TO CONVEY TO HIM THAT SHE FELT HOW MUCH OLDER AND WISER HE WAS THAN SHE.
HE MADE HER ANOTHER BOW--Book 1, Chap. iv.]
[Illustration: THE WINE SHOP--Book 1, chap. v.]
[Illustration: THE SHOEMAKER--Book 1, chap. vi.]
[Illustration: MESSRS. CRUNCHER AND SON--Book 2, chap. i.]
[Illustration: AND SMOOTHING HER RICH HAIR WITH AS MUCH PRIDE AS SHE
COULD POSSIBLY HAVE TAKEN IN HER OWN HAIR IF SHE HAD BEEN THE VAINEST
AND HANDSOMEST OF WOMEN--Book 2, chap. vi.]
[Illustration: THE LION AND THE JACKAL--Book 2, chap. v.]
[Illustration: HE STOOPED A LITTLE, AND WITH HIS TATTERED BLUE CAP
POINTED UNDER THE CARRIAGE. ALL HIS FELLOWS STOOPED TO LOOK UNDER THE
CARRIAGE--Book 2, chap. viii.]
[Illustration: DRIVE HIM FAST FROM THE TOMB. THIS FROM JACQUES--Book 2,
chap. ix.]
[Illustration: "THINK NOW AND THEN THAT THERE IS A MAN WHO WOULD GIVE
HIS LIFE TO KEEP A LIFE YOU LOVE BESIDE YOU"--Book 2, chap. xiii.]
[Illustration: "IT IS FRIGHTFUL, MESSIEURS. HOW CAN THE WOMEN AND
CHILDREN DRAW WATER? WHO CAN GOSSIP OF AN EVENING UNDER THAT
SHADOW?"--Book 2, chap. xv.]
[Illustration: SAINT ANTOINE--Book 2, chap. xvi.]
[Illustration: "STILL, THE DOCTOR, WITH SHADED FOREHEAD, BEAT HIS FOOT
NERVOUSLY ON THE GROUND"--Book 2, chap. xix.]
[Illustration: DRAGGED, AND STRUCK AT, AND STIFLED BY THE BUNCHES OF
GRASS AND STRAW THAT WERE THRUST INTO HIS FACE BY HUNDREDS OF
HANDS--Book 2, chap. xxii.]
[Illustration: AMONG THE TALKERS WAS STRYVER, OF THE KING'S BENCH BAR
... BROACHING TO MONSEIGNEUR HIS DEVICES FOR BLOWING THE PEOPLE UP, AND
EXTERMINATING THEM FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.--Book 2, chap. xxiv.]
[Illustration: SOME REGISTERS WERE LYING OPEN ON A DESK AND AN OFFICER
OF A COARSE DARK ASPECT PRESIDED OVER THESE--Book 3, chap. i.]
[Illustration: THE GRINDSTONE--Book 3, chap. ii.]
[Illustration: THE CARMAGNOLE--Book 3, chap. vi.]
[Illustration: HERE MR. LORRY BECAME AWARE, FROM WHERE HE SAT, OF A MOST
REMARKABLE GOBLIN SHADOW ON THE WALL--Book 3, chap. x.]
[Illustration: TWICE HE PUT HIS HAND TO THE WOUND IN HIS BREAST, AND
WITH HIS FOREFINGER DREW A CROSS IN THE AIR--Book 3, chap. x.]
[Illustration: THE TRIAL OF EVRÉMONDE--Book 3, chap. ix.]
[Illustration: AS HE WAS DRAWN AWAY, HIS WIFE RELEASED HIM, AND STOOD
LOOKING AFTER HIM WITH HER HANDS TOUCHING ONE ANOTHER IN THE ATTITUDE OF
PRAYER--Book 3, chap. xi.]
[Illustration: HIS HEAD AND THROAT WERE BARE, AND, AS HE SPOKE WITH
HELPLESS LOOK STRAYING ALL ROUND, HE TOOK HIS COAT OFF, AND LET IT DROP
ON THE FLOOR--Book 3, chap. xii.]
[Illustration: "YOU MIGHT, FROM YOUR APPEARANCE, BE THE WIFE OF
LUCIFER," SAID MISS PROSS IN HER BREATHING. "NEVERTHELESS YOU SHALL NOT
GET THE BETTER OF ME. I AM AN ENGLISHWOMAN"--Book 3, chap. xiv.]
[Illustration: THE THIRD TUMBREL--Book 3, chap. xv.]
THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER
[Illustration]
TWENTY-SIX ILLUSTRATIONS BY E. G. DALZIEL
[Illustration: SAW FROM THE LADDER'S ELEVATION, AS HE LOOKED DOWN BY
CHANCE TOWARDS THE SHORE, SOME DARK, TROUBLED OBJECT CLOSE IN WITH THE
LAND--_The Shipwreck_]
[Illustration: A CHEAP THEATRE, SUNDAY NIGHT--_Two Views of a Cheap
Theatre_]
[Illustration: STOOD A CREATURE REMOTELY IN THE LIKENESS OF A YOUNG MAN,
WITH PUFFED, SALLOW FACE, AND A FIGURE ALL DIRTY AND SHINY AND SLIMY,
WHO MAY HAVE BEEN THE YOUNGEST SON OF HIS FILTHY OLD FATHER,
THAMES--_Wapping Workhouse_]
[Illustration: MR. GRAZINGLANDS LOOKED INTO A PASTRYCOOK'S WINDOW,
HESITATING AS TO THE EXPEDIENCY OF LUNCHING AT THAT ESTABLISHMENT
--_Refreshments for Travellers_]
[Illustration: "BAGS TO HOLD YOUR MONEY," SAYS THE WITCH, SHAKING HER
HEAD AND SETTING HER TEETH; "YOU AS HAS GOT IT"--_Poor Mercantile Jack_]
[Illustration: THE TALL GLAZED HEAD-DRESS OF HIS WARRIOR STRAUDENHEIM
INSTANTLY KNOCKED OFF--_Travelling Abroad_]
[Illustration: HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY THE POLICE--_Shy
Neighbourhoods_]
[Illustration: "DROP OF SOMETHING TO DRINK," INTERPOSED THE STRANGER. "I
AM AGREEABLE"--_Chambers_]
[Illustration: "'THEN YOU'RE A TRAMP,' HE SES. 'I'D RATHER BE THAT THAN
A BEADLE,' I SES"--_Tramps_]
[Illustration: "AM I RED TO-NIGHT?" "YOU ARE," HE UNCOMPROMISINGLY
ANSWERED--_Night Walks_]
[Illustration: "A LEMON HAS PIPS, AND A YARD HAS SHIPS, AND I'LL HAVE
CHIPS!"--_Nurses' Stories_]
[Illustration: THE WIND BLOWS STIFFLY FROM THE NOR'-EAST ... AND THE
SHAPELESS PASSENGERS LIE ABOUT IN MELANCHOLY BUNDLES--_The Calais Night
Mail_]
[Illustration: THEN DROPPED UPON HER KNEES BEFORE US, WITH PROTESTATIONS
THAT WE WERE RIGHT--_Some Recollections of Mortality_]
[Illustration: ON THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE SHIP A GRIZZLED MAN DICTATED
A LONG LETTER TO ANOTHER GRIZZLED MAN IN AN IMMENSE FUR CAP--_Bound for
the Great Salt Lake_]
[Illustration: BLINKING OLD MEN WHO ARE LET OUT OF THE WORKHOUSE BY THE
HOUR HAVE A TENDENCY TO SIT ON BITS OF COPING STONE IN THESE CHURCHYARDS
... THE MORE DEPRESSED CLASS OF BEGGARS TOO BRING HITHER BROKEN MEALS,
AND MUNCH--_The City of the Absent_]
[Illustration: MR. J. MELLOWS, OF THE "DOLPHIN'S HEAD"--_An old
Stage-coaching House_]
[Illustration: BUILDING H.M.S. ACHILLES--_Chatham Dockyard_]
[Illustration: AT THE STATION THEY HAD BEEN SITTING ABOUT IN THEIR
THREADBARE HOMESPUN GARMENTS ... SAD ENOUGH AT HEART, MOST OF THEM--_In
the French-Flemish Country_]
[Illustration: IT WAS AGREED THAT MR. BATTENS "OUGHT TO TAKE IT UP," AND
MR. BATTENS WAS COMMUNICATED WITH ON THE SUBJECT--_Titbull's
Almshouses_]
[Illustration: AT THE UPPER END OF THIS DUNGEON ... THE ENGLISHMAN FIRST
BEHELD HIM, SITTING ON AN IRON BEDSTEAD, TO WHICH HE WAS CHAINED BY A
HEAVY CHAIN--_The Italian Prisoner_]
[Illustration: TROTTING ABOUT AMONG THE BEDS, ON FAMILIAR TERMS WITH ALL
THE PATIENTS, WAS A COMICAL MONGREL DOG CALLED POODLES--_A Small Star in
the East_]
[Illustration: OVER THE GROG, MIXED IN A BUCKET, PRESIDES THE
BOATSWAIN'S MATE--_Aboard Ship_]
[Illustration: THIS ENGAGING FIGURE APPROACHED THE FATAL LAMPS--_Mr.
Barlow_]
[Illustration: LOOK AT THIS GROUP AT A STREET CORNER--_The Ruffian_]
[Illustration: AND WHITE RIDING HOOD WAS FINED TEN SHILLINGS--_The
Ruffian_]
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
[Illustration]
THIRTY ILLUSTRATIONS BY F. A. FRASER
[Illustration: "HOLD YOUR NOISE!" CRIED A HORRIBLE VOICE ... "KEEP
STILL, YOU LITTLE DEVIL, OR I'LL CUT YOUR THROAT"--Chap. i.]
