DEALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOMBEY AND SON, WHOLESALE, RETAIL, AND FOR EXPORTATION. By Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by Hablot Browne. (Three monthly numbers published, from October to the close of the year.) Bradbury & Evans. (During this year Messrs. Bradbury & Evans published "for the Author," in numbers uniform with the other serials, and afterwards in a single volume, The Adventures of Oliver Twist, or the Parish Boy's Progress. By Charles Dickens. With 24 Illustrations by George Cruikshank. A new Edition, revised and corrected.).

THE BATTLE OF LIFE. A Love Story. By Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Maclise R.A., Stanfield R.A., Richard Doyle, and John Leech. (Dedicated to his "English Friends in Switzerland.") Bradbury & Evans (for the Author). ii. 230; 241, 242; 279, 280; 284, 285; 286-289; 293-297; 303-311.

1847.

DEALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOMBEY AND SON. (Twelve numbers published monthly during the year.) Bradbury & Evans.

FIRST CHEAP ISSUE OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS. An Edition, printed in double columns, and issued in weekly three-halfpenny numbers. The first number, being the first of Pickwick, was issued in April 1847; and the volume containing that book, with preface dated September 1847, was published in October. New prefaces were for the most part prefixed to each story, and each volume had a frontispiece. The first series (issued by Messrs. Chapman and Hall, and closing in September 1852) comprised Pickwick, Nickleby, Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge, Chuzzlewit, Oliver Twist, American Notes, Sketches by Boz, and Christmas Books. The second (issued by Messrs. Bradbury & Evans, and closing in 1861) contained Dombey and Son, David Copperfield, Bleak House, and Little Dorrit. The third, issued by Messrs. Chapman & Hall, has since included Great Expectations (1863), Tale of Two Cities (1864), Hard Times and Pictures from Italy (1865), Uncommercial Traveller (1865), and Our Mutual Friend (1867). Among the Illustrators employed for the Frontispieces were Leslie R.A., Webster R.A., Stanfield R.A., George Cattermole, George Cruikshank, Frank Stone A.R.A., John Leech, Marcus Stone, and Hablot Browne. See ii. 326 and 388.

1848.

DEALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOMBEY & SON: WHOLESALE, RETAIL, AND FOR EXPORTATION. (Five numbers issued monthly, the last being a double number, from January to April; in which latter month the complete work was published with dedication to Lady Normanby and preface dated Devonshire-terrace, 24th of March.) Bradbury & Evans, ii. 102; 107; 219; 220; 230; 241; 265; 278; 280-282; 334-336; 337-367. iii. 345.

THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST'S BARGAIN. A Fancy for Christmas Time. By Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Stanfield R.A., John Tenniel, Frank Stone A.R.A., and John Leech. Bradbury & Evans, ii. 280; 388-390; 419; 442-447; 468.

1849.

THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD. By Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by Hablot Browne. (Eight parts issued monthly from May to December.) Bradbury & Evans.

1850.

THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD. By Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Hablot Browne. (Twelve numbers issued monthly, the last being a double number, from January to November; in which latter month the completed work was published, with inscription to Mr. and Mrs. Watson of Rockingham, and preface dated October.) Bradbury & Evans. ii. 102; 422, 423; 434, 435; 438; 447; 462-466; 484-487; 494. iii. 21-40; 348, 349.

HOUSEHOLD WORDS. On Saturday the 30th of March in this year the weekly serial of HOUSEHOLD WORDS was begun, and was carried on uninterruptedly to the 28th of May 1859, when, its place having been meanwhile taken by the serial in the same form still existing, HOUSEHOLD WORDS was discontinued. ii. 201-203; 449-456. iii. 239; 490-498.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER of Household Words. CHRISTMAS. To this Dickens contributed A CHRISTMAS TREE.

1851.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER of Household Words. WHAT CHRISTMAS IS. To this Dickens contributed WHAT CHRISTMAS IS AS WE GROW OLDER.

1852.

BLEAK HOUSE. By Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by Hablot Browne. (Ten numbers, issued monthly, from March to December.) Bradbury & Evans.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER of Household Words. STORIES FOR CHRISTMAS. To this Dickens contributed THE POOR RELATION'S STORY, and THE CHILD'S STORY.

1853.

BLEAK HOUSE. By Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Hablot Browne. (Ten numbers issued monthly, the last being a double number, from January to September, in which latter month, with dedication to his "Companions in the Guild of Literature and Art," and preface dated in August, the completed book was published.) Bradbury & Evans, ii. 342; 441. iii. 25-29; 40-54; 57-59; 345.

A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By Charles Dickens. Three vols. With frontispieces from designs by F. W. Topham. Reprinted from Household Words, where it appeared between the dates of the 25th of January 1851 and the 10th of December 1853. (It was published first in a complete form with dedication to his own children in 1854.) Bradbury & Evans, iii. 58.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER of Household Words. CHRISTMAS STORIES. To this Dickens contributed THE SCHOOL BOY'S STORY, and NOBODY'S STORY.

1854.

HARD TIMES. FOR THESE TIMES. By Charles Dickens. (This tale appeared in weekly portions in Household Words, between the dates of the 1st of April and the 12th of August 1854; in which latter month it was published complete, with inscription to Thomas Carlyle.) Bradbury & Evans, iii. 65-70.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER of Household Words: THE SEVEN POOR TRAVELLERS. To this Dickens contributed three chapters. I. IN THE OLD CITY OF ROCHESTER; II. THE STORY OF RICHARD DOUBLEDICK; III. THE ROAD. iii. 154.

1855.

LITTLE DORRIT. By Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Hablot Browne. The first number published in December. Bradbury & Evans.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER of Household Words. THE HOLLY-TREE. To this Dickens contributed three branches. I. MYSELF; II. THE BOOTS; III. THE BILL. iii. 154; 415.

1856.

LITTLE DORRIT. By Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Hablot Browne. (Twelve numbers issued monthly, between January and December.) Bradbury & Evans.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER of Household Words. THE WRECK OF THE GOLDEN MARY. To this Dickens contributed the leading chapter: THE WRECK. iii. 485.

1857.

LITTLE DORRIT. By Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Hablot Browne. (Seven numbers issued monthly, the last being a double number, from January to June, in which latter month the tale was published complete, with preface, and dedication to Clarkson Stanfield.) Bradbury & Evans, iii. 72; 75; 96; 115; 154-164; 276-278.

THE LAZY TOUR OF TWO IDLE APPRENTICES, in Household Words for October. To the first part of these papers Dickens contributed all up to the top of the second column of page 316; to the second part, all up to the white line in the second column of page 340; to the third part, all except the reflections of Mr. Idle (363-5); and the whole of the fourth part. All the rest was by Mr. Wilkie Collins, iii. 170-176; 351.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER of Household Words. THE PERILS OF CERTAIN ENGLISH PRISONERS. To this Dickens contributed the chapters entitled THE ISLAND OF SILVER-STORE, and THE RAFTS ON THE RIVER.

THE FIRST LIBRARY EDITION OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS. The first volume, with dedication to John Forster, was issued in December 1857, and the volumes appeared monthly up to the 24th, issued in November 1859. The later books and writings have been added in subsequent volumes, and an addition has also been issued with the illustrations. To the second volume of the Old Curiosity Shop, as issued in this edition, were added 31 "REPRINTED PIECES" taken from Dickens's papers in Household Words; which have since appeared also in other collected editions. Chapman & Hall. iii. 236.

AUTHORIZED FRENCH TRANSLATION OF THE WORKS OF DICKENS. Translations of Dickens exist in every European language; but the only version of his writings in a foreign tongue authorized by him, or for which he received anything, was undertaken in Paris. Nickleby was the first story published, and to it was prefixed an address from Dickens to the French public dated from Tavistock-house the 17th January 1857. Hachette. iii. 121; 125.

1858.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER of Household Words. A HOUSE TO LET. To this Dickens contributed the chapter entitled "GOING INTO SOCIETY." iii. 250; 260.

1859.

ALL THE YEAR ROUND, the weekly serial which took the place of HOUSEHOLD WORDS. Began on the 30th of April in this year, went on uninterruptedly until Dickens's death, and is continued under the management of his son. iii. 239-254; 462; 490-499.

A TALE OF TWO CITIES. By Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Hablot Browne. This tale was printed in weekly portions in All the Year Round, between the dates of the 30th of April and the 26th of November 1859; appearing also concurrently in monthly numbers with illustrations, from June to December; when it was published complete with dedication to Lord John Russell, iii. 243; 279; 353-360.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER of All the Year Round. THE HAUNTED HOUSE. To which Dickens contributed two chapters. I. THE MORTALS IN THE HOUSE. II. THE GHOST IN MASTER B'S ROOM. iii. 246.

1860.

HUNTED DOWN. A Story in two Portions. (Written for an American newspaper, and reprinted in the numbers of All the Year Round for the 4th and the 11th of August. iii. 253; 279.)

THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELER. By Charles Dickens. (Seventeen papers, which had appeared under this title between the dates of 28th of January and 13th of October 1860 in All the Year Round, were published at the close of the year, in a volume, with preface dated December. A later impression was issued in 1868, as a volume of what was called the Charles Dickens Edition; when eleven fresh papers, written in the interval, were added; and promise was given, in a preface dated December 1868, of the Uncommercial Traveller's intention "to take to the road again before another winter sets in." Between that date and the autumn of 1869, when the last of his detached papers were written, All the Year Round published seven "New Uncommercial Samples" which have not yet been collected. Their title's were, i. Aboard ship (which opened, on the 5th of December 1868, the New Series of All the Year Round); ii. A Small Star in the East; iii. A Little Dinner in an Hour; iv. Mr. Barlow; v. On an Amateur Beat; vi. A Fly-Leaf in a Life; vii. A Plea for Total Abstinence. The date of the last was the 5th of June 1869; and on the 24th of July appeared his last piece of writing for the serial he had so long conducted, a paper entitled Landor's Life.) iii. 247-252; 528.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER of All the Year Round. A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA. To which Dickens contributed nearly all the first, and the whole of the second and the last chapter: THE VILLAGE, THE MONEY, and THE RESTITUTION; the two intervening chapters, though also with insertions from his hand, not being his.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS. By Charles Dickens. Begun in All the Year Round on the 1st of December, and continued weekly to the close of that year.

1861.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS. By Charles Dickens. Resumed on the 5th of January and issued in weekly portions, closing on the 3rd of August, when the complete story was published in three volumes and inscribed to Chauncy Hare Townshend. In the following year it was published in a single volume, illustrated by Mr. Marcus Stone. Chapman & Hall. iii. 245; 259; 260 (the words there used "on Great Expectations closing in June 1861" refer to the time when the Writing of it was closed: it did not close in the Publication until August, as above stated); 360-369.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER of All the Year Round, TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND. To which Dickens contributed three of the seven chapters. I. PICKING UP SOOT AND CINDERS; II. PICKING UP MISS KIMMEENS; III. PICKING UP THE TINKER. iii. 245.

1862.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER of All the Year Round. SOMEBODY'S LUGGAGE. To which Dickens contributed four chapters. I. HIS LEAVING IT TILL CALLED FOR; II. HIS BOOTS; III. HIS BROWN-PAPER PARCEL; IV. HIS WONDERFUL END. To the chapter of His Umbrella he also contributed a portion. iii. 351; 370.

1863.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER of All the Year Round. MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS. To which Dickens contributed the first and the last chapter. I. HOW MRS. LIRRIPER CARRIED ON THE BUSINESS; II. HOW THE PARLOURS ADDED A FEW WORDS. iii. 370, 371.

1864.

