MR. PINCH! I WONDER HOW YOU CAN LOOK ME IN THE FACE!"--Chap. xxxi.]
[Illustration: ON THE FOURTEENTH NIGHT HE KISSED MISS PECKSNIFF'S
SNUFFERS, IN THE PASSAGE, WHEN SHE WENT UPSTAIRS TO BED: MEANING TO HAVE
KISSED HER HAND, BUT MISSING IT--Chap. xxii.]
[Illustration: "Jolly"--Chap. xxxiii.]
[Illustration: "WHY, WHAT THE 'TARNAL!" CRIED THE CAPTAIN. "WELL! I DO
ADMIRE AT THIS, I DO!"--Chap. xxxiv.]
[Illustration: MR. PECKSNIFF, PLACID, CALM, BUT PROUD. HONESTLY PROUD
... GENTLY TRAVELLING ACROSS THE DISC, AS IF HE WERE A FIGURE IN A MAGIC
LANTERN--Chap. xxxv.]
[Illustration: "NO RIGHT!" CRIED THE BRASS AND COPPER FOUNDER--Chap.
xxxvi.]
[Illustration: MR. NADGETT PRODUCES THE RESULT OF HIS PRIVATE
INQUIRIES--Chap. xxxviii.]
[Illustration: "I AM GOING TO BEGIN, TOM. DON'T YOU WONDER WHY I BUTTER
THE INSIDE OF THE BASIN!" SAID HIS BUSY LITTLE SISTER, "EH, TOM?"--Chap.
xxxix.]
[Illustration: "I CAN'T SAY; IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL. I REALLY HAVE NO
IDEA. BUT," SAID FIPS, TAKING OFF A VERY DEEP IMPRESSION OF THE
WAFER-STAMP UPON THE CALF OF HIS LEFT LEG, AND LOOKING STEADILY AT TOM,
"I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A MATTER OF MUCH CONSEQUENCE"--Chap. xxxix.]
[Illustration: MRS. GAMP CREATES A SENSATION WITH HER UMBRELLA--Chap.
xl.]
[Illustration: "NOW, COULD YOU CUT A MANS THROAT WITH SUCH A THING AS
THIS!" DEMANDED JONAS--Chap. xli.]
[Illustration: AWOKE TO FIND JONAS STANDING AT HIS BEDSIDE WATCHING HIM.
AND THAT VERY DOOR WIDE OPEN.--Chap. xlii.]
[Illustration: FAMILIAR FACES--Chap. xliii.]
[Illustration: "OH FIE, FIE!" CRIED MR. PECKSNIFF. "YOU ARE VERY
PLEASANT. THAT I AM SURE YOU DON'T! THAT I AM SURE YOU DON'T! HOW CAN
YOU, YOU KNOW"--Chap. xliv.]
[Illustration: MR. MODDLE, WITH A DARK LOOK, REPLIED: "THE DRIVERS WON'T
DO IT"--Chap. xlvi.]
[Illustration: MRS. GAMP FAVOURS THE COMPANY WITH AN EXHIBITION OF
PROFESSIONAL SKILL--Chap. xlvi.]
[Illustration: DONE--Chap. xlvii.]
[Illustration: "SPEAK OUT!" SAID MARTIN, "AND SPEAK THE TRUTH"--Chap.
xlvii.]
[Illustration: THEN MRS. GAMP ROSE--MORALLY AND PHYSICALLY ROSE--AND
DENOUNCED HER--Chap. xlix.]
[Illustration: BROTHER AND SISTER--Chap. l.]
[Illustration: HE STARTED BACK AS HIS EYES MET THOSE, STANDING IN AN
ANGLE OF THE WALL, AND STARING AT HIM. HIS NECKERCHIEF WAS OFF; HIS FACE
WAS ASHY PALE--Chap. li.]
[Illustration: THE FALL OF PECKSNIFF--Chap. lii.]
[Illustration: "YES SIR," RETURNED MISS PECKSNIFF, MODESTLY, "I AM.
I--MY DRESS IS RATHER--REALLY MRS. TODGERS!"--Chap. liv.]
[Illustration: TOM'S REVERIE--Chap. liv.]
CHRISTMAS BOOKS
[Illustration]
TWENTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRED BARNARD
[Illustration: "IT'S NOT CONVENIENT," SAID SCROOGE, "AND IT'S NOT FAIR.
IF I WAS TO STOP HALF-A-CROWN FOR IT, YOU'D THINK YOURSELF ILL USED,
I'LL BE BOUND!"--_A Christmas Carol_, Stave i.]
[Illustration: MARLEY'S GHOST--_A Christmas Carol_, Stave i.]
[Illustration: HE HAD BEEN TIM'S BLOOD-HORSE ALL THE WAY FROM CHURCH,
AND HAD COME HOME RAMPANT--_A Christmas Carol_, Stave iii.]
