Excerpt from Loose Sketches, an Eastern Adventure, Etc
Of the four "Loose Sketches" written by Thackeray for "The Britannia" in 1841, three are entirely unknown to readers of the present generation, and the fourth scarcely known beyond the limited circle of the "Sette of Odd Volumes."
That these writings should have escaped the researches of biographer and bibliographer, for so long a period, seems almost incredible. But such is the fact; for, while numerous magazine and newspaper articles were being recovered from other hiding-places, "The Britannia" obstinately refused to surrender its secret. It remained, accordingly, a sealed book, till a happy chance occasioned the discovery of one of these sketches; and this ultimately led to the finding of the rest.
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