| LIST OF LETTERS AND PAPERS | xvii |
| ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS | xxix |
| INTRODUCTION | xxxv |
| 1. Family Affairs | xxxix |
| 2. Early Friendships | xlvii |
| 3. Shelley and his Circle | lv |
| 4. London Acquaintance | lxvii |
| 5. India House Correspondence | lxxi |
| 6. Hobhouse and his Daughters | lxxviii |
| 7. Retirement ot Halliford | lxxxii |
| 8. Posthumous Losses | lxxxviii |
| EDITORIAL POLICY | ci |
| 1. Scope and Arrangement | ci |
| 2. Manuscript Sources | cv |
| 3. Chronology and Dating | cvi |
| 4. Headings and Bibliographical Notes | cvii |
| 5. Texts and Textual Notes | cix |
| 6. Explanatory Notes | cxiii |
| CHRONOLOGY: Thomas Love Peacock, 1785-1827 | cxvii |
| LETTERS AND PAPERS, (1792-1827) (Numbers 1-131) | 1 |