st barbe, the journalist in " endymion " is an intended caricature of thackeray, and gushy is dickens. vigo, a minor character of the novel, is a combination of poole, the tailor, and george hudson, the sunderland railway king, as he was styled in his time. prince florestan is probably a sketch of louis napoleon in his early days in england. he is constantly presented as a child of destiny wailing for the european revolution of '48 to give him back his throne.