1870.
INDEX.
Acrobats, 213
Adams, Mr. H. G., letters to, 15, 208
Agreement, a sporting, 244
Ainsworth, Mr. W. H., 13
Air, Dickens's love of fresh, 169
Allston, Mr. Washington, 42
America, feeling for the "Curiosity Shop" in, 19;
projected visit to, 20;
description of life in, 24;
how Dickens was interviewed in, 26;
amateur theatricals in, 28;
friends in, 30, 238;
voyage home from, 34;
second visit of Dickens to, 234, 241, 244-249;
Dickens's feeling for the people of, 237;
the great walking-match in, 244;
second journey home from, 249-252;
desire on the part of Dickens to promote friendly relations between England and, 259;
letters from, 24, 27, 28, 244-249
"American Notes, The," success of, 38;
criticisms on, 38, 43;
and see 34, 35, 237
Appleton, Mr., 260
Ashburton, Lord, 46
Austin, Mr. Henry, letter to, 130
Austin, Mrs., letter to, 214
Author, dreams of an, 55;
penalties of an, 168
Babbage, Mr. Charles, letter to, 69
Bairr, Mrs., 146
Bath, a, abroad, 144;
at Naples, 155
"Battle of Life, The," the drama of, 87;
Dickens on, 102
Baylis, Mr., letter to, 212
Bear, Mr., 299
Beard, Mr., 9
Begging-letter Writers, Dickens on, 267
"Bentley's Miscellany," Dickens's connection with, 12
Benzon, Mrs., 199
Biliousness, an effect of, 87
Birmingham, meeting of Polytechnic Institution at, 64;
the Institute at, 158
Birthday greeting, a, 226
"Black and White," Fechter in Wilkie Collins's play of, 277
"Bleak House," 140
Blessington, the Countess of, 68;
letters to, 17, 65, 70, 74, 75, 89
Blue-stockings, Dickens on, 18
Boulogne, Dickens at, 140, 141, 161
Bouncer, Mrs., Miss Dickens's dog, 216, 255
Bowring, Sir John, letters to, 193, 295
Boy, the Magnetic, 18
Boyle, Miss Mary, 113;
letter to, 220
Braham, Mr., 1-3
Braham, Mrs., 3
Breakfast, a, aboard ship, 251
Broadstairs, description of, 53;
life at, 54, 125;
a wreck at, 129, 131
Brougham, Lord, 46
Browning, Mr. Robert, letter to, 227
Buckstone, Mr., letter to, 296
Bulwer, Sir Edward Lytton, letter to, 62;
and see Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer, and Lytton, Lord
Butler, Mrs., 85
Calculation, a long, 43
Captain, a sea, 47
"Captives, The," Dickens's criticism on Lord Lytton's play of, 241
Carlyle, Mr. Thomas, 28
Carlyle, Mrs., 179
Céleste, Madame, 168
Cerjat, M. de, 148
Chapman, Mr. Edward, letters to, 14, 91
Chapman, Mr. Frederic, letter to, 294
Chappell, Mr. T., 277;
letter to, 279
Charity, a vote for a, 108
Chéri, Rose, 90
Children, Dickens on the death of, 170
"Child's History of England, A," 237
"Chimes, The," Dickens at work on, 71;
his interest in, 71
Chorley, Mr. Henry F., letters to, 190, 213, 216, 222, 231
Christening, a boisterous, 261
"Christmas Carol, The," Dickens at work on, 59, 63;
success of, 60
Christmas keeping, 60
Chronicle, The Evening, Dickens's connection with, 5
Clark, Mr. L. Gaylord, letter to, 19
Clark, Mr. W. Gaylord, 19
Clarke, Mrs. Cowden, 264;
and see Letters
Clifford, Hon. Mrs., 271
Cobden, Mr. Richard, 84
Collins, Mr. Charles, 292
Collins, Mr. Wilkie, 142, 148, 198, 233, 244, 258;
letter to, 171
Conjurer, Dickens as a, 41
Conolly, Mr., 160
Cookesley, Mr., 109
Copyright, Dickens on international, 28, 33, 44, 102, 237, 263, 293
Corn Laws, the Repeal of the, 84
Cornwall, a trip to, 39
Costello, Mr., 101
Coutts, Miss, 128, 132, 148
Covent Garden Opera, commencement of the, 86
Criticism, on Dickens's opera, 1;
Dickens on American, 44;
on art, 77;
Dickens's appreciation of Thackeray's, 165;
by Chorley on Dickens, 223
Cruikshank, Mr. George, 101
Cullenford, Mr., 88
Daily News, The, first issue of, 84
"Dando," the oyster-eater, 32, 35
"David Copperfield," Dickens at work on, 113;
Dickens's feeling for, 114;
his liking for the reading of, 227, 234
Death, Dickens on the punishment of, 78
De Gex, Mr., 9
Derby, Lord, Dickens's opinion of, 288
Devonshire, the Duke of, 121, 128, 129
Diary, fragments of Dickens's, 8-12
Dickens, Alfred, 265, 278, 289;
letter to, 299
Dickens, Charles, his affection for Mary Hogarth, 6-9, 11, 50;
his diary, 8-12;
his relations with The Chronicle, 5;
his "Sketches of Young Gentlemen," 9;
his "Sunday in Three Parts," 9;
insures his life, 10;
his connection with "Bentley's Miscellany," 12;
is entered at the Middle Temple, 14;
his feeling for Kent, 15;
his religious views, 16, 17;
the purpose of his writing, 17;
his childhood, 22;
his first visit to America, 24-31;
as a stage-manager, 29, 100, 127;
dinner to, at Greenwich, 33;
takes a trip to Cornwall, 39;
as a conjuror, 41;
on American criticism, 44;
facetious description of himself, 53;
at Broadstairs, 54, 125;
his views on education, 58;
at work on "The Christmas Carol," 59;
in Italy, 70-78;
at work on "The Chimes," 71;
in Paris, 85, 89;
organises theatricals for the benefit of Leigh Hunt, 95, 97, 98, 100, 103;
organises theatricals to found a curatorship of Shakespeare's house, 104;
acts in theatricals at Knebworth, 113, 114, 116;
theatricals in aid of the Guild of Literature and Art, 118-128, 133-135;