[Illustration: THIS PLEASANTRY WAS RECEIVED WITH A GENERAL LAUGH--_A
Christmas Carol_, Stave iv.]
[Illustration: "WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS!" SAID JOE, "BED CURTAINS!"--_A
Christmas Carol_, Stave iv.]
[Illustration: "NO," SAID TOBY, AFTER ANOTHER SNIFF. "IT'S--IT'S
MELLOWER THAN POLONIES. IT'S VERY NICE. IT IMPROVES EVERY MOMENT. IT'S
TOO DECIDED FOR TROTTERS. AN'T IT!"--_The Chimes_, First Quarter]
[Illustration: THE POOR MAN'S FRIEND.--_The Chimes_, Second Quarter]
[Illustration: "NEVER MORE, MEG; NEVER MORE! HERE! HERE! CLOSE TO YOU,
HOLDING TO YOU, FEELING YOUR DEAR BREATH UPON MY FACE!"--_The Chimes_,
Third Quarter]
[Illustration: "WHITHER THOU GOEST, I CAN NOT GO; WHERE THOU LODGEST, I
DO NOT LODGE; THY PEOPLE ARE NOT MY PEOPLE; NOR THY GOD, MY GOD!"--_The
Chimes_, Third Quarter]
[Illustration: "YOU'RE IN SPIRITS TUGBY, MY DEAR," OBSERVED HIS WIFE....
"NO," SAID TUGBY. "NO; NOT PARTICULAR. I'M A LITTLE ELEVATED. THE
MUFFINS CAME SO PAT!"--_The Chimes_, Fourth Quarter]
[Illustration: JOHN PEERYBINGLE'S FIRESIDE--_The Cricket on the Hearth_,
Chirp the first]
[Illustration: "DID ITS MOTHER MAKE IT UP A BEDS, THEN!" CRIED MISS
SLOWBOY TO THE BABY; "AND DID ITS HAIR GROW BROWN AND CURLY WHEN ITS
CAPS WAS LIFTED OFF, AND FRIGHTEN IT, A PRECIOUS PETS, A SITTING BY THE
FIRES!"--_The Cricket on the Hearth_, Chirp the first]
[Illustration: "THE EXTENT TO WHICH HE'S WINKING AT THIS MOMENT!"
WHISPERED CALEB TO HIS DAUGHTER. "OH, MY GRACIOUS!"--_The Cricket on the
Hearth_, Chirp the second]
[Illustration: SUFFERING HIM TO CLASP HER ROUND THE WAIST, AS THEY MOVED
SLOWLY DOWN THE DIM WOODEN GALLERY--_The Cricket on the Hearth_, Chirp
the second]
[Illustration: AFTER DINNER CALEB SANG THE SONG ABOUT THE SPARKLING
BOWL--_The Cricket on the Hearth_, Chirp the third]
[Illustration: THE PLOUGHSHARE STILL TURNED UP, FROM TIME TO TIME, SOME
RUSTY BITS OF METAL, BUT IT WAS HARD TO SAY WHAT USE THEY HAD EVER
SERVED, AND THOSE WHO FOUND THEM WONDERED AND DISPUTED--_The Battle of
Life_, Part the first]
[Illustration: "BY THE BYE," AND HE LOOKED INTO THE PRETTY FACE, STILL
CLOSE TO HIS, "I SUPPOSE IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY"--_The Battle of Life_, Part
the first]
[Illustration: "I THINK IT WILL BE BETTER NOT TO HEAR THIS, MR. CRAGGS!"
SAID SNITCHEY, LOOKING AT HIM ACROSS THE CLIENT. "I THINK NOT," SAID
CRAGGS--BOTH LISTENING ATTENTIVELY--_The Battle of Life_, Part the
second]
[Illustration: "WHAT IS THE MATTER!" HE EXCLAIMED. "I DON'T KNOW. I--I
AM AFRAID TO THINK. GO BACK. HARK!"--_The Battle of Life_, Part the
second]
[Illustration: GUESSED HALF ALOUD, "MILK AND WATER," "MONTHLY WARNING,"
"MICE AND WALNUTS"--AND COULDN'T APPROACH HER MEANING--_The Battle of
Life_, Part the third]
[Illustration: "MERRY AND HAPPY, WAS IT?" ASKED THE CHEMIST IN A LOW
VOICE. "MERRY AND HAPPY OLD MAN!"--_The Haunted Man_, chap. i.]
[Illustration: IT ROVED FROM DOOR-STEP TO DOOR-STEP, IN THE ARMS OF
LITTLE JOHNNY TETTERBY, AND LAGGED HEAVILY AT THE REAR OF TROOPS OF
JUVENILES WHO FOLLOWED THE TUMBLERS, ETC.--_The Haunted Man_, chap.
ii.]