OUR MUTUAL FRIEND. By Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by Marcus Stone. Eight numbers issued monthly between May and December. Chapman & Hall.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER of All the Year Round: MRS. LIRRIPER'S LEGACY: to which Dickens contributed the first and the last chapter. I. MRS. LIRRIPER RELATES HOW SHE WENT ON, AND WENT OVER; II. MRS. LIRRIPER RELATES HOW JEMMY TOPPED UP. iii. 371.

1865.

OUR MUTUAL FRIEND. By Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by Marcus Stone. In Two Volumes. (Two more numbers issued in January and February, when the first volume was published, with dedication to Sir James Emerson Tennent. The remaining ten numbers, the last being a double number, were issued between March and November, when the complete work was published in two volumes.) Chapman & Hall. iii. 271; 280, 281; 301.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER of All the Year Round. DOCTOR MARIGOLD'S PRESCRIPTIONS. To this Dickens contributed three portions. I. TO BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY. II. TO BE TAKEN FOR LIFE; III. The portion with the title of TO BE TAKEN WITH A GRAIN OF SALT, describing a Trial for Murder, was also his. iii. 379.

1866.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER of All the Year Round. MUGBY JUNCTION. To this Dickens contributed four papers. I. BARBOX BROTHERS; II. BARBOX BROTHERS AND CO.; III. MAIN LINE—THE BOY AT MUGBY. IV. NO. I BRANCH LINE—THE SIGNAL-MAN. iii. 379 (where a slight error is made in not treating Barbox and the Mugby Boy as parts of one Christmas piece).

1867.

THE CHARLES DICKENS EDITION. This collected edition, which had originated with the American publishing firm of Ticknor and Fields, was issued here between the dates of 1868 and 1870, with dedication to John Forster, beginning with Pickwick in May 1868, and closing with the Child's History in July 1870. The REPRINTED PIECES were with the volume of AMERICAN NOTES, and the PICTURES FROM ITALY closed the volume containing HARD TIMES. Chapman & Hall.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER of All the Year Round. NO THOROUGHFARE. To this Dickens contributed, with Mr. Wilkie Collins, in nearly equal portions. With the new series of All the Year Round, which began on the 5th of December 1868, Dickens discontinued the issue of Christmas Numbers. iii. 462 note.

1868.

A HOLIDAY ROMANCE. GEORGE SILVERMAN'S EXPLANATION. Written respectively for a Child's Magazine, and for the Atlantic Monthly, published in America by Messrs. Ticknor and Fields. Republished in All the Year Round on the 25th of January and the 1st and 8th of February 1868. iii. 321, 380.

1870.

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD. By Charles Dickens, with twelve illustrations by S. L. Fildes. (Meant to have comprised twelve monthly numbers, but prematurely closed by the writer's death in June.) Issued in six monthly numbers, between April and September. Chapman & Hall. iii. 461-477.



II.

THE WILL OF CHARLES DICKENS.

"I, Charles Dickens, of Gadshill Place, Higham in the county of Kent, hereby revoke all my former Wills and Codicils and declare this to be my last Will and Testament. I give the sum of L1000 free of legacy duty to Miss Ellen Lawless Ternan, late of Houghton Place, Ampthill Square, in the county of Middlesex. I GIVE the sum of L19 19 0 to my faithful servant Mrs. Anne Cornelius. I GIVE the sum of L19 19 0 to the daughter and only child of the said Mrs. Anne Cornelius. I GIVE the sum of L19 19 0 to each and every domestic servant, male and female, who shall be in my employment at the time of my decease, and shall have been in my employment for a not less period of time than one year. I GIVE the sum of L1000 free of legacy duty to my daughter Mary Dickens. I also give to my said daughter an annuity of L300 a year, during her life, if she shall so long continue unmarried; such annuity to be considered as accruing from day to day, but to be payable half yearly, the first of such half-yearly payments to be made at the expiration of six months next after my decease. If my said daughter Mary shall marry, such annuity shall cease; and in that case, but in that case only, my said daughter shall share with my other children in the provision hereinafter made for them. I GIVE to my dear sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth the sum of L8000 free of legacy duty. I also give to the said Georgina Hogarth all my personal jewellery not hereinafter mentioned, and all the little familiar objects from my writing-table and my room, and she will know what to do with those things. I ALSO GIVE to the said Georgina Hogarth all my private papers whatsoever and wheresoever, and I leave her my grateful blessing as the best and truest friend man ever had. I GIVE to my eldest son Charles my library of printed books, and my engravings and prints; and I also give to my son Charles the silver salver presented to me at Birmingham, and the silver cup presented to me at Edinburgh, and my shirt studs, shirt pins, and sleeve buttons. AND I BEQUEATH unto my said son Charles and my son Henry Fielding Dickens, the sum of L8000 upon trust to invest the same, and from time to time to vary the investments thereof, and to pay the annual income thereof to my wife during her life, and after her decease the said sum of L8000 and the investments thereof shall be in trust for my children (but subject as to my daughter Mary to the proviso hereinbefore contained) who being a son or sons shall have attained or shall attain the age of twenty-one years or being a daughter or daughters shall have attained or shall attain that age or be previously married, in equal shares if more than one. I GIVE my watch (the gold repeater presented to me at Coventry), and I give the chains and seals and all appendages I have worn with it, to my dear and trusty friend John Forster, of Palace Gate House, Kensington, in the county of Middlesex aforesaid; and I also give to the said John Forster such manuscripts of my published works as may be in my possession at the time of my decease. AND I DEVISE AND BEQUEATH all my real and personal estate (except such as is vested in me as a trustee or mortgagee) unto the said Georgina Hogarth and the said John Forster, their heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns respectively, upon trust that they the said Georgina Hogarth and John Forster, or the survivor of them or the executors or administrators of such survivor, do and shall, at their, his, or her uncontrolled and irresponsible direction, either proceed to an immediate sale or conversion into money of the said real and personal estate (including my copyrights), or defer and postpone any sale or conversion into money, till such time or times as they, he, or she shall think fit, and in the meantime may manage and let the said real and personal estate (including my copyrights), in such manner in all respects as I myself could do, if I were living and acting therein; it being my intention that the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my Will shall have the fullest power over the said real and personal estate which I can give to them, him, or her. AND I DECLARE that, until the said real and personal estate shall be sold and converted into money, the rents and annual income thereof respectively shall be paid and applied to the person or persons in the manner and for the purposes to whom and for which the annual income of the monies to arise from the sale or conversion thereof into money would be payable or applicable under this my Will in case the same were sold or converted into money. AND I DECLARE that my real estate shall for the purposes of this my Will be considered as converted into personalty upon my decease. AND I DECLARE that the said trustees or trustee for the time being, do and shall, with and out of the monies which shall come to their, his, or her hands, under or by virtue of this my Will and the trusts thereof, pay my just debts, funeral and testamentary expenses, and legacies. AND I DECLARE that the said trust funds or so much thereof as shall remain after answering the purposes aforesaid, and the annual income thereof, shall be in trust for all my children (but subject as to my daughter Mary to the proviso hereinbefore contained), who being a son or sons shall have attained or shall attain the age of twenty-one years, and being a daughter or daughters shall have attained or shall attain that age or be previously married, in equal shares if more than one. PROVIDED ALWAYS, that, as regards my copyrights and the produce and profits thereof, my said daughter Mary, notwithstanding the proviso hereinbefore contained with reference to her, shall share with my other children therein whether she be married or not. AND I DEVISE the estates vested in me at my decease as a trustee or mortgagee unto the use of the said Georgina Hogarth and John Forster, their heirs and assigns, upon the trusts and subject to the equities affecting the same respectively. AND I APPOINT the said GEORGINA HOGARTH and JOHN FORSTER executrix and executor of this my Will, and GUARDIANS of the persons of my children during their respective minorities. AND LASTLY, as I have now set down the form of words which my legal advisers assure me are necessary to the plain objects of this my Will, I solemnly enjoin my dear children always to remember how much they owe to the said Georgina Hogarth, and never to be wanting in a grateful and affectionate attachment to her, for they know well that she has been, through all the stages of their growth and progress, their ever useful self-denying and devoted friend. AND I DESIRE here simply to record the fact that my wife, since our separation by consent, has been in the receipt from me of an annual income of L600, while all the great charges of a numerous and expensive family have devolved wholly upon myself. I emphatically direct that I be buried in an inexpensive, unostentatious, and strictly private manner; that no public announcement be made of the time or place of my burial; that at the utmost not more than three plain mourning coaches be employed; and that those who attend my funeral wear no scarf, cloak, black bow, long hat-band, or other such revolting absurdity. I DIRECT that my name be inscribed in plain English letters on my tomb, without the addition of 'Mr.' or 'Esquire.' I conjure my friends on no account to make me the subject of any monument, memorial, or testimonial whatever. I rest my claims to the remembrance of my country upon my published works, and to the remembrance of my friends upon their experience of me in addition thereto. I commit my soul to the mercy of God through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and I exhort my dear children humbly to try to guide themselves by the teaching of the New Testament in its broad spirit, and to put no faith in any man's narrow construction of its letter here or there. IN WITNESS whereof I the said Charles Dickens, the testator, have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand this 12th day of May in the year of our Lord 1869.

"Signed published and declared by } the above-named Charles Dickens the } testator as and for his last Will and Testament } in the presence of us (present together } CHARLES DICKENS. at the same time) who in his presence } at his request and in the presence of } each other have hereunto subscribed our } names as witnesses. }

"G. HOLSWORTH, "26 Wellington Street, Strand.

"HENRY WALKER, "26 Wellington Street, Strand.

"I, Charles Dickens of Gadshill Place near Rochester in the county of Kent Esquire declare this to be a Codicil to my last Will and Testament which Will bears date the 12th day of May 1869. I GIVE to my son Charles Dickens the younger all my share and interest in the weekly journal called 'All the Year Round,' which is now conducted under Articles of Partnership made between me and William Henry Wills and the said Charles Dickens the younger, and all my share and interest in the stereotypes stock and other effects belonging to the said partnership, he defraying my share of all debts and liabilities of the said partnership which may be outstanding at the time of my decease, and in all other respects I confirm my said Will. IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand the 2nd day of June in the year of our Lord 1870.

"Signed and declared by the said } CHARLES DICKENS, the testator as and } for a Codicil to his Will in the presence } of us present at the same time who at } CHARLES DICKENS. his request in his presence and in the } presence of each other hereunto subscribe } our names as witnesses. }

"G. HOLSWORTH, "26 Wellington Street, Strand.

"HENRY WALKER, "26 Wellington Street, Strand.

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The real and personal estate,—taking the property bequeathed by the last codicil at a valuation of something less than two years' purchase; and of course before payment of the legacies, the (inconsiderable) debts, and the testamentary and other expenses,—amounted, as nearly as may be calculated, to, L93,000.



III.

CORRECTIONS MADE IN THE LATER EDITIONS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

I regret to have had no opportunity until now (May, 1873) of making the corrections which appear in this impression of my second volume. All the early reprints having been called for before the close of 1872, the only change I at that time found possible was amendment of an error at p. 397, as to the date of the first performance at Devonshire House, and of a few others of small importance at pp. 262, 291, 320, 360, 444, and 446.

Premising that additional corrections, also unimportant, are now made at pp. 57, 135, 136, 142, 301, 329, 405, and 483, I proceed to indicate what may seem to require more detailed mention.

P. 50. "Covent-garden" is substituted for "Drury-lane." The Chronicle atoned for its present silence by a severe notice of the man's subsequent appearance at the Haymarket; and of this I am glad to be reminded by Mr. Gruneisen, who wrote the criticism.

