Introduction, by A. Welsh.
The method of allusive irrelevancy, by G. K. Chesterton.
The panoramic method, by P. Lubbock.
Thackeray's irony, by J. W. Dodds.
The social critic, by J. Y. T. Greig.
Thackeray as preacher, by M. Praz.
Thackeray's mothers-in-law, by J. Sutton.
Vanity fair, by K. Tillotson.
On the style of Vanity fair, by G. A. Craig.
Neoclassical conventions: Vanity fair, Pendennis, The Newcomes, by J. Loofbourow.
Henry Esmond as an historical novel, by G. Lukács.
The love theme of Henry Esmond, by J. E. Tilford, Jr.
The Newcomes, by G. N. Ray.
The adventures of Philip, by J. E. Baker.