[Illustration: "MR. REDLAW!" HE EXCLAIMED, AND STARTED UP--_The Haunted
Man_, chap. ii.]
[Illustration: "I'M NOT A-GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. LET ME BE OR I'LL
HEAVE SOME FIRE AT YOU!"--_The Haunted Man_, chap. ii.]
[Illustration: "YOU SPEAK TO ME OF WHAT IS LYING HERE," THE PHANTOM
INTERPOSED, AND POINTED WITH ITS FINGER TO THE BOY--_The Haunted Man_,
chap. iii.]
[Illustration: "WHAT A WONDERFUL MAN YOU ARE, FATHER! HOW ARE YOU
FATHER? ARE YOU REALLY PRETTY HEARTY, THOUGH?" SAID WILLIAM, SHAKING
HANDS WITH HIM AGAIN, AND PATTING HIM AGAIN, AND RUBBING HIM GENTLY DOWN
AGAIN--_The Haunted Man_, chap. iii.]
[Illustration: THE SEDATE FACE IN THE PORTRAIT, WITH THE BEARD AND RUFF,
LOOKED DOWN AT THEM--_The Haunted Man_, chap. iii.]
PICTURES FROM ITALY
[Illustration]
EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY GORDON THOMSON
[Illustration: THE MALLE POST--_Going Through France_]
[Illustration: PLAYING AT MORA--_Genoa and its Neighbourhood_]
[Illustration: THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD--_To Parma, Modena, and
Bologna_]
[Illustration: AN ITALIAN DREAM]
[Illustration: A SKETCH AT THE CARNIVAL--_Rome_]
[Illustration: ARTISTS' MODELS--_Rome_]
[Illustration: PRIESTS AND MONKS--_A Rapid Diorama_]
DEALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOMBEY AND SON WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND FOR
EXPORTATION
[Illustration]
SIXTY-TWO ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRED BARNARD
[Illustration: A THOROUGH CONTRAST IN ALL RESPECTS TO MR. DOMBEY--Chap.
ii.]
[Illustration: "I MAY BE FOND OF PENNYWINKLES, MRS. RICHARDS, BUT IT
DON'T FOLLOW THAT I'M TO HAVE 'EM FOR TEA"--Chap. iii.]
[Illustration: "SO HERE'S TO DOMBEY--AND SON--AND DAUGHTER"--Chap. iv.]
[Illustration: MR. DOMBEY DISMOUNTING FIRST TO HELP THE LADIES
OUT--Chap. v.]
[Illustration: "WHY, WHAT CAN YOU WANT WITH DOMBEY AND SON'S!" ... "TO
KNOW THE WAY THERE, IF YOU PLEASE."--Chap. vi.]
[Illustration: FLORENCE OBEYED AS FAST AS HER TREMBLING HANDS WOULD
ALLOW; KEEPING, ALL THE WHILE, A FRIGHTENED EYE ON MRS. BROWN--Chap.
vi.]
[Illustration: DOMBEY AND SON--Chap. viii.]
[Illustration: LISTENING TO THE SEA--Chap. viii.]
[Illustration: AND WHEN HE GOT THERE, SAT DOWN IN A CHAIR, AND FELL INTO
A SILENT FIT OF LAUGHTER WITH WHICH HE WAS SOMETIMES SEIZED, AND WHICH
WAS ALWAYS PARTICULARLY AWFUL--Chap. x.]
[Illustration: WHEN THE DOCTOR SMILED AUSPICIOUSLY AT HIS AUTHOR, OR
KNIT HIS BROWS, OR SHOOK HIS HEAD AND MADE WRY FACES AT HIM, AS MUCH AS
TO SAY, "DON'T TELL ME, SIR; I KNOW BETTER," IT WAS TERRIFIC--Chap.
xi.]
[Illustration: "YOUR FATHER'S REGULARLY RICH, AIN'T HE!" INQUIRED MR.
TOOTS. "YES, SIR," SAID PAUL; "HE'S DOMBEY AND SON"--Chap. xii.]
[Illustration: "YOU RESPECT NOBODY, CARKER, I THINK," SAID MR. DOMBEY.
"NO!" INQUIRED CARKER, WITH ANOTHER WIDE AND MOST FELINE SHOW OF HIS
TEETH--Chap. xiii.]
[Illustration: DURING THIS CONVERSATION, WALTER HAD LOOKED FROM ONE
BROTHER TO THE OTHER WITH PAIN AND AMAZEMENT--Chap. xiii.]
[Illustration: PAUL ALSO ASKED HIM, AS A PRACTICAL MAN, WHAT HE THOUGHT
ABOUT KING ALFRED'S IDEA OF MEASURING TIME BY THE BURNING OF CANDLES, TO
WHICH THE WORKMAN REPLIED THAT HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE THE RUIN OF THE
CLOCK TRADE IF IT WAS TO COME UP AGAIN--Chap. xiv.]
