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WHEN the "Shabby Genteel Story" was first reprinted<br />

with other stories and sketches by Mr. Thackeray, collected<br />

together under the title of "Miscellanies," the<br />

following note was appended to it :—<br />

It was my intention to complete the little story, of which only<br />

the first part is here written. Perhaps novel-readers will understand,<br />

even from the above chapters, what was to ensue. Caroline<br />

was to be disowned and deserted by her wicked husband : that<br />

abandoned man was to marry somebody else : hence, bitter trials<br />

and grief, patience and virtue, for poor little Caroline, and a<br />

melancholy ending—as how should it have been gay? <strong>The</strong> talc<br />

was interrupted at a sad period of the writer's own life. <strong>The</strong><br />

colours are long since dry; the artist's hand is changed. It is<br />

best to leave the sketch, as it was when first designed seventeen<br />

years ago. <strong>The</strong> memory of the past is renewed as he looks at it—<br />

LONDON : April 10th, 1857.<br />

die Bilder froher Tage<br />

Und manche liebe Schatten steigen auf.<br />

W. M. T.<br />

Mr. Brandon, a principal character in this story, figures prominently<br />

in "<strong>The</strong> <strong>Adve</strong>ntures of Philip," under his real name of Brand<br />

Firmin; Mrs. Brandon, his deserted wife, and her father, Mr.<br />

Gann, are also introduced ; therefore the " Shabby Genteel Story "<br />

is now prefixed to " <strong>The</strong> <strong>Adve</strong>ntures of Philip."<br />

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