Autobiographic SketchesChapter XIII · PREMATURE MANHOODReading editionChapter navigation19 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterSELECTIONS, GRAVE AND GAY, FROM WRITINGS PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED,EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY MR. DE QUINCEY TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF THIS WORKS.PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITIONChapter XIII · PREMATURE MANHOODChapter IChapter IIChapter II · (continued 2)Chapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIChapter VIIIChapter IXChapter XChapter XIChapter XIIChapter XIIIPrevious chapter ←PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITIONNext chapter →Chapter IAll chapters and sections (19)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsSELECTIONS, GRAVE AND GAY, FROM WRITINGS PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED,EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY MR. DE QUINCEY TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF THIS WORKS.PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITIONChapters13122345678910111213AUTOBIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES.← PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITIONCHAPTER I. →