50. The son of the publican referred to (Mr. Whelpdale of Streatham), pointing out my error in not having made the Duke of Brunswick the defendant, says he was himself a witness in the case, and has had pride in repeating to his own children what the Chief Justice said of his father.

117. The "limpet on the rock" and the "green boots" refer to a wonderful piece by Turner in the previous year's Academy, exhibiting a rock overhanging a magnificent sea, a booted figure appearing on the rock, and at its feet a blotch to represent a limpet: the subject being Napoleon at St. Helena.

168. "Assumption" is substituted for "Transfiguration."

182. Six words are added to the first note.

193, 194. An error in my former statement of the circumstances of Mr. Fletcher's death, which I much regret to have made, is now corrected.

195. The proper names of the ship and her captain are here given, as the Fantome, commanded by Sir Frederick (now Vice-Admiral) Nicolson.

229. A correspondent familiar with Lausanne informs me that the Castle of Chillon is not visible from Rosemont, and that Dickens in these first days must have mistaken some other object for it. "A long mass of mountain hides Chillon from view, and it only becomes visible when you get about six miles from Lausanne on the Vevay road, when a curve in the road or lake shows it visible behind the bank of mountains." The error at p. 257, now corrected, was mine.

247. "Clinking," the right word, replaces "drinking."

263. A passage which stood in the early editions is removed, the portrait which it referred to having been not that of the lady mentioned, but of a relative bearing the same name.

267, 268. I quote a letter to myself from one of the baronet's family present at the outbreak goodnaturedly exaggerated in Mr. Cerjat's account to Dickens. "I well remember the dinner at Mr. Cerjat's alluded to in one of the letters from Lausanne in your Life of Dickens. It was not however our first acquaintance with the 'distinguished writer,' as he came with his family to stay at a Pension on the border of the Lake of Geneva where my father and his family were then living, and notwithstanding the gallant captain's 'habit' the families subsequently became very intimate."

270. Lord Vernon is more correctly described as the fifth Baron, who succeeded to the title in 1835 and died in 1866 in his 64th year.

283. The distance of Mont Blanc from the Neuchatel road is now properly given as sixty not six miles.

341, second line from bottom. Not "subsequent" but "modified" is the proper word.

398. In mentioning the painters who took an interest in the Guild scheme I omitted the distinguished name of Mr. E. M. Ward, R.A., by whom an admirable design, taken from Defoe's life, was drawn for the card of membership.

455, 456. In supposing that the Child's Dream of a Star was not among Dickens's Reprinted Pieces, I fell into an error, which is here corrected.

468. I did not mean to imply that Lady Graham was herself a Sheridan. She was only connected with the family she so well "represented" by being the sister of the lady whom Tom Sheridan married.

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The incident at Mr. Hone's funeral quoted at pp. 31-33 from a letter to Mr. Felton written by Dickens shortly after the occurrence (2nd of March, 1843), and published, a year before my volume, in Mr. Field's Yesterdays with Authors (pp. 146-8), has elicited from the "Independent clergyman" referred to a counter statement of the alleged facts, of which I here present an abridgement, omitting nothing that is in any way material. "Though it is thirty years since . . . several who were present survive to this day, and have a distinct recollection of all that occurred. One of these is the writer of this article—another, the Rev. Joshua Harrison. . . . The Independent clergyman never wore bands, and had no Bible under his arm. . . . An account of Mr. Hone had appeared in some of the newspapers, containing an offensive paragraph to the effect that one 'speculation' having failed, Mr. Hone was disposed, and persuaded by the Independent clergyman, to try another, that other being 'to try his powers in the pulpit.' This was felt by the family to be an insult alike to the living and the dead. . . . Mr. Harrison's account is, that the Independent clergyman was observed speaking to Miss Hone about something apparently annoying to both, and that, turning to Mr. Cruikshank, he said 'Have you seen the sketch of Mr. Hone's life in the Herald?' Mr. C. replied 'Yes.' 'Don't you think it very discreditable? It is a gross reflection on our poor friend, as if he would use the most sacred things merely for a piece of bread; and it is a libel on me and the denomination I belong to, as if we could be parties to such a proceeding.' Mr. C. said in reply, 'I know something of the article, but what you complain of was not in it originally—it was an addition by another hand.' Mr. C. afterwards stated that he wrote the article, 'but not the offensive paragraph.' The vulgar nonsense put into the mouth of the clergyman by Mr. Dickens was wound up, it is said, by 'Let us pray' . . . but this cannot be true; and for this reason, the conversation with Mr. Cruikshank took place before the domestic service, and that service, according to Nonconformist custom, is always begun by reading an appropriate passage of Scripture. . . . Mr. Dickens says that while they were kneeling at prayer Mr. Cruikshank whispered to him what he relates. Mr. C. denies it; and I believe him. . . . In addition to the improbability, one of the company remembers that Mr. Dickens and Mr. Cruikshank did not sit together, and could not have knelt side by side." The reader must be left to judge between what is said of the incident in the text and these recollections of it after thirty years.

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At the close of the corrections to the first volume, prefixed to the second, the intention was expressed to advert at the end of the work to information, not in correction but in illustration of my text, forwarded by obliging correspondents who had been scholars at the Wellington House Academy (i. 74). But inexorable limits of space prevent, for the present, a fulfilment of this intention.

J. F.

PALACE GATE HOUSE, KENSINGTON, 22nd of January 1874.



INDEX.

A'BECKETT (GILBERT), at Miss Kelly's theatre, ii. 210; death of, iii. 119.

Aberdeen, reading at, iii. 234.

Actors and acting, i. 174, 175, 260, ii. 96, 103, 126-128, 176, 399, 401; at Miss Kelly's theatre, ii. 210; French, iii. 127-134.

Adams (John Quincey), i. 214, 349.

Adelphi theatre, Carol dramatized at the, ii. 96.

Africa, memorials of dead children in, iii. 293.

Agassiz (M.), iii. 389 note.

Agreements, literary, ii. 87, 88, iii. 240.

Ainsworth (Harrison), i. 118, 163, 181.

Alamode beef-house (Johnson's), i. 54.

Albany (U. S.), reading at, iii. 436 (and see 441).

Albaro, Villa Bagnerello at, ii. 113, 120; the sirocco at, ii. 114; Angus Fletcher's sketch of the villa, ii. 121; English servants at, ii. 123; tradespeople at, ii. 124, 125; dinner at French consul's, ii. 130-132; reception at the Marquis di Negri's, ii. 132.

Albert (Prince), i. 322 note; at Boulogne, iii. 108.

Alison (Dr.), i. 258, 260.

Alison (Sheriff), ii. 391.

All the Year Round, titles suggested for, iii. 241-243; first number of, iii. 244; success of, iii. 244; difference between Household Words and, iii. 245; tales in, by eminent writers, iii. 245; sale of Christmas numbers of, iii. 246; Dickens's detached papers in, iii. 247-249, 528; Charles Collins's papers in, iii. 257; projected story for, iii. 310, 462; new series of, iii. 462 note; change of plan in, iii. 462 note; Dickens's last paper in, iii. 528.

Allan (Sir William), i. 258, 260; ii. 475.

Allonby (Cumberland), iii. 173; landlady of inn at, iii. 173.

Allston (Washington), i. 331.

Amateur theatricals, i. 413-417; ii. 481; iii. 62-64.

Ambigu (Paris), Paradise Lost at the, iii. 130, 131.

America, visit to, contemplated by Dickens, i. 195; wide-spread knowledge of Dickens's writings in, i. 215, 216, iii. 384-386; eve of visit to, i. 284-291; visit to, decided, i. 285; proposed book about, i. 286; arrangements for journey, 286; rough passage to, i. 292-298; first impressions of, i. 299-309; hotels in, i. 304, iii. 390, 396, 412, 435; inns in, i. 344, 366 note, 393, 395, 400, 401, iii. 432; Dickens's popularity in, i. 307, iii. 388; second impressions of, i. 310-334; levees in, i. 312, 347, 365, 373, 386, 397; outcry against Dickens in, i. 319; slavery in, i. 327, 352-354, 395, ii. 103; international copyright agitation in, i. 329, 351, 408, 409; railway travelling in, i. 336, 368, iii. 398, 405, 435, 436; trying climate of, i. 347; "located" Englishmen in, i. 350; Dickens's dislike of, i. 351; canal-boat journeys in, i. 358-380; Dickens's real compliment to, i. 361; deference paid to ladies in, i. 374; duelling in, i. 396; Dickens's opinion of country and people of, in 1842, i. 350, 351 (and see 401, 402); in 1868, ii. 38, iii. 413-416; effect of Martin Chuzzlewit in, ii. 76, 77; desire in, to hear Dickens read, iii. 319; Mr. Dolby sent to, iii, 320; result of Dolby's visit, iii. 322, 323 note; revisited by Dickens, iii. 387-443; old and new friends in, iii. 389; profits of readings in, iii. 392; Fenianism in, iii. 397; newspapers in, iii. 400; planning the readings in, iii. 401; nothing lasts long in, iii. 401, 429; work of Dickens's staff in, iii. 410; the result of 34 readings in, iii. 415; Dickens's way of life in, iii. 416, 434, 437 note; value of a vote in, iii. 420; objection to coloured people in, iii. 420; female beauty in, iii. 432; total expenses of reading tour, and profits from readings, iii. 446 (and see 441, 442); Dickens's departure from, iii. 443; effect of Dickens's death in, iii. 384.

Americanisms, i. 303, 327, 370, 387, 410, 414, 415.

American Notes, choicest passages of, i. 362, 363; less satisfactory than Dickens's letters, i. 358, 359; in preparation, ii. 23, 24; proposed dedication of, ii. 27; rejected motto for, ii. 30; suppressed introductory chapter to, ii. 34-37; Jeffrey's opinion of, ii. 38; large sale of, 37, 38.

Americans, friendly, ii. 177; deaths of famous, since 1842, iii. 389 note; homage to Dickens by, iii. 465 note; French contrasted with, ii. 322.

Andersen (Hans), iii. 167.

Anniversary, a birthday, i. 113, 150, iii. 308, 508; a fatal, iii. 304, 376, 384.

Arnold (Dr.), Dickens's reverence for, ii. 150.

Arras (France), a religious Richardson's show at, iii. 273.

Art, conventionalities of, ii. 169; limitations of, in England, iii. 331; inferiority of English to French, iii. 146, 147.

Artists' Benevolent Fund dinner, iii. 236.

Ashburton (Lord), i. 329, 387.

Ashley (Lord) and ragged schools, i. 283; ii. 58, 493, 494.

Astley's, a visit from, iii. 164, 165; Mazeppa at, iii. 302 note.

As You Like It, French version of, iii. 132. Atlantic, card-playing on the, i. 295, 296.

Auber and Queen Victoria, iii. 135.

Austin (Henry), i. 182; iii. 244; secretary to the Sanitary Commission, ii. 385; death of, iii. 261, 262.

Australia, idea of settling in, entertained by Dickens, iii. 185; scheme for readings in, iii. 270 note (idea abandoned, iii. 272).

Austrian police, the, iii. 94, 95.

Authors, American, i. 319.

Authorship, disquietudes of, ii. 288, 289.

BABBAGE (CHARLES) ii. 108.

Bagot (Sir Charles), i. 412.

Balloon Club at Twickenham, i. 182 note.

Baltimore (U. S.), women of, iii. 418; readings at, iii. 418, 419, 427 (and see 441); white and coloured prisoners in Penitentiary at, iii. 419.

Bancroft (George), i. 305, ii. 467.

Banquets, Emile de Girardin's superb, iii. 139-141.

Bantams, reduced, iii. 251.

Barham (Rev. Mr.), ii. 175, 476.

