THE

CHRISTMAS BOOKS

OF

MR. M. A. TITMARSH.

MRS. PERKINS'S BALL. OUR STREET. DR. BIRCH.
THE KICKLEBURYS ON THE RHINE. THE
ROSE AND THE RING. THE BOOK

OF SNOBS, AND BALLADS.

BY

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR.

NEW YORK:

R. WORTHINGTON, 770 BROADWAY.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

47*38

CONTENTS.

CHRISTMAS STORIES.

Mrs. Perkins's Ball....

Our Strect.....

Dr. Birch and his Young Friends....

The Kickleburys on the Rhine.......

The Rose and the Ring; or, the History of Prince Giglio and

Prince Bulbo...

...

.....

THE BOOK OF SNOBS.

Prefatory Remarks..

1. The Snob playfully dealt with..

II. The Snob Royal....

...

III. The Influence of the Aristocracy on Snobs..

IV. "The Court Circular," and its Influence on Snobs....

...

PAGE.

II

43

77

107

163

....

PAGE.

247

251

255

258

261

BALLADS.

The Chronicle of the Drum, Part I..

66

66

66

Part II.

Abd-el-Kader at Toulon : or, the Caged Hawk.

The King of Brentford's Testament..

The White Squall

Peg of Limavaddy..

May-Day Ode..

The Ballad of Bouillabaisse.

The Mahogany Tree.

The Yankee Volunteers..

The Pen and the Album.

Mrs. Katherine's Lantern..

Lucy's Birthday....

The Cane-Bottom'd Chair...

Piscator and Piscatrix.

The Rose upon my Balcony.

Ronsard to his Mistress..

At the Church Gate.

The Age of Wisdom..

Sorrows of Werther

A Doe in the City.

The Last of May

"Ah, Bleak and Barren was the Moor".

Song of the Violet..

Fairy Days...

Pocahontas...

From Pocahontas.

LOVE-SONGS MADE EASY:-

What makes my Heart to Thrill and Glow?

The Ghazul, or Oriental Love-song :—

The Rocks..

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The King on the Tower..

On a very old Woman.

A Credo...