AUTOBIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES. BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY SELECTIONS, GRAVE AND GAY, FROM WRITINGS PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED, BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY. EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY MR. DE QUINCEY TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF THIS WORKS. PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE AFFLICTION OF CHILDHOOD DREAM ECHOES OF CHAPTER I. THE AFFLICTION OF CHILDHOOD. CHAPTER IV. THE FEMALE INFIDEL. CHAPTER V. I AM INTRODUCED TO THE WARFARE OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL. CHAPTER VI. I ENTER THE WORLD. CHAPTER VII. THE NATION OF LONDON. CHAPTER X. FRENCH INVASION OF IRELAND, AND SECOND REBELLION. CHAPTER XIII. PREMATURE MANHOOD. Title: Autobiographic Sketches Author: Thomas de Quincey Edition: 10 Language: English Produced by Anne Soulard, Arno Peters, Tiffany Vergon and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |