134
Tale to follow _Oliver Twist_ 135
Compromise with Mr. Bentley 135
Trip to Flanders 135
First visit to Broadstairs 136
Piracies of _Pickwick_ 137
A sufferer from agreements 138
First visit to Brighton 138
What he is doing with _Oliver Twist_ 139
Reading De Foe 139
"No Thoroughfare" 139
Proposed help to Macready 140

CHAPTER VII. 1837-1838.

Pages 141-151.

BETWEEN PICKWICK AND NICKLEBY. AET. 25-26.

Edits _Life of Grimaldi_ 141
His own opinion of it 142
An objection answered 142
His recollections of 1823 142
Completion of _Pickwick_ 143
A purpose long entertained 144
Relations with Chapman & Hall 144
Payments made for _Pickwick_ 145
Agreement for _Nicholas Nickleby_ 145
_Oliver Twist_ characterized 146
Reasons for acceptance with every class 146
Nightmare of an agreement 147
Letter to Mr. Bentley 147
Proposal as to _Barnaby Rudge_ 148
Result of it 148
Birth of eldest daughter 149
_Young Gentlemen_ and _Young Couples_ 149
First number of _Nicholas Nickleby_ 150
2d of April, 1838 150

CHAPTER VIII. 1838.

Pages 152-164.

OLIVER TWIST. AET. 26.

Interest in characters at close of _Oliver_ 152
Writing of the last chapter 153
Cruikshank illustrations 154
Etchings for last volume 154
How executed 154
Slander respecting them exposed