15 APRIL 1876, page 18

A Well-wnrrren " Life " Is A Piece Of Literary

workmanship as charming as it is scarce. Amongst the most enduringly popular books on record are certain biographies. The vivid reproduction of a human character—though devoid......

Thackeray's Sketches And Fragments.*

HERE we have a ghinea quarto an inch thick, containing a mass of smooth and spotless paper, and therein embedded some frag- mentary sketches, graphic and autographic, by the......