The Letters of Charles Dickens. Vol. 1, 1833-1856

by Charles Dickens

IV.

Toiling along in weary plight,
Through heavy jungle, mire,
These two came later every night
To warm them at the fire.
Until the captain said one day,
"O seaman good and kind,
To save thyself now come away,
And leave the boy behind!"

V.

The child was slumb'ring near the blaze,
"O captain, let him rest
Until it sinks, when God's own ways
Shall teach us what is best!"
They watched the whitened ashy heap,
They touched the child in vain;
They did not leave him there asleep,
He never woke again.

This song was sung to the music of "Little Nell," a ballad composed by the late Mr. George Linley, to the words of Miss Charlotte Young, and dedicated to Charles Dickens. He was very fond of it, and his eldest daughter had been in the habit of singing it to him constantly since she was quite a child.

END OF VOL. I.
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CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS, CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS.

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INDEX.

A'Beckett, Gilbert, i. [134]
Affidavit, a facetious, i. [101]
Ainsworth, W. H., letters to, i. [43], [75], [92]
Alison, Sir Archibald, i. [170]
America, feeling for Dickens in the backwoods of, i. [40], [41];
Dickens's first visit to, i. [53];
his welcome in, i. [59];
his opinion of, i. [60]-[64];
freedom of opinion in, i. [61];
Dickens's levées in, i. [66];
change of temperature in, i. [66];
hotel charges in, i. [67];
midnight rambles in New York, i. [67];
descriptions of Niagara, i. [69], [70];
a maid's views on Niagara, i. [72];
copyright in, i. [71], [73], [74];
Dickens's tribute to Mrs. Trollope's book on, i. [81];
press-ridden, i. [97];
absence of quiet in, i. [98];
criticisms of Dickens in, i. [151];
and see [Readings]
"American Notes," publication of, i. [54]
"Animal Magnetism," tag to, written by Dickens, i. [238]
Anne, Mrs. Dickens's maid, i. [72], [414]
"Arabian Nights," a mistake in the, i. [88], [89]
Astley's Theatre, description of a clown at, i. [116]
Austin, Henry, i. [240]; and see [Letters]
Author, the highest reward of an, i. [41]
Autobiography, a concise, of Dickens, i. [437]
Autograph of Dickens in 1833, i. [2];
Dickens leaves his in Shakespeare's room, i. [13];
of Boz, i. [43];
of Dickens as Bobadil, i. [195];
facsimile of Dickens's handwriting in 1856, i. [421];
Babbage, Charles, letters to, i. [86], [87], [186]
Banks, G., i. [273]; letter to, i. [296]
"Barnaby Rudge" written and published, i. [36];
Dickens's descriptions of the illustrations of:
the raven, i. [38];
the locksmith's house, i. [39];
rioters in The Maypole, i. [45];
scene in the ruins of the Warren, i. [46];
abduction of Dolly Varden, i. [48];
Lord George Gordon in the Tower, the duel, frontispiece, i. [50];
Hugh taken to gaol, i. [51]
"Battle of Life, The," dedication of, i. [147], [157];
Dickens superintends rehearsals of the play of, i. [163], [165], [167];
sale of, i. [166], [176];
reception of the play of, i. [167]
Beaucourt, M., i. [297], [357], [439]
Bedstead, a German, i. [128]
Begging letters, Dickens's answers to, i. [148]-[150]
Bicknell, Henry, i. [215];
letter to, i. [229]
Biographers, Dickens on, i. [190];
his opinion of John Forster as a biographer, i. [188]-[191]
Birthday wishes, i. [51]
"Black-eyed Susan," Dickens as T. P. Cooke in, i. [113];
a new version of, i. [114]
Blanchard, Laman, letter to, i. [99]
"Bleak House," commenced, i. [241];
publication of, i. [272];
Dickens's opinion of, i. [279];
circulation of, i. [289], [309], [317]
Blessington, Lady, i. [171]
Bobadil, Captain, Dickens plays, i. [134];
Dickens's remarks on, i. [144];
a letter after, i. [195]
Book-backs, Dickens's imitation, i. [265], [266]
Book Clubs, established, i. [94];
Dickens on, i. [104]
Boulogne, Dickens at, i. [271], [297], [304]-[312], [341], [414], [439]-[448];
a Shakespearian performance at, i. [308];
en fête, i. [315];
illuminations at, on the occasion of the Prince Consort's visit, i. [362];
fire at, i. [364];
condition of, during the Crimean war, i. [365];
letters descriptive of, i. [305], [306], [309], [312], [357], [358], [360], [372]
Boxall, Sir William, i. [233], [237]
Boyle, Miss Mary, i. [211], [214], [227], [414];
and see [Letters]
Breach of Promise, a new sort of, i. [179]
Breakfast, a Yorkshire, i. [9]
Broadstairs, Dickens at, i. [4], [6], [17], [28], [36], [53], [134], [170], [185], [213], [240];
description of lodgings at, i. [33];
amusements of, i. [180], [182];
size of Fort House at, i. [254]
