Wilkie Collins

PREFACE.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I. Page Sketches of Character: I.

SKETCHES OF CHARACTER. I. TALK-STOPPERS.

SOCIAL GRIEVANCES. I. A JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF NOTHING.

NOOKS AND CORNERS OF HISTORY. I. A QUEEN'S REVENGE.

SOCIAL GRIEVANCES. II. A PETITION TO THE NOVEL-WRITERS.

FRAGMENTS OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. I. Laid up in lodgings.

SKETCHES OF CHARACTER. II. A SHOCKINGLY RUDE ARTICLE.

NOOKS AND CORNERS OF HISTORY. II. THE GREAT (FORGOTTEN) INVASION.

CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE. I. THE UNKNOWN PUBLIC.

SOCIAL GRIEVANCES. III. GIVE US ROOM!

CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE. II. PORTRAIT OF AN AUTHOR, PAINTED BY HIS PUBLISHER.

FRAGMENTS OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. II. MY BLACK MIRROR.

SKETCHES OF CHARACTER. III. MRS. BADGERY.

FOOTNOTES

Transcriber's Note:

Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original document have been preserved.

MY MISCELLANIES.

By WILKIE COLLINS,

AUTHOR OF 'THE WOMAN IN WHITE,' 'NO NAME,' 'THE DEAD SECRET,'
&c.      &c.      &c.

IN TWO VOLUMES.—Vol. I.

LONDON:

SAMPSON LOW, SON, & CO., LUDGATE HILL.

1863.

The Author reserves the right of Translation.

LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET,
AND CHARING CROSS.

Affectionately Inscribed

TO

HENRY BULLAR

(OF THE WESTERN CIRCUIT).