CHAPTER XX.

Commencement of the 'Cornhill Magazine' -- 'Roundabout Papers' -- 'Lovel the Widower' -- The 'Adventures of Philip on his Way through the World' -- Lectures on the 'Four Georges' -- Editorial Penalties -- The 'Thorn in the Cushion' -- Harass from disappointed Contributors -- Vexatious Correspondents -- Withdrawal from the arduous post of Editor -- Building of Thackeray's House in Kensington Palace Gardens -- Christmas 1863 -- Death of the great Novelist -- The unfinished Work -- Circumstances of the Author's last Illness -- His Death 488

THACKERAYANA.