[Illustration: THE SERGEANT RAN IN FIRST--Chap. v.]
[Illustration: "WHY, HERE'S A J!" SAID JOE, "AND A O EQUAL TO
ANYTHINK!"--Chap. vii.]
[Illustration: SHE GAVE A CONTEMPTUOUS TOSS ... AND LEFT ME--Chap.
viii.]
[Illustration: HE SAID, "AHA! WOULD YOU!" AND BEGAN DANCING BACKWARDS
AND FORWARDS--Chap. xi.]
[Illustration: "WELL, PIP, YOU KNOW, ... YOU YOURSELF SEE ME PUT 'EM IN
MY 'AT, AND THEREFORE YOU KNOW AS THEY ARE HERE"--Chap. xiii.]
[Illustration: ORLICK ... WAS VERY SOON AMONG THE COAL-DUST, AND IN NO
HURRY TO COME OUT OF IT--Chap. xv.]
[Illustration: THEN SHE SOFTLY PATTED MY SHOULDER IN A SOOTHING
WAY--Chap. xvii.]
[Illustration: "NOW, THIS," SAID MR. TRABB ... "IS A VERY SWEET
ARTICLE"--Chap. xix]
[Illustration: "SAY ANOTHER WORD--ONE SINGLE WORD--AND WEMMICK SHALL
GIVE YOU YOUR MONEY BACK"--Chap. xx.]
[Illustration: "THIS CHAP ... MURDERED HIS MASTER"--Chap. xxiv.]
[Illustration: WE FOUND THE AGED HEATING THE POKER, WITH EXPECTANT
EYES--Chap. xxv.]
[Illustration: "DO YOU TAKE TEA, OR COFFEE, MR. GARGERY?"--Chap. xxvii.]
[Illustration: DRAWLING TO HIS ATTENDANTS, "DON'T KNOW YAH, DON'T KNOW
YAH!"--Chap. xxx]
[Illustration: "OH, YOU MUST TAKE THE PURSE!"--Chap. xxxiii.]
[Illustration: IT WAS FINE SUMMER WEATHER AGAIN--Chap. xxxv.]
[Illustration: "IT IS OF NO USE," SAID BIDDY--Chap. xxxv.]
[Illustration: "WHAT!" SAID ESTELLA, PRESERVING HER ATTITUDE OF
INDIFFERENCE AS SHE LEANED AGAINST THE GREAT CHIMNEY-PIECE, AND ONLY
MOVING HER EYES, "DO YOU REPROACH ME FOR BEING COLD! YOU!"--Chap.
xxxviii.]
[Illustration: "WHY SHOULD I LOOK AT HIM?" RETURNED ESTELLA--Chap.
xxxviii.]
[Illustration: I ROSE OUT OF MY CHAIR, AND STOOD WITH MY HAND UPON THE
BACK OF IT, LOOKING WILDLY AT HIM--Chap. xxxix.]
[Illustration: GRADUALLY I SLIPPED FROM THE CHAIR, AND LAY ON THE
FLOOR--Chap. xl.]
[Illustration: "WHEN I SAY TO COMPEYSON 'ONCE OUT OF THIS COURT, I'LL
SMASH THAT FACE O' YOURN!' AIN'T IT COMPEYSON AS PRAYS THE JUDGE TO BE
PROTECTED, AND GETS TWO TURNKEYS STOOD BETWIXT US!"--Chap. xiii]
[Illustration: HE CAME BACK CALLING FOR A LIGHT FOR THE CIGAR IN HIS
MOUTH, WHICH HE HAD FORGOTTEN. A MAN IN A DUST-COLOURED DRESS APPEARED
WITH WHAT HE WANTED--Chap. xliii.]
[Illustration: I HAD TO FEEL MY WAY BACK AMONG THE SHIPPING--Chap.
xlvii.]
[Illustration: I ENTREATED HER TO RISE--Chap. xlix.]
[Illustration: "HIM THAT I SPEAK OF," SAID THE LANDLORD, "MR.
PUMBLECHOOK"--Chap. lii.]
[Illustration: "DO YOU KNOW THIS!" SAID HE--Chap. liii.]
[Illustration: HE HAD SPOKEN HIS LAST WORDS--Chap. lvi.]
[Illustration: WE SAT DOWN ON A BENCH THAT WAS NEAR--Chap. lix.]
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
[Illustration]
FIFTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS
BY J. MAHONEY
[Illustration: THE BIRD OF PREY--Chap. i.]
[Illustration: "SHOW US A PICTURE," SAID THE BOY. "TELL US WHERE TO
LOOK!"--Chap. iii.]
