The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century by W. M. Thackeray

The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century

by W. M. Thackeray

George G. Harrap & Co., c1912, hardcover

Very Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, ex-library with stamp to front endpaper, stickers and tape to front and back endpapers, call number on spine, stamp to side fore edge, sunned spine (see photographs)

“As a popular lecturer Thackeray revealed a charming side of his literary personality which does not appear in his novels or magazine articles.  Thackeray knew the eighteenth century almost better than the nineteenth, and Lectures by rapid masterly touches, portray the humourists as they were known to their contemporaries.
We read the Lectures in order that we may look at eh humourists of the eighteenth century as Thackeray saw them.”