Writing Mrs. Nickleby's love-scene 175
Sydney Smith vanquished 175
Winding up the story 176
Parting from creatures of his fancy 177
The Nickleby dinner 178
Persons present 178
The Maclise portrait 178

CHAPTER X. 1838-1839.

Pages 180-190.

DURING AND AFTER NICKLEBY. AET. 26-27.

The Cottage at Twickenham 180
Daniel Maclise 180
Ainsworth and other friends 181
Mr. Stanley of Alderley 182
Petersham cottage 182
Childish enjoyments 182
Writes a farce for Covent Garden 183
Entered at the Middle Temple 183
We see Wainewright in Newgate 184
_Oliver Twist_ and the _Quarterly_ 184
Hood's _Up the Rhine_ 185
Shakspeare Society 185
Birth of second daughter 186
House-hunting 186
_Barnaby_ at his tenth page 186
Letter from Exeter 187
A landlady and her friends 187
A home for his father and mother 188
Autobiographical 189
Visit to an upholsterer 189
Visit from the same 190

CHAPTER XI. 1839.

Pages 191-199.

NEW LITERARY PROJECT. AET. 27-28.

Thoughts for the future 191
Doubts of old serial form 192
Suggestion for his publishers 192
My mediation with them 193
Proposed weekly publication 193
Design of it 193
Old favorites to be revived 194
Subjects to be dealt with