Barnaby Rudge, agreement to write, i. 135 (and see 147, 148, 161-163, 177, 225); Dickens at work on, i. 186, 232-234, 239-244; agreement for, transferred to Chapman and Hall, i. 223-226; the raven in, i. 233-240; constraints of weekly publication, i. 243; close of, i. 244; the story characterised, i. 244-248.

Bartlett (Dr.) on slavery in America, i. 389.

Bath, a fancy about, iii. 451, 452.

Bathing, sea, Dickens's love of, ii. 28, 56, 138.

Battle of Life title suggested for the, ii. 251 (and see 295); contemplated abandonment of, ii. 289; writing of, resumed, ii. 293; finished, ii. 295; points in the story, 296; Jeffrey's opinion of the, ii. 303, 304; sketch of the story, ii. 304, 305; Dickens's own comments on, ii. 306; date of the story, 306; reply to criticism on, ii. 308; doubts as to third part of, ii. 309; dedication of, ii. 309; illustrated by Stanfield and Leech, 310; grave mistake made by Leech, ii. 311; dramatized, ii. 323.

Bayham-street, Camden town, Dickens's early life in, i. 30-42.

Beale (Mr.), a proposal from, iii. 196.

Beard (Mr. Carr), ii. 476; on Dickens's lameness, iii. 455; readings stopped by, iii. 456; in constant attendance on Dickens at his last readings, iii. 531 (and see 541).

Beard (Thos.), i. 92. 101, 102, iii. 256.

Beaucourt (M.), described by Dickens, iii. 99-102; his "Property," iii. 100; among the Putney market-gardeners, iii. 102; goodness of, iii. 120 note.

Bedrooms, American, i. 304, 313.

Beecher (Ward), iii. 410; readings in his church at Brooklyn, iii. 417.

Beer, a dog's fancy for, iii. 217 note.

Beggars, Italian, ii. 183, 184.

Begging-letter writers, i. 228, ii. 106, 107; in Paris, ii. 327.

Belfast, reading at, iii. 229.

Benedict (Jules), illness of, ii. 466.

Bentley (Mr.), Dickens's early relations with, i. 134, 135, 141, 147, 148, 161, 163, 224, iii. 240; friendly feeling of Dickens to, in after life, ii 481, iii. 241.

Bentley's Miscellany, Dickens editor of, i. 121; proposal to write Barnaby Rudge in, i. 148; editorship of, transferred to Mr. Ainsworth, i. 163, 164.

Berwick, Mary (Adelaide Procter), iii. 495

Berwick-on-Tweed, reading at, iii. 266.

Betting-men at Doncaster, iii. 174-176.

Beverley (William), at Wellington-house academy, i. 84.

Birds and low company, iii. 251, 252.

Birmingham, Dickens's promise to read at, iii. 56; promise fulfilled (first public readings), iii. 59; another reading at, iii. 311; Dickens's speeches at Institute at, ii. 94, 95, iii. 527.

Birthday associations, i. 113, 150, iii. 308, 508.

Black (Adam), i. 259.

Black (Charles), ii. 476.

Black (John), i. 100, ii. 104; early appreciation by, of Dickens, i. 106; dinner to, ii. 53.

Blacking-warehouse (at Hungerford Stairs), Dickens employed at, i. 50; described, i. 51 (and see iii. 512 note); associates of Dickens at, i. 52; removed to Chandos-street, Covent-garden, i. 67; Dickens leaves, i. 68; what became of the business, i. 70.

Blackmore (Edward), Dickens employed as clerk by, i. 87; his recollections of Dickens, i. 87.

Blackpool, Dickens at, iii. 455.

Blackwood's Magazine and Little Dorrit, iii. 163.

Blair (General), iii. 424.

Blanchard (Laman). ii. 162, 175 (and see 187); a Literary Fund dinner described by, i. 322 note.

Bleak House begun, ii. 441; originals of Boythorn and Skimpole in, iii. 25-28; inferior to Copperfield, iii. 32; handling of character in, iii. 40-50; defects of, iii. 44; Dean Ramsay on, iii. 47; originals of Chancery abuses in, iii. 50; proposed titles for, iii. 52 note; completion of, iii. 51; sale of, iii. 53.

Blessington (Lady), lines written for, ii. 52 note (and see 93).

Blind Institution at Lausanne, inmates of, ii. 235, 240, iii. 78.

Bonchurch, Dickens at, ii. 425-436; effect of climate of, ii. 431-433; entertainment at, iii. 111, 112 note.

Books, written and unwritten, hints for, iii. 275-297; suggested titles in Memoranda for new, iii. 293, 294; a complete list of Dickens's, iii. 547-560.

Booksellers, invitation to, ii. 100 note.

Boots, absurdity of, i. 314.

Boots, a gentlemanly, at Calais, i. 136; a patriotic Irish, iii. 227.

Boots at the Holly-tree Inn, iii. 154; reading of, at Boston (U. S.), iii. 410.

Bores, American, i. 375, 376, 383, 384, 385.

Boston (U. S.), first visit to, i. 300-309; enthusiastic reception at, i. 301; dinner at, i. 312; changes in, since 1842, iii. 390; first reading in, iii. 391; a remembrance of Christmas at, iii. 399; walking-match at, iii. 427; audiences at, iii. 429; last readings at, iii. 440.

Bottle (Cruikshank's), Dickens's opinion of, ii. 384, 411.

Boulogne, an imaginary dialogue at, ii. 328, 329; Dickens at, iii. 55, 56, 59, 96-120; the Pier at, iii. 115; Dickens's liking for, iii. 56; M. Beaucourt's "Property" at, iii. 97-106, 115-120; sketch of M. Beaucourt, iii. 99-103; prices of provisions at, iii. 102 note; Shakespearian performance at, iii. 103; pig-market at, iii. 104; Thackeray at, iii. 105 note; camp at, iii. 106, 107, 116; Prince Albert at, iii. 107, 108; illuminations at, iii. 109; epidemic at, iii. 119.

Boulogne Jest Book, iii. 65 note.

Bouquets, serviceable, iii. 137.

Bourse, victims of the, iii. 142.

Boxall (William), ii. 475, iii. 126.

Boxing-match, a, ii. 224.

Boyle (Mary), ii. 481, iii. 524.

Boys, a list of Christian names of, iii. 294, 295.

Boz, origin of the word, i. 104; facsimile of autograph signature, i. 276.

Bradbury & Evans (Messrs.), ii. 66, 67, 68, 105, 250; a suggestion by, ii. 71; Dickens's agreements with, ii. 88 (and see 289), iii. 56.

Bradford, Dickens asked to read at, iii. 61 note.

Brighton, Dickens's first visit to, i. 138; other visits, ii. 421, 422, 455; theatre at, i. 138; reading at, iii. 263.

Bride of Lammermoor (Scott's), composition of the, iii. 339, 340.

British Museum reading-room, frequented by Dickens, i. 90.

Broadstairs, Dickens at, i. 136, 137, 176, 204, 277-283, ii. 55, 214 note, 387-389, 405-421, 422-424, 436-441; Nickleby completed at, i. 176; Dickens's house at, i. 205; writing American Notes at, ii. 23; pony-chaise accident, ii. 418, 419; smuggling at, ii. 439.

Brobity's (Mr.) snuff-box, iii. 297.

Brooklyn (New York), scene at, iii. 411; readings in Mr. Ward Beecher's chapel, iii. 417.

Brougham (Lord), in Paris, ii. 316, 317; the "Punch people" and, ii. 469.

Browne (H. K.) chosen to illustrate Pickwick, i. 115; accompanies Dickens and his wife to Flanders, i. 135; failure of, in a Dombey illustration, ii. 354, 355 (but see 348, 349); sketch by, for Micawber, ii. 435; his sketch of Skimpole, iii. 53.

Browning's (R. B.) Blot on the 'Scutcheon, Dickens's opinion of, ii. 46.

Bruce (Knight), ii. 97.

Brunel (Isambard), ii. 469.

Buckingham Palace, Dickens at, iii. 508.

Buffalo (U. S.), reading at, iii. 432.

Buller (Charles), ii. 53.

Burdett (Sir Francis), advocacy of the poor, i. 250.

Burns festival, Prof. Wilson's speech at the, ii. 136.

Buss (Mr.), Pickwick illustrations by, i. 115.

Byron's (Lord) Ada, ii. 469.

CA IRA, the revolutionary tune of, iii. 129.

Cambridge, reading at, iii. 317.

Cambridge (U. S.) and Boston contrasted, iii. 390; the Webster murder at, iii. 402, 403.

Camden-town, Dickens with Mrs. Roylance at, i. 55.

Campbell (Lord), i. 322 note; on the writings of Dickens, iii. 72 and note; death of, iii. 247 note.

Canada, emigrants in, ii. 28, 29.

Canal-boat journeys in America, i. 358-380; a day's routine on, i. 366, 367; disagreeables of, i. 367; a pretty scene on board, i. 390-392.

Cannibalism, an approach to, ii. 326.

Cannon-row, Westminster, incident at public-house in, i. 63.

Canterbury, reading at, iii. 264.

Car-driver, an Irish, iii. 225, 226 note.

Carlyle (Lord), ii. 469.

Carlisle (Bishop of) and Colenso, iii. 248 note.

Carlyle (Thomas), ii. 110, 135, 160, 162, 174; a strange profane story, i. 130; on international copyright, i. 332-334; Dickens's admiration of, i. 334 (and see ii. 470); a correction for, ii. 440; on Dickens's acting, iii. 72; grand teaching of, iii. 204; inaugural address of, at Edinburgh University, iii. 308; hint by, to common men, iii. 326; on humour, iii. 342; a hero to Dickens, iii. 520; on Dickens's death, iii. 514, 515 (and see ii. 110).

Carlyle (Mrs.), on the expression in Dickens's face, i. 119; death of, iii. 308; Dickens's last meeting, iii. 309.

Carriage, an unaccommodating, ii. 232; a wonderful, ii. 270.

Carrick Fell (Cumberland), ascent of, iii. 170, 171; accident on, iii. 171.

Castle Spectre, a judicious "tag" to the, ii. 471.

Catholicism, Roman, the true objection to, ii. 299.

Cattermole (George), i. 181, 197, ii. 113 note; imitation of a cabstand waterman by, ii. 423 note.

Caudle Lectures, a suggestion for the, ii. 136 note.

Cerjat (Mr.), ii. 232 (and see iii. 567), 252.

Chalk (Kent), Dickens's honeymoon spent at, i. 108; revisited, i. 119.

Chambers, contemplated chapters on, i. 194.

Chamounix, Dickens's trip to, ii. 253-256; revisited, iii. 76, 77; narrow escape of Egg at, iii. 77.

Chancery, Dickens's experience of a suit in, ii. 97-99; originals of the abuses exposed in Bleak House, iii. 49, 50.

Channing (Dr.) on Dickens, i. 302, 308, 309.

Chapman and Hall, overtures to Dickens by, i. 109; advise purchase of the Sketches copyright from Mr. Macrone, i. 124; early relations of Dickens with, i. 144, 145; share of copyright in Pickwick conceded by, i. 145; payments by, for Pickwick and Nicholas Nickleby, i. 145; outline of Master Humphrey's Clock submitted to, i. 192-197; purchase of Barnaby Rudge by, i. 225; Dickens's earliest and latest publishers, iii. 240.

Chapman (Mr. Thomas), not the original of Mr. Dombey, ii. 107 (and see 108).

Chappell (Messrs.), agreements with, iii. 306, 309, 310; arrangement with, for course of final readings, iii. 437 note (and see 445); amount received from, on account of readings, iii. 446; Dickens's tribute to, iii. 531 note (and see 315).

