Part 1: THE YELLOWPLUSH PAPERS: Chapter 1: Unsigned review, the Spectator.

The first chapter of the book "William Thackeray: The Critical Heritage," edited by Geoffrey Tillotson and Donald Hawes is presented. The article offers an excerpt from an unsigned review of the book "The Yellowplush Papers," by William Thackeray that was originally published in the January 4, 1840 issue of the "Spectator."