ABSTRACT
Thackeray only stayed three weeks in London, while he was transferring his household goods from Young Street to 36 Onslow Square, next door to his friend Baron Marochetti, the sculptor, after his return from America. While in Boulogne he was attended by Dr. Cookesley, the well-known English physician of that town, who was so engrossed by The Newcomes that in an absent-minded manner he addressed his patient as ‘Mr. Honeyman’ throughout the whole of the first interview, to Thackeray’s intense amusement. Thackeray was one of the few men of genius who could dictate their work, and the commencement of this habit may probably be traced as far as 1849, when, after his illness, he was too weak to sit long at a desk, and was compelled to employ an amanuensis. Soon after his arrival in London, Thackeray made arrangements, through the agency of Mr. Hodder, to deliver the lectures on The Four Georges a certain number of times in London.
