CHAPTER VII.

'Elizabeth Brownrigge: a Tale,' 1832 -- 'Comic Magazine,' 1832-4 -- 'National Standard and Literary Representative,' 1833-4 -- 'Flore et Zéphyr, Ballet Mythologique,' 1836 -- On the Staff of 'Fraser's Magazine' -- Early Connection with Maginn and his Colleagues -- The Maclise Cartoon of the Fraserians -- Thackeray's _Noms de Plume_ -- Charles Yellowplush as a Reviewer -- Skelton and his 'Anatomy of Conduct' -- Thackeray's Proposal to Dickens to illustrate his Novels -- Gradual Growth of Thackeray's Notoriety -- His Genial Admiration for 'Boz' -- Christmas Books and Dickens's 'Christmas Carol' -- Return to Paris -- Execution of Fieschi and Lacénaire -- Daily Newspaper Venture -- The 'Constitutional' and 'Public Ledger' -- Thackeray as Paris Correspondent -- Dying Speech of the 'Constitutional' -- Thackeray's Marriage -- Increased Application to Literature -- The 'Shabby Genteel Story' -- Thackeray's Article in the 'Westminster' on George Cruikshank -- First Collected Writings -- The 'Paris Sketch-Book' -- Dedication to M. Aretz -- 'Comic Tales and Sketches,' with Thackeray's original Illustrations -- The 'Yellowplush Papers' -- The 'Second Funeral of Napoleon,' with the 'Chronicles of the Drum' -- The 'History of Samuel Titmarsh and the great Hoggarty Diamond' -- 'Fitzboodle's Confessions' -- The 'Irish Sketch-Book,' with the Author's Illustrations -- The 'Luck of Barry Lyndon' -- Contributions to the 'Examiner' -- Miscellanies -- 'Carmen Lilliense' -- 'Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo,' with the Author's Illustrations -- Interest excited in Titmarsh -- Foundation of 'Punch' -- Thackeray's Contributions -- His comic Designs -- The 'Fat Contributor' -- 'Jeames's Diary' 124