The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-09

out of the world"
1s4S-"our street" t"m. A. Tit
marsh.">
1s4o-"Dr. Birch and His Young
Friends" ("M. a. Titmarsho
1s49-"The History of Samuel Tit
marsh; and the Great Hoggarty Dia-
mond" ("M. A. Titmarsh")
1s49--"An Interesting Event" ("M.
A. Titmarsh")
1s4s- 5o-"The History OF Penden-
MIS-" E. P. whipple. the American
critic. considers this "a book which.
with all its wealth of wit, hum.r
and worldly knowledge. still leaves the
saddest impressio on the mind OF all
OF Thackeray's works. 1t is enjoyed
while we are engaged in reading.
but the wide information of the super
fcies of life 1t conveys is of the kind
which depresses."
1s5o-"Rebecca and Rowena." f"M
A. Titmarsh.)
1s5l-"The Ilickleburys on tho
Rhine" ("M. A. Titmarsh.")
lS52--"The History OF Henry Es-
mond." Walter Pater called it "A per-
feet fiction and the hard please
Miss Martneau wrote: TT appears
TO me the book of the century, in Its
department. have read 1t three
times. and each time with new wonder
at Its rich, ripe wisdom. and at tho
singular charm OF Esmond's own
character"
ls5S-"The English Humorists of
the Eighteenth Century,
1s53-"Mens Wives"
1s54-'55-"Thc Newcomes" IT keep
reading The Newcomes or nights.
wrote Omar" Fitzgerald; and as 1t
were. hear him saying SO much In it,
and 1t seems TO me as II he might ho
coming up my stairs. to come (sing-
ing) into my room" And the gentle
Robert Louis Stevenson said of IL: III
the art of being a gentlaman wero
forgotten. like the art of staining glass,
1t might be learned anew from dear
Colonel Newcombe.
1s5i'57-"Miscellanies." (Tive vol
umes)
1855 --'"Bailads." Locker Lampson.
himself poet of nicely and distipc-
toin. said of the volume: what an
admirable gift this rhymer has, He Is
SO genial, SO tender, so humorous. WIZ
the very negligence OF his verse has
| it's charm"
| ls55-"The Rose and the Ring" (Thc
last work signed ~ M a. Titmarsh.
eray's self said to Motley. rs devilish
stupid. but at the same time most adj
| mirable" stupid" 1t is not, though
| thoroughly Ill composed" TO borrow
| the art critics term: the hand OF the
| great master is there.
| ls6l-"Lovel, the Widower."
| 1S61-"The Four Georges" After
| Elizabeth Browning had heard the talk
| on George III. she went home to write
| Miss Milford: 1T was better than good
! fine and touching"
| 1S62-"The Adventures of Philip"
] The great English critic Hammerton
! has said: My pleasure in fiction is
limited to very few authors. Scott 1
know intimately. but there is no
other novelist appreciate heartily ex-
! cent Thackeray. whose Philip l have
read over and over"
| e2'6s-"Roundab bout Papers"
| 1ss7-'Dennis Duval."
| ls6o-"Ballads and Tales
| ls7s-"The orphan of Rimlco"
1s76-"Etchings While at Cam
bridge"
lss6-"The Chronicle OF the Drum"
lss7-"Letters: '47-'55." Miss Agnes
! Repplier. reviewing this post humorous
work, said OF II: I'VE admire Thack-
cray none the less after reading this
bundle of letters: and. in view OF the
! disastrous revelations too often forced
upon the world by the publication OF
writer's correspondence, there can
I be no stronger praise than to add that
we love him a great deal more"
lss7-"Sultan Stork and Other
Pieces"
"'vanitas vantatum.' all is vanity,
is Mr. Thackeray's often repeated cry
none knew better than he with what
richly gilded coverings we are apt
to clothe the evil passions and desires
of our Robert Nicoli.
! Whit Capable Critics Have Pronounced
| of "W. NJ. t." nm Figure In Letters.
One of his books is like Dionysius
| ear. through which you hear the world
talking. entirely unconscious of being
overheard.-James Russell lowell
He is already, classic He Is the
representative Englishman of letters
| of his time, and one of the few great
| novelists of the world.-W. c. Brow
nell.
Our greatest novelist since Scott
| (and in some senses greater. because
| deeper. more to the quick. more
naked" than he). our foremost wit
and man of letters since Macauley.-
DR.. John Brown.
One always recognizes In Thackeray
! the powerful artist, who. like the Jap
| anese painter, will with a few lines
| place a living man or woman before
| you, never to be forgotten.-Professo
| Max Muller.
| Thackeray's point of view is widely
misunderstood: the deep and beautiful
tenderness which underlies so much of
his work does not make itself felt at
the first glance--H w. Mable
He saw the bright and pure side;
| ha loved II, he felt with II, he made
| us love II. But his artistic genius
worked with more free and consum-
| mate zest when he painted the dark
! and the foul.--Frederick Harrison.
He was ono of the great British dis
illusionists. He helped to break up
| many fond social illusions. some OF
which he dearly loved himself: but
the greatest illusion of all he attack
] ed was the Observation-Disclosures Rhys.
| He had not the austerity and lonely
strength needed for prophet; he