[Illustration: THE BREAKING-UP PARTY AT DOCTOR BLIMBER'S--Chap. xiv.]
[Illustration: BEFORE THEY HAD GONE VERY FAR, THEY ENCOUNTERED A WOMAN
SELLING FLOWERS: WHEN THE CAPTAIN, STOPPING SHORT, AS IF STRUCK BY A
HAPPY IDEA, MADE A PURCHASE OF THE LARGEST BUNDLE IN HER BASKET--Chap.
xv.]
[Illustration: ALL THIS TIME, THE BEREAVED FATHER HAS NOT BEEN SEEN EVEN
BY HIS ATTENDANT; FOR HE SITS IN A CORNER OF HIS OWN DARK ROOM--Chap.
xviii.]
[Illustration: IT WAS REPEATED OFTEN--VERY OFTEN, IN THE SHADOWY
SOLITUDE; AND BROKEN MURMURS OF THE STRAIN STILL TREMBLED ON THE KEYS,
WHEN THE SWEET VOICE WAS HUSHED IN TEARS--Chap. xviii.]
[Illustration: TOOK UNCLE SOL'S SNUFF-COLOURED LAPPELS, ONE IN EACH
HAND; KISSED HIM ON THE CHEEK, ETC.--Chap. xix.]
[Illustration: "TAKE ADVICE FROM PLAIN OLD JOE, AND NEVER EDUCATE THAT
SORT OF PEOPLE, SIR," RETURNED THE MAJOR. "DAMME, SIR, IT NEVER DOES! IT
ALWAYS FAILS!"--Chap. xx.]
[Illustration: WITHERS THE WAN, AT THIS PERIOD, HANDING ROUND THE TEA,
MR. DOMBEY AGAIN ADDRESSED HIMSELF TO EDITH--Chap. xxi.]
[Illustration: "DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME ONE HERE!" SHE RETURNED,
NOW LOOKING AT HIM STEADILY--Chap. xxxvi.]
[Illustration: "LET YOU ALONE!" SAID MR. CARKER. "WHAT! I HAVE GOT YOU,
HAVE I!" THERE WAS NO DOUBT OF THAT, AND TIGHTLY TOO. "YOU DOG," SAID
MR. CARKER, THROUGH HIS SET JAWS, "I'LL STRANGLE YOU!"--Chap. xxii.]
[Illustration: "WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH CAPTAIN CUTTLE, I SHOULD WISH TO
KNOW!" SAID MRS. MACSTINGER. "SHOULD YOU! THEN I'M SORRY THAT YOU WON'T
BE SATISFIED," RETURNED MISS NIPPER--Chap. xxiii.]
[Illustration: THE FLOWERS WERE SCATTERED ON THE GROUND LIKE DUST; THE
EMPTY HANDS WERE SPREAD UPON THE FACE; AND ORPHANED FLORENCE, SHRINKING
DOWN UPON THE GROUND, WEPT LONG AND BITTERLY--Chap. xxiv.]
[Illustration: THE CAPTAIN'S VOICE WAS SO TREMENDOUS, AND HE CAME OUT OF
HIS CORNER WITH SUCH WAY ON HIM, THAT ROB RETREATED BEFORE HIM INTO
ANOTHER CORNER; HOLDING OUT THE KEYS AND PACKET, TO PREVENT HIMSELF FROM
BEING RUN DOWN--Chap. xxv.]
[Illustration: "GO AND MEET HER!"--Chap. xxvii.]
[Illustration: "THANK YOU. I HAVE NO DESIRE TO READ IT," WAS HER
ANSWER--Chap. xxvi.]
[Illustration: "A CHILD!" SAID EDITH, LOOKING AT HER. "WHEN WAS I A
CHILD! WHAT CHILDHOOD DID YOU EVER LEAVE TO ME!"--Chap. xxviii.]
[Illustration: LUCRETIA TOX'S REVERIE--Chap. xxix.]
[Illustration: ONE OF THE VERY TALL YOUNG MEN ON HIRE, WHOSE ORGAN OF
VENERATION WAS IMPERFECTLY DEVELOPED, THRUSTING HIS TONGUE INTO HIS
CHEEK, FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF THE OTHER VERY TALL YOUNG MAN ON HIRE,
AS THE COUPLE TURNED INTO THE DINING-ROOM--Chap. xxx.]
[Illustration: SHE STARTED, STOPPED, AND LOOKED IN--Chap. xxx.]
[Illustration: IN A FIRM, FREE HAND, THE BRIDE SUBSCRIBES HER NAME IN
THE REGISTER--Chap. xxxi.]
