Chapter 8

Pages 152-164.

OLIVER TWIST. ÆT. 26.

Interest in characters at close of _Oliver_ 152 Writing of the last chapter 153 Cruikshank illustrations 154 Etchings for last volume 154 How executed 154 Slander respecting them exposed 155 Falsehood ascribed to the artist 155 Reputation of the new tale 156 Its workmanship 157 Social evils passed away 157 Living only in what destroyed them 157 Chief design of the story 158 Its principal figures 158 Comedy and tragedy of crime 159 Reply to attacks 160 Le Sage, Gay, and Fielding 160 Likeness to them 161 Again the shadow of _Barnaby_ 161 Appeal to Mr. Bentley for delay 161 A very old story 162 "Sic vos non vobis" 162 _Barnaby_ given up by Mr. Bentley 163 Resignation of _Miscellany_ 163 Parent parting from child 164