[Illustration: WHEN IT CAME TO BELLA'S TURN TO SIGN HER NAME, MR.
ROKESMITH, WHO WAS STANDING, AS HE HAD SAT, WITH A HESITATING HAND UPON
THE TABLE, LOOKED AT HER STEALTHILY, BUT NARROWLY--Chap. iv.]
[Illustration: "HERE YOU ARE AGAIN," REPEATED MR. WEGG, MUSING. "AND
WHAT ARE YOU NOW?"--Chap. v].
[Illustration: LIZZIE, LOOKING FOR HER FATHER, SAW HIM COMING, AND STOOD
UPON THE CAUSEWAY THAT HE MIGHT SEE HER--Chap. vi.]
[Illustration: AFTER HOLDING HER TO HIS BREAST WITH A PASSIONATE CRY, HE
TOOK UP HIS BUNDLE AND DARTED OUT AT THE DOOR, WITH AN ARM ACROSS HER
EYES--Book 1, chap. vi.]
[Illustration: "YOU'RE CASTING YOUR EYES ROUND THE SHOP, MR. WEGG. LET
ME SHOW YOU A LIGHT"--Chap. vii.]
[Illustration: "NOODY!" SAID MRS. BOFFIN, COMING FROM HER FASHIONABLE
SOFA TO HIS SIDE ON THE PLAIN SETTLE AND HOOKING HER COMFORTABLE ARM
THROUGH HIS--Chap. ix.]
[Illustration: THAT HE KNEW IT AS WELL AS SHE, SHE KNEW AS WELL AS HE,
WHEN THEY WERE LEFT TOGETHER STANDING ON THE PATH BY THE
GARDEN-GATE--Chap. ix.]
[Illustration: SHE SITS UPON HER STONE, AND TAKES NO HEED OF HIM--Chap.
x.]
[Illustration: "APPARENTLY ONE OF THE GHOSTS HAS LOST ITS WAY, AND
DROPPED IN TO BE DIRECTED. LOOK AT THIS PHANTOM!"--Chap. xii.]
[Illustration: IT WAS A LITTLE WINDOW OF BUT FOUR PIECES OF GLASS, AND
WAS NOT CURTAINED; HE CHOSE IT BECAUSE THE LARGER WINDOW NEAR IT
WAS--Chap. xiii.]
[Illustration: THEY HAD OPENED THE DOOR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRCASE
GIVING ON THE YARD, AND THEY STOOD IN THE SUN-LIGHT LOOKING AT THE
SCRAWL OF THE TWO UNSTEADY CHILDISH HANDS TWO OR THREE STEPS UP THE
STAIRCASE--Chap. xv.]
[Illustration: "COME HERE, TODDLES AND PODDLES"--Chap. xvi.]
[Illustration: MR. BRADLEY HEADSTONE, HIGHLY CERTIFICATED STIPENDIARY
SCHOOLMASTER, DREW HIS RIGHT FORE-FINGER THROUGH ONE OF THE BUTTON-HOLES
OF THE BOY'S COAT, AND LOOKED AT IT ATTENTIVELY--Book 2, chap. i.]
[Illustration: HE STOOD LEANING BY THE DOOR AT LIZZIE'S SIDE--Book 2,
chap. ii.]
[Illustration: "ONE THING, HOWEVER, I CAN DO FOR YOU," SAYS TWEMLOW,
"AND THAT IS, WORK FOR YOU." VENEERING BLESSED HIM AGAIN--Book 2, chap.
iii.]
[Illustration: AH! HERE WAS ALFRED. HAVING STOLEN IN UNOBSERVED, HE
PLAYFULLY LEANED ON THE BACK OF SOPHRONIA'S CHAIR--Book 2, chap. iv.]
[Illustration: PERCHED ON THE STOOL, WITH HIS HAT COCKED ON HIS HEAD,
AND ONE OF HIS LEGS DANGLING, THE YOUTH OF FLEDGEBY HARDLY CONTRASTED TO
ADVANTAGE WITH THE AGE OF THE JEWISH MAN AS HE STOOD WITH HIS BARE HEAD
BOWED--Book 2, chap. v.]
[Illustration: "COME UP AND BE DEAD! COME UP AND BE DEAD"--Book 2, chap.
v.]
[Illustration: "GOOD EVENING, MR. WEGG. THE YARD-GATE LOCK SHOULD BE
LOOKED TO, IF YOU PLEASE; IT DON'T CATCH"--Book 2, chap. vii.]
[Illustration: "YOU NEVER CHARGE ME, MISS WILFER," SAID THE SECRETARY,
ENCOUNTERING HER BY CHANCE ALONE IN THE GREAT DRAWING-ROOM, "WITH
COMMISSIONS FOR HOME. I SHALL ALWAYS BE HAPPY TO EXECUTE ANY COMMANDS
YOU MAY HAVE IN THAT DIRECTION"--Book 2, chap. viii.]
