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THE PARIS SKETCH BOOK
OF
MR. M. A. TITMARSH
by
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

ESTES AND LAURIAT, BOSTON
Publishers

CONTENTS.
THE PARIS SKETCH BOOK.
An Invasion of France
A Caution to Travellers
The Fêtes of July
On the French School of Painting
The Painter's Bargain
Cartouche
On some French Fashionable Novels

A Gambler's Death
Napoleon and his System
The Story of Mary Ancel
Beatrice Merger
Caricatures and Lithography in Paris
Little Poinsinet
The Devil's Wager
Madame Sand and the new Apocalypse
The Case of Peytel
Four Imitations of Béranger
French Dramas and Melodramas
Meditations at Versailles

DEDICATORY LETTER
TO
M. ARETZ, TAILOR, ETC.
27, RUE RICHELIEU, PARIS.
SIR,--It becomes every man in his station to acknowledge and praise
virtue wheresoever he may find it, and to point it out for the admiration
and example of his fellow-men.
Some months since, when you presented to the writer of these pages a
small account for coats and pantaloons manufactured by you, and when
you were met by a statement from your creditor, that an immediate
settlement of your bill would be extremely inconvenient to him; your
reply was, "Mon Dieu, Sir, let not that annoy you; if you want money,
as a gentleman often does in a strange country, I have a thousand-franc
note at my house which is quite at your service."
History or experience, Sir, makes us acquainted with so few actions
that can be compared to yours,--an offer like this from a stranger and a
tailor seems to me so astonishing,--that you must pardon me for thus
making your virtue public, and acquainting the English nation with
your merit and your name. Let me add, Sir, that you live on the first
floor; that your clothes and fit are excellent, and your charges moderate
and just; and, as a humble tribute of my admiration, permit me to lay
these volumes at your feet.
Your obliged, faithful servant,
M. A. TITMARSH.

ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION.
About half of the sketches in these volumes have already appeared in
print, in various periodical