ESMOND:

A STORY OF QUEEN ANNE'S REIGN.

BY

W. M. THACKERAY,

AUTHOR OF "VANITY FAIR," "PENDENNIS," ETC., ETC.

THE HISTORY

OP

HENRY ESMOND, ESQ.,

A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE.

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

Servetur ad imum

Qualis ab incepto processerit, et sibi constet.

LONDON:

SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 65, CORNHILL.
1858.