[Illustration: "NOW YOU MAY GIVE ME A KISS, PA"--Book 2, chap. viii.]
[Illustration: "A KISS FOR THE BOOFER LADY"--Book 2, chap. ix.]
[Illustration: "MEANING," RETURNED THE LITTLE CREATURE, "EVERY ONE OF
YOU BUT YOU. HAH! NOW LOOK THIS LADY IN THE FACE. THIS IS MRS. TRUTH.
THE HONOURABLE. FULL-DRESSED"--Book 2, chap. xi.]
[Illustration: AND NOW, AS THE MAN HELD OUT THE BOTTLE TO FILL ALL
ROUND, RIDERHOOD STOOD UP, LEANED OVER THE TABLE TO LOOK CLOSER AT THE
KNIFE, AND STARED FROM IT TO HIM--Book 2, chap. xii.]
[Illustration: YET THE COLD WAS MERCIFUL, FOR IT WAS THE COLD NIGHT AIR
AND THE RAIN THAT RESTORED ME FROM A SWOON ON THE STONES OF THE
CAUSEWAY--Book 2, chap. xiii.]
[Illustration: THE DARK LOOK OF HATRED AND REVENGE WITH WHICH THE WORDS
BROKE FROM HIS LIVID LIPS ... MADE HER SO AFRAID OF HIM THAT SHE TURNED
TO RUN AWAY. BUT HE CAUGHT HER BY THE ARM--Book 2, chap. xv.]
[Illustration: MRS. LAMMLE, ON A SOFA BY A TABLE, INVITES MR. TWEMLOW'S
ATTENTION TO A BOOK OF PORTRAITS IN HER HAND--Book 2, chap. xvi.]
[Illustration: IT WAS AN EDIFYING SPECTACLE, THE YOUNG MAN IN HIS EASY
CHAIR TAKING HIS COFFEE, AND THE OLD MAN, WITH HIS GREY HEAD BENT,
STANDING AWAITING HIS PLEASURE--Book 3, chap. i.]
[Illustration: "IT'S SUMMAT RUN DOWN IN THE FOG"--Book 3, Chap. ii.]
[Illustration: "OH, INDEED, SIR! I FANCY I CAN GUESS WHOM YOU THINK
THAT'S LIKE"--Book 3, chap. iv.]
[Illustration: JENNY TWISTED HER VENERABLE FRIEND ASIDE, TO A
BRILLIANTLY LIGHTED TOY-SHOP WINDOW, AND SAID, "NOW LOOK AT 'EM! ALL MY
WORK!"--Book 3, chap. ii.]
[Illustration: FEIGNING TO BE INTENT ON HER EMBROIDERY, SHE SAT PLYING
HER NEEDLE UNTIL HER BUSY HAND WAS STOPPED BY MRS. BOFFIN'S HAND BEING
LIGHTLY LAID UPON IT--Book 3, chap. v.]
[Illustration: "HE CAN NEVER BE GOING TO DIG UP THE POLE!" WHISPERED
VENUS AS THEY DROPPED LOW AND KEPT CLOSE--Book 3, chap. vi.]
[Illustration: "THERE'LL SHORTLY BE AN END OF YOU," SAID WEGG,
THREATENING IT WITH THE HAT-BOX, "YOUR VARNISH IS FADING"--Book 3, chap.
vii.]
[Illustration: LIZZIE HEXHAM VERY SOFTLY RAISED THE WEATHER-STAINED GREY
HEAD, AND LIFTED HER AS HIGH AS HEAVEN--Book 3, chap. viii.]
[Illustration: SO THEY WALKED, SPEAKING OF THE NEWLY-FILLED-UP GRAVE,
AND OF JOHNNY, AND OF MANY THINGS--Book 3, chap. ix.]
[Illustration: "AND YOU SEE, AS I WAS SAYING, MORTIMER," REMARKED EUGENE
ALOUD WITH THE UTMOST COOLNESS, AS THOUGH THERE WERE NO ONE WITHIN
HEARING BUT THEMSELVES, "AND YOU SEE, AS I WAS SAYING--UNDERGOING
GRINDING TORMENTS"--Book 3, chap. x.]
[Illustration: SHE SHOOK THAT EMPHATIC LITTLE FOREFINGER OF HERS IN HIS
FACE, AT PARTING, AS EARNESTLY AND REPROACHFULLY AS SHE HAD EVER SHAKEN
IT AT HER GRIM OLD CHILD AT HOME--Book 3, chap. xiii.]
[Illustration: MR. VENUS PRODUCED THE DOCUMENT, HOLDING ON BY HIS USUAL
CORNER. MR. WEGG, HOLDING ON BY THE OPPOSITE CORNER, SAT DOWN ON THE
SEAT SO LATELY VACATED BY MR. BOFFIN, AND LOOKED IT OVER--Book 3, chap.
xiv.]
