<Table> Sketches by Boz <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Frontispiece of the (first series) first edition, February 1836 . Illustration by George Cruikshank </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Author </Th> <Td> Charles Dickens ("Boz") </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original title </Th> <Td> Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every - day Life and Every - day People </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Illustrator </Th> <Td> George Cruikshank </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cover artist </Th> <Td> George Cruikshank </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> England </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Sketches </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Published </Th> <Td> 1833 - 1836 in newspapers and periodicals; in 1836 (two series); first one volume edition 1839 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Publisher </Th> <Td> John Macrone, St. James's Square </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> The Pickwick Papers </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Frontispiece of the (first series) first edition, February 1836 . Illustration by George Cruikshank </Td> </Tr>

Who was boz and what did he write about