[Illustration: "GO," SAID THE GOOD-HUMOURED MANAGER, GATHERING UP HIS
SKIRTS, AND STANDING ASTRIDE ON THE HEARTH-RUG, "LIKE A SENSIBLE FELLOW,
AND LET US HAVE NO TURNING OUT, OR ANY SUCH VIOLENT MEASURES"--Chap.
xxxii.]
[Illustration: AND READING SOFTLY TO HIMSELF, IN THE LITTLE BACK
PARLOUR, AND STOPPING NOW AND THEN TO WIPE HIS EYES, THE CAPTAIN, IN A
TRUE AND SIMPLE SPIRIT, COMMITTED WALTER'S BODY TO THE DEEP--Chap.
xxxii.]
[Illustration: A CERTAIN SKILFUL ACTION OF HIS FINGERS AS HE HUMMED SOME
BARS, AND BEAT TIME ON THE SEAT BESIDE HIM, SEEMED TO DENOTE THE
MUSICIAN--Chap. xxxiii.]
[Illustration: "SHE'S COME BACK HARDER THAN SHE WENT!" CRIED THE MOTHER,
LOOKING UP IN HER FACE, AND STILL HOLDING TO HER KNEES--Chap. xxxiv.]
[Illustration: WITHERS, MEETING HIM ON THE STAIRS, STOOD AMAZED AT THE
BEAUTY OF HIS TEETH, AND AT HIS BRILLIANT SMILE--Chap. xxxvii.]
[Illustration: RAN SNIGGERING OFF TO GET CHANGE, AND TOSSED IT AWAY WITH
A PIEMAN--Chap. xxxviii.]
[Illustration: "AND YOU'RE A-GOING TO DESERT YOUR COLOURS, ARE YOU, MY
LAD," SAID THE CAPTAIN, AFTER A LONG EXAMINATION OF HIS FACE--Chap.
xxxix.]
[Illustration: MR. TOOTS REPLIES BY LAUNCHING WILDLY OUT INTO MISS
DOMBEY'S PRAISES, AND BY INSINUATIONS THAT SOMETIMES HE THINKS HE SHOULD
LIKE TO BLOW HIS BRAINS OUT--Chap. xli.]
[Illustration: "DOMBEY," SAYS COUSIN FEENIX, "UPON MY SOUL, I AM VERY
MUCH SHOCKED TO SEE YOU ON SUCH A MELANCHOLY OCCASION"--Chap. xli.]
[Illustration: "DO YOU CALL IT MANAGING THIS ESTABLISHMENT, MADAM," SAID
MR. DOMBEY, "TO LEAVE A PERSON LIKE THIS AT LIBERTY TO COME AND TALK TO
ME!"--Chap. xliv.]
[Illustration: "MISS DOMBEY," RETURNED MR. TOOTS, "IF YOU'LL ONLY NAME
ONE, YOU'LL--YOU'LL GIVE ME AN APPETITE. TO WHICH," SAID MR. TOOTS, WITH
SOME SENTIMENT, "I HAVE LONG BEEN A STRANGER"--Chap. xliv.]
[Illustration: FLUNG IT DOWN, AND TROD UPON THE GLITTERING HEAP--Chap.
xlvii.]
[Illustration: THROWN DOWN IN A COSTLY MASS UPON THE GROUND WAS EVERY
ORNAMENT SHE HAD HAD SINCE SHE HAD BEEN HIS WIFE; EVERY DRESS SHE HAD
WORN; AND EVERYTHING SHE HAD POSSESSED--Chap. xlvii.]
[Illustration: FLORENCE MADE A MOTION WITH HER HAND TOWARDS HIM, REELED
AND FELL UPON THE FLOOR--Chap. xlviii.]
[Illustration: WHEN HE HAD FILLED HIS PIPE IN AN ABSOLUTE REVERIE OF
SATISFACTION, FLORENCE LIGHTED IT FOR HIM--Chap. xlix.]
[Illustration: BLESSED TWILIGHT STEALING ON, AND SHADING HER SO
SOOTHINGLY AND GRAVELY AS SHE FALLS ASLEEP, LIKE A HUSHED CHILD, UPON
THE BOSOM SHE HAS CLUNG TO!--Chap. l.]
[Illustration: IT APPEARS THAT HE MET EVERYBODY CONCERNED IN THE LATE
TRANSACTION, EVERYWHERE, AND SAID TO THEM, "SIR," OR "MADAM," AS THE
CASE WAS, "WHY DO YOU LOOK SO PALE!" AT WHICH EACH SHUDDERED FROM HEAD
TO FOOT, AND SAID, "OH, PERCH!" AND RAN AWAY--Chap. li.]
[Illustration: D. I. J. O. N--Chap. lii.]
[Illustration: STILL UPON HER KNEES, AND WITH HER EYES UPON THE
FIRE--Chap. liii.]
