INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF
CHARLES DICKENS
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
## A CHRISTMAS CAROL
## A TALE OF TWO CITIES
## MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK
## PICTURES FROM ITALY
## AMERICAN NOTES
## THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
## DAVID COPPERFIELD
## HARD TIMES
## DOMBEY AND SON
## REPRINTED PIECES
## OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
## THE MUDFOG AND OTHER SKETCHES
## THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER
## SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES
## BARNABY RUDGE
## SKETCHES OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN
## LITTLE DORRIT
## NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
## MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
## BLEAK HOUSE
## THREE GHOST STORIES
## GREAT EXPECTATIONS
## SOME CHRISTMAS STORIES
## THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH
## MUGBY JUNCTION
## POEMS AND VERSES
## THE BATTLE OF LIFE
## A CHILD'S DREAM OF A STAR
## OLIVER TWIST
## PICKWICK PAPERS
## A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND
## SKETCHES BY BOZ
THE REMAINING FILES DO NOT HAVE TABLES OF CONTENTS
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST'S BARGAIN
THE CHIMES
THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH
HUNTED DOWN
HOLIDAY ROMANCE
GEORGE SILVERMAN'S EXPLANATION
SPEECHES OF CHARLES DICKENS
THE LAZY TOUR OF TWO IDLE APPRENTICES
SUNDAY UNDER THREE HEADS
THE LAMPLIGHTER
THE HOLLY-TREE
THE PERILS OF CERTAIN ENGLISH PRISONERS
A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA
TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND
SOMEBODY'S LUGGAGE
DOCTOR MARIGOLD
MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS
MRS. LIRRIPER'S LEGACY
MUGBY JUNCTION
GOING INTO SOCIETY
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS
THE WRECK OF THE GOLDEN MARY
A HOUSE TO LET
THE LOVING BALLAD OF LORD BATEMAN
THE MAGIC FISHBONE
THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM TINKLING
CAPTAIN BOLDHEART & THE LATIN-GRAMMAR MASTER
THE LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS, Vol 1 of 3
THE LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS, Vol 2 of 3
THE LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS, Vol 3 of 3
BARDELL V. PICKWICK
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
In Prose, Being A Ghost Story Of Christmas
By Charles Dickens
With Illustrations By John Leech
CONTENTS
STAVE I
MARLEY’S GHOST
STAVE II
THE FIRST OF THE THREE SPIRITS
STAVE III
THE SECOND OF THE THREE SPIRITS
STAVE IV
THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS
STAVE V
THE END OF IT
ILLUSTRATIONS
Artist.
Marley’s Ghost
J. Leech
Ghosts of Departed Usurers
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Mr. Fezziwig’s Ball
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Scrooge Extinguishes the First
of the Three Spirits
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Scrooge’s Third Visitor
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Ignorance and Want
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The Last of the Spirits
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Scrooge and Bob Cratchit
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A TALE OF TWO CITIES
A Story Of The French Revolution
By Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
!!!! Book the First—Recalled to Life
I. The Period
II. The Mail
III. The Night Shadows
IV. The Preparation
V. The Wine-shop
VI. The Shoemaker
!!!! Book the Second—the Golden Thread
I. Five Years Later
II. A Sight
III. A Disappointment
IV. Congratulatory
V. The Jackal
VI. Hundreds of People
VII. Monseigneur in Town
VIII. Monseigneur in the Country
IX. The Gorgon's Head
X. Two Promises
XI. A Companion Picture
XII. The Fellow of Delicacy
XIII. The Fellow of No Delicacy
XIV. The Honest Tradesman
XV. Knitting
XVI. Still Knitting