as an editor, 137-140, 159, 162-164, 173-175, 181, 183, 202, 229, 239, 284, 286, 295;
at Boulogne, 140, 141, 161;
his expedition to Switzerland and Italy, 142-158;
his excitability when at work, 169;
his love of fresh air, 169;
on the death of children, 170;
on red tape, 176;
on Sunday bands, 177;
sits to Frith for his portrait, 188;
his readings, 208, 227, 230, 232, 238;
at work on "Our Mutual Friend," 218, 221;
readings in America, 234;
his love for the American people, 237;
his second visit to America, 241, 244, 252;
at Gad's Hill, 256;
farewell course of readings, 256, 278;
his reminiscences of the Staplehurst accident, 264;
his reading of the murder from "Oliver Twist," 268;
serious illness of, 280, 281;
great physical power of, 280
Dickens, Charles, jun., 9, 25, 41, 109, 154, 277;
at "All the Year Round" office, 283
Dickens, Mrs. Charles, 9, 51, 114, 115, 124, 125, 171;
and see Letters
Dickens, Dora, death of, 125
Dickens, Edward, nicknamed Plorn, 158, 265, 273, 281, 288, 289, 297
Dickens, Henry F., 157;
entered at the Temple, 292
Dickens, Kate, 153, 157, 293
Dickens, Miss, 157, 196, 205, 210, 215, 217, 222, 228, 255, 256, 258
Dickens, Sydney, 143, 157
Dickens, Walter, 25
Disease, a new form of, 129
Dissent, Dickens's views on, 16
"Doctor Marigold," reading of, 227
Dogs, Dickens's, 255, 262;
Don, the Newfoundland, rescues his son, 262
Dolby, Mr. George, 234, 238, 248, 256, 261, 270, 273, 276
"Dombey and Son," sale of, 87;
see also 89, 94
D'Orsay, Count, 18, 66, 68, 70, 73, 74, 78
Dream, an absurd, 56
Dufferin, Lord, 277
Dumas, Alexandre, 90
Earnestness, Dickens on, 176
Eden, the Hon. Miss, letter to, 128
Edinburgh, 270
Editor, Dickens as an, 137-140, 159, 162-164, 173-175, 181, 183, 202, 229, 239, 284-286, 295
Education, Dickens on, 58
Edward, the courier, 142-144, 148, 155
"Edwin Drood," Dickens on, 292;
the opium scene in, 295
Egg, Mr. A., 101, 118, 127, 142, 148, 156
Evans, Mr., 109
"Experience, An," 283
"Fatal Zero," by Percy Fitzgerald, 291
Fechter, Mr. Charles, in "The Lady of Lyons," 234, 240;
Dickens's admiration of, 240;
and see 253, 257, 277, 291;
letters to, 244, 254
Fechter, Madame, 254
Felton, Professor, 272;
and see Letters
Felton, Mrs., 33
Fenian Amnesty, meeting in favour of a, 287, 289
Fields, Mr. James T.; see Letters
Fields, Mrs., 252, 260, 291;
letter to, 255
Fildes, Mr., 294
Fitzgerald, Mr. Percy, 228, 271
Forster, Mr. John, 9, 10, 13, 30, 35, 36, 39, 41, 54, 60, 86, 89, 101, 113, 117, 127, 133, 154, 188, 207, 227, 260, 292;
letters to, 165, 225
Forster, Mrs., letter to, 273
Fox, Mr. W. J., letter to, 84
Frith, R.A., Mr. W. P., letter to, 188
Funeral, the comic side of a, 48
Gad's Hill, descriptions of, 252, 256;
Dickens's writing-room at, 256;
Longfellow's visit to, 260;
and see 276
Gallenga, Monsieur, 192
"Gamp, Mrs.," 56
Gaskell, Mrs., 271;
letter to, 159
General Theatrical Fund, the, 88, 102, 296
Gibson, Mrs. Milner, letter to, 205
"Girlhood of Shakespeare's heroines, The," 124
Gladstone, Mr., 258, 294
Glasgow, 270
Gordon, Mrs., 87
"Great Expectations," 198
Greenwich, Dinner to Dickens at, 33
Grew, Mr. Frederick, letter to, 158
Grisi, Madame, 86
Guide Books, 140
Guild of Literature and Art, the, 120, 180;
theatricals in aid of, 118-128, 133-135
Hardisty, Mr., 111
Harley, Mr. J. P., 3, 4;
letter to, 13
Harness, Rev. W., 269, 291;
letter to, 159
Harrison, Mr. James Bower, letters to, 132, 136
Hat, a Leghorn, 157
Hazlett, Mr. William, 259
Higgins, Mr., 165, 166
Hillard, Mr., 42
Hills, Mr., 274
Hodgson, Dr., 97;
letters to, 93, 95
Hogarth, Mr., 2
Hogarth, George, 20;
letter to, 5
Hogarth, Georgina, 51, 154, 196, 210, 215, 219, 221, 228, 244, 256, 258
Hogarth, Mary, 6-9, 11, 20, 50
Hogarth, Mrs., letters to, 6, 20,
Adams, Mr. H. G., letters to, 15, 208
Agreement, a sporting, 244
Ainsworth, Mr. W. H., 13
Air, Dickens's love of fresh, 169
Allston, Mr. Washington, 42
America, feeling for the "Curiosity Shop" in, 19;
projected visit to, 20;
description of life in, 24;
how Dickens was interviewed in, 26;
amateur theatricals in, 28;
friends in, 30, 238;
voyage home from, 34;
second visit of Dickens to, 234, 241, 244-249;
Dickens's feeling for the people of, 237;
the great walking-match in, 244;
second journey home from, 249-252;
desire on the part of Dickens to promote friendly relations between England and, 259;
letters from, 24, 27, 28, 244-249
"American Notes, The," success of, 38;
criticisms on, 38, 43;
and see 34, 35, 237
Appleton, Mr., 260
Ashburton, Lord, 46
Austin, Mr. Henry, letter to, 130
Austin, Mrs., letter to, 214
Author, dreams of an, 55;
penalties of an, 168
Babbage, Mr. Charles, letter to, 69
Bairr, Mrs., 146
Bath, a, abroad, 144;
at Naples, 155
"Battle of Life, The," the drama of, 87;
Dickens on, 102
Baylis, Mr., letter to, 212
Bear, Mr., 299
Beard, Mr., 9
Begging-letter Writers, Dickens on, 267
"Bentley's Miscellany," Dickens's connection with, 12
Benzon, Mrs., 199
Biliousness, an effect of, 87
