Sir Walter Scott--This Portrait is taken from Chantrey's Bust now at Abbotsford, which, according to Lockhart, "Alone Preserves for Posterity the Expression most fondly Remembered by All who Ever Mingled in his Domestic Circle." 12 White Horse Inn--From an Illustration to _Waverley_, Drawn by G. Cattermole and Engraved by E. Finden 14 Thomas Carlyle--From the World-Famed Masterpiece of Portraiture by James McNeill Whistler 20 Archhouse, Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, the Birthplace of Thomas Carlyle--From a Photograph in the Possession of Alexander Carlyle, M.A., on which Carlyle has Written a Memorandum to Show in which Room he was Born 26 Thomas De Quincey--From an old Engraving 30 De Quincey with Two Daughters and Grandchild--From a Chalk Drawing by James Archer, R.S.A., made in 1855 34 Charles Lamb--From the Portrait by William Hazlitt 38 Mary and Charles Lamb--From the Painting by F.S. Cary made in 1834 44 Charles Dickens at the Age of Twenty-seven--From the Portrait by Daniel Maclise, R.A. 48 Original Pickwick Cover Issued in 1837 with Dickens' Autograph--Most of Dickens' Novels were Issued in Shilling Installments before being Published in the Complete Volume 52 William Makepeace Thackeray--From a Drawing by Samuel Laurence, Engraved by J.C. Armytage 56 Title-page to _Vanity Fair_, Drawn by Thackeray, who Furnished the Illustrations for Many of his Earlier Editions 58 William Makepeace Thackeray--A Caricature Drawn by Himself 62 Charlotte Bronte--From the Exquisitely Sympathetic Crayon Portrait by George Richmond, R.A., now in the National Portrait Gallery of London 66 Mrs. Gaskell--From the Portrait by George Richmond, R.A. Mrs. Gaskell's _Life of Bronte_ is one of the Finest Biographies in the Language 72 George Eliot in 1864--From the Etching by Mr. Paul Rajon--Drawn by Mr. Frederick Burton--From the Frontispiece to the First Edition of _George Eliot's Life_, by Her Husband, J.W. Cross 76 George Eliot's Birthplace, South Farm, Arbury, Nuneaton 80 John Ruskin--From a Photograph Taken on July 20, 1882, by Messrs. Elliott & Fry 88 John Ruskin--From the Semi-Romantic Portrait by Sir John E. Millais 92 Lord Alfred Tennyson--After an Engraving by G.J. Stodart From a Photograph by J. Mayall 96