Browne, H. K., i. [6], [13]
Buckstone, J. B., i. [360]
Burnett, Mrs., i. [185]
Cabin, a, on board ship, i. [56]
Capital punishment, Dickens's views on, i. [209]
Carlisle, the Earl of, letters to, i. [253], [281];
Castlereagh, Lord, i. [245]
Cat-hunting, i. [449]
Cattermole, George, i. [42], [143];
and see [Letters]
Chancery, Dickens on the Court of, i. [450]
Chapman and Hall, Messrs., i. [3];
letter to, i. [55]
"Chimes, The," written, i. [95];
an attack on cant, i. [118], [129];
Dickens's opinion of, i. [129], [133];
Dickens gives a private reading of, i. [133]
"Christmas Carol, The," publication of, i. [85];
criticisms on, i. [99]
Christmas greetings, i. [167]
Cockspur Street Society, the, i. [85]-[87]
Cold, effects of a, i. [92], [93];
remedy for a, i. [168]
Colden, David, i. [64]
Collins, Wilkie, i. [241], [272], [297], [332], [359], [376], [385], [388], [413], [414], [447];
and see [Letters]
Comedy, Mr. Webster's offer for a prize, Dickens an imaginary competitor, i. [86], [90]
Conjuring feats, i. [96];
Cooke, T. P., i. [113];
Copyright, i. [13];
Dickens's struggles to secure English, in America, i. [71], [73], [74]
Costello, Dudley, i. [241];
letters to, i. [104], [205]
Cottage, a cheap, i. [18]
Coutts, Miss, i. [410]
Covent Garden Theatre, Macready retires from management of, i. [18];
ruins of, i. [430];
"Cricket on the Hearth, The," i. [135], [145]
Croker, J. Crofton, i. [272];
letter to, i. [275]
Cruikshank, George, i. [170]
Cunningham, Peter, i. [186], [407];
letters to, i. [195], [270], [312], [356]
Daily News, The, started, i. [135]
"David Copperfield," dedication of, i. [147];
purpose of Little Emily in, i. [211];
success of, i. [211];
reading of, i. [377], [382];
Dickens's favourite work, i. [382];
and see i. [204], [221], [227], [279]
Deane, F. H., letter to, i. [68]
Delane, John, i. [298];
letter to, i. [314]
Devonshire, the Duke of, letters to, i. [437], [443], [457]
Devrient, Emil, i. [277]
Dickens, Charles, at Furnival's Inn, i. [1];
his marriage, i. [1];
employed as a parliamentary reporter, i. [1];
spends his honeymoon at Chalk, Kent, i. [1];
employed on The Morning Chronicle, i. [2];
removes to Doughty Street, i. [4];
writes for the stage, i. [4], [5], [7], [16], [17];
his visit to the Yorkshire schools, i. [6];
at Twickenham Park, i. [6];
his visits to Broadstairs, see [Broadstairs];
his visit to Stratford-on-Avon and Kenilworth, i. [6], [12];
in Shakespeare's room, i. [13];
elected at the Athenæum Club, i. [12];
removes to Devonshire Terrace, i. [17];
portraits of, see [Portraits];
visits to Scotland, i. [36];
personal feeling of for his characters, i. [36], [37], [42];
declines to enter Parliament, i. [37], [44];
public dinners to, i. [36], [53], [273];
an enemy of cant, i. [88], [118], [129];
visits of to America, see [America];
expedition of to Cornwall, i. [54];
his travels in Italy, see [Italy];
political opinions of, i. [62], [63], [88], [104];
fancy signatures to letters of, i. [91], [146], [152], [181], [206], [237], [425];
takes the chair at the opening of the Liverpool Mechanics' Institute, i. [94], and see i. [100]-[102];
his theatrical performances, see [Theatrical Performances];
effects of work on, i. [121];
The Daily News, started by, i. [135];
his visits to Lausanne and Switzerland, i. [147], [297], and see [Switzerland];
his visits to Paris, see [Paris];
as a stage, manager, i. [163], [167], [231], [232], [237];
at Chester Place, Regent's Park, i. [169];
takes the chair at the opening of the Leeds Mechanics' Institute, and of the Glasgow Athenæum, i. [170];
at Brighton, i. [185], [213];
at Bonchurch, i, [204];
purchases Tavistock House, i. [240], and see [Tavistock House];
as an editor, i. [246], [259], [269], [270], [285];
his readings, see [Readings];
illnesses of, i. [14], [297];
his visits to Boulogne, see [Boulogne];
presentation of plate to, at Birmingham, i. [348];
purchases Gad's Hill, i. [377], [414], and see [Gad's Hill];
delivers a speech on Administrative Reform, i. [377];
at Folkestone, i. [377], [378];
restlessness of, when at work, i. [402], [425];
and see [Letters] of
Dickens, Mrs. Charles, marriage of, i. [1];
visit of, to America, i. [53];
at Rome, i. [135];
accident to, i. [215];
at Malvern, i. [239];
present to, at Birmingham, i. [298];
and see [Letters]
Dickens, Charles, jun., birth of, i. [4];
nickname of, i. [76];
at Eton, i. [212], [240], [243], [255], [258];
at Leipsic, i. [297], [310], [319];
at Barings', i. [455];
Dickens, Kate, nickname of, i. [76];
letters to, i. [178];
Dickens, Mamie, nickname of, i. [76];
illnesses of, i. [363], [436];