Birmingham, meeting of Polytechnic Institution at, 64;
the Institute at, 158
Birthday greeting, a, 226
"Black and White," Fechter in Wilkie Collins's play of, 277
"Bleak House," 140
Blessington, the Countess of, 68;
letters to, 17, 65, 70, 74, 75, 89
Blue-stockings, Dickens on, 18
Boulogne, Dickens at, 140, 141, 161
Bouncer, Mrs., Miss Dickens's dog, 216, 255
Bowring, Sir John, letters to, 193, 295
Boy, the Magnetic, 18
Boyle, Miss Mary, 113;
letter to, 220
Braham, Mr., 1-3
Braham, Mrs., 3
Breakfast, a, aboard ship, 251
Broadstairs, description of, 53;
life at, 54, 125;
a wreck at, 129, 131
Brougham, Lord, 46
Browning, Mr. Robert, letter to, 227
Buckstone, Mr., letter to, 296
Bulwer, Sir Edward Lytton, letter to, 62;
and see Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer, and Lytton, Lord
Butler, Mrs., 85
Calculation, a long, 43
Captain, a sea, 47
"Captives, The," Dickens's criticism on Lord Lytton's play of, 241
Carlyle, Mr. Thomas, 28
Carlyle, Mrs., 179
Céleste, Madame, 168
Cerjat, M. de, 148
Chapman, Mr. Edward, letters to, 14, 91
Chapman, Mr. Frederic, letter to, 294
Chappell, Mr. T., 277;
letter to, 279
Charity, a vote for a, 108
Chéri, Rose, 90
Children, Dickens on the death of, 170
"Child's History of England, A," 237
"Chimes, The," Dickens at work on, 71;
his interest in, 71
Chorley, Mr. Henry F., letters to, 190, 213, 216, 222, 231
Christening, a boisterous, 261
"Christmas Carol, The," Dickens at work on, 59, 63;
success of, 60
Christmas keeping, 60
Chronicle, The Evening, Dickens's connection with, 5
Clark, Mr. L. Gaylord, letter to, 19
Clark, Mr. W. Gaylord, 19
Clarke, Mrs. Cowden, 264;
and see Letters
Clifford, Hon. Mrs., 271
Cobden, Mr. Richard, 84
Collins, Mr. Charles, 292
Collins, Mr. Wilkie, 142, 148, 198, 233, 244, 258;
letter to, 171
Conjurer, Dickens as a, 41
Conolly, Mr., 160
Cookesley, Mr., 109
Copyright, Dickens on international, 28, 33, 44, 102, 237, 263, 293
Corn Laws, the Repeal of the, 84
Cornwall, a trip to, 39
Costello, Mr., 101
Coutts, Miss, 128, 132, 148
Covent Garden Opera, commencement of the, 86
Criticism, on Dickens's opera, 1;
Dickens on American, 44;
on art, 77;
Dickens's appreciation of Thackeray's, 165;
by Chorley on Dickens, 223
Cruikshank, Mr. George, 101
Cullenford, Mr., 88
Daily News, The, first issue of, 84
"Dando," the oyster-eater, 32, 35
"David Copperfield," Dickens at work on, 113;
Dickens's feeling for, 114;
his liking for the reading of, 227, 234
Death, Dickens on the punishment of, 78
De Gex, Mr., 9
Derby, Lord, Dickens's opinion of, 288
Devonshire, the Duke of, 121, 128, 129
Diary, fragments of Dickens's, 8-12
Dickens, Alfred, 265, 278, 289;
letter to, 299
Dickens, Charles, his affection for Mary Hogarth, 6-9, 11, 50;
his diary, 8-12;
his relations with The Chronicle, 5;
his "Sketches of Young Gentlemen," 9;
his "Sunday in Three Parts," 9;
insures his life, 10;
his connection with "Bentley's Miscellany," 12;
is entered at the Middle Temple, 14;
his feeling for Kent, 15;
his religious views, 16, 17;
the purpose of his writing, 17;
his childhood, 22;
his first visit to America, 24-31;
as a stage-manager, 29, 100, 127;
dinner to, at Greenwich, 33;
takes a trip to Cornwall, 39;
as a conjuror, 41;
on American criticism, 44;
facetious description of himself, 53;
at Broadstairs, 54, 125;
his views on education, 58;
at work on "The Christmas Carol," 59;
in Italy, 70-78;
at work on "The Chimes," 71;
in Paris, 85, 89;
organises theatricals for the benefit of Leigh Hunt, 95, 97, 98, 100, 103;
organises theatricals to found a curatorship of Shakespeare's house, 104;
acts in theatricals at Knebworth, 113, 114, 116;
theatricals in aid of the Guild of Literature and Art, 118-128, 133-135;
as an editor, 137-140, 159, 162-164, 173-175, 181, 183, 202, 229, 239, 284, 286, 295;
at Boulogne, 140, 141, 161;
his expedition to Switzerland and Italy, 142-158;
his excitability when at work, 169;
his love of fresh air, 169;
on the death of children, 170;
on red tape, 176;
on Sunday bands, 177;
sits to Frith for his portrait, 188;
his readings, 208, 227, 230, 232, 238;
at work on "Our Mutual Friend," 218, 221;
readings in America, 234;
his love for the American people, 237;
his second visit to America, 241, 244, 252;
at Gad's Hill, 256;
farewell course of readings, 256, 278;
his reminiscences of the Staplehurst accident, 264;
his reading of the murder from "Oliver Twist," 268;
serious illness of, 280, 281;
great physical power of, 280
Dickens, Charles, jun., 9, 25, 41, 109, 154, 277;
at "All the Year Round" office, 283
Dickens, Mrs. Charles, 9, 51, 114, 115, 124, 125, 171;
and see Letters
Dickens, Dora, death of, 125
Dickens, Edward, nicknamed Plorn, 158, 265, 273, 281, 288, 289, 297
Dickens, Henry F., 157;
entered at the Temple, 292
Dickens, Kate, 153, 157, 293
Dickens, Miss, 157, 196, 205, 210, 215, 217, 222, 228, 255, 256, 258
Dickens, Sydney, 143, 157
Dickens, Walter, 25
Disease, a new form of, 129
