Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Texts of Thackeray Used x
5. The Richest of Victorian Fictions 1
6. Literary Allusion in the Newcomes 8
7. The Art World 87
8. History and India 106
9. France of the Citizen King 120
10. London and the Significance of Topography 134
11. Newspapers 159
12. Names 165
13. Notes 172
14. Index 185