XVII. One Night
XVIII. Nine Days
XIX. An Opinion
XX. A Plea
XXI. Echoing Footsteps
XXII. The Sea Still Rises
XXIII. Fire Rises
XXIV. Drawn to the Loadstone Rock
!!!! Book the Third—the Track of a Storm
I. In Secret
II. The Grindstone
III. The Shadow
IV. Calm in Storm
V. The Wood-Sawyer
VI. Triumph
VII. A Knock at the Door
VIII. A Hand at Cards
IX. The Game Made
X. The Substance of the Shadow
XI. Dusk
XII. Darkness
XIII. Fifty-two
XIV. The Knitting Done
XV. The Footsteps Die Out For Ever
MASTER HUMPHREY’S CLOCK
By Charles Dickens
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
Master Humphrey’s Chamber
George Cattermole
215
Friendly Recognitions
Phiz
217
Gog and Magog
,,
228
A Gallant Cavalier
George Cattermole
232
Death of Master Graham
,,
237
A Charming Fellow
Phiz
240
The Two Friends
,,
246
Hunted Down
George Cattermole
254
Mr. Pickwick introduces himself to Master Humphrey
Phiz
259
Will Marks reading the News concerning Witches
George Cattermole
266
Will Marks takes up his position for the night
Phiz
270
Will Marks arrives at the Church
George Cattermole
277
Tony Weller and his Grandson
Phiz
282
Proceedings of the Club
„
288
The Last Will and Testament of William Blinder
,,
292
A Rival Club
,,
297
A Chip of the Old Block
,,
302
Master Humphrey’s Visionary Friends
,,
311
The Deserted Chamber
George Cattermole
318
AND PICTURES FROM ITALY
By Charles Dickens
With 8 Illustrations By Marcus Stone
CONTENTS
The Reader’s Passport
215
Going through France
218
Lyons, the Rhone, and the Goblin of Avignon
225
Avignon to Genoa
233
Genoa and its Neighbourhood
238
To Parma, Modena, and Bologna
264
Through Bologna and Ferrara
272
An Italian Dream
277
By Verona, Mantua, and Milan, across the Pass of the Simplon into Switzerland
284
To Rome by Pisa and Siena
297
Rome
308
A Rapid Diorama
345
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Civil and Military
Marcus Stone, R.A.
218
Italian Peasants
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250
The Chiffonier
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294
In the Catacombs
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326
AMERICAN NOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION
By Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
Dedication of “American Notes”
v
Preface to the First Cheap Edition of “American Notes”
vii
Preface to the “Charles Dickens” Edition of “American Notes”
ix
AMERICAN NOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION
CHAPTER I
Going Away
3
CHAPTER II
The Passage out
10
CHAPTER III
Boston
22
CHAPTER IV
An American Railroad. Lowell and its Factory System
52
CHAPTER V
Worcester. The Connecticut River. Hartford. New Haven. To New York
60
CHAPTER VI
New York
67
CHAPTER VII
Philadelphia, and its Solitary Prison
81
CHAPTER VIII
Washington. The Legislature. And the President’s House
94
CHAPTER IX
A Night Steamer on the Potomac River. Virginia Road, and a Black Driver. Richmond. Baltimore. The Harrisburg Mail, and a Glimpse of the City. A Canal Boat
107
CHAPTER X
Some further Account of the Canal Boat, its Domestic Economy, and its Passengers. Journey to Pittsburg across the Alleghany Mountains. Pittsburg
121
CHAPTER XI
From Pittsburg to Cincinnati in a Western Steamboat. Cincinnati
130
CHAPTER XII
From Cincinnati to Louisville in another Western Steamboat; and from Louisville to St. Louis in another. St. Louis
137
CHAPTER XIII
A Jaunt to the Looking-glass Prairie and back
147
CHAPTER XIV
Return to Cincinnati. A Stage-coach Ride from that City to Columbus, and thence to Sandusky. So, by Lake Erie, to the Falls of Niagara
153
CHAPTER XV
In Canada; Toronto; Kingston; Montreal; Quebec; St. John’s. In the United States again; Lebanon; The Shaker Village; West Point
167
CHAPTER XVI
The Passage Home
182
CHAPTER XVII
Slavery
189
CHAPTER XVIII
Concluding Remarks
202
Postscript
210
p. xvLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
Emigrants
Marcus Stone, R.A.