Dissent, Dickens's views on, 16
"Doctor Marigold," reading of, 227
Dogs, Dickens's, 255, 262;
Don, the Newfoundland, rescues his son, 262
Dolby, Mr. George, 234, 238, 248, 256, 261, 270, 273, 276
"Dombey and Son," sale of, 87;
see also 89, 94
D'Orsay, Count, 18, 66, 68, 70, 73, 74, 78
Dream, an absurd, 56
Dufferin, Lord, 277
Dumas, Alexandre, 90
Earnestness, Dickens on, 176
Eden, the Hon. Miss, letter to, 128
Edinburgh, 270
Editor, Dickens as an, 137-140, 159, 162-164, 173-175, 181, 183, 202, 229, 239, 284-286, 295
Education, Dickens on, 58
Edward, the courier, 142-144, 148, 155
"Edwin Drood," Dickens on, 292;
the opium scene in, 295
Egg, Mr. A., 101, 118, 127, 142, 148, 156
Evans, Mr., 109
"Experience, An," 283
"Fatal Zero," by Percy Fitzgerald, 291
Fechter, Mr. Charles, in "The Lady of Lyons," 234, 240;
Dickens's admiration of, 240;
and see 253, 257, 277, 291;
letters to, 244, 254
Fechter, Madame, 254
Felton, Professor, 272;
and see Letters
Felton, Mrs., 33
Fenian Amnesty, meeting in favour of a, 287, 289
Fields, Mr. James T.; see Letters
Fields, Mrs., 252, 260, 291;
letter to, 255
Fildes, Mr., 294
Fitzgerald, Mr. Percy, 228, 271
Forster, Mr. John, 9, 10, 13, 30, 35, 36, 39, 41, 54, 60, 86, 89, 101, 113, 117, 127, 133, 154, 188, 207, 227, 260, 292;
letters to, 165, 225
Forster, Mrs., letter to, 273
Fox, Mr. W. J., letter to, 84
Frith, R.A., Mr. W. P., letter to, 188
Funeral, the comic side of a, 48
Gad's Hill, descriptions of, 252, 256;
Dickens's writing-room at, 256;
Longfellow's visit to, 260;
and see 276
Gallenga, Monsieur, 192
"Gamp, Mrs.," 56
Gaskell, Mrs., 271;
letter to, 159
General Theatrical Fund, the, 88, 102, 296
Gibson, Mrs. Milner, letter to, 205
"Girlhood of Shakespeare's heroines, The," 124
Gladstone, Mr., 258, 294
Glasgow, 270
Gordon, Mrs., 87
"Great Expectations," 198
Greenwich, Dinner to Dickens at, 33
Grew, Mr. Frederick, letter to, 158
Grisi, Madame, 86
Guide Books, 140
Guild of Literature and Art, the, 120, 180;
theatricals in aid of, 118-128, 133-135
Hardisty, Mr., 111
Harley, Mr. J. P., 3, 4;
letter to, 13
Harness, Rev. W., 269, 291;
letter to, 159
Harrison, Mr. James Bower, letters to, 132, 136
Hat, a Leghorn, 157
Hazlett, Mr. William, 259
Higgins, Mr., 165, 166
Hillard, Mr., 42
Hills, Mr., 274
Hodgson, Dr., 97;
letters to, 93, 95
Hogarth, Mr., 2
Hogarth, George, 20;
letter to, 5
Hogarth, Georgina, 51, 154, 196, 210, 215, 219, 221, 228, 244, 256, 258
Hogarth, Mary, 6-9, 11, 20, 50
Hogarth, Mrs., letters to, 6, 20,
50
Holland House, 178
Home, thoughts of, 29;
a welcome to, 255
Hood, Mr. Tom, letter to, 43
House of Commons, the, Dickens's opinion of, 181, 194
Howe, Dr., 33, 37
Hugo, Victor, Dickens's opinion of, 91;
and see 283
Hullah, Mr. John, letters to, 1-3
Hunt, Mr. Leigh, 13, 95, 97-100, 259
Hyde Park, closing of, by the Government in 1869, 289
Ireland, Mr. Alexander; see Letters
Ireland, Dickens on, 279;
in 1869, 288;
land tenure in, 289
Irish Church, the, the Disestablishment of, 279
Irving, Mr. Washington, 47, 247;
letters to, 21, 27, 178
Italian patriots, Dickens on, 191
Italy, visions of holiday life in, 66;
proposed visit to, 66, 68;
Dickens in, 70-78, 145-158;
the Peschiere Palace at Genoa in, 153;
a bath at Naples in, 155
Jerrold, Mr. Douglas, 98, 101, 118
"John Acland," by the Hon. Robert Lytton, 284, 286
Jolly, Miss Emily, letters to, 173, 175, 181, 183, 283
Jones, Mr. Ebenezer, letter to, 68
Keeley, Mr. and Mrs., 87
Kenny, Mr. J., letter to, 177
Kent, Mr. C., 260
Kent, Dickens's affection for, 15
"Kentish Coronal, The," 15
King, Mr. Joseph C., letter to, 109
King, Miss, letters to, 162, 164
"King Arthur," Dickens's opinion of Lord Lytton's poem of, 107
King David, a profane, 73
Knowles, Mr. James Sheridan, 104;
letter to, 92
"Lady of Lyons, The," Dickens on the proposed opera of, 211;
Fechter in, 234, 240
Landor, Mr. Walter, 77
Langley, Mr., 97
Lanman, Mr. Charles, letter to, 247
Lausanne, friends in, 143
Layard, Mr. Austen Henry, 169, 289;
and see Letters
Layard, Mrs., 274
Leech, Mr. John, 101, 118
Lehmann, Mr. Frederic, 199, 223
Lemon, Mr. Mark, 101, 114, 118, 119, 122, 123
Lemon, Mrs., 114
Leslie, R.A., Mr., 176, 178
Letters of Charles Dickens to:
Adams, Mr. H. G., 15, 208
Anonymous, 229
Austin, Mr. Henry, 130
Austin, Mrs., 214
Babbage, Mr. Charles, 69
Baylis, Mr., 212
Blessington, the Countess of, 17, 65, 70, 74, 75, 89
Bowring, Sir John, 193, 295
Boyle, Miss Mary, 220
Browning, Mr. Robert, 227
Buckstone, Mr., 296
Bulwer, Sir Edward Lytton, 62;
and see Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer, and Lytton, LordLytton, Lord
Chapman, Mr. Edward, 14, 91
Chapman, Mr. Frederic, 294
Chappell, Mr. Tom, 279
Chorley, Mr. Henry F., 190, 213, 216, 222, 231
Clark, Mr. L. Gaylord, 19
Clarke, Mrs. Cowden, 103, 106, 108, 123, 136, 188
Collins, Mr. Wilkie, 171
Dickens, Alfred, 299
Dickens, Mrs. Charles, 142, 145, 149, 153, 154
Eden, the Hon. Miss, 128
Fechter, Mr. Charles, 244, 254
Felton, Professor, 24, 28, 32, 35, 38, 46, 52, 59
