY 15. VOLUMES ALREADY ISSUED. . VANITY FAIR. With 20 Full-page Illustrations, 11 Woodcuts, a Facsimile Letter, and a New Portrait. . PENDENN1S. With 20 Full-page Illustrations and 10 Woodcuts. . YELLOWPLUSH PAPERS, &c. With 24 Full-page Reproductions of Steel Plates by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, 11 Woodcuts, and a Portrait of the Author by MACLISE. PRESS OPINIONS. The DAILY CHRONICLE.' We shall have, when the thirteen volumes of this edition are issued, not indeed a biography of Thackeray, but something which will delightfully supply the place of a biography, and fill a regrettable gap in our literary records.' TRUTH. 'Mrs. Richmond Ritchie contributes to each volume of this edition a "biographical introduction." This series of introductions will be as interesting as any set biography could be, and it certainly adda a unique attraction to what is in all respects a handsome edition of Thackeray.' The WORLD.' Herself a writer of singular charm, and animated by a filial devotion to the memory of her father, Mrs. Ritchie is happily enabled to supplement her own recollections with illuminative extracts from his note-books and correspondence. The new edition opens most auspiciously.' The GUARDIAN.' Messrs. Smith, Elder, & Co., have done well to give a thoroughly holdable as well as readable form to the Biographical Edition of Thackeray. The new " Vanity Fair " is handsome enough for dignity, and yet light enough to be read with comfort.' The ACADEMY.' Thackeray wished that no biography of him should appear. It is certain that the world has never ceased to desire one, hence the compromise effected in this edition of his works. Mrs. Ritchie, his daughter, will contribute to each volume in this edition her memories of the circumstances under which her father produced it. Such memoirs, where complete, cannot fall far short of being an actual biography.' OTHER EDITIONS OF MR. THACKERAY'S WORKS. The STANDARD EDITION. 26 vols. large 8vo. 10*. Qd. each. additional Illustrations. The LIBRARY EDITION. 24 vols. Small demy 8vo. handsomely bound in cloth, J 9 ; or half-russia, marbled edges, 13. 13s. With Illustrations by the AUTHOR, RICHARD DOYLE, and FREDERICK WALKEB. *** Th6 Volumes are sold separately, in cloth, 7s. 6d. each. The POPULAR EDITION. 13 vols. Large crown 8vo. with Frontispiece to each Volume, scarlet cloth, gilt top, 3. 5s. ; or in half-morocco gilt. 5. 10*. The CHEAPER ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 26 vols. Crown 8vo. bound in cloth, . 11s. ; or handsomely bound in half-morocco, 8. s. The POCKET EDITION. 27 vols. Small fcp. bound in cloth, with gilt top, 1*. Gd. each. The NOVELS. 13 vols. in gold- I The MISCELLANIES. 14 vols. lettered cloth case, 21s. in gold-lettered cloth case, 21s. London: SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 Waterloo Place, S.W.
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