Note 20 to Chapter 1 of the author's Pegasus in Harness: Victorian Publishing and W. M. Thackeray, which University Press of Virginia published in 1992. It has been included in the Victorian Web with the kind permission of the author, who of course retains copyright.
It appears that this letter may not have been sent; the original is with Smith's correspondence from Thackerary (NLS), who may have been content with showing it to his publisher.
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