HENRY ESMOND, Esq.

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF

THE ENGLISH HUMOURISTS OF
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

THE FOUR GEORGES

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MAKYAW D QOLMOLO

FROM THC
EDWARO S. MAWES ESTATE

THE BIOGRAPHICAL EDITION OF

W. M. THACKERAY'S COMPLETE WORKS

Edited by Mrs. ANNE THACKERAY RITCHIE

The volumes are issued as far as possible in order of original publication

1. VANITY FAIR

7. HENRY ESMOND, ETC.
2. PENDENNIS

8. THE NEWCOMES
3. YELLOWPLUSH PAPERS, ETC. 9. CHRISTMAS BOOKS, ETC.
4. BARRY LYNDON, ETC.

10. THE VIRGINIANS
5. SKETCH BOOKS

11. PHILIP, ETC.
6. CONTRIBUTIONS TO

12. DENIS DUVAL, ETC.
"PUNCH," ETC.

13. MISCELLANIES
ated. Crown 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges

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$1 75 per volume

CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION

THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ.

BOOK I

THE EARLY YOUTH OF HENRY ESMOND, UP TO THE TIME OF

HIS LEAVING TRINITY COLLEGE, IN CAMBRIDGE

WHITHER IN THE TIME OF THOMAS, THIRD VISCOUNT,

VI.

THE ISSUE OF THE PLOTS-THE DEATH OF THOMAS,

VII.

I AM LEFT AT CASTLEWOOD AN ORPHAN, AND FIND

XI.

I COME HOME FOR A HOLIDAY TO CASTLEWOOD, AND

CONTAINS MR. ESMOND'S MILITARY LIFE, AND OTHER MATTERS

APPERTAINING TO THE ESMOND FAMILY

I.

I AM IN PRISON, AND VISITED, BUT NOT CONSOLED

THERE

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II.

I COME TO THE END OF MY CAPTIVITY, BUT NOT'

V.

I GO ON THE VIGO BAY EXPEDITIONS, TASTE SALT-