Dickens, Walter, nickname of, i. [76];
and see i. [268], [314], [378], [443]
Dickens, Frank, nickname of, i. [126];
Dickens, Sydney, birth of, i. [169];
nickname of, i. [170];
death of, i. [171];
story of, i. [223];
and see i. [363];
Dickens, Edward, nicknames of, i. [322], [338];
and see i. [353], [359], [365], [403], [420], [426], [439];
Dickens, Dora, birth of, i. [213];
death of, i. [240]
Dickens, Alfred, sen., i. [184], [410];
Dickens, Fanny, see [Mrs. Burnett]
Dickens, Frederick, i. [9]
Dickens, John, i. [240], [437];
Dickson, David, letter to, i. [89]
Diezman, S. A., letter to, i. [32]
Dinner, a search for a, i. [326];
ladies at public dinners, i. [103]
Dogs, Dickens's, i. [67], [109], [110];
a plague of, i. [292];
stories of, i. [109], [352], [354], [455]
"Dombey and Son," i. [147];
success of, i. [156], [176];
sale of, i. [162]
D'Orsay, Comte, i. [171], [244]
Driver, Dickens's estimate of himself as a, i. [2]
Drury Lane Theatre, the saloon at, i. [37];
suggestions for the saloon at, i. [52], [53]
Education, Dickens an advocate of, for the people, i. [104]
Eeles, Mr., letters to, i. [265], [269]
Egg, Augustus, i. [170], [172], [226], [297], [320], [332]
Elliotson, Dr., i. [37], [149],
Elton, Mr., i. [85], [92]
Ely, Miss, letter to, i. [153]
Emery, Mr., i. [429]
England, state of, in 1855, i. [391];
politically, i. [406]
Epitaph, Dickens's, on a little child, i. [68]
Executions, Dickens on public, i. [209], [212]
Exhibition, an infant school at the, i. [257]
Fairy Tales, Dickens on, i. [307]
Fielding, Henry, i. [394]
Forgues, M., i. [415], [421]
Forster, John, i. [7], [10], [134], [143], [225], [240], [268], [428];
and see [Letters]
Franklin, Sir John, i. [373]
French portraits of the English, i. [175]
Friday, Dickens's lucky day, i. [414], [429]
Frith, W. P., letters to, i. [79]
Funerals, Dickens on state, i. [290]
Gad's Hill, purchase of, i. [377], [378], [414];
letters concerning, i. [384], [410], [429]
Gaskell, Mrs., i. [214];
and see [Letters]
Germany, esteem felt for Dickens in, i. [32]
Gibson, M., i. [315]
Goldsmith, Oliver, Dickens on Forster's Life of, i. [188];
on the works of, i. [380]
Grief, the perversity of, exemplified, i. [18]
Grimaldi, Life of, edited by Dickens, i. [4]
Guild of Literature and Art, i. [239];
theatrical performances in aid of the, i. [239], [241], [248], [252], [268], [271];
Haldimand, Mr., i. [147], [169], [212], [380];
letters to, i. [157], [254]
Halleck, Fitz-Greene, i. [59]
"Hard Times," i. [341];
satire of, explained, i. [349];
letters concerning, i. [355], [371]
Harley, J. P., letters to, i. [5], [23]
Harness, Rev. W., letters to, i. [37], [76], [361]
"Haunted Man, The," i. [170], [185], [241];
subjects for illustrations in, described, i. [200], [201];
dramatisation of, i. [203]
Hewett, Captain, i. [57]
"History of England, The Child's," i. [297]
Hogarth, Mary, i. [4], [9]
Hogarth, Georgina, i. [425];
and see [Letters]
Holland, Lady, i. [11]
Home, longings for, i.