Fields, Mr. James T., 232, 236, 249, 252, 260, 268, 270, 290
Fields, Mrs. James T., 255
Forster, Mr. John, 165, 225
Forster, Mrs. John, 273
Fox, Mr. W. J., 84
Frith, R.A., Mr. W. P., 188
Gaskell, Mrs., 159
Gibson, Mrs. Milner, 205
Grew, Mr. Frederick, 158
Harley, Mr. J. P., 13
Harness, Rev. W., 159
Harrison, Mr. James Bower, 132, 136
Hodgson, Dr., 93, 95
Hogarth, Mr. George, 5
Hogarth, Mrs., 6, 20, 50
Hood, Mr. Tom, 43
Hullah, Mr. John, 1-3
Ireland, Mr. Alexander, 97-99, 104, 112, 259
Irving, Mr. Washington, 21, 27, 178
Jolly, Miss Emily, 173, 175, 181, 183, 283
Jones, Mr. Ebenezer, 68
Kenny, Mr. J., and Ross, Mr. T., 177
King, Mr. Joseph C., 109
King, Miss, 162, 164
Knowles, Mr. James Sheridan, 92
Lanman, Mr. Charles, 247
Layard, Mr. Austen Henry, 132, 194, 274, 290
Lytton, Hon. Robert, 230, 281, 286
Lytton, Lord, 228, 234, 240, 241, 293;
see also Bulwer, Sir Edward Lytton, and Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer
Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer, 88, 102, 107, 113, 114, 116, 117, 121, 122, 125, 133, 180, 198-200, 204, 207, 209-211, 220;
see also Bulwer, Sir Edward Lytton, and Lytton, Lord
Mackay, Mr. Charles, 295
Malleson, Mrs., 197
Millais, R.A., Mr. J. E., 263
Mitton, Mr., 125
Morgan, Captain, 176, 195
Napier, Mr. Macvey, 43, 57, 78, 83
Olliffe, Lady, 205
Olliffe, Miss, 275
Pease, Mrs., 248
Phillips, Mr. Henry W., 231
Procter, Mr. B. W., 208
Procter, Mrs., 223
Robinson, Rev. Thomas, 16
Ross, Mr. R. M., 226
Rusden, Mr., 228, 265, 278, 281, 287, 289, 297
Rye, Mr. W. B., 224
Sammins, Mr. W. L., 12
Serle, Mr., 263
Smith, Mr. Albert, 186
Smith, Mr. Arthur, 187
Smith, Mr. H. P., 82
Stone, Mr. Frank, 129, 179
Sturgis, Mr. Russell, 267, 272
Thackeray, Mr. W. M., 165
Thompson, Mr., 16, 64, 66, 67, 81, 85
Thornbury, Mr. Walter, 239
White, Rev. James, 141, 160
Wills, Mr. W. H., 137, 140, 161, 218, 219
Winter, Mrs., 167, 170
Lewes, Mr., 101
"Lighthouse, The," production of, at the Olympic, 172
"Lirriper, Mrs.," 218
Liverpool, meeting of the Mechanics' Institute at, 64;
theatricals at, 96, 98
London, the, wreck of, 225
Longfellow, Mr., 33, 39, 42, 62, 260, 261
Longman, Mr., 293
Lumley, Mr., 86
Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer; see Letters;
see also Bulwer, Sir Edward Lytton, and Lytton, Lord
Lytton, Lord; see Letters
Lytton, Hon. Robert, letters to, 230, 284, 286
Mackay, Mr. Charles, letter to, 295
Maclise, R.A., Mr. Daniel, 30, 36, 39, 42, 47, 54, 55, 77, 86
Macready, Mr. W., 25, 30, 54, 60, 62, 88, 90, 119, 153, 234
Macready, Miss, 153
Malleson, Mrs., letter to, 197
"Man about Town, The," 45
Manchester, Dickens at, 61;
theatricals at, 96, 98, 105
Manin, M., 192
Mario, Signor, 86
Martin, Captain, 225
"Martin Chuzzlewit," 39, 46, 52, 66
Mazzini, M., 192
"Medical Aspects of Death, The," 132
"Message from the Sea, A," 196
Meyerbeer, M., 172
Millais, R.A., Mr. J. E., 292;
letter to, 263
Mistake, a common, among would-be authors, 229
Mitton, Mr., 9;
letter to, 125
"Modern Greek Songs," 159
Molesworth, Lady, 216
"Money," Dickens on Lord Lytton's play of, 117
Montague, Miss Emmeline, 124
Morgan, Captain, letters to, 176, 195
Morley, Mr., 165, 166
Morpeth, Lord, 57
"Mrs. Tillotson," by Percy Fitzgerald, 228
"Much Ado about Nothing," a captain's views on, 47
Murray, Mr. Leigh, 87
Napier, Mr. Macvey, letters to, 43, 67, 78, 83
Naples, Dickens at, 76
Napoleon the Third, Dickens prophesies the overthrow of, 298
"National Music," Mr. Chorley's lecture on, 213
Nature, Topping, the groom, on, 36
Niagara, the falls of, 76
Nicknames, of Professor Felton, 32;
Dickens's, of himself, 62, 64, 107, 124, 143;
of his son Edward, 158, 281
Normanby, Lord, 86
"No Thoroughfare," the play of, 244, 253, 254, 257
"Not So Bad As We Seem," Dickens's opinion of Lord Lytton's comedy of, 117;
Dickens plays in, 118, 124
Novello, Mr. Alfred, 264
Novello, Miss Sabilla, 264
Novel-writing, Dickens on, 185
"Old Curiosity Shop, The," feeling for, in America, 19
"Oliver Twist," 16;
the reading of the murder from, 268;
effect of the murder reading, 278
Olliffe, Sir J., 186, 187
Olliffe, Lady, 187;
letter to, 205
Olliffe, Miss, letter to, 275
Osgood, Mr., 234
"Our London Correspondent," Dickens on, 112
"Our Mutual Friend," 218, 221
Oyster cellars out of season, 31
Oysters, 26, 35
Paris, Dickens in, 85, 89;
the drama in, 90
Pease, Mrs., letter to, 248
Phillips, Mr. Henry W., letter to, 231
Pickthorn, Dr., 10
Picnic, a, in Kent, 260
Political Life, Dickens's opinion of, 222
Political meetings, Dickens on, 287
Poole, Mr., 85, 100
Portrait of Dickens, by Frith, 188
Power, Miss, 66, 74, 91
Prescott, Dickens's admiration for, 61
Prince Consort, the, 123
Prince of Wales, the, 296
Prisons, Dickens on discipline in, 138
Pritchard the poisoner, 221
Procter, Mr. B. W., 253, 260;
letter to, 208
Procter, Mrs., 179, 223, 260
Procter, Miss Adelaide, 223
Puffery, Dickens's hatred of, 140
Punishment of death, Dickens on the, 78