Frontispiece
The Solitary Prisoner
90
Black and White
112
The Little Wife
144
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
By Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
CHAPTER 30
CHAPTER 31
CHAPTER 32
CHAPTER 33
CHAPTER 34
CHAPTER 35
CHAPTER 36
CHAPTER 37
CHAPTER 38
CHAPTER 39
CHAPTER 40
CHAPTER 41
CHAPTER 42
CHAPTER 43
CHAPTER 44
CHAPTER 45
CHAPTER 46
CHAPTER 47
CHAPTER 48
CHAPTER 49
CHAPTER 50
CHAPTER 51
CHAPTER 52
CHAPTER 53
CHAPTER 54
CHAPTER 55
CHAPTER 56
CHAPTER 57
CHAPTER 58
CHAPTER 59
CHAPTER 60
CHAPTER 61
CHAPTER 62
CHAPTER 63
CHAPTER 64
CHAPTER 65
CHAPTER 66
CHAPTER 67
CHAPTER 68
CHAPTER 69
CHAPTER 70
CHAPTER 71
CHAPTER 72
CHAPTER 73
DAVID COPPERFIELD
By Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
PREFACE TO 1850 EDITION
PREFACE TO THE CHARLES DICKENS EDITION
THE PERSONAL HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE OF DAVID COPPERFIELD THE YOUNGER
CHAPTER 1. — I AM BORN
CHAPTER 2. — I OBSERVE
CHAPTER 3. — I HAVE A CHANGE
CHAPTER 4. — I FALL INTO DISGRACE
CHAPTER 5. — I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME
CHAPTER 6. — I ENLARGE MY CIRCLE OF ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER 7. — MY ‘FIRST HALF’ AT SALEM HOUSE
CHAPTER 8. — MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE HAPPY AFTERNOON
CHAPTER 9. — I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY
CHAPTER 10. — I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR
CHAPTER 11. — I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON’T LIKE IT
CHAPTER 12. — LIKING LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT NO BETTER, I FORM A GREAT RESOLUTION
CHAPTER 13. — THE SEQUEL OF MY RESOLUTION
CHAPTER 14. — MY AUNT MAKES UP HER MIND ABOUT ME
CHAPTER 15. — I MAKE ANOTHER BEGINNING
CHAPTER 16. — I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
CHAPTER 17. — SOMEBODY TURNS UP
CHAPTER 18. — A RETROSPECT
CHAPTER 19. — I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER 20. — STEERFORTH’S HOME
CHAPTER 21. — LITTLE EM’LY
CHAPTER 22. — SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE
CHAPTER 23. — I CORROBORATE Mr. DICK, AND CHOOSE A PROFESSION
CHAPTER 24. — MY FIRST DISSIPATION
CHAPTER 25. — GOOD AND BAD ANGELS
CHAPTER 26. — I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY
CHAPTER 27. — TOMMY TRADDLES
CHAPTER 28. — Mr. MICAWBER’S GAUNTLET
CHAPTER 29. — I VISIT STEERFORTH AT HIS HOME, AGAIN
CHAPTER 30. — A LOSS
CHAPTER 31. — A GREATER LOSS
CHAPTER 32. — THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY
CHAPTER 33. — BLISSFUL
CHAPTER 34. — MY AUNT ASTONISHES ME
CHAPTER 35. — DEPRESSION
CHAPTER 36. — ENTHUSIASM
CHAPTER 37. — A LITTLE COLD WATER
CHAPTER 38. — A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
CHAPTER 39. — WICKFIELD AND HEEP
CHAPTER 40. — THE WANDERER
CHAPTER 41. — DORA’S AUNTS
CHAPTER 42. — MISCHIEF
CHAPTER 43. — ANOTHER RETROSPECT
CHAPTER 44. — OUR HOUSEKEEPING
CHAPTER 45. — MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT’S PREDICTIONS
CHAPTER 46. — INTELLIGENCE
CHAPTER 47. — MARTHA
CHAPTER 48. — DOMESTIC
CHAPTER 49. — I AM INVOLVED IN MYSTERY
CHAPTER 50. — Mr. PEGGOTTY’S DREAM COMES TRUE
CHAPTER 51. — THE BEGINNING OF A LONGER JOURNEY
CHAPTER 52. — I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION
CHAPTER 53. — ANOTHER RETROSPECT
CHAPTER 54. — Mr. MICAWBER’S TRANSACTIONS
CHAPTER 55. — TEMPEST
CHAPTER 56. — THE NEW WOUND, AND THE OLD
CHAPTER 57. — THE EMIGRANTS
CHAPTER 58. — ABSENCE
CHAPTER 59. — RETURN
CHAPTER 60. — AGNES
CHAPTER 61. — I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS
CHAPTER 62. — A LIGHT SHINES ON MY WAY
CHAPTER 63. — A VISITOR
CHAPTER 64. — A LAST RETROSPECT