Charles Dickens as a Reader (Charles Kent's), iii. 236 note.

Chatham, Dickens's early impressions of, i. 23, 34; day-school in Rome-lane, i. 27 note; Mr. Giles's school at, i. 32, 33.

Cheeryble (Brothers) in Nickleby, originals of, i. 181.

Chester, readings at, iii. 268, 313.

Chesterton (Mr.), i. 280, ii. 23.

Chicago (U. S.), monomania respecting, iii. 418.

Chigwell, inn at, i. 239.

Children, powers of observation in, i. 23, 27; mortality of young, in London, iii. 192 note, 293; old, iii. 292.

Children-farming, Dickens on, iii. 287, 288 note.

Child's History, the, finished, iii. 59.

Child's night-lights, wonders of, iii. 172.

Chillon, Castle of, ii. 229, 257, 258.

Chimes, a title found for the, ii. 143; design for, ii. 144; Dickens hard at work on, ii. 150; first outline of the, ii. 152-155; effect of, on Dickens's health, ii. 156, 157; objections to, ii. 160; finished, ii. 161; private readings of, at Lincoln's-inn fields, ii. 162, 174, 175; Jeffrey's opinion of the, ii. 179.

Chimneys, the smoky, i. 221.

Chinese Junk, ii. 405-408.

Chorley (Henry), iii. 256.

Christmas, Dickens's identity with, ii. 90.

Christmas-eve and day, Dickens's accustomed walk on, iii. 517.

Christmas Carol, origin of, ii. 60; preparation of, ii. 71, 72; sale and accounts of, ii. 85-87; Jeffrey and Thackeray on, ii. 89; message of the, ii. 89; the story characterized, ii. 91; dramatized at the Adelphi, ii. 96; reading of, for the Hospital for Sick Children, iii. 200; reading of, in Boston (U. S.), iii. 429, 430; Thackeray's copy of, purchased by her Majesty, iii. 506 note.

Christmas Sketches, Dickens's, iii. 370, 371.

Christmas sports, ii. 47 note.

Cicala, the, ii. 118.

Cincinnati (U. S.), i. 378; described, i. 379, 380; temperance festival at, i. 383; bores at, i. 385.

Circumlocution Office, the, iii. 159.

Clay (Henry), i. 348, 349; on international copyright, i. 323.

Clennam (Mrs.), in Little Dorrit, original of, iii. 277.

Cleveland (U. S.), rude reception of mayor of, i. 403.

Coachman, a Paris, ii. 332 note.

Cobham-park, i. 224, 288; Dickens's last walk in, iii. 540.

Cockburn (Sir Alexander), iii. 126.

Coffee-shops frequented by Dickens, i. 56.

Cogswell (Mr.), ii. 476, 477.

Coincidence, marvels of, iii. 174, 175, 524.

Col de Balme Pass, ii. 253.

Colden (David), i. 315, 316, ii. 192 note, 476.

Colenso (Bishop) and the Bishop of Carlisle, iii. 248 note.

Coleridge (Sara) on Little Nell, iii. 345 note; on Chuzzlewit, iii. 345 note.

Collier (Payne) and Dickens in Hungerford Market, iii. 512 note.

Collins (Charles Alston), marriage of, to Kate Dickens, iii. 255; books by, iii. 257; on Dickens's accompaniments of work, iii. 211 note; cover designed by, for Edwin Drood, iii. 466; death of, iii. 258.

Collins (Wilkie), Dickens's regard for, ii. 402; holiday trip of, with Dickens and Egg, iii. 76-95; at Boulogne, iii. 106; in Paris, iii. 126; in Cumberland, iii. 170-173; accident to, on Carrick Fell, iii. 171; tales by, in All the Year Round, iii. 245; at his brother's wedding, iii. 256.

Colquhoun (Mr.), i. 258.

Columbus (U. S.), levee at, i. 398.

Commercial Travellers' schools, admired by Dickens, iii. 247.

Commons, House of, Dickens's opinion of, i. 103, iii. 499.

Conjuror, a French, iii. 110-115.

Consumption, hops a supposed cure for, iii. 208.

Conversion, a wonderful, ii. 180 note.

Cooke, Mr. (of Astley's), iii. 164, 165.

Cooling Castle, ruins of, iii. 206, 220.

Cooling churchyard, Dickens's partiality for, iii. 221.

Copyright, international, Dickens's views on, i. 311, 318, 322, 332, 349, 360, ii. 50; Henry Clay on, i. 323; petition to American Congress on, i. 328, 351; Carlyle on, i. 332-334; two obstacles to, i. 408, 409 (and see ii. 26); result of agitation, i. 322.

Corduroy-road, a, i. 398, 399.

Cornwall (Barry), ii. 187, iii. 27 (and see 495, 530).

Cornwall, Dickens's trip to, ii. 40-43.

Costello (Dudley), fancy sketch of, ii. 383.

Coutts, Miss (Baroness Burdett-Coutts), great regard for, ii. 58; true friendship of, ii. 323; generosity of, ii. 109 note, 488, iii. 300 (and see ii. 179).

Covent-garden theatre, Macready at, i. 140, 185; farce written by Dickens for, i. 183; dinner at the close of Mr. Macready's management, i. 185; the editor of the Satirist hissed from stage of, ii. 50; Dickens applies for an engagement at, ii. 206.

Coventry, gold repeater presented to Dickens by watchmakers of, iii. 237 (and see 562).

Crawford (Sir George), ii. 172.

Cricket on the Hearth, origin of the, ii. 201-204; Dickens busy on, ii. 215; reading of, in Ary Scheffer's studio, iii. 148.

Crimean war, unpopular in France, iii. 110, 127, 143.

Cruikshank (George), illustrations by, to Sketches, i. 113; claim by, to the origination of Oliver Twist, i. 154-156, ii. 347, 348, 350, 351 note (and see autograph letter of Dickens, ii. 349, 350, and p. vii. of vol. ii.); fancy sketch of, ii. 379, 381; Dickens's opinion of his Bottle and Drunkard's Children, ii. 384, 410, 411.

Cruize on Wheels (Charles Collins's), iii, 257.

Cumberland, Dickens's trip in, iii. 170-173.

Cunningham, Peter, character and life, iii. 73, 74.

Curry (Mr.), ii. 125, 158, 172.

Custom-house-officers (continental), ii. 172, 173, 315.

Daily News projected, ii. 203; misgiving as to, ii. 215-217; first number of, ii. 218; Dickens's short editorship, ii. 215-219; succeeded by author of this book, ii. 220, 302, 303.

Dana (R. H.), i. 304.

Danson (Dr. Henry), recollections by, of Dickens at school, i. 81-85; letter from Dickens to, i. 85 note.

Dansons (the), at work, iii. 166.

David Copperfield, identity of Dickens with hero of, i. 50-69; iii. 33-36; characters and incidents in, iii. 21-40; original of Dora in, i. 93; name found for, ii. 422; dinners in celebration of, ii. 438, 439, 470; sale of, ii. 447; titles proposed for, ii. 463-465; progress of, ii. 483-487; Lord Lytton on, iii. 21; popularity of, iii. 22; original of Miss Moucher in, iii. 23; original of Mr. Micawber in, iii. 30-32; Bleak House inferior to, iii. 32; a proposed opening of, iii. 155; fac-simile of plan prepared for first number of, iii. 157.

De Foe (Daniel), Dickens's opinion of, iii. 135 note; his History of the Devil, i. 139.

Delane (John), ii. 469.

Denman (Lord), ii. 108.

Devonshire (Duke of) and the Guild of Literature and Art, ii. 397.

Devonshire-terrace, Dickens removes from Doughty-street into, i. 186; Maclise's sketch of Dickens's house in, iii. 41.

Dick, a favourite canary, iii. 117.

Dickens (John), family of, i. 22; small but good library of, i. 29; money embarrassments of, i. 36, 42; character of, described by his son, i. 37; arrested for debt, i. 43; legacy to, i. 64; leaves the Marshalsea, i. 66; on the education of his son, i. 89; becomes a reporter, i. 90; Devonshire home of, described, i. 186-189; death of, ii. 489; his grave at Highgate, ii. 490; sayings of, iii. 31, 32; respect entertained by his son for, iii. 31.

Dickens (Fanny), ii. 206, 456, 459; elected a pupil to the Royal Academy of Music, i. 39; obtains a prize thereat, i. 66; illness of, ii. 319, 320; death of, ii. 460; her funeral, i. 67.

Dickens (Alfred), i. 223, 288; death of, iii. 258.

Dickens, Augustus, (died in America), ii. 385.

Dickens (Frederick), i. 182, 261, 288 (and see ii. 476); narrow escape from drowning in the bay at Genoa, ii. 137; death of, iii. 450.

DICKENS, CHARLES, birth of, at Portsea, i. 21. reminiscences of childhood at Chatham, i. 23-36. relation of David Copperfield to, i. 28, 48, 92; iii. 33-35. his wish that his biography should be written by the author of this book, i. 40 note. first efforts at description, i. 42. account by himself of his boyhood, i. 50-69 (and see ii. 205-207; iii. 247). illnesses of, i. 60, 130, 244, 288; ii. 216, 297, 312 note; iii. 304, 305, 306, 311, 312, 313, 315, 321, 355, 375, 404, 410, 412, 416, 426, 427, 437, 441, 450. clerk in an attorney's office, i. 87. hopeless love of, i. 92, 93. employed as a parliamentary reporter, i. 96 (and see iii. 512 note). his first attempts in literature, i. 97. his marriage, i. 108. writes for the stage, i. 116 (and see 140, 183). predominant impression of his life, i. 120, 405; ii. 147-150; iii. 524, 525. personal habits of, i. 132, 133, 224, 368, 376, 377, 400; ii. 216, 225, 324; iii. 215-218, 513. relations of, with his illustrators, i. 154-156; ii. 347, 348. portraits of, i. 178 note; iii. 148-150, 238. curious epithets given by, to his children, i. 182 note; ii. 248 note, 266 note, 314, 315, 324 note; iii. 100 (and see i. 261, 306, 331, 356, 418). his ravens, i. 233-239; ii. 215. adventures in the Highlands, i. 263-276. first visit to the United States, i. 284. domestic griefs of, i. 289. an old malady of, i. 288; iii. 314, 534. an admirable stage manager, i. 414-417; ii. 210, 212-214, 370, 371, 393 note, 400, 401. his dogs, ii. 24, 25, 134 note; iii. 144 note, 217-220, 222. his Will, ii. 59, 60 (and see iii. 561). his accompaniments of work, ii. 48, 121, 240; iii. 211, 212 note. religious views of, ii. 59, 60, 147-150; iii. 484-486. turning-point of his career, ii. 72. writing in the Chronicle, ii. 105. fancy sketch of his biographer, ii. 383. sea-side holidays of, ii. 403-441; iii. 96-120. Italian travels, ii. 111-200; iii. 78-95. craving for crowded streets, ii. 144, 151, 277, 281, 313. political opinions of, ii. 146; iii. 498-503 (and see 528). wish to become an actor, ii. 205. his long walks, ii. 158, 230 note, 312 note; iii. 249, 515-517. first desire to become a public reader, ii. 174, 284; iii. 60, 61. edits the Daily News, ii. 218. his home in Switzerland, ii. 225, 226. residence in Paris, ii. 316-336, iii. 121-153. underwriting numbers, ii. 335 note, 362; iii. 377, 466. overwriting numbers, ii. 342, 343, 356. first public readings, iii. 60. revisits Switzerland and Italy, iii. 76-95. his birds, iii. 117, 118. home disappointments, iii. 177-201 (and see 512). separation from his wife, iii. 200. purchases Gadshill-place, iii. 205. first paid Readings, iii. 223-238. second series of Readings, iii. 255-274. third series of Readings, iii. 298-324. revisits America, iii. 387-443. memoranda for stories first jotted down by, iii. 180 (and see 275-297). his "violated letter," iii. 201, 231. favourite walks of, iii. 209, 220-222. his mother's death, iii. 300. his first attack of lameness, iii. 304 (and see 312, 321, 376, 437, 442 note, 453, 455, 456, 509, 514, 530, 537). general review of his literary labours, iii. 325-386, 380-386. effect of his death in America, iii. 384. last readings of, iii. 444-460. noticeable changes in, iii. 447, 455, 534. comparison of his early and his late MSS., iii. 466, 468, 469. personal characteristics of, iii. 478-526. his interview with the Queen, iii. 507, 508. strain and excitement at the final readings at St. James's Hall, iii. 532. last days at Gadshill, iii. 539, 543. a tribute of gratitude to, for his books, iii. 538, 539. general mourning for, iii. 542. burial in Westminster Abbey, iii. 544. unbidden mourners at grave, iii. 544.

