Sketches by Boz

***Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People*** (usually known as ***Sketches by Boz***) is a collection of short pieces written by Charles Dickens. The book was published in 1836. The first edition was illustrated by George Cruikshank.

## Publications
The first edition of *Sketches by Boz* was published by John Macrone in two series. The first series was a two-volume set which was published in February 1836. This was just a month before the publication of the first parts of *The Pickwick Papers* (1836-37). The "Second Series" was published in August 1836. After Dickens became famous, he could buy out his agreements with Macrone. Macrone died unexpectedly at 28. Dickens helped to publish a book called *The Pic-Nic Papers* to help Macrone's widow and children.

## Contents of the installments
Most of the fifty-six sketches that appear in the 1839 edition were originally published individually in various newspapers and periodicals. These included *The Morning Chronicle*, *The Evening Chronicle*, *The Monthly Magazine*, *The Carlton Chronicle* and ''Bell's Life in London*, from 1833 to 1836:
**"Mr. Minns and his Cousin" (SB 46), originally, "A Dinner at Poplar Walk" in *The Monthly Magazine*, 1 December 1833.
**"Mrs. Joseph Porter, Over the Way" (SB 53), originally in *The Monthly Magazine*, January, 1834.
**"Horatio Sparkins" ( SB 49), originally in *The Monthly Magazine*, February, 1834.
**"The Bloomsbury Christening" (SB 55), originally in *The Monthly Magazine*, April, 1834.
**"The Boarding-House" (SB 45), originally in *The Monthly Magazine*, May & August, 1834.
**"Sentiment" (SB 47), originally in *Bell's Weekly Magazine*, 7 June 1834.
**"The Steam Excursion" (SB 51), originally in *The Monthly Magazine*, October 1834.
**"A Passage in the Life of Mr. Watkins Tottle" (SB 54), originally "Chapter the First" and "Chapter the Second" in two numbers of *The Monthly Magazine*, January and February, 1835.
**"The Four Sisters" (SB 3), Our Parish 3, originally, "Sketches of London No. 14" in *The Evening Chronicle*, 18 June 1835.
**"The Election for Beadle" (SB 4), Our Parish 4, originally, "Sketches of London No. 16" in *The Evening Chronicle'', 14 July 1835.
**"The Broker's Man" (SB 5), Our Parish 5, originally, "Sketches of London No. 18" in *The Evening Chronicle*, 28 July 1835.
**"The Ladies' Societies" (SB 6), Our Parish 6, originally, "Sketches of London No. 20" in *The Evening Chronicle*, 28 July 1835.
**"Miss Evans and the Eagle" (SB 36), (Scenes and Characters No. 2) originally in ''Bell's Life in London*, 4 October 1835.
**"The Dancing Academy" (SB 41), originally, "Scenes and Characters, No. 3" in *Bell's Life in London*, 11 October 1835.
**"Making a Night of It" (SB 43), originally, "Scenes and Characters No. 4" in *Bell's Life in London*, 18 October 1835.
**"The Misplaced Attachment of Mr. John Dounce" (SB 39), originally, "Scenes and Characters No. 5. Love and Oysters," in *Bell's Life in London*, 25 October 1835.
**"Some Account of an Omnibus Cad" originally, "Scenes and Characters No. 6," later retitled and expanded into "The Last Cab-driver and the First Omnibus Cab"; in *Bell's Life in London*, 1 November 1835.
**"The Mistaken Milliner. A Tale of Ambition" (SB 40) originally "Scenes and Characters No. 7. The Vocal Dressmaker," in *Bell's Life in London*, 22 November 1835.
**"The New Year" (SB 35), originally in *Bell's Life in London*, 3 January 1836.
**"The Great Winglebury Duel" (SB 52), originally in the First Series of Sketches by Boz, 8 February 1836.
**"The Black Veil" (SB 50) originally in the First Series of Sketches by Boz, 8 February 1836.
**"Our Next-Door Neighbour" (Our Parish 7), originally, "Our Next-Door Neighbours" in *The Morning Chronicle*, 18 March 1836.
**"The Tuggses at Ramsgate" (Tales 4), originally in The Library of Fiction No. 1, 31 March 1836 (accompanied by two Robert Seymour woodcuts).
**"The Hospital Patient" (SB 38), Characters 6, originally in *The Carlton Chronicle'', 6 August 1836.
**"The Drunkard's Death" (SB 56), originally in the Second Series of Sketches by Boz, 17 December 1836.

## Book Contents
The contents of *Sketches by Boz* are:
***Our parish**
**The Beadle. The Parish Engine. The Schoolmaster.
**The Curate. The Old Lady. The Half-pay Captain
**The Four Sisters
**The Election for Beadle
**The Broker's Man
**The Ladies' Societies
**Our Next-door Neighbour
***Scenes**
**The Streets - morning
**The Streets - night
**Shops and their Tenants
**Scotland Yard
**Seven Dials
**Meditations in Monmouth-Street
**Hackney-coach Stands
**Doctors' Commons
**London Recreations
**The River
**Astley's
**Greenwich Fair
**Private Theatres
**Vauxhall Gardens by Day
**Early Coaches
**Omnibuses
**The Last Cab-driver, and the First Omnibus cad
**A Parliamentary Sketch
**Public Dinners
**The First of May
**Brokers' and Marine-store Shops
**Gin-shops
**The Pawnbroker's Shop
**Criminal Courts
**A Visit to Newgate
**Thoughts about People
**A Christmas Dinner
**The New Year
**Miss Evans and the Eagle
**The Parlour Orator
**The Hospital Patient
**The Misplaced attachment of Mr. John Dounce
**The Mistaken Milliner. A Tale of Ambition
**The Dancing Academy
**Shabby-Genteel People
**Making a Night of It
**The Prisoners' Van
***Tales**
**The Boarding-house
***Chapter the first
***Chapter the second
**Mr. Minns and his Cousin
**Sentiment
**The Tuggses at Ramsgate
**Horatio Sparkins
**The Black Veil
**The Steam Excursion
**The Great Winglebury Duel
**Mrs. Joseph Porter
**A Passage in the Life of Mr. Watkins Tottle
***Chapter the first
***Chapter the second
**The Bloomsbury Christening
**The Drunkard's death

## References
## Other websites
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