HARD TIMES
By Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
BOOK THE FIRST. SOWING
PAGE
CHAPTER I
The One Thing Needful
3
CHAPTER II
Murdering the Innocents
4
CHAPTER III
A Loophole
8
CHAPTER IV
Mr. Bounderby
12
CHAPTER V
The Keynote
18
CHAPTER VI
Sleary’s Horsemanship
23
CHAPTER VII
Mrs. Sparsit
33
CHAPTER VIII
Never Wonder
38
CHAPTER IX
Sissy’s Progress
43
CHAPTER X
Stephen Blackpool
49
CHAPTER XI
No Way Out
53
CHAPTER XII
The Old Woman
59
CHAPTER XIII
Rachael
63
CHAPTER XIV
The Great Manufacturer
69
CHAPTER XV
Father and Daughter
73
CHAPTER XVI
Husband and Wife
79
BOOK THE SECOND. REAPING
CHAPTER I
Effects in the Bank
84
CHAPTER II
Mr. James Harthouse
94
CHAPTER III
The Whelp
101
CHAPTER IV
Men and Brothers
111
CHAPTER V
Men and Masters
105
CHAPTER VI
Fading Away
116
CHAPTER VII
Gunpowder
126
CHAPTER VIII
Explosion
136
CHAPTER IX
Hearing the Last of it
146
CHAPTER X
Mrs. Sparsit’s Staircase
152
CHAPTER XI
Lower and Lower
156
CHAPTER XII
Down
163
BOOK THE THIRD. GARNERING
CHAPTER I
Another Thing Needful
167
CHAPTER II
Very Ridiculous
172
CHAPTER III
Very Decided
179
CHAPTER IV
Lost
186
CHAPTER V
Found
193
CHAPTER VI
The Starlight
200
CHAPTER VII
Whelp-Hunting
208
CHAPTER VIII
Philosophical
216
CHAPTER IX
Final
222
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
Stephen and Rachael in the Sick-room
64
Mr. Harthouse Dining at the Bounderbys’
100
Mr. Harthouse and Tom Gradgrind in the Garden
132
Stephen Blackpool recovered from the Old Hell Shaft
206
DOMBEY AND SON
By Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1. Dombey and Son
CHAPTER 2. In which Timely Provision is made for an Emergency that will sometimes arise in the best-regulated Families.
CHAPTER 3. In which Mr Dombey, as a Man and a Father, is seen at the Head of the Home-Department
CHAPTER 4. In which some more First Appearances are made on the Stage of these Adventures
CHAPTER 5. Paul’s Progress and Christening
CHAPTER 6. Paul’s Second Deprivation
CHAPTER 7. A Bird’s-eye Glimpse of Miss Tox’s Dwelling-place: also of the State of Miss Tox’s Affections
CHAPTER 8. Paul’s Further Progress, Growth and Character
CHAPTER 9. In which the Wooden Midshipman gets into Trouble
CHAPTER 10. Containing the Sequel of the Midshipman’s Disaster
CHAPTER 11. Paul’s Introduction to a New Scene
CHAPTER 12. Paul’s Education
CHAPTER 13. Shipping Intelligence and Office Business
CHAPTER 14. Paul grows more and more Old-fashioned, and goes Home for the Holidays
CHAPTER 15. Amazing Artfulness of Captain Cuttle, and a new Pursuit for Walter Gay
CHAPTER 16. What the Waves were always saying
CHAPTER 17. Captain Cuttle does a little Business for the Young People
CHAPTER 18. Father and Daughter
CHAPTER 19. Walter goes away
CHAPTER 20. Mr Dombey goes upon a Journey
CHAPTER 21. New Faces
CHAPTER 22. A Trifle of Management by Mr Carker the Manager
CHAPTER 23. Florence solitary, and the Midshipman mysterious
CHAPTER 24. The Study of a Loving Heart
CHAPTER 25. Strange News of Uncle Sol
CHAPTER 26. Shadows of the Past and Future
CHAPTER 27. Deeper Shadows
CHAPTER 28. Alterations
CHAPTER 29. The Opening of the Eyes of Mrs Chick
CHAPTER 30. The interval before the Marriage
CHAPTER 31. The Wedding
CHAPTER 32. The Wooden Midshipman goes to Pieces
CHAPTER 33. Contrasts
CHAPTER 34. Another Mother and Daughter
CHAPTER 35. The Happy Pair
CHAPTER 36. Housewarming
CHAPTER 37. More Warnings than One
CHAPTER 38. Miss Tox improves an Old Acquaintance
CHAPTER 39. Further Adventures of Captain Edward Cuttle, Mariner
CHAPTER 40. Domestic Relations
CHAPTER 41. New Voices in the Waves
CHAPTER 42. Confidential and Accidental
CHAPTER 43. The Watches of the Night