Dickens (Mrs.), i. 108, 135, 252, 264, 273, 287, 290, 294, 299, 304, 313, 318, 336, 344, 348, 349, 373, 375, 387, 397, 403, 404, 411, 413-415, ii. 140, 149, 163, 165, iii. 113; reluctance to leave England, i. 287; an admirable traveller, i. 397; Maclise's portrait of, ii. 44; the separation, iii. 200 (and see 562, 564.)

Dickens (Charles, jun.), i. 257, 331, ii. 179; birth of, i. 119; illness of, ii. 335; education of, ii. 323, iii. 57 note; marriage of, iii. 262.

Dickens (Mary), birth of, i. 149 (and see ii. 471, iii. 561).

Dickens (Kate), birth of, i. 186 (and see ii. 470); illness of, ii. 122; marriage of, iii. 255.

Dickens (Walter Landor), death of, i. 250 (and see iii. 300, 301).

Dickens (Francis Jeffrey), birth of, ii. 61.

Dickens (Alfred Tennyson), ii. 215.

Dickens (Lieut. Sydney), death of, at sea, ii. 369 note.

Dickens (Henry Fielding), birth of, ii. 462; acting of, iii. 63; scholarship at Cambridge won by, iii. 529 (and see iii. 562).

Dickens (Edward Bulwer Lytton), birth of, iii. 54.

Dickens (Dora Annie), birth of, ii. 487; death of, ii. 492; her grave at Highgate, ii. 493, iii. 52.

Dickens in Camp (Bret Harte's), i. 215, 216.

Dilke (Charles Wentworth), i. 47, 48; death of, iii. 303 note.

Dilke (Sir Charles), ii. 437.

Disraeli (Mr.), iii. 537.

Doctors, Dickens's distrust of, ii. 433.

Doctors' Commons, Dickens reporting in, i. 92 (and see ii. 219, iii. 39).

Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions, large sale of, ii. 87 note; Dickens's faith in, iii. 307; how written, iii. 379; success of the reading of, at New York, iii. 409, 410.

Dogs, Dickens's, ii. 24, 25, 134 note, iii. 144 note, 217-220, 222; effect of his sudden lameness upon, iii. 518.

Dolby (Miss), ii. 475.

Dolby, Mr. (Dickens's manager) sent to America, iii. 320; troubles of, iii. 394, 400, 408, 411, 412; the most unpopular man in America, iii. 394; care and kindness of, iii. 441; commission received by, iii. 446.

Dombey and Son, original of Mrs. Pipchin in, i. 55, ii. 355; begun at Rosemont, ii. 241; Dickens at work on, ii. 249, 250, 266, 297, 314; general idea for, ii. 250; hints to artist, ii. 250; a reading of first number of, ii. 283; large sale of, ii. 296, 353 (and see 447); a number under written, ii. 335 note; charwoman's opinion of, ii. 335, 336; plan of, ii. 337-341; progress of, ii. 341-367; artist-fancies for Mr. Dombey, ii. 345, 346; passage of original MS. omitted, ii. 343, 344 note; a reading of second number of, ii. 353 (and see 257, 281); Jeffrey on, ii. 358, 359 and note, 358; characters in, and supposed originals of, ii. 362-367 (and see 107); profits of, ii. 384; translated into Russian, ii. 448.

Doncaster, the race-week at, iii. 174-176; a "groaning phantom" at, iii. 174.

Dora, a real, i. 92, 93; changed to Flora in Little Dorrit, i. 94.

D'Orsay (Count) and Roche the courier, ii. 204 note; death of, iii. 55.

Doughty-street, Dickens removes to, i. 119; incident of, iii. 252.

Dover, Dickens at, iii. 54, 55; reading at, iii. 264; storm at, iii. 264.

Dowling (Vincent), i. 101.

Dramatic College, Royal, Dickens's interest in the, iii. 236.

Dream, a vision in a, ii. 148-150 (and see iii. 522-524); President Lincoln's, iii. 423.

Drunkard's Children (Cruikshank's), Dickens's opinion of, ii. 410, 411.

Drury-lane theatre, opening of, ii. 30.

Dublin, Dickens's first impressions of, iii. 225; humorous colloquies at Morrison's hotel in, iii. 227, 228; reading in, iii. 317 (and see 226 note, 228).

Duelling in America, i. 396.

Dumas (Alexandre), tragedy of Kean by, ii. 127 (and see iii. 491 note); his Christine, ii. 176; a supper with, ii. 331.

Dundee, reading at, iii. 233.

Du Plessis (Marie), death of, ii. 333.

Dyce (Alexander), ii. 473.

EDEN in Martin Chuzzlewit, original of, i. 363, 369; a worse swamp than, ii. 77.

Edinburgh, public dinner in, to Dickens, i. 249-262; presentation of freedom of, i. 257 (and see iii. 197); wassail-bowl presented after Carol reading, iii. 197; readings at, iii. 233, 267, 451, and 450 note; Scott monument at, ii. 392.

Editorial troubles and pleasures, iii. 493.

Editors, American, incursion of, i. 300.

Education, two kinds of, i. 89; Dickens's speeches on, ii. 95.

Edwin Drood, clause inserted in agreement for, iii. 461 note; sale of, iii. 461 note; amount paid for, iii. 461 note; first fancy for, iii. 462; the story as planned in Dickens's mind, iii. 463, 464; Longfellow on, iii. 464; merits of, iii. 464, 465; facsimile of portion of final page of, iii. 466 (and see 468); an unpublished scene for, iii. 467-476; original of the opium-eater in, iii. 528; a reading of a number of, iii. 530.

Egg (Augustus), fancy sketch of, ii. 383; holiday trip of, with Dickens and Wilkie Collins, iii. 76-95; narrow escape at Chamounix, iii. 77.

Electric message, uses for an, iii. 282.

Eliot (George), Dickens's opinion of her first book, ii. 47.

Elliotson (Dr.), i. 270, ii. 109, 313.

Elton (Mr.), Dickens's exertions for family of, ii. 55.

Elwin (Rev. Whitwell), allusion to, ii. 462.

Emerson (Ralph Waldo), ii. 476.

Emigrants in Canada, ii. 28, 29.

Emigration schemes, Dickens's belief in, ii. 262.

Emmanuel (Victor), visit of, to Paris, iii. 127.

Englishmen abroad, ii. 223, 252, 266-271.

Engravings, Dickens on, ii. 167, 168 note.

Evening Chronicle, sketches contributed by Dickens to, i. 105.

Evenings of a Working-man (John Overs'), ii. 109.

Every Man in his Humour, private performances of, at Miss Kelly's theatre, ii. 209, 211 (and see iii. 537).

Examiner, articles by Dickens in the, i. 185.

Executions, public, letter against, ii. 479.

Exeter, reading at, iii. 224.

Eye-openers, iii. 409.

FACSIMILES: of letter written in boyhood by Dickens, i. 79; of the autograph signature "Boz," i. 276; of New York invitations to Dickens, i. 308-309; of letter to George Cruikshank, ii. 349, 350; of plan prepared for first numbers of Copperfield and Little Dorrit, iii. 157, 158; of portion of last page of Edwin Drood, iii. 468 (and see 488); of Oliver Twist, iii. 469.

Fairbairn (Thomas), letter of Dickens to, on posthumous honours, iii. 487.

Fatal Zero (Percy Fitzgerald's), iii. 495.

Faucit (Helen), ii. 475.

Fechter (Mr.), chalet presented by, to Dickens, iii. 211, 212; Dickens's friendly relations with, iii. 302.

Feline foes, iii. 117, 118.

Felton (Cornelius C.), i. 304, 315, 320, ii. 192 note; death of, iii. 269 note.

Fenianism in Ireland, iii. 316, 317 note; in America, iii. 397 (and see 508).

Fermoy (Lord), iii. 522.

Fetes at Lausanne, ii. 246, 258.

Fiction, realities of, iii. 346-363.

Field (Kate), Pen Photographs by, iii. 236 note.

Fielding (Henry), real people in novels of, iii. 22; episodes introduced by, in his novels, iii. 161; Dr. Johnson's opinion of, iii. 346; M. Taine's opinion of, iii. 348.

Fields (James T.), Yesterdays with Authors by, ii. 42 note; on Dickens's health in America, iii. 404, 405; at Gadshill, iii. 527, 528.

Fiesole, Landor's villa at, ii. 189 note.

Fildes (S. L.), chosen to illustrate Edwin Drood, iii. 467.

Finality, a type of, ii. 408.

Finchley, cottage at, rented by Dickens, ii. 51.

Fine Old English Gentleman, political squib by Dickens, i. 278, 279.

Fireflies in Italy, ii. 196, and note.

Fires in America, frequency of, iii. 399, 400.

Fitzgerald (Percy), iii. 218; a contributor in All the Year Round, iii. 245; personal liking of Dickens for, iii. 495.

"Fix," a useful word in America, i. 370.

Flanders, Dickens's trip to, i. 135.

Fletcher, (Angus), i. 254, 263, 274; stay of, with Dickens at Broadstairs, i. 228; anecdotes of, i. 262, 263, 264 note, 269 (and see ii. 113, 120, 144, 182, 193, 194 note); pencil sketch by, of the Villa Bagnerello at Albaro, ii. 121; death of, ii. 194 note.

Flies, plague of, at Lausanne, ii. 244, 245 note.

Fonblanque (Albany), i. 113, ii. 53, 162; wit of, ii. 175, 467, iii. 349.

Footman, a meek, ii. 194.

Fortescue (Miss), ii. 96.

Fortnightly Review, Mr. Lewes's critical essay on Dickens in, iii. 332-338.

Fowls, eccentric, iii. 251, 252.

Fox (William Johnson), ii. 53.

Fox-under-the-hill (Strand), reminiscence of, i. 62.

Franklin (Lady), iii. 519.

Fraser (Peter), ii. 475.

Freemasons' Hall, banquet to Dickens at, iii. 324.

Freemasons' secret, a, ii. 440.

Free-trade, Lord "Gobden" and, ii. 312.

French and Americans contrasted, ii. 322.

Frescoes, perishing, ii. 119; at the Palazzo Peschiere, ii. 140 note, 141; Maclise's, for the Houses of Parliament, iii. 536 note.

Friday, important incidents of Dickens's life connected with, ii. 441, iii. 205, 419, &c.

Frith (W. P.), portrait of Dickens by, iii. 238.

Funeral, scene at a, ii. 31-33; an English, in Italy, ii. 193.

Furnival's inn, room in, where the first page of Pickwick was written, iii, 528.