Purse, a theatrical, 73
Queen, the, Maclise and, 55;
her reception of Longfellow, 261;
and see 119, 121, 123, 299
Rainforth, Miss, 4
Reade, Mr. Charles, 233
Readings, Dickens's public, 208, 227, 230, 231;
the object of the, 230;
the proposed series of, in America, 234;
the labour of the, 238;
farewell series of, 256, 278, 281;
the trial reading of the murder, 268, 276;
effect of the reading of the murder on the audience, 278
Red tape, Dickens on, 176
Reform Bill, Dickens on the, 266
Reform meeting at Drury-lane Theatre, 165
Religion, Dickens on, 17
Review, The North American, 46;
The Edinburgh, 43, 46, 57, 58, 78, 83
Robinson, Mr., 98, 100, 105
Robinson, Rev. Thomas, letter to, 16
Robson, Mr. F., 153, 172
"Roccabella," Dickens's opinion of Mr. Chorley's story of, 190
Roche, the courier, 146
Rogers, Mr. Samuel, 178
Rome, Dickens at, 76
Ross, Mr. John, 9
Ross, Mr. R. M., letter to, 226
Ross, Mr. T., letter to, 177
Royal Exchange, the, fire at, 10
Rusden, Mr.; see Letters
Russell, Mr. George, 218
Russell, Lord John, 172, 288
Russia, s.s., the, 249, 276
Rye, Mr. W. B., letter to, 224
Sammins, Mr. W. L., letter to, 12
Sartoris, Mr. and Mrs., 157
Satirist, The, 45
Sausage, a questionable, 131
Scheffer, Ary, 192
Schools, Dickens on ragged, 58
Scotland, Dickens's love for the people of, 295
Scott, Sir Walter, extracts from the diary of, 11, 56
Serle, Mr., letter to, 263
Shakespeare, curatorship of house of, 104
Sheridan, 86
"Sketches of Young Gentlemen," by Dickens, 9
Slave-owners, Dickens on, 38
Smith, Mr. Albert, letter to, 186
Smith, Mr. Arthur, 186, 208;
Holland House, 178
Home, thoughts of, 29;
a welcome to, 255
Hood, Mr. Tom, letter to, 43
House of Commons, the, Dickens's opinion of, 181, 194
Howe, Dr., 33, 37
Hugo, Victor, Dickens's opinion of, 91;
and see 283
Hullah, Mr. John, letters to, 1-3
Hunt, Mr. Leigh, 13, 95, 97-100, 259
Hyde Park, closing of, by the Government in 1869, 289
Ireland, Mr. Alexander; see Letters
Ireland, Dickens on, 279;
in 1869, 288;
land tenure in, 289
Irish Church, the, the Disestablishment of, 279
Irving, Mr. Washington, 47, 247;
letters to, 21, 27, 178
Italian patriots, Dickens on, 191
Italy, visions of holiday life in, 66;
proposed visit to, 66, 68;
Dickens in, 70-78, 145-158;
the Peschiere Palace at Genoa in, 153;
a bath at Naples in, 155
Jerrold, Mr. Douglas, 98, 101, 118
"John Acland," by the Hon. Robert Lytton, 284, 286
Jolly, Miss Emily, letters to, 173, 175, 181, 183, 283
Jones, Mr. Ebenezer, letter to, 68
Keeley, Mr. and Mrs., 87
Kenny, Mr. J., letter to, 177
Kent, Mr. C., 260
Kent, Dickens's affection for, 15
"Kentish Coronal, The," 15
King, Mr. Joseph C., letter to, 109
King, Miss, letters to, 162, 164
"King Arthur," Dickens's opinion of Lord Lytton's poem of, 107
King David, a profane, 73
Knowles, Mr. James Sheridan, 104;
letter to, 92
"Lady of Lyons, The," Dickens on the proposed opera of, 211;
Fechter in, 234, 240
Landor, Mr. Walter, 77
Langley, Mr., 97
Lanman, Mr. Charles, letter to, 247
Lausanne, friends in, 143
Layard, Mr. Austen Henry, 169, 289;
and see Letters
Layard, Mrs., 274
Leech, Mr. John, 101, 118
Lehmann, Mr. Frederic, 199, 223
Lemon, Mr. Mark, 101, 114, 118, 119, 122, 123
Lemon, Mrs., 114
Leslie, R.A., Mr., 176, 178
Letters of Charles Dickens to:
Adams, Mr. H. G., 15, 208
Anonymous, 229
Austin, Mr. Henry, 130
Austin, Mrs., 214
Babbage, Mr. Charles, 69
Baylis, Mr., 212
Blessington, the Countess of, 17, 65, 70, 74, 75, 89
Bowring, Sir John, 193, 295
Boyle, Miss Mary, 220
Browning, Mr. Robert, 227
Buckstone, Mr., 296
Bulwer, Sir Edward Lytton, 62;
and see Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer, and Lytton, LordLytton, Lord
Chapman, Mr. Edward, 14, 91
Chapman, Mr. Frederic, 294
Chappell, Mr. Tom, 279
Chorley, Mr. Henry F., 190, 213, 216, 222, 231
Clark, Mr. L. Gaylord, 19
Clarke, Mrs. Cowden, 103, 106, 108, 123, 136, 188
Collins, Mr. Wilkie, 171
Dickens, Alfred, 299
Dickens, Mrs. Charles, 142, 145, 149, 153, 154
Eden, the Hon. Miss, 128
Fechter, Mr. Charles, 244, 254
Felton, Professor, 24, 28, 32, 35, 38, 46, 52, 59
Fields, Mr. James T., 232, 236, 249, 252, 260, 268, 270, 290
Fields, Mrs. James T., 255
Forster, Mr. John, 165, 225
Forster, Mrs. John, 273
Fox, Mr. W. J., 84
Frith, R.A., Mr. W. P., 188
Gaskell, Mrs., 159
Gibson, Mrs. Milner, 205
Grew, Mr. Frederick, 158
Harley, Mr. J. P., 13
Harness, Rev. W., 159
Harrison, Mr. James Bower, 132, 136
Hodgson, Dr., 93, 95
Hogarth, Mr. George, 5
Hogarth, Mrs., 6, 20, 50
Hood, Mr. Tom, 43
Hullah, Mr. John, 1-3
Ireland, Mr. Alexander, 97-99, 104, 112, 259
Irving, Mr. Washington, 21, 27, 178
Jolly, Miss Emily, 173, 175, 181, 183, 283
Jones, Mr. Ebenezer, 68
Kenny, Mr. J., and Ross, Mr. T., 177
King, Mr. Joseph C., 109
King, Miss, 162, 164
Knowles, Mr. James Sheridan, 92
Lanman, Mr. Charles, 247
Layard, Mr. Austen Henry, 132, 194, 274, 290
Lytton, Hon. Robert, 230, 281, 286
Lytton, Lord, 228, 234, 240, 241, 293;