[Illustration: HE SAW THE FACE CHANGE FROM ITS VINDICTIVE PASSION TO A
FAINT SICKNESS AND TERROR--Chap. lv.]
[Illustration: AFTER THIS, HE SMOKED FOUR PIPES SUCCESSIVELY IN THE
LITTLE PARLOUR BY HIMSELF, AND WAS DISCOVERED CHUCKLING AT THE
EXPIRATION OF AS MANY HOURS--Chap. lvi.]
[Illustration: "WY, IT'S MEAN .... THAT'S WHERE IT IS. IT'S
MEAN!"--Chap. lvi.]
[Illustration: "JOE HAD BEEN DECEIVED, SIR, TAKEN IN, HOODWINKED,
BLINDFOLDED, BUT WAS BROAD AWAKE AGAIN, AND STARING"--Chap. lviii.]
[Illustration: "YES, MRS. PIPCHIN, IT IS," REPLIES COOK, ADVANCING. "AND
WHAT THEN PRAY!"--Chap. lix.]
[Illustration: "OH, MY GOD, FORGIVE ME, FOR I NEED IT VERY MUCH!"--Chap.
lix.]
[Illustration: "NO, NO!" CRIED FLORENCE, SHRINKING BACK AS SHE ROSE UP,
AND PUTTING OUT HER HANDS TO KEEP HER OFF. "MAMMA!"--Chap. lxi.]
[Illustration: CAPTAIN CUTTLE GIVES THEM THE LOVELY PEG--Chap. lxii.]
[Illustration: "DEAR GRANDPAPA, WHY DO YOU CRY WHEN YOU KISS ME?"--Chap.
lxii.]
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
[Illustration]
SIXTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRED BARNARD
[Illustration: PEGGOTTY SEEMED TO SWELL AND GROW IMMENSELY LARGE. I
PROPPED MY EYELIDS OPEN WITH MY TWO FOREFINGERS AND LOOKED PERSEVERINGLY
AT HER, AS SHE SAT AT WORK--Chap. ii.]
[Illustration: "DEAD, MR. PEGGOTTY!" I HINTED, AFTER A RESPECTFUL PAUSE.
"DROWNDEAD," SAID MR. PEGGOTTY--Chap. iii.]
[Illustration: "THAT'S NOT IT!" SAID I, "THAT SHIP-LOOKING THING!"
"THAT'S IT, MAS'R DAVY," RETURNED HAM--Chap. iii.]
[Illustration: AND WHEN WE CAME AT LAST TO THE FIVE THOUSAND CHEESES
(CANES HE MADE IT THAT DAY, I REMEMBER), MY MOTHER BURST OUT
CRYING--Chap. iv.]
[Illustration: I SAW TO MY AMAZEMENT, PEGGOTTY BURST FROM A HEDGE AND
CLIMB INTO THE CART--Chap. v.]
[Illustration: "HE KNOWS ME, AND I KNOW HIM. DO YOU KNOW ME! HEY!" SAID
MR. CREAKLE, PINCHING MY EAR WITH FEROCIOUS PLAYFULNESS--Chap. vi.]
[Illustration: "LET HIM DENY IT," SAID STEERFORTH--Chap. vii.]
[Illustration: "DON'T GO, STEERFORTH, IF YOU PLEASE. THESE ARE TWO
YARMOUTH BOATMEN--VERY KIND, GOOD PEOPLE--WHO ARE RELATIONS OF MY NURSE,
AND HAVE COME FROM GRAVESEND TO SEE ME"--Chap. vii.]
[Illustration: "FATHER!" SAID MINNIE PLAYFULLY. "WHAT A PORPOISE YOU DO
GROW!"--Chap. ix.]
[Illustration: I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON'T LIKE IT--Chap.
xi.]
[Illustration: I AM PRESENTED TO MRS. MICAWBER--Chap. xi.]
[Illustration: THE YOUNG MAN STILL REPLIED: "COME TO THE POLLIS!" AND
WAS DRAGGING ME AGAINST THE DONKEY IN A VIOLENT MANNER, AS IF THERE WERE
ANY AFFINITY BETWEEN THAT ANIMAL AND A MAGISTRATE--Chap. xii.]
[Illustration: "OH, MY LUNGS AND LIVER, WILL YOU GO FOR
THREEPENCE!"--Chap. xiii.]
[Illustration: MR. MICAWBER, IMPRESSING THE NAMES OF THE STREETS AND THE
SHAPES OF CORNER HOUSES UPON ME AS WE WENT ALONG, THAT I MIGHT FIND MY
WAY BACK EASILY IN THE MORNING--Chap. xi.]
[Illustration: THE BATTLE ON THE GREEN--Chap. xiv.]
[Illustration: SHE ALWAYS ROUSED HIM WITH A QUESTION OR CARESS--Chap.
xv.]
