[Sidenote: =Thackeray among the Fraserians= _see page 6_] In January 1835 Thackeray appeared as one of the Fraserians in a sketch drawn by Maclise and published in _Fraser’s Magazine_. This celebrated cartoon depicts the Fraser writers at one of the frequent banquets held at 212, Regent Street. It was in this company that Thackeray first gained distinction as an author. [Sidenote: =Rue Neuve St. Augustin, Paris= _see page 7_] In 1836 he was appointed Paris correspondent of _The Constitutional_, and in August of the same year he married Miss Shawe. The wedding took place at the British Embassy, Bishop Luscombe, at that time chaplain, officiating at the ceremony. The newly married couple lived in apartments in the Rue Neuve St. Augustin, a street quite close by the Rue Neuve des Petits Champs, where is situated the restaurant made famous in the “Ballad of Bouillabaisse.” [Sidenote: =No. 18, Albion Street, Hyde Park= _see page 10_] [Sidenote: =No. 13, Great Coram Street, Brunswick Square= _see page 11_] _The Constitutional_ came to an end in 1837, and Thackeray returned to London and took up his abode for a time at 18, Albion Street, Hyde Park, where his mother was then living, and where he had stayed in 1834 when first contributing to _Fraser’s Magazine_. Anne Isabella Thackeray, his eldest daughter, was born at this house. A removal was made not long afterwards to No. 13, Great Coram Street, Brunswick Square, where the Thackerays lived for some years. During this period “The Paris Sketch-Book” was written, being published in 1840 by Macrone. Owing to the misfortune of his wife’s illness the author’s household became unsettled, and about 1843 the home at Great Coram Street was given up. [Sidenote: =“Comic Tales and Sketches”= _see page 13_] Thackeray had published in 1841 a collection of “Comic Tales and Sketches, edited and illustrated by Mr. Michael Angelo Titmarsh,” with a preface dated “Paris, April 1st, 1841,” from which the following is an extract: When there came to be a question of republishing the tales in these volumes, the three authors, Major Gahagan, Mr. Fitzroy Yellowplush, and myself, had a violent dispute upon the matter of editing; and at one time we talked of editing each other all round. The toss of a halfpenny, however, decided the question in my favour.... On the title-page the reader is presented with three accurate portraits of the authors of these volumes. They are supposed to be marching hand-in-hand, and are just on the very brink of Immortality. [Sidenote: =Drawing from “Punch”: “Authors’ Miseries”= _see page 12_]