CHAPTER 44. A Separation
CHAPTER 45. The Trusty Agent
CHAPTER 46. Recognizant and Reflective
CHAPTER 47. The Thunderbolt
CHAPTER 48. The Flight of Florence
CHAPTER 49. The Midshipman makes a Discovery
CHAPTER 50. Mr Toots’s Complaint
CHAPTER 51. Mr Dombey and the World
CHAPTER 52. Secret Intelligence
CHAPTER 53. More Intelligence
CHAPTER 54. The Fugitives
CHAPTER 55. Rob the Grinder loses his Place
CHAPTER 56. Several People delighted, and the Game Chicken disgusted
CHAPTER 57. Another Wedding
CHAPTER 58. After a Lapse
CHAPTER 59. Retribution
CHAPTER 60. Chiefly Matrimonial
CHAPTER 61. Relenting
CHAPTER 62. Final
PREFACE OF 1848
PREFACE OF 1867
REPRINTED PIECES
By Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
PAGE
The Long Voyage
309
The Begging-letter Writer
317
A Child’s Dream of a Star
324
Our English Watering-place
327
Our French Watering-place
335
Bill-sticking
346
“Births. Mrs. Meek, of a Son”
357
Lying Awake
361
The Ghost of Art
367
Out of Town
373
Out of the Season
379
A Poor Man’s Tale of a Patent
386
The Noble Savage
391
A Flight
397
The Detective Police
406
Three “Detective” Anecdotes
422
I.—The Pair of Gloves
II.—The Artful Touch
III.—The Sofa
On Duty with Inspector Field
430
Down with the Tide
442
A Walk in a Workhouse
451
Prince Bull. A Fairy Tale
457
A Plated Article
462
Our Honourable Friend
470
Our School
475
Our Vestry
481
Our Bore
487
A Monument of French Folly
494
The long voyage
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
BOOK THE FIRST — THE CUP AND THE LIP
Chapter 1 --- ON THE LOOK OUT
Chapter 2 --- THE MAN FROM SOMEWHERE
Chapter 3 --- ANOTHER MAN
Chapter 4 --- THE R. WILFER FAMILY
Chapter 5 --- BOFFIN'S BOWER
Chapter 6 --- CUT ADRIFT
Chapter 7 --- MR WEGG LOOKS AFTER HIMSELF
Chapter 8 --- MR BOFFIN IN CONSULTATION
Chapter 9 --- MR AND MRS BOFFIN IN CONSULTATION
Chapter 10 -- A MARRIAGE CONTRACT
Chapter 11 -- PODSNAPPERY
Chapter 12 -- THE SWEAT OF AN HONEST MAN'S BROW
Chapter 13 -- TRACKING THE BIRD OF PREY
Chapter 14 -- THE BIRD OF PREY BROUGHT DOWN
Chapter 15 -- TWO NEW SERVANTS
Chapter 16 -- MINDERS AND RE-MINDERS
Chapter 17 -- A DISMAL SWAMP
BOOK THE SECOND — BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Chapter 1 --- OF AN EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER
Chapter 2 --- STILL EDUCATIONAL
Chapter 3 --- A PIECE OF WORK
Chapter 4 --- CUPID PROMPTED
Chapter 5 --- MERCURY PROMPTING
Chapter 6 --- A RIDDLE WITHOUT AN ANSWER
Chapter 7 --- IN WHICH A FRIENDLY MOVE IS ORIGINATED
Chapter 8 --- IN WHICH AN INNOCENT ELOPEMENT OCCURS
Chapter 9 -9- IN WHICH THE ORPHAN MAKES HIS WILL
Chapter 10 -- A SUCCESSOR
Chapter 11 -- SOME AFFAIRS OF THE HEART
Chapter 12 -- MORE BIRDS OF PREY
Chapter 13 -- A SOLO AND A DUETT
Chapter 14 -- STRONG OF PURPOSE
Chapter 15 -- THE WHOLE CASE SO FAR
Chapter 16 -- AN ANNIVERSARY OCCASION
BOOK THE THIRD — A LONG LANE
Chapter 1 --- LODGERS IN QUEER STREET
Chapter 2 --- A RESPECTED FRIEND IN A NEW ASPECT
Chapter 3 --- THE SAME RESPECTED FRIEND IN MORE ASPECTS THAN ONE
Chapter 4 --- A HAPPY RETURN OF THE DAY
Chapter 5 --- THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY
Chapter 6 --- THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO WORSE COMPANY
Chapter 7 --- THE FRIENDLY MOVE TAKES UP A STRONG POSITION
Chapter 8 --- THE END OF A LONG JOURNEY
Chapter 9 --- SOMEBODY BECOMES THE SUBJECT OF A PREDICTION
Chapter 10 -- SCOUTS OUT
Chapter 11 -- IN THE DARK
Chapter 12 -- MEANING MISCHIEF
Chapter 13 -- GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM
Chapter 14 -- MR WEGG PREPARES A GRINDSTONE FOR MR BOFFIN'S NOSE
Chapter 15 -- THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN AT HIS WORST
