. Thackerayana;. LARGE portion of the public, andespecially that smaller section of thecommunity, the readers of books, willnot easily forget the shock, as uni-versal as it was unexpected, whichwas produced at Christmas, 1863, bythe almost incredible intelligence ofthe death of William MakepeaceThackeray. The mournful news wasrepeated at many a Christmas table,that he, who had led the simpleColonel Newcome to his solemn and touching end, wouldwrite no more. The circumstance was so startling fromthe suddenness of the great loss which society at large hadsustained, that it was some time before p
. Thackerayana;. LARGE portion of the public, andespecially that smaller section of thecommunity, the readers of books, willnot easily forget the shock, as uni-versal as it was unexpected, whichwas produced at Christmas, 1863, bythe almost incredible intelligence ofthe death of William MakepeaceThackeray. The mournful news wasrepeated at many a Christmas table,that he, who had led the simpleColonel Newcome to his solemn and touching end, wouldwrite no more. The circumstance was so startling fromthe suddenness of the great loss which society at large hadsustained, that it was some time before people couldrealise the dismal truth of the report. It will be easily understood, without elaborating on sosaddening a theme, with how much keener a blow thisheavy bereavement must have struck the surviving relativesof the great novelist. It does not come within our pro-vince to speak of the paralysing effect of such emotion; itis sufficient to recall that Thackerays death, with its over- vi INTRODUCTION. whelming
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