[Illustration: "OH, THANK YOU, MASTER COPPERFIELD," SAID URIAH HEEP,
"FOR THAT REMARK! IT IS SO TRUE! 'UMBLE AS I AM, I KNOW IT IS SO TRUE!
OH, THANK YOU, MASTER COPPERFIELD!"--Chap. xvi.]
[Illustration: THE DOCTOR'S WALK--Chap. xvii.]
[Illustration: "I ASK AN INESTIMABLE PRICE FOR IT, MISS LARKINS"....
"INDEED! WHAT IS THAT!" RETURNS MISS LARKINS. "A FLOWER OF YOURS, THAT I
MAY TREASURE IT AS A MISER DOES GOLD"--Chap. xviii.]
[Illustration: "OH, REALLY! YOU KNOW HOW IGNORANT I AM, AND THAT I ONLY
ASK FOR INFORMATION, BUT ISN'T IT ALWAYS SO! I THOUGHT THAT KIND OF LIFE
WAS ON ALL HANDS UNDERSTOOD TO BE--EH!"--Chap. XX.]
[Illustration: PRESENTLY THEY BROUGHT HER TO THE FIRESIDE, VERY MUCH
CONFUSED, AND VERY SHY--Chap. xxi.]
[Illustration: "THAT IS A BLACK SHADOW TO BE FOLLOWING THE GIRL," SAID
STEERFORTH, STANDING STILL; "WHAT DOES IT MEAN!"--Chap. xxii.]
[Illustration: "TROT! MY DEAR TROT!" CRIED MY AUNT, IN A TERRIFIED
WHISPER, AND PRESSING MY ARM. "I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO"--Chap, xxiii.]
[Illustration: AND MRS. CRUPP SAID, THANK HEAVEN SHE HAD NOW FOUND
SUMMUN SHE COULD CARE FOR--Chap. xxiii.]
[Illustration: HAMLET'S AUNT BETRAYS THE FAMILY FAILING, AND INDULGES IN
A SOLILOQUY ON "BLOOD"--Chap. xxv.]
[Illustration: DORA--Chap. xxvi.]
[Illustration: "HERE," DRAWING THE CLOTH OFF WITH GREAT PRIDE AND CARE,
"ARE TWO PIECES OF FURNITURE TO COMMENCE WITH"--Chap. xxvii.]
[Illustration: MR. MICAWBER IN HIS ELEMENT--Chap. xxviii.]
[Illustration: HE WAS FAST ASLEEP; LYING EASILY, WITH HIS HEAD UPON HIS
ARM, AS I HAD OFTEN SEEN HIM LIE AT SCHOOL--Chap. xxix.]
[Illustration: "GIVE ME BREATH ENOUGH," SAYS I TO MY DAUGHTER MINNIE,
"AND I'LL FIND PASSAGES, MY DEAR"--Chap. xxx]
[Illustration: "READ IT, SIR," HE SAID, IN A LOW SHIVERING VOICE. "SLOW,
PLEASE. I DOEN'T KNOW AS I CAN UNDERSTAND"--Chap. xxxi.]
[Illustration: "TAKE A WORD OF ADVICE, EVEN FROM THREE FOOT NOTHING, TRY
NOT TO ASSOCIATE BODILY DEFECTS WITH MENTAL, MY GOOD FRIEND, EXCEPT FOR
A SOLID REASON"--Chap. xxxii.]
[Illustration: UNDER THE LILAC TREE--Chap. xxxiii.]
[Illustration: I PARTED FROM HIM, POOR FELLOW, AT THE CORNER OF THE
STREET, WITH HIS GREAT KITE AT HIS BACK, A VERY MONUMENT OF HUMAN
MISERY--Chap. xxxiv.]
[Illustration: "DEUCE TAKE THE MAN!" SAID MY AUNT STERNLY, "WHAT'S HE
ABOUT! DON'T BE GALVANIC, SIR!"--Chap. xxxv.]
[Illustration: "I HARDLY EVER TAKE BREAKFAST, SIR," HE REPLIED WITH HIS
HEAD THROWN BACK IN AN EASY CHAIR. "I FIND IT BORES ME"--Chap. xxxvi.]
[Illustration: "YOU HAVE HEARD MISS MURDSTONE," SAID MR. SPENLOW,
TURNING TO ME. "I BEG TO ASK MR. COPPERFIELD, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO
SAY IN REPLY!"--Chap. xxxviii.]
[Illustration: "PAPA, YOU ARE NOT WELL. COME WITH ME!"--Chap. xxxix.]
[Illustration: I STOOD FACE TO FACE WITH MR. PEGGOTTY!--Chap. xl.]
[Illustration: "I WONDER WHY YOU EVER FELL IN LOVE WITH ME!" SAID DORA,
BEGINNING ON ANOTHER BUTTON OF MY COAT--Chap. xli.]