Chapter 16 -- THE FEAST OF THE THREE HOBGOBLINS
Chapter 17 -- A SOCIAL CHORUS
BOOK THE FOURTH — A TURNING
Chapter 1 --- SETTING TRAPS
Chapter 2 --- THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN RISES A LITTLE
Chapter 3 ---
Chapter 4 --- A RUNAWAY MATCH
Chapter 5 --- CONCERNING THE MENDICANT'S BRIDE
Chapter 6 --- A CRY FOR HELP
Chapter 7 --- BETTER TO BE ABEL THAN CAIN
Chapter 8 --- A FEW GRAINS OF PEPPER
Chapter 9 --- TWO PLACES VACATED
Chapter 10 -- THE DOLLS' DRESSMAKER DISCOVERS A WORD
Chapter 11 -- EFFECT IS GIVEN TO THE DOLLS' DRESSMAKER'S DISCOVERY
Chapter 12 -- THE PASSING SHADOW
Chapter 13 -- SHOWING HOW THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN HELPED TO SCATTER DUST
Chapter 14 -- CHECKMATE TO THE FRIENDLY MOVE
Chapter 15 -- WHAT WAS CAUGHT IN THE TRAPS THAT WERE SET
Chapter 16 -- PERSONS AND THINGS IN GENERAL
Chapter 17 -- THE VOICE OF SOCIETY
THE MUDFOG AND OTHER SKETCHES
By Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
PAGE
Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble
495
Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association for the Advancement of Everything
513
Section A. Zoology and Botany
Section B. Anatomy and Medicine
Section C. Statistics
Section D. Mechanical Science
Full Report of the Second Meeting of the Mudfog Association for the Advancement of Everything
531
Section A. Zoology and Botany
Section B. Display of Models and Mechanical Science
Section C. Anatomy and Medicine
Section D. Statistics
Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics
The Pantomime of Life
551
Some Particulars Concerning a Lion
558
Mr. Robert Bolton
563
Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child
567
THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER
By Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER
I
His General Line of Business
1
II
The Shipwreck
2
III
Wapping Workhouse
14
IV
Two Views of a Cheap Theatre
23
V
Poor Mercantile Jack
31
VI
Refreshments for Travellers
42
VII
Travelling Abroad
49
VIII
The Great Tasmania’s Cargo
59
IX
City of London Churches
67
X
Shy Neighbourhoods
75
XI
Tramps
84
XII
Dullborough Town
94
XIII
Night Walks
102
XIV
Chambers
110
XV
Nurse’s Stories
120
XVI
Arcadian London
129
XVII
The Italian Prisoner
137
XVIII
The Calais Night Mail
145
XIX
Some Recollections of Mortality
152
XX
Birthday Celebrations
160
XXI
The Short-Timers
168
XXII
Bound for the Great Salt Lake
178
XXIII
The City of the Absent
188
XXIV
An Old Stage-coaching House
195
XXV
The Boiled Beef of New England
202
XXVI
Chatham Dockyard
210
XXVII
In the French-Flemish Country
217
XXVIII
Medicine Men of Civilisation
227
XXIX
Titbull’s Alms-Houses
234
XXX
The Ruffian
253
XXXI
Aboard Ship
249
XXXII
A Small Star in the East
258
XXXIII
A Little Dinner in an Hour
267
XXXIV
Mr. Barlow
273
XXXV
On an Amateur Beat
278
XXXVI
A Fly-Leaf in a Life
284
XXXVII
A Plea for Total Abstinence
288
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER
Time and his Wife
Frontispiece
A Cheap Theatre
24
The City Personage
72
Titbull’s Alms-Houses
242
SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES
By Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
PAGE
An Urgent Remonstrance, &c.
447
The Young Couple
451
The Formal Couple
455
The Loving Couple
458
The Contradictory Couple
463
The Couple Who Dote Upon Their Children
466
The Cool Couple
471
The Plausible Couple
474
The Nice Little Couple
478
The Egotistical Couple
481
The Couple Who Coddle Themselves
485
The Old Couple
489
Conclusion
493
BARNABY RUDGE
A Tale Of The Riots Of ‘Eighty
by Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
PREFACE
Chapter 1