Mary and Charles Lamb--From the Painting by F.S. Cary
made in 1834 44
Charles Dickens at the Age of Twenty-seven--From the
Portrait by Daniel Maclise, R.A. 48
Original Pickwick Cover Issued in 1837 with Dickens'
Autograph--Most of Dickens' Novels were Issued in
Shilling Installments before being Published in the
Complete Volume 52
William Makepeace Thackeray--From a Drawing by Samuel
Laurence, Engraved by J.C. Armytage 56
Title-page to _Vanity Fair_, Drawn by Thackeray, who
Furnished the Illustrations for Many of his Earlier
Editions 58
William Makepeace Thackeray--A Caricature Drawn by
Himself 62
Charlotte Brontë--From the Exquisitely Sympathetic Crayon
Portrait by George Richmond, R.A., now in the National
Portrait Gallery of London 66
Mrs. Gaskell--From the Portrait by George Richmond, R.A.
Mrs. Gaskell's _Life of Brontë_ is one of the Finest
Biographies in the Language 72
George Eliot in 1864--From the Etching by Mr. Paul
Rajon--Drawn by Mr. Frederick Burton--From the
Frontispiece to the First Edition of _George Eliot's
Life_, by Her Husband, J.W. Cross 76