COLLECTION

OF

BRITISH AUTHORS.

VOL. CLXXI.

MISCELLANIES BY W. M. THACKERAY.

VOL. I.

168

3 vols.

3 vols.

Esq.

2 vols.

VANITY FAIR, a novel without a hero.
THE HISTORY OF PENDENNIS .
THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND,
THE ENGLISH HUMOURISTS of the eighteenth century 1 vol.
THE NEWCOMES

THE VIRGINIANS, a tale of the last century

4 vols.

4 vols.

2 vols.

MISCELLANIES:

PROSE AND VERSE.

BY

W. M. THACKERAY,

AUTHOR OF "VANITY FAIR," "THE NEWCOMES," &c.

CONTENTS.

I.

THE HISTORY OF SAMUEL TITMARSH AND THE

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

GREAT HOGGARTY DIAMOND.

Gives an account of our village, and the first

glimpse of the diamond

Tells how the diamond is brought up to London,

and produces wonderful effects both in the City

and at the West End.

How the possessor of the diamond is whisked

into a magnificent chariot, and has yet further

good luck

How the happy diamond-wearer dines at Pen-

tonville

How the diamond introduces him to a still more

fashionable place

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CHAPTER VI. On the West Diddlesex Association, and of the
effect the diamond had there

CHAPTER VII. How Samuel Titmarsh reached the highest point