[Illustration: "YOU HAVE BEEN A PLEASANT ROOM TO ME, DEAR ROOM! ADIEU!
WE SHALL NEVER SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN"--Book 3, chap. xv.]
[Illustration: THE CHERUB, WHOSE HAIR WOULD HAVE DONE FOR ITSELF UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF THIS AMAZING SPECTACLE, WHAT BELLA HAD JUST NOW DONE
FOR IT, STAGGERED BACK INTO THE WINDOW SEAT FROM WHICH HE HAD RISEN, AND
SURVEYED THE PAIR WITH HIS EYES DILATED TO THEIR UTMOST--Book 3, chap.
xvi.]
[Illustration: "NOW, DOLLS, WAKE UP!" "MIST WRAYBURN! DRECTION! FIFTEEN
SHILLINGS!"--Book 3, chap. xvii.]
[Illustration: ROGUE RIDERHOOD RECOGNISED HIS "T'OTHER GOVERNOR," MR.
EUGENE WRAYBURN--Book 4, Chap. i.]
[Illustration: THERE WERE ACTUALLY TEARS IN THE BOLD WOMAN'S EYES AS THE
SOFT-HEADED AND SOFT-HEARTED GIRL TWINED HER ARMS ABOUT HER NECK--Book
4, chap. ii]
[Illustration: IT WAS A PLEASANT SIGHT, IN THE MIDST OF THE GOLDEN
BLOOM, TO SEE THIS SALT OLD GRUFF AND GLUM WAVING HIS SHOVEL HAT AT
BELLA, WHILE HIS THIN WHITE HAIR FLOWED FREE, AS IF SHE HAD ONCE MORE
LAUNCHED HIM INTO BLUE WATER AGAIN--Book 4, chap. iv.]
[Illustration: "THERE!" SAID BELLA, WHEN SHE HAD AT LAST COMPLETED THE
FINAL TOUCHES. "NOW YOU ARE SOMETHING LIKE A GENTEEL BOY! PUT YOUR
JACKET ON AND COME AND HAVE YOUR SUPPER."--Book 4, chap. v.]
[Illustration: HE HAD SAUNTERED FAR ENOUGH. BEFORE RETURNING TO RETRACE
HIS STEPS, HE STOPPED UPON THE MARGIN TO LOOK DOWN AT THE REFLECTED
NIGHT--Book 4, chap. vi.]
[Illustration: WHEN THE BATHER HAD FINISHED DRESSING, HE KNEELED ON THE
GRASS, DOING SOMETHING WITH HIS HANDS, AND AGAIN STOOD UP WITH HIS
BUNDLE UNDER HIS ARM. LOOKING ALL AROUND HIM WITH GREAT ATTENTION, HE
THEN WENT TO THE RIVER'S EDGE, AND FLUNG IT IN AS FAR, AND YET AS
LIGHTLY, AS HE COULD--Book 4, chap. vii.]
[Illustration: SHE TOOK THE LIBERTY OF OPENING AN INNER DOOR, AND THEN
BEHELD THE EXTRAORDINARY SPECTACLE OF MR. FLEDGEBY IN A SHIRT, A PAIR OF
TURKISH TROUSERS, AND A TURKISH CAP, ROLLING OVER AND OVER ON HIS OWN
CARPET, AND SPLUTTERING WONDERFULLY--Book 4, chap. viii.]
[Illustration: MISS JENNY GAVE UP ALTOGETHER ON THIS PARTING TAKING
PLACE BETWEEN THE FRIENDS, AND SITTING WITH HER BACK TOWARDS THE BED IN
THE BOWER MADE BY BRIGHT HAIR WEPT HEARTILY THOUGH NOISELESSLY--Book 4,
chap. vii.]
[Illustration: BELLA'S HUSBAND STEPPED SOFTLY TO THE HALF-DOOR OF THE
BAR AND STOOD THERE--Book 4, chap. xii.]
[Illustration: "IT LOOKS AS IF THE OLD MAN'S SPIRIT HAD FOUND REST AT
LAST; DON'T IT!" SAID MRS. BOFFIN--Book 4, chap. xiii.]
[Illustration: BRADLEY HESITATED FOR A MOMENT, BUT PLACED HIS USUAL
SIGNATURE, ENLARGED, UPON THE BOARD--Book 4, chap. xv.]
[Illustration: "THERE, THERE, THERE!" SAID MISS WREN, "FOR GOODNESS'
SAKE STOP, GIANT, OR I SHALL BE SWALLOWED UP ALIVE BEFORE I KNOW
IT"--Book 4, chap. xvi.]