[Illustration: HE CAUGHT THE HAND IN HIS, AND WE STOOD IN THAT
CONNECTION, LOOKING AT EACH OTHER--Chap. xlii.]
[Illustration: HOLDING THE PENS--Chap. xliv.]
[Illustration: "THEN, I HAVE GOT IT, BOY!" SAID MR. DICK--Chap. xlv.]
[Illustration: MR. LITTIMER TELLS HIS STORY--Chap. xlvi.]
[Illustration: "OH, THE RIVER!" SHE CRIED PASSIONATELY. "OH, THE
RIVER!"--Chap. xlvii.]
[Illustration: "WHEN I CAN RUN ABOUT AGAIN, AS I USED TO DO, AUNT," SAID
DORA, "I SHALL MAKE JIP RACE. HE IS GETTING QUITE SLOW AND LAZY"--Chap.
xlviii.]
[Illustration: "AND THE NAME OF THE WHOLE ATROCIOUS MASS
IS--HEEP!"--Chap. xlix.]
[Illustration: ROSA DARTLE SPRANG UP FROM HER SEAT: RECOILED, AND IN
RECOILING STRUCK AT HER, WITH A FACE OF SUCH MALIGNITY, SO DARKENED AND
DISFIGURED BY PASSION, THAT I HAD ALMOST THROWN MYSELF BETWEEN
THEM--Chap. l.]
[Illustration: "APPROACH ME AGAIN, YOU--YOU--YOU HEEP OF INFAMY," GASPED
MR. MICAWBER, "AND IF YOUR HEAD IS HUMAN, I'LL BREAK IT. COME ON, COME
ON"--Chap. lii.]
[Illustration: "IT IS MUCH BETTER AS IT IS!"--Chap. liii.]
[Illustration: I HAVE MYSELF DIRECTED SOME ATTENTION, DURING THE PAST
WEEK, TO THE ART OF BAKING--Chap. liv.]
[Illustration: THEY DREW HIM TO MY VERY FEET--INSENSIBLE--DEAD--Chap.
lv.]
[Illustration: I FOUND MR. MICAWBER SITTING IN A CORNER, LOOKING DARKLY
AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICER WHO HAD EFFECTED THE CAPTURE--Chap. lvii.]
[Illustration: THE STORM--Chap. lv.]
[Illustration: I WALKED UP TO WHERE HE WAS SITTING, AND SAID, "HOW DO
YOU DO, MR. CHILLIP!"--Chap. lix.]
[Illustration: FOR AN INSTANT, A DISTRESSFUL SHADOW CROSSED HER FACE;
BUT, EVEN IN THE START IT GAVE ME, IT WAS GONE--Chap. lx.]
[Illustration: I TOOK AGNES IN MY ARM TO THE BACK OF HER CHAIR, AND WE
BOTH LEANED OVER HER--Chap. lxii.]
[Illustration: "IF A SHIP'S COOK THAT WAS TURNING SETTLER, MAS'R DAVY,
DIDN'T MAKE OFFERS FUR TO MARRY MRS. GUMMIDGE, I'M GORMED--AND I CAN'T
SAY NO FAIRER THAN THAT!"--Chap, lxiii.]
[Illustration: "TROTWOOD, YOU WILL BE GLAD TO HEAR THAT I SHALL FINISH
THE MEMORIAL WHEN I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO, AND THAT YOUR AUNT'S THE
MOST EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN IN THE WORLD, SIR!"--Chap. lxiv.]
[Illustration: BUT ONE FACE, SHINING ON ME LIKE A HEAVENLY LIGHT BY
WHICH I SEE ALL OTHER OBJECTS, IS ABOVE THEM AND BEYOND THEM ALL--Chap.
lxiv.]
A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND
[Illustration]
FIFTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. McL. RALSTON
[Illustration: THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AND THE DANES--Chap. iv.]
[Illustration: THE ESCAPE OF QUEEN MATILDA FROM OXFORD CASTLE--Chap.
xi.]
[Illustration: HUBERT DE BURGH AND THE BLACK BAND--Chap. xv.]
[Illustration: THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER DOING PENANCE--Chap. xii, Part
Third]
[Illustration: KING JOHN OF FRANCE AT THE BATTLE OF POITIERS--Chap.
xviii.]
[Illustration: LAMBERT SIMNEL--Chap. xxvi.]
[Illustration: SIR EDWARD HOWARD--Chap. xxvii.]
[Illustration: THE SPANISH ARMADA--Chap, xxxi., Third Part]
[Illustration: BEFORE HE WENT AWAY, THE LANDLORD CAME BEHIND HIS
CHAIR--Chap. xxxiv., First Part]
[Illustration: MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS LEAVING FRANCE--Chap. xxxi.]