see also Bulwer, Sir Edward Lytton, and Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer
Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer, 88, 102, 107, 113, 114, 116, 117, 121, 122, 125, 133, 180, 198-200, 204, 207, 209-211, 220;
see also Bulwer, Sir Edward Lytton, and Lytton, Lord
Mackay, Mr. Charles, 295
Malleson, Mrs., 197
Millais, R.A., Mr. J. E., 263
Mitton, Mr., 125
Morgan, Captain, 176, 195
Napier, Mr. Macvey, 43, 57, 78, 83
Olliffe, Lady, 205
Olliffe, Miss, 275
Pease, Mrs., 248
Phillips, Mr. Henry W., 231
Procter, Mr. B. W., 208
Procter, Mrs., 223
Robinson, Rev. Thomas, 16
Ross, Mr. R. M., 226
Rusden, Mr., 228, 265, 278, 281, 287, 289, 297
Rye, Mr. W. B., 224
Sammins, Mr. W. L., 12
Serle, Mr., 263
Smith, Mr. Albert, 186
Smith, Mr. Arthur, 187
Smith, Mr. H. P., 82
Stone, Mr. Frank, 129, 179
Sturgis, Mr. Russell, 267, 272
Thackeray, Mr. W. M., 165
Thompson, Mr., 16, 64, 66, 67, 81, 85
Thornbury, Mr. Walter, 239
White, Rev. James, 141, 160
Wills, Mr. W. H., 137, 140, 161, 218, 219
Winter, Mrs., 167, 170
Lewes, Mr., 101
"Lighthouse, The," production of, at the Olympic, 172
"Lirriper, Mrs.," 218
Liverpool, meeting of the Mechanics' Institute at, 64;
theatricals at, 96, 98
London, the, wreck of, 225
Longfellow, Mr., 33, 39, 42, 62, 260, 261
Longman, Mr., 293
Lumley, Mr., 86
Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer; see Letters;
see also Bulwer, Sir Edward Lytton, and Lytton, Lord
Lytton, Lord; see Letters
Lytton, Hon. Robert, letters to, 230, 284, 286
Mackay, Mr. Charles, letter to, 295
Maclise, R.A., Mr. Daniel, 30, 36, 39, 42, 47, 54, 55, 77, 86
Macready, Mr. W., 25, 30, 54, 60, 62, 88, 90, 119, 153, 234
Macready, Miss, 153
Malleson, Mrs., letter to, 197
"Man about Town, The," 45
Manchester, Dickens at, 61;
theatricals at, 96, 98, 105
Manin, M., 192
Mario, Signor, 86
Martin, Captain, 225
"Martin Chuzzlewit," 39, 46, 52, 66
Mazzini, M., 192
"Medical Aspects of Death, The," 132
"Message from the Sea, A," 196
Meyerbeer, M., 172
Millais, R.A., Mr. J. E., 292;
letter to, 263
Mistake, a common, among would-be authors, 229
Mitton, Mr., 9;
letter to, 125
"Modern Greek Songs," 159
Molesworth, Lady, 216
"Money," Dickens on Lord Lytton's play of, 117
Montague, Miss Emmeline, 124
Morgan, Captain, letters to, 176, 195
Morley, Mr., 165, 166
Morpeth, Lord, 57
"Mrs. Tillotson," by Percy Fitzgerald, 228
"Much Ado about Nothing," a captain's views on, 47
Murray, Mr. Leigh, 87
Napier, Mr. Macvey, letters to, 43, 67, 78, 83
Naples, Dickens at, 76
Napoleon the Third, Dickens prophesies the overthrow of, 298
"National Music," Mr. Chorley's lecture on, 213
Nature, Topping, the groom, on, 36
Niagara, the falls of, 76
Nicknames, of Professor Felton, 32;
Dickens's, of himself, 62, 64, 107, 124, 143;
of his son Edward, 158, 281
Normanby, Lord, 86
"No Thoroughfare," the play of, 244, 253, 254, 257
"Not So Bad As We Seem," Dickens's opinion of Lord Lytton's comedy of, 117;
Dickens plays in, 118, 124
Novello, Mr. Alfred, 264
Novello, Miss Sabilla, 264
Novel-writing, Dickens on, 185
"Old Curiosity Shop, The," feeling for, in America, 19
"Oliver Twist," 16;
the reading of the murder from, 268;
effect of the murder reading, 278
Olliffe, Sir J., 186, 187
Olliffe, Lady, 187;
letter to, 205
Olliffe, Miss, letter to, 275
Osgood, Mr., 234
"Our London Correspondent," Dickens on, 112
"Our Mutual Friend," 218, 221
Oyster cellars out of season, 31
Oysters, 26, 35
Paris, Dickens in, 85, 89;
the drama in, 90
Pease, Mrs., letter to, 248
Phillips, Mr. Henry W., letter to, 231
Pickthorn, Dr., 10
Picnic, a, in Kent, 260
Political Life, Dickens's opinion of, 222
Political meetings, Dickens on, 287
Poole, Mr., 85, 100
Portrait of Dickens, by Frith, 188
Power, Miss, 66, 74, 91
Prescott, Dickens's admiration for, 61
Prince Consort, the, 123
Prince of Wales, the, 296
Prisons, Dickens on discipline in, 138
Pritchard the poisoner, 221
Procter, Mr. B. W., 253, 260;
letter to, 208
Procter, Mrs., 179, 223, 260
Procter, Miss Adelaide, 223
Puffery, Dickens's hatred of, 140
Punishment of death, Dickens on the, 78
Purse, a theatrical, 73
Queen, the, Maclise and, 55;
her reception of Longfellow, 261;
and see 119, 121, 123, 299
Rainforth, Miss, 4
Reade, Mr. Charles, 233
Readings, Dickens's public, 208, 227, 230, 231;
the object of the, 230;
the proposed series of, in America, 234;
the labour of the, 238;
farewell series of, 256, 278, 281;
the trial reading of the murder, 268, 276;
effect of the reading of the murder on the audience, 278
Red tape, Dickens on, 176
Reform Bill, Dickens on the, 266
Reform meeting at Drury-lane Theatre, 165
Religion, Dickens on, 17
Review, The North American, 46;
The Edinburgh, 43, 46, 57, 58, 78, 83
Robinson, Mr., 98, 100, 105
Robinson, Rev. Thomas, letter to, 16
Robson, Mr. F., 153, 172
"Roccabella," Dickens's opinion of Mr. Chorley's story of, 190
Roche, the courier, 146
Rogers, Mr. Samuel, 178
Rome, Dickens at, 76
Ross, Mr. John, 9
Ross, Mr. R. M., letter to, 226
