strange--you remember I suppose?--that the last time we spoke of him
together, you said that we should one day hear that the wayward life
into which he had fallen was over, and there an end of our knowledge of
it." The waywardness, which was merely the having latterly withdrawn
himself too much from old friendly intercourse, had its real origin in
disappointments connected with the public work on which he was engaged
in those later years, and to which he sacrificed every private interest
of his own. His was only the common fate of Englishmen, so engaged, who
do this; and when the real story of the "Fresco-painting for the Houses
of Parliament" comes to be written, it will be another chapter added to
our national misadventures and reproaches in everything connected with
Art and its hapless cultivators.
[305] It is a duty to quote these eloquent words. "Statesmen, men of
science, philanthropists, the acknowledged benefactors of their race,
might pass away, and yet not leave the void which will be caused by the
death of Dickens. They may have earned the esteem of mankind; their days
may have been passed in power, honour, and prosperity; they may have
been surrounded by troops of friends; but, however pre-eminent in
station, ability, or public services, they will not have been, like our
great and genial novelist, the intimate of every household. Indeed, such
a position is attained not even by one man in an age. It needs an
extraordinary combination of intellectual and moral qualities . . . before
the world will thus consent to enthrone a man as their unassailable and
enduring favourite. This is the position which Mr. Dickens has occupied
with the English and also with the American public for the third of a
century. . . . Westminster Abbey is the peculiar resting-place of English
literary genius; and among those whose sacred dust lies there, or whose
names are recorded on the walls, very few are more worthy than Charles
Dickens of such a home. Fewer still, we believe, will be regarded with
more honour as time passes and his greatness grows upon us."
APPENDIX.
I.
THE WRITINGS OF CHARLES DICKENS.
1835.
SKETCHES BY BOZ. Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People.
(The detached papers collected under this title were in course of
publication during this year, in the pages of the _Monthly Magazine_ and
the columns of the _Morning_ and the _Evening Chronicle_.) i. 97; 104,
105; 107; 113, 114.
1836.
SKETCHES BY BOZ. Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People.
Two volumes: Illustrations by George Cruikshank. (Preface dated from
Furnival's Inn, February 1836.) John Macrone.
THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB. Edited by Boz. With
Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz (Hablot Browne). (Nine numbers
published monthly from April to December.) Chapman and Hall.
SUNDAY UNDER THREE HEADS. As it is; as Sabbath Bills would make it; as
it might be made. By Timothy Sparks. Illustrated by H. K. B. (Hablot
Browne). Dedicated (June 1836) to the Bishop of London. Chapman & Hall.
i. 149.
THE STRANGE GENTLEMAN. A Comic Burletta, in two acts. By "Boz."
(Performed at the St. James's Theatre, 29th of September 1836, and
published with the imprint of 1837.) Chapman & Hall. i. 116.
THE VILLAGE COQUETTES. A Comic Opera, in two acts. By Charles Dickens.
The Music by John Hullah. (Dedication to Mr. Braham is dated from
Furnival's Inn, 15th of December 1836.) Richard Bentley. i. 116.
SKETCHES BY BOZ. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. Second Series. One
volume. (Preface dated from Furnival's Inn, 17th of December 1836.) John
Macrone.
1837.
THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB. Edited by Boz. (Eleven
numbers, the last being a double number, published monthly from January
to November. Issued complete in the latter month, with Dedication to Mr.
Serjeant Talfourd dated from Doughty-street, 27th of September, as _The
Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. By Charles Dickens._) Chapman &
Hall. i. 108-113; 125-132. iii. 343.
OLIVER TWIST; OR THE PARISH BOY'S PROGRESS. By Boz. Begun in _Bentley's
Miscellany_ for January, and continued throughout the year. Richard
Bentley.
1838.
OLIVER TWIST. By Charles Dickens, Author of the Pickwick Papers. With
Illustrations by George Cruikshank. Three volumes. (Had appeared in
monthly portions, in the numbers of _Bentley's Miscellany_ for 1837 and
1838, with the title of _Oliver Twist; or the Parish Boy's Progress_. By
Boz. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. The Third Edition, with Preface
dated Devonshire-terrace, March 1841, published by Messrs. Chapman &
Hall.) Richard Bentley. i. 121; 124-126; 152-164. iii. 24, 25; 343.
MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI. Edited by "Boz." Illustrated by George
Cruikshank. Two volumes. (For Dickens's small share in the composition
of this work, his preface to which is dated from Doughty-street,
February 1838, see i. 141-143.) Richard Bentley.
SKETCHES OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN. Illustrated by Phiz. Chapman & Hall. i.
149.
LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. By Charles Dickens. With
Illustrations by Phiz (Hablot Browne). (Nine numbers published monthly
from April to December.) Chapman & Hall.
1839.
LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. (Eleven numbers, the last
being a double number, published monthly from January to October. Issued
complete in the latter month, with dedication to William Charles
Macready.) Chapman & Hall. i. 145; 165-179. ii. 99, 100; 102. iii. 344.
SKETCHES BY BOZ. Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People.
With forty Illustrations by George Cruikshank. (The first complete
edition, issued in monthly parts uniform with _Pickwick_ and _Nickleby_,
from November 1837 to June 1839, with preface dated 15th of May 1839.)
Chapman & Hall. i. 121-124.
1840.
SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES; with an urgent Remonstrance to the Gentlemen
of England, being Bachelors or Widowers, at the present alarming crisis.
By the Author of Sketches of Young Gentlemen. Illustrated by Phiz.
Chapman & Hall, i. 149.
1840-1841.
MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK. By Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by
George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Three volumes. (First and second
volume, each 306 pp.; third, 426 pp.) For the account of this work,
published in 88 weekly numbers, extending over the greater part of these
two years, see i. 191-203; 240; 281, 282. In addition to occasional
detached papers and a series of sketches entitled MR. WELLER'S WATCH,
occupying altogether about 90 pages of the first volume, 4 pages of the
second, and 5 pages of the third, which have not yet appeared in any
other collected form, this serial comprised the stories of The Old
Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge; each ultimately sold separately in a
single volume, from which the pages of the _Clock_ were detached.
Chapman and Hall.
I. OLD CURIOSITY SHOP (1840).
Began at p. 37 of vol. i.; resumed at intervals up to the appearance of
the ninth chapter; from the ninth chapter at p. 133, continued without
interruption to the close of the volume (then issued with dedication to
Samuel Rogers and preface from Devonshire-terrace, dated September
1840); resumed in the second volume, and carried on to the close of the
tale at p. 223. i. 200-216, iii. 344, 345.
II. BARNABY RUDGE (1841).
Introduced by brief paper from Master Humphrey (pp. 224-8), and carried
to end of Chapter XII. in the closing 78 pages of volume ii., which was
issued with a preface dated in March 1841. Chapter XIII. began the third
volume, and the story closed with its 82nd chapter at p. 420; a closing
paper from Master Humphrey (pp. 421--426) then winding up the Clock, of
which the concluding volume was published with a preface dated November
1841. i. 134, 135; 147-149; 161-163; 223-225; 232-248.
1841.
THE PIC-NIC PAPERS by Various Hands. Edited by Charles Dickens. With
Illustrations by George Cruikshank, Phiz, &c. Three volumes. (To this
Book, edited for the benefit of Mrs. Macrone, widow of his old
publisher, Dickens contributed a preface and the opening story, the
_Lamplighter_.) Henry Colburn. i. 124; 183; 240, 241.
1842.
AMERICAN NOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION. By Charles Dickens. Two volumes.
Chapman and Hall. ii. 21-39; 50.
1843.
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. With Illustrations by
Hablot Browne. (Begun in January, and, up to the close of the year,
twelve monthly numbers published). Chapman & Hall.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL IN PROSE. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. By Charles
Dickens. With Illustrations by John Leech. (Preface dated December
1843.) Chapman & Hall. ii. 60, 61; 71, 72; 84-92.
1844.
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. With Illustrations by
Hablot Browne. (Eight monthly numbers issued; the last being a double
number, between January and July; in which latter month the completed
work was published, with dedication to Miss Burdett Coutts, and Preface
dated 25th of June.) Chapman & Hall. ii. 44-46; 50, 51; 63-65; 74-84;
99-103. iii. 345.
EVENINGS OF A WORKING MAN. By John Overs. With a Preface relative to the
Author, by Charles Dickens. (Dedication to Doctor Elliotson, and Preface
dated in June.) T. C. Newby. ii. 109, 110.
THE CHIMES: a Goblin Story of some Bells that Rang an Old Year out and a
New Year in. By Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by Maclise R.A.,
Stanfield R.A., Richard Doyle, and John Leech. Chapman & Hall. ii.
143-147; 151-157; 160-162; 174, 175; 179.
1845.
THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. A Fairy Tale of Home. By Charles Dickens.
With Illustrations by Maclise R.A., Stanfield R.A., Edwin Landseer R.A.,
Richard Doyle, and John Leech. (Dedication to Lord Jeffrey dated in
December 1845.) Bradbury & Evans (for the Author). ii. 202-204; 215;
445.
1846.
PICTURES FROM ITALY. By Charles Dickens. (Published originally in the
_Daily News_ from January to March 1846, with the title of "Travelling
Letters written on the Road.") Bradbury & Evans (for the Author). ii.
88; 105; 163-167; 191; 219, 220.
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.
* * * * *
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.
* * * * *
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.
* * * * *
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).