CHAPTER XVIII.

Thackeray as an Illustrator -- The 'North British Review' on Thackeray -- Illustrations to 'Men of Character' -- 'The Whitey-brown Paper Magazine' -- 'Comic Tales,' illustrated by Thackeray -- Allusions to Caricature Drawing found throughout his writings -- Skits on Fashion -- Titmarsh on 'Men and Clothes' -- Bohemianism in youth -- Hatred of Conventionality -- Sketches of Contemporary Habits and Manners -- Imaginative Illustrations to Romances -- Skill in Ludicrous Parody -- Burlesque of the 'Official Handbook of Court and State' 436