CHAPTER XII.

THACKERAY'S RESEARCHES AMONGST THE WRITINGS OF THE EARLY ESSAYISTS -- _Continued._

Extracts of Characteristic Passages from the Works of the 'Humourists,' from Thackeray's Library, illustrated with Original Marginal Sketches by the Author's hand -- The Series of THE 'GUARDIAN,' 1713 -- Introduction -- Steele's Programme -- Authors who contributed to the 'Guardian' -- Paragraphs and Pencillings 275