Excerpt from A Collection of Letters of W. M. Thackeray: 1847-1855, With Portraits and Reproductions of Letters and Drawings No writer of recent times is so much quoted as Thackeray; scarcely a week passes without his name recurring in one or other of the leading articles of the day and yet whilst his published works retain their influence so firmly, the per sonal impression of his life and conversation be comes more and more shadowy and indistinct as the friends who knew and loved him the most are gradually becoming fewer and passing away. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.