[Illustration: RIDERHOOD WENT OVER INTO THE SMOOTH PIT BACKWARDS, AND
BRADLEY HEADSTONE UPON HIM--Book 4, chap. xv.]
CHRISTMAS STORIES FROM "HOUSEHOLD WORDS" AND "ALL THE YEAR ROUND"
[Illustration]
TWENTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS BY E. G. DALZIEL
[Illustration: "I'M ONLY A COMMON SOLDIER, SIR," SAID HE. "IT SIGNIFIES
VERY LITTLE WHAT SUCH A POOR BRUTE COMES TO"--_Seven Poor Travellers_,
chap. ii.]
[Illustration: AND WHEN THE VISITOR (OPPRESSED WITH PIE) HAD FALLEN
ASLEEP, THIS WICKED LANDLORD WOULD LOOK SOFTLY IN WITH A LAMP IN ONE
HAND AND A KNIFE IN THE OTHER, WOULD CUT HIS THROAT, &C.--_Holly Tree
Inn_, First Branch.]
[Illustration: "MY DEAR CAPTAIN KAVENDER," SAYS HE. "OF ALL THE MEN ON
EARTH, I WANTED TO SEE YOU MOST. I WAS ON MY WAY TO YOU"--_The Wreck of
the Golden Mary_--The Wreck]
[Illustration: "O CHRISTIAN GEORGE KING SAR BERRY SORRY!" SAYS THE SAMBO
VAGABOND--_The Perils of Certain English Prisoners_, chap. i.]
[Illustration: A GRIZZLED PERSONAGE IN VELVETEEN, WITH A FACE SO CUT UP
BY VARIETIES OF WEATHER THAT HE LOOKED AS IF HE HAD BEEN TATTOOED, WAS
FOUND SMOKING A PIPE AT THE DOOR OF A WOODEN HOUSE ON WHEELS--_Going
into Society_]
[Illustration: AN IMPERTURBABLE AND SPEECHLESS MAN, HE HAD SAT AT HIS
SUPPER, WITH STREAKER PRESENT IN A SWOON--_The Haunted House_, The
Mortals in the House]
[Illustration: "MIGHT YOU BE MARRIED NOW?" ASKED THE CAPTAIN WHEN HE HAD
SOME TASK WITH THIS NEW ACQUAINTANCE.... "NOT YET." ... "GOING TO BE?"
SAID THE CAPTAIN.... "I HOPE SO"--_A Message from the Sea_, chap. i.]
[Illustration: "WHAT IS YOUR NAME, SIR, AND WHERE DO YOU COME FROM!"
ASKED MR. MOPES THE HERMIT--_Tom Tiddler's Ground_, chap. i.]
[Illustration: "BUT IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE THAT YOU ARE A PIG!" RETORTED
MADAME BOUCLET--_Somebody's Luggage_, chap. ii.]
[Illustration: "I AM GLAD TO SEE YOU EMPLOYED," SAID MR. TRAVELLER....
"I AM GLAD TO BE EMPLOYED," RETURNED THE TINKER-_Tom Tiddler's Ground_,
chap. vii.]
[Illustration: WILLING SOPHY DOWN UPON HER KNEES SCRUBBING EARLY AND
LATE AND EVER CHEERFUL BUT ALWAYS SMILING WITH A BLACK FACE--_Mrs.
Lirriper's Lodgings_, chap. i.]
[Illustration: "COME, SIR! REMOVE ME TO MY VILE DUNGEON. WHERE IS MY
MOULDY STRAW!"--_Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy_, chap. i.]
[Illustration: AND AT LAST SITTING DOZING AGAINST A MUDDY CART WHEEL, I
COME UPON THE POOR GIRL WHO WAS DEAF AND DUMB--_Dr. Marigold_]
[Illustration: WHILE I WAS SPEAKING TO HIM, I SAW IT OPEN, AND A MAN
LOOK IN, WHO VERY EARNESTLY AND MYSTERIOUSLY BECKONED TO ME--_Two Ghost
Stories_, I.]
[Illustration: "I TOOK YOU FOR SOME ONE ELSE YESTERDAY EVENING. THAT
TROUBLES ME"--_Two Ghost Stories_, II.]
[Illustration: "WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH TWOPENCE, IF I GAVE IT YOU!"...
"'PEND IT"--_Mugby Junction_, chap. ii.]
[Illustration: COTCHED THE DECANTER OUT OF HIS HAND, AND SAID "PUT IT
DOWN, I WON'T ALLOW THAT!"--_Mugby Junction_, chap. iii.]
[Illustration: "IT'S FROM THE BEST CORNER OF OUR BEST
FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD BIN," SAID MR. WILDING.... "THANK YOU, SIR," SAID
MR. BINTRY. "IT'S MOST EXCELLENT"--_No Thoroughfare_, Act i.]
