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PICKWICKIAN ORIGINALS.
stated that "Mr. Pickwick had retired from business and was a gentleman of considerable independent property."
In the original announcement of the "Pickwick Papers" there are some scraps of information about Mr. Pickwick and the Club itself. This curious little screed shows that the programme was much larger than the one carried out:—
"On the 31st of March, 1836, will be published, to be continued Monthly, price One Shilling, the First Number of
THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS
OF
THE PICKWICK CLUB;
containing a faithful record of the
Perambulations, Perils, Travels, Adventures, and Sporting Transactions of the Corresponding Members.
EDITED BY "BOZ."
And each Monthly Part embellished with four illustrations by Seymour.
