- Freeman, A. M.: Thomas Love Peacock, a Critical Study. Kennerley, 1911.
- Paul, H.: The Novels of Thomas Love Peacock. London, 1904.
- Van Doren, Carl: Life of Thomas Love Peacock. Dutton, 1911.
- Young, A. B.: Life and Novels of Thomas Love Peacock. Norwich, 1904.
Reade.
- Coleman, John: Charles Reade. London, 1903.
Thackeray.
- Benjamin, L. S.: (Lewis Melville.) William Makepeace Thackeray, a Biography. Lane, 1910.
- Benjamin, L. S.: Some Aspects of Thackeray. Little, Brown, 1911.
- Chesterton and Melville: Thackeray. London, 1903.
- Jack, A. A.: Thackeray, a Study. London, 1895.
- Merivale and Marzials: Life of William Makepeace Thackeray. Scott, 1891.
- Trollope, Anthony: William Makepeace Thackeray. (Men of Letters.) Macmillan, 1905.
- Whibley, Charles: William Makepeace Thackeray. (Modern English Writers.) London, 1904.
Trollope.
- Escott, Thomas: Anthony Trollope. Lane, 1913.
Nearly half these novelists left collections of letters. Lytton’s and George Eliot’s were published with their biographies. The others are:
- Dickens. Edited by Mamie Dickens and Georgina Hogarth. Latest edition, Macmillan, 1893.
- Meredith. Edited by his son. Scribner, 1912.
- Thackeray.
- A Collection of Letters of Thackeray. (To the Brookfields.) Scribner, 1887.
- Letters of Thackeray to an American Family. Smith, Elder, 1904.
- Some Family Letters of William Makepeace Thackeray. Houghton, Mifflin, 1911.
The only autobiography is Trollope’s. Edited by H. M. Trollope. Harper, 1883.