GADSHILL PLACE, a vision of boyhood at, i. 24 (and see iii. 204); Dick's tomb at, iii. 117 note; first description of, iii. 202; sketch of porch at, iii. 204; purchase of, iii. 205; antecedents of, iii. 207; improvements and additions at, iii. 208-215; sketch of Chalet at, iii. 212; nightingales at, iii. 212; Dickens's daily life at, iii. 215-222; sketch of house and conservatory, iii. 216; Study at, iii. 222; games at, for the villagers, iii. 510, 511; Dickens's last days at, iii. 539-542.

Gambler's Life, Lemaitre's acting in the, iii. 122-124.

Gamp (Mrs.), original of, ii. 51; a masterpiece of English humour, ii. 83, 84; with the Strollers, ii. 376-384.

Gaskell (Mrs.), ii. 454, 470, iii. 54.

Gasman's compliment to Dickens, iii. 265 (and see 441).

Gautier (Theophile), ii. 331.

Geneva, Dickens at, ii. 288; revolution at, ii. 298-301; aristocracy of, ii. 299.

Genoa described, ii. 125-128; theatres at, ii. 127, 128 (and see iii. 491 note); religious houses at, ii. 128; rooms in the Palazzo Peschiere hired by Dickens, ii. 129; view over, ii. 141; Governor's levee at, ii. 144; an English funeral at, ii. 193; nautical incident at, ii. 195; revisited by Dickens, iii. 78-80.

George Silverman's Explanation, iii. 380 (and see 253 note).

Gibson (Milner), ii. 468.

Gilbert Massenger (Holme Lee's) remarks of Dickens on, iii. 493, 494.

Giles (William), i. 23; Dickens at the school kept by, i. 32, 33; snuff box presented to "Boz" by, i. 33.

Gipsy tracks, iii. 250.

Girardin (Emile de), iii. 142; banquets given by, in honour of Dickens, iii. 139-141.

Girls, American, i. 384, 385 note; Irish, iii. 226 note; list of Christian names of, iii. 294, 295.

Gladstone (Mr.), and Dickens, i. 103, iii. 537.

Glasgow, proposed dinner to Dickens at, i. 276; reading at, iii. 234; Dickens at meeting of Athenaeum, ii. 390.

Glencoe, Pass of, i. 268, 271; effect of, on Dickens, i. 270.

Goldfinch, the, and his friend, iii. 252.

Gondoliers at Venice, habits of, iii. 90.

Gordon (Lord George), character of, i. 241.

Gordon (Sheriff), ii. 475.

Gore-house, a party at, ii. 334 note.

Gower-street-north, school in, opened by Dickens's mother, i. 43; a dreary home, i. 45, iii. 218; home broken up, i. 54.

Graham (Sir James), ii. 109.

Graham (Lady), ii. 468.

Grant (James), recollections of Dickens by, i. 101 (and see 108).

Graves, town, iii. 49, 52 note; Dickens's dislike to speech-making at, iii. 488.

Great Expectations, original of Satis-house in, iii. 220; germ of, iii. 361; the story characterized, iii. 362-369; close of, changed at Bulwer Lytton's suggestion, iii. 369, and note.

Great Malvern, cold-waterers at, ii. 487.

Greek war-ship, a, iii. 82.

Greeley (Horace), iii. 400, 442; on the effect in America of Dickens's death, iii. 384; on Dickens's fame as a novelist, iii. 388; a suggestion from, iii. 417.

Grey (Lord), recollection of, ii. 264, 265.

Grimaldi, Life of, edited by Dickens, i. 142; the editor's modest estimate of it, i. 142; criticisms on, i. 142, 143.

Grip, Dickens's raven, i. 220; death of, i. 234, 235; apotheosis, by Maclise, i. 237; a second Grip, i. 239.

Grisi (Madame), ii. 176.

Guild of Literature and Art, origin of, ii. 395; princely help of the Duke of Devonshire to, ii. 397 (and see iii. 488, 489).

HACHETTE (MM.), agreement with, for French translation of Dickens's works, iii. 125 note.

Haghe (Louis), iii. 85.

Haldimand (Mr.), seat of, at Lausanne, ii, 232.

Halevy (M.), dinner to, ii. 469.

Halifax, the "Britannia" aground off, i. 297; the house of assembly at, i. 299.

Hall (Mr. and Mrs. S. C.), ii. 475.

Hall (William), funeral of, ii. 369.

Hallam (Henry), loquacity of, ii. 251.

Halleck (Fitz-Greene) on Dickens, iii. 482 note.

Halliday (Andrew), iii. 529.

Hamlet, an emendation for, ii. 389; performance of, at Preston, iii. 70.

Hampstead Heath, Dickens's partiality for, i. 133, ii. 101.

Hampstead-road, Mr. Jones's school in the, i. 74.

Hansard (Mr.), letter from, concerning Mr. Macrone, ii. 442, 443 note.

Hardwick (John), ii. 468.

Hard Times, proposed names for, iii. 65, and note; title chosen, iii. 65; written for Household Words, iii. 66; Ruskin's opinion of, iii. 66, 67.

Harley (Mr.), ii. 475.

Harness (Rev. Wm.), ii. 162, 175, 473.

Harrogate, reading at, iii. 230.

Harte (Bret), Dickens on, i. 214; tribute by, to Dickens, i. 215, 216.

Hartford (U. S.) levee at, i. 313.

Harvard and Oxford crews, the, iii. 527.

Hastings, reading at, iii. 264.

Hatton-garden, Dickens at, iii. 25.

Haunted Man, first idea of, ii. 280; large sale of, ii. 443; dramatized, ii. 443; teachings and moral of the story, ii. 443-446; the christening dinner, ii. 468.

Hawthorne (N.), Dickens on, ii. 440.

Hayes (Catherine), ii. 468.

Heaven, ambition to see into, ii. 477.

Helps (Arthur), iii. 245; In Memoriam by, iii. 509.

Hereditary transmission, iii. 179 note (and see 493).

Highgate, Dora's grave at, ii. 493, iii. 52.

Highlands, Dickens's adventures in the, i. 263-276.

Hogarth, Dickens on, ii. 413, 414.

Hogarth (George), i. 105; Dickens marries eldest daughter of, i. 108.

Hogarth (Georgina), ii. 120, iii. 540, 541, 561, 563; sketch taken from, ii. 48, iii. 287; Maclise's portrait of, ii. 48, 49.

Hogarth (Mary), death of, i. 120; epitaph on tomb of, i. 120 note (and see ii. 458); Dickens's loving memory of, i. 120, 144, 289, 405, ii. 147-150, 458, iii. 525.

Holiday Romance and George Silverman's Explanation, high price paid for, iii. 380 (and see 253 note, and 321).

Holland (Lady), a remembrance of, ii. 194.

Holland (Lord), ii. 190.

Holland (Captain), the Monthly Magazine conducted by, i. 104.

Holyhead, a Fenian at, iii. 316 note.

Hone of the Every Day Book, scene at funeral of, ii. 31-33 (but see iii. 568, 569).

Honesty under a cloud, ii. 112.

Hood (Thomas), ii. 190; his Tylney Hall, ii. 264.

Hop-pickers, iii. 208.

Horne (R. H.), ii. 475.

Hospital for Sick Children, Dickens's exertions on behalf of, iii. 192-200; a small patient at, iii. 194; Carol reading for, iii. 200.

Hotels American, i. 304, iii. 390, 395, 412, 435; extortion at, i. 331, 344.

Houghton (Lord), ii. 472, iii. 509, 538.

Household Words in contemplation, ii. 449-453; title selected for, ii. 454; names proposed for, ii. 453; first number of, ii. 454; early contributors to, ii. 454; Mrs. Gaskell's story in, iii. 54; unwise printed statement in, iii. 200; discontinued, iii. 239 (and see 37).

Hudson (George), glimpse of, in exile, iii. 274.

Hugo (Victor), an evening with, ii. 331, 332.

Hulkes (Mr.), iii. 206 note, 256.

Hull, reading at, iii. 232.

Humour, Americans destitute of i. 401; a favourite bit of, ii. 102; the leading quality of Dickens, iii. 341, 342; Lord Lytton on the employment of, by novelists, iii. 350 note; Dickens's enjoyment of his own, iii. 350-352; the true province of, iii. 382.

Hungerford-market, i. 50 (and see iii. 512 note).

Hunt (Holman), iii. 257.

Hunt (Leigh), saying of, i. 119; on Nicholas Nickleby, i. 169; Civil-list pension given to, ii. 369; theatrical benefit for, ii. 369-373; result of performances, ii. 373; last glimpse of, iii. 26 note; letter of Dickens to, in self-defence, iii. 28; the original of Harold Skimpole in Bleak House, iii. 26-29; inauguration of bust of, at Kensal-green, iii. 487.

Hunted Down, high price paid for, iii. 253; original of, iii. 279.

IMAGINATIVE life, tenure of, iii. 187.

Improprieties of speech, ii. 269.

Incurable Hospital, patients in the, iii. 287.

Inimitable, as applied to Dickens, origin of the term, i. 33.

Inn, a log-house, i. 400.

Innkeeper, a model, i. 365.

Inns, American, Miss Martineau on, i. 344 (and see 366 note, 393, 395, 400, iii. 432); Highland, i. 265, 267, 275; Italian, ii. 158, 170, 171, 181.

International boat-race dinner, Dickens at, iii. 527.

Ireland, a timely word on, ii. 260.

Irving (Washington), i. 287, 315, 330, 351, 352, 357 note; letter from Dickens to, i. 284; a bad public speaker, i. 320-322; at Literary Fund dinner in London, i. 321; at Richmond (U. S.), i. 351.

Italians hard at work, ii. 197.

Italy, art and pictures in, ii. 167-169, iii. 91, 92; private galleries in, ii. 168 note; cruelty to brutes in, ii. 187 note; wayside memorials in, ii. 188, 189 note; best season in, ii. 191; fire-flies in, ii. 195; Dickens's trip to, iii. 76-95; the noblest men of, in exile, iii. 93.

JACK STRAW'S-CASTLE (Hampstead-heath), i. 133, 299, 346, ii. 101, 117.

Jackson (Sir Richard), i. 413.

Jeffrey (Lord), i. 260; praise of Little Nell by, i. 251; presides at Edinburgh dinner to Dickens, i. 252; on the American Notes, ii. 38; praise by, of the Carol, ii. 88; on the Chimes, ii. 179; his opinion of the Battle of Life, ii. 303, 304; forecaste of Dombey by, ii. 358 note; on Paul's death, ii. 361 note; on the character of Edith in Dombey, ii. 362-364; James Sheridan Knowles and, ii. 392; touching letter from, ii. 428; death of, ii. 483.

Jerrold (Douglas), ii. 136, 162, 175, 200; at Miss Kelly's theatre, ii. 209, 210; fancy sketch of, ii. 282, iii. 63 note; last meeting with Dickens, iii. 167; death of, iii. 168; proposed memorial tribute to, and result, iii. 168.

Jesuits at Geneva, rising against the, ii. 297-301 (and see 179-180).

Johnson (President), interview of Dickens with, iii. 423; impeachment of, iii. 429.

Johnson (Reverdy), at Glasgow art-dinner, iii. 453 note.

Jonson (Ben), an experience of, ii. 352.

Jowett (Dr.), on Dickens, iii. 525, 526.

KARR (ALPHONSE), ii. 331.

Keeley (Mrs.), ii. 475; in Nicholas Nickleby, i. 175, ii. 96.

Kelly (Fanny), theatre of, in Dean-street, Soho, ii. 208-214; whims and fancies of, ii. 209.

Kemble (Charles) and his daughters, ii. 473.

Kemble (John), ii. 473.