[Illustration: "WE ARE FAMOUS FOR THE GROWTH IN THIS VAULT, AREN'T
WE!"--_No Thoroughfare_, Act i.]
[Illustration: "IF THERE HAD BEEN A WRESTLE WITH A ROBBER, AS I
DREAMED," SAID OBENREIZER, "YOU SEE I WAS STRIPPED FOR IT."... "AND
ARMED TOO," SAID VENDALE, GLANCING AT HIS GIRDLE--_No Thoroughfare_, Act
iii.]
[Illustration: HE BECAME ROUSED TO THE KNOWLEDGE THAT OBENREIZER HAD SET
UPON HIM, AND THAT THEY WERE STRUGGLING DESPERATELY IN THE SNOW--_No
Thoroughfare_, Act iii.]
[Illustration: AT THE SIDE DOOR OF THE CHURCH ARE THE SAME TWO MEN FROM
THE HOSPICE--_No Thoroughfare_, Act iv.]
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY SIR LUKE FILDES, R.A.
[Illustration: IN THE COURT--Chap. i.]
[Illustration: UNDER THE TREES--Chap. iii.]
[Illustration: AT THE PIANO--Chap. vii.]
[Illustration: ON DANGEROUS GROUND--Chap. viii.]
[Illustration: MR. CRISPARKLE IS OVERPAID--Chap. x.]
[Illustration: DURDLES CAUTIONS MR. SAPSEA AGAINST BOASTING--Chap.
xii.]
[Illustration: "GOOD-BYE, ROSEBUD, DARLING!"--Chap. xiii.]
[Illustration: MR. GREWGIOUS HAS HIS SUSPICIONS--Chap. xv.]
[Illustration: JASPER'S SACRIFICES--Chap. xix.]
[Illustration: MR. GREWGIOUS EXPERIENCES A NEW SENSATION--Chap. xx.]
[Illustration: UP THE RIVER--Chap. xxii.]
[Illustration: SLEEPING IT OFF--Chap. xxiii.]
THE LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS
[Illustration]
TWENTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRED BARNARD
[Illustration: IF HE WEAKLY SHOWED THE LEAST DISPOSITION TO HEAR IT,
CAPTAIN PORTER, IN A LOUD SONOROUS VOICE, GAVE HIM EVERY WORD OF
IT--Book 1, chap. ii.]
[Illustration: ONE OF WHOM TOLD US SHE "HAD NO MONEY FOR BEGGAR
BOYS"--Book 1, chap. iii.]
[Illustration: JACK STRAW'S CASTLE, MEMORABLE FOR MANY HAPPY MEETINGS IN
COMING YEARS--Book 2, chap. i.]
[Illustration: "IT A'NT A SMOKIN' YOUR WAY, SIR, I SAYS;" HE SAYS, "NO
MORE IT IS, COACHMAN, AND AS LONG AS IT SMOKES ANYBODY ELSE'S WAY, IT'S
ALL RIGHT AND I'M AGREEABLE"--Book 2, chap. viii.]
[Illustration: IF YOU COULD BUT KNOW HOW I HATED ONE MAN IN VERY DIRTY
GAITERS, AND WITH VERY PROTRUDING UPPER TEETH, WHO SAID TO ALL COMERS
AFTER HIM, "SO YOU'VE BEEN INTRODUCED TO OUR FRIEND DICKENS--EH!"--Book
3, Chap. ii.]
[Illustration: HE LOOKED UP AT ME; GAVE HIMSELF AN ODD, DOGGED KIND OF
SHAKE; AND FIXED HIS EYES ON HIS BOOK AGAIN--Book 4, chap. iv.]
[Illustration: HE IS PERHAPS THE MOST HORRIBLE BORE IN THE COUNTRY--Book
3, chap. v.]
[Illustration: VISIT TO A TRAMPS' LODGING-HOUSE--Book 3, chap. viii.]
[Illustration: GENOESE WASHERWOMEN--Book 4, chap. v.]
[Illustration: THE RADICOFANI WIZARD--Book 4, chap. vii.]
[Illustration: "I SAY, WHAT'S FRENCH FOR A PILLOW!" "IS THERE ANY
ITALIAN PHRASE FOR A LUMP OF SUGAR! JUST LOOK, WILL YOU!" "WHAT THE
DEVIL DOES ECHO MEAN! THE GARSONG SAYS ECHO TO EVERYTHING"--Book 4,
Chap. vi.]
[Illustration: NEAPOLITAN LAZZARONI--Book 4, chap. vii.]
[Illustration: READING "DOMBEY" AT THE SNUFF SHOP--Book 5, chap. vii.]
[Illustration: "I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE, BECAUSE ONE
OF THE OLD LADIES ALWAYS SITS BEFORE THEM; BUT THEY LOOK, OUTSIDE, LIKE
VERY OLD BACKGAMMON BOARDS"--Book 5, chap. iv.]