Ross, Mr. T., letter to, 177
Royal Exchange, the, fire at, 10
Rusden, Mr.; see Letters
Russell, Mr. George, 218
Russell, Lord John, 172, 288
Russia, s.s., the, 249, 276
Rye, Mr. W. B., letter to, 224
Sammins, Mr. W. L., letter to, 12
Sartoris, Mr. and Mrs., 157
Satirist, The, 45
Sausage, a questionable, 131
Scheffer, Ary, 192
Schools, Dickens on ragged, 58
Scotland, Dickens's love for the people of, 295
Scott, Sir Walter, extracts from the diary of, 11, 56
Serle, Mr., letter to, 263
Shakespeare, curatorship of house of, 104
Sheridan, 86
"Sketches of Young Gentlemen," by Dickens, 9
Slave-owners, Dickens on, 38
Smith, Mr. Albert, letter to, 186
Smith, Mr. Arthur, 186, 208;
letter to, 187
Smith, Mr. H. P., letter to, 82
Speaking, Dickens on public, 214
Stage-manager, Dickens as a, 29, 100, 127
Stanfield, Mr. Clarkson, 39, 41, 54, 86, 232
Stansbury, Mr., 4
Staplehurst, the railway accident at, 264
Stone, Mr. Frank, 101, 117, 127;
letters to, 129, 179
"Strange Story, A," Dickens's criticism on, 198, 204, 207, 210
"Studies of Sensation and Event," 69
Sturgis, Mr. Russell, letters to, 267, 272
Sumner, Mr., 42, 62
Sunday bands, 177
"Sunday under Three Heads," by Charles Dickens, 9
Switzerland, expedition to, 142-145;
ascent of the Mer de Glace, 142;
a hot bath in, 144;
passage of the Simplon, 146;
travellers in, 147;
carriages in, 147
Sympathy, letters of, 19, 20, 170, 275
Tavistock House, 130
Temple, the, Dickens becomes a student at, 14
Tennent, Sir Emerson, 154, 273, 274
Tennent, Lady, 154
Thackeray, Mr. W. M., letter to, 165
Theatricals, in America, 28;
Dickens as a stage-manager, 29;
for the benefit of Leigh Hunt, 95, 97, 98, 100, 101, 103;
for the endowment of a curatorship of Shakespeare's house, 104;
reminiscences of, 106;
at Knebworth, 113, 114, 116;
for the Guild of Literature, 118-128, 133-135;
at Tavistock House, 179
Thompson, Mr.; see Letters
Thompson, Mrs., 82
Thompson, Miss Elizabeth, 85
Thornbury, Mr. Walter, letter to, 239
Topham, Mr., 123
Topping, the groom, on nature, 36
Townshend, Mr., 161
Tracey, Lieutenant, 77
Travers, Mr., 166
"Uncommercial Traveller, The," 270, 276
"United Vagabonds, The," 34
Venice, Dickens at, 72
Verona, Dickens at, 71
Vesuvius, Dickens's ascent of, 76
"Village Coquettes," Braham's opinion of Dickens's opera of, 2;
Harley's opinion of, 3
"Visits to Rochester," 224
Waistcoats, Dickens's fondness for bright, 150
Waterfall, a, as a stage effect, 254, 258
Watson, Dr., 280
White, Rev. James, letters to, 141, 160
White, Mrs., 142
"Wilds of America," 247
Wills, Mr. W. H., 159, 175, 180, 253, 261, 271, 283;
and see Letters
Wilmot, Mr., 124
Wilson, Sir John, 37
Winter, Mrs., letters to, 167, 170
"Woodland Gossip," Dickens's criticism on, 220
Work, Dickens at, 168, 185
"Working Man's Life, The," 99
Young, Mr., 155
Smith, Mr. H. P., letter to, 82
Speaking, Dickens on public, 214
Stage-manager, Dickens as a, 29, 100, 127
Stanfield, Mr. Clarkson, 39, 41, 54, 86, 232
Stansbury, Mr., 4
Staplehurst, the railway accident at, 264
Stone, Mr. Frank, 101, 117, 127;
letters to, 129, 179
"Strange Story, A," Dickens's criticism on, 198, 204, 207, 210
"Studies of Sensation and Event," 69
Sturgis, Mr. Russell, letters to, 267, 272
Sumner, Mr., 42, 62
Sunday bands, 177
"Sunday under Three Heads," by Charles Dickens, 9
Switzerland, expedition to, 142-145;
ascent of the Mer de Glace, 142;
a hot bath in, 144;
passage of the Simplon, 146;
travellers in, 147;
carriages in, 147
Sympathy, letters of, 19, 20, 170, 275
Tavistock House, 130
Temple, the, Dickens becomes a student at, 14
Tennent, Sir Emerson, 154, 273, 274
Tennent, Lady, 154
Thackeray, Mr. W. M., letter to, 165
Theatricals, in America, 28;
Dickens as a stage-manager, 29;
for the benefit of Leigh Hunt, 95, 97, 98, 100, 101, 103;
for the endowment of a curatorship of Shakespeare's house, 104;
reminiscences of, 106;
at Knebworth, 113, 114, 116;
for the Guild of Literature, 118-128, 133-135;
at Tavistock House, 179
Thompson, Mr.; see Letters
Thompson, Mrs., 82
Thompson, Miss Elizabeth, 85
Thornbury, Mr. Walter, letter to, 239
Topham, Mr., 123
Topping, the groom, on nature, 36
Townshend, Mr., 161
Tracey, Lieutenant, 77
Travers, Mr., 166
"Uncommercial Traveller, The," 270, 276
"United Vagabonds, The," 34
Venice, Dickens at, 72
Verona, Dickens at, 71
Vesuvius, Dickens's ascent of, 76
"Village Coquettes," Braham's opinion of Dickens's opera of, 2;
Harley's opinion of, 3
"Visits to Rochester," 224
Waistcoats, Dickens's fondness for bright, 150
Waterfall, a, as a stage effect, 254, 258
Watson, Dr., 280
White, Rev. James, letters to, 141, 160
White, Mrs., 142
"Wilds of America," 247
Wills, Mr. W. H., 159, 175, 180, 253, 261, 271, 283;
and see Letters
Wilmot, Mr., 124
Wilson, Sir John, 37
Winter, Mrs., letters to, 167, 170
"Woodland Gossip," Dickens's criticism on, 220
Work, Dickens at, 168, 185
"Working Man's Life, The," 99
Young, Mr., 155
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