Kensal-green, Mary Hogarth's tomb at, i. 120 note, ii. 458 note.

Kent (Charles), Charles Dickens as a Reader by, iii. 235 note; letter to, iii. 541.

Kissing the Rod (Edmund Yates'), iii. 495.

Knebworth, private performances at, ii. 396, 397; Dickens at, iii. 245, 246.

Knight (Charles), ii. 475.

Knowles (James Sheridan), bankruptcy of, ii. 392; civil-list pension granted to, ii. 393; performances in aid of, ii. 394, 395.

LADIES, American, i. 327; eccentric, ii. 291-293.

Laing (Mr.), of Hatton Garden, iii. 25.

Lamartine (A., de), ii. 331, iii. 135.

Lameness, strange remedy for, i. 22.

Lamert (James), private theatricals got up by, i. 31; takes young Dickens to the theatre, i. 32; employs Dickens at the blacking-warehouse, i. 51; quarrel of John Dickens with, i. 68 (and see 228).

Lamplighter, Dickens's farce of the, i. 183, ii. 207; turned into a tale for the benefit of Mrs. Macrone, i. 241.

Landor (Walter Savage), Dickens's visit to, at Bath, i. 200; mystification of, i. 218; villa at Fiesole, ii. 189, 190 (and see 486 note); the original of Boythorn in Bleak House, iii. 26; a fancy respecting, iii. 451; Forster's Life of, ii. 189 note, iii. 528.

Landport (Portsea), birth of Dickens at, i. 21.

Landseer (Charles), ii. 475.

Landseer (Edwin), i. 181, ii. 162, 470, 475, iii. 63 note, 126; and Napoleon III., iii. 147 note (and see iii. 238).

Land's-end, a sunset at, ii. 40.

Lankester (Dr.), ii. 430.

Lant-street, Borough, Dickens's lodgings in, i. 59; the landlord's family reproduced in the Garlands in Old Curiosity Shop, i. 60.

Lausanne, Dickens's home at, ii. 225, 226; booksellers' shops at, ii. 227; the town described, ii. 227; view of Rosemont, ii. 229; girl drowned in lake at, ii. 232, 233; theatre at, ii. 233, 234 note; fetes at, ii. 246, 247, 258, 259; marriage at, ii. 248; revolution at, ii. 259; prison at, ii. 234, 235; Blind Institution at, ii. 236-240, iii. 78; English colony at, ii. 242 note; plague of flies at, ii. 244, 245 note; earthquake at, ii. 283 note; feminine smoking party, ii. 292; the town revisited, iii. 77, 78.

Lawes (Rev. T. B.), club established by, at Rothamsted, iii. 244.

Layard (A. H.), iii. 83; at Gadshill, iii. 510, 523.

Lazy Tour projected, iii. 170 (and see 351).

Lazzaroni, what they really are, ii. 187.

Leech (John) at Miss Kelly's theatre, ii. 210; grave mistake by, in Battle of Life illustration, ii. 310, 311; fancy sketch of, ii. 381; Dickens's opinion of his Rising Generation, ii. 414-418; what he will be remembered for, ii. 417; accident to, at Bonchurch, ii. 435; at Boulogne, iii. 105; death of, iii. 303 (and see 375).

Leeds, reading at, iii. 232.

Leeds Mechanics' Society, Dickens at meeting of the, ii. 390, 391.

Legends and Lyrics (Adelaide Procter's), iii. 495 note.

Legerdemain in perfection, iii. 112-114 (and see 111, 112 note).

Leghorn, Dickens at, iii. 80, 81.

Legislatures, local, i. 365.

Lehmann (Frederic), iii. 218, 256.

Leigh (Percival), ii. 210.

Lemaitre (Frederic), acting of, iii. 122-124 (and see 521).

Lemon (Mark), ii. 210, 211, 263; fancy sketch of, ii. 382; acting with children, iii. 62; death of, iii. 538.

Lemon (Mrs.), ii. 263.

Leslie (Charles Robert), iii. 126.

Letter-opening at the General Post-Office, ii. 108, 109.

Levees in the United States, i. 313, 347, 365, 373, 386, 398; queer customers at, i. 373; what they are like, i. 398.

Lever (Charles), tale by, in All the Year Round, iii. 245.

Lewes (George Henry), Dickens's regard for, ii. 475; critical essay on Dickens, in the Fortnightly Review, noticed, iii. 333-339.

Library, a gigantic, ii. 272, 273.

Life of Christ, written by Dickens for his children, ii. 241 note.

Life-preservers, i. 376.

Lighthouse, Carlyle on Dickens's acting in the, iii. 72.

Lincoln (President), curious story respecting, iii. 422, 423 (and see 508).

Lincoln's-inn-fields, a reading of the Chimes in, ii. 162, 174, 175.

Linda, Dickens's dog, iii. 218, 219; burial-place of, iii. 222.

Liston (Robert), ii. 475.

Literary Fund dinner, i. 321 (and see iii. 488).

Literature, too much "patronage" of, in England, iii. 488.

Litterateur, a fellow, ii. 325.

Little Dorrit, fac-simile of plan prepared for first number of, iii. 158; sale of, iii. 159; general design of, iii. 159; weak points in, iii. 160, 161; Von Moltke and, iii. 164; original of Mrs. Clennam in, iii. 277; notions for, iii. 278.

Little Nell, Florence Dombey and, ii. 362; Sara Coleridge on, iii. 345 note.

Liverpool, readings at, iii. 225, 268, 311, 313; Dickens's speech at Mechanics' Institution at, ii. 94, 95; Leigh Hunt's benefit at, ii. 372, 373; public dinner to Dickens, iii. 454, 500, 501.

Loch-earn-head, postal service at, i. 269.

Locock (Dr.), ii. 468.

Lodi, Dickens at, ii. 166-173.

Logan Stone, Stanfield's sketch of, ii. 42.

London, pictures of, in Dickens's books, i. 171; readings in, iii. 223, 235, 258, 269.

Longfellow (Henry Wadsworth), i. 304, 331, iii. 447; among London thieves and tramps, ii. 22 (and see 57); at Gadshill, iii. 216; on Dickens's death, iii. 384.

Longman (Thomas), ii. 469.

Louis Philippe, a glimpse of, ii. 320; dethronement of, ii. 403.

Lovelace (Lord), ii. 468.

Lowther, Mr. (charge d'affaires at Naples), difficulty in finding house of, iii. 83-85.

Lytton (Lord), ii. 188 (and see iii. 246); prologue written by, for Ben Jonson's play, ii. 372, 373 note; Dickens's admiration for, ii. 472, 488; his opinion of Copperfield, iii. 21, 22; Strange Story contributed to All the Year Round, iii. 245; Dickens's reply to remonstrance from, iii. 341, 342; defence by, of humourists, iii. 350 note; suggestion as to close of Great Expectations, iii. 369; letter of Dickens to, from Cambridge (U. S.), iii. 402, 403.

Lytton (Robert), iii. 127.

MACKENZIE (Dr. SHELTON) and Cruikshank's illustrations to Oliver Twist, i. 155 note; rigmarole by, concerning Dickens and Her Majesty, iii. 503, 504 note.

Maclise (Daniel), i. 261, ii. 160, 175, 200; portrait of Dickens by, i. 178 note; social charm of, i. 180, 181; his apotheosis of Grip, i. 237; his play-scene in Hamlet, i. 355; among London tramps, ii. 23; sketches in Cornwall by, ii. 42, 43; letter from, on the Cornwall trip, 42, 43; his "Girl at the Waterfall," ii, 43; paints Mrs. Dickens's portrait, ii. 44; pencil drawing of Charles Dickens, his wife, and her sister, ii. 49; Dickens's address to, ii. 116-119; sketch of the private reading in Lincoln's-inn-fields, ii. 174; house in Devonshire-terrace sketched by, iii. 41; death of, iii. 535; tribute of Dickens to, iii. 536.

Macmillan's Magazine, paper in, on Dickens's amateur theatricals, iii. 63 note.

Macrae (David), Home and Abroad by, iii. 483 note.

Macready (William Charles), i. 261, 287, 288, ii. 160, 177; at Covent-garden, i. 140; dinner to, on his retirement from management, i. 185; dinner to, prior to American visit, ii. 53, 54; an apprehended disservice to, ii. 54; in New Orleans, ii. 103; in Paris, ii. 176, 177, iii. 126; strange news for, ii. 207; anecdote of, ii. 372, 373 note; Dickens's affection for, ii. 467; farewell dinner to, ii. 488; at Sherborne, iii. 185; his opinion of the Sikes and Nancy scenes, iii. 451; misgiving of Dickens respecting, iii. 481, 529.

Macready (Mrs.), death of, iii. 55.

Macrone (Mr.), copyright of Sketches by Boz sold to, i. 107; scheme to reissue Sketches, i. 122; exorbitant demand by, i. 124, ii. 442, 443 note; close of dealings with, i. 125; a friendly plea for, ii. 443 note.

Magnetic experiments, i. 375, 376.

Malleson (Mr.), iii. 256.

Malthus philosophy, ii. 262.

Managerial troubles, ii. 210, 370, 400-402.

Manby (Charles), pleasing trait of, iii. 273.

Manchester, Dickens's speech at opening of Athenaeum, ii. 56 (and see iii. 237); Leigh Hunt's benefit at, ii. 372; Guild dinner at, ii. 401; readings at, iii. 231, 268, 307, 311, 314.

Manchester (Bishop of) on Dickens's writings, iii. 383, 384 note.

Manin (Daniel), iii. 126.

Mannings, execution of the, ii. 479.

Manon Lescaut, Auber's opera of, iii. 136.

Mansion-house dinner to "literature and art," ii. 477; doubtful compliment at, ii. 478; suppressed letter of Dickens respecting, ii. 478.

Marcet (Mrs.), ii. 231, 252.

Margate theatre, burlesque of classic tragedy at, ii. 26 (and see ii. 387).

Mario (Signor), ii. 176.

Marryat (Captain) on the effect in America of the Nickleby dedication, ii. 54; fondness of, for children, ii. 472 (and see ii. 268, iii. 567).

Marshalsea prison, Dickens's first and last visits to the, i. 44, 45, iii. 162; an incident in, described by Dickens, i. 64-66 (and see iii. 163).

Marston's (Mr. Westland) Patrician's Daughter, prologue to, ii. 45.

Martineau (Harriet) on American inns, i. 344, 366 note.

Martin Chuzzlewit, agreement for, i. 282 (and see ii. 24, 65); original of Eden in, i. 362, 370; fancy for opening of, ii. 24 (and see i. 282, 283); first year of, ii. 40-62; names first given to, ii. 44; Sydney Smith's opinion of first number of, ii. 45; origin of, ii. 45; original of Mrs. Gamp in, ii. 51; sale of, less than former books, ii. 63, 64 (and see 447); unlucky clause in agreement for, ii. 65; Dickens's own opinion of, ii. 69, 70; the story characterized, ii. 74-84; Thackeray's favourite scene in, ii. 79; intended motto for, ii. 81; M. Taine on, ii. 78; christening dinner, ii. 109; Sara Coleridge on, iii. 345 note.

Master Humphrey's Clock, projected, i. 193-199; first sale of, i. 202; first number published, i. 222; original plan abandoned, i. 223; dinner in celebration of, i. 240; Clock discontents, i. 281.

Mazzini (Joseph), Dickens's interest in his school, ii. 474.

Mediterranean, sunset on the, ii. 117.

Memoires du Diable, a pretty tag to, iii. 133, 134.

Memoranda, extracts from Dickens's book of, iii. 275-297; available names in, iii. 293-296.

Mendicity Society, the, ii. 106.