[64], [70]
Hood, Tom, i. [287];
letter to, i. [80]
Horne, Mrs., letter to, i. [456]
Horne, R. H., letter to, i. [93]
Hospital, a dinner at a, i. [88]
Houghton, Lord, letter to, i. [41]
"Household Words," i. [148];
scheme of, i. [216];
suggested titles for, i. [219];
success of, i. [221];
Christmas numbers of, i. [241], [288];
"The Golden Mary," i. [414];
letters concerning, i. [219], [221], [250], [285], [286], [291]-[293], [295], [299], [301], [334], [335], [353], [423], [452]
Hughes, Master Hastings, letter to, i. [14]
Hullah, John, i. [5]

Illustrated London News, offers to Dickens from, i. [150]
Illustrations of Dickens's works, his descriptions for, i. [38]-[40], [45], [46], [50], [51], [200]-[203]
Italy, Dickens's first visit to, i. [94];
the sky of, i. [106];
the colouring of, i. [106];
a sunset in, i. [106];
twilight in, i. [107];
frescoes in, i. [107];
churches in, i. [108];
fruit in, i. [109];
climate of, i. [111];
a coastguard in, i. [116];
Dickens at Albaro, i. [105]-[117];
at Genoa, i. [120]-[122], [134], [321];
at Venice and Verona, i. [119]-[121], [337];
at Naples, i. [134]-[141], [322];
an ascent of Vesuvius, i. [137]-[141];
at Rome, i. [134], [135], [325]-[333];
and see i. [297], [346]
Jeffrey, Lord, i. [184], [218]
Jerrold, Douglas, i. [134], [225], [268], [390];
and see [Letters]
Joll, Miss, letter to, i. [209]
Keeley, Robert, i. [165];
letter to, i. [105]
Kelly, Miss, i. [302], [303]
Kent, W. Charles, i. [186];
and see [Letters]
Kinkel, Dr., i. [230]
Knight, Charles, i. [94];
and see [Letters]
Knowles, Sheridan, i. [214];
letter to, i. [215]
Lamartine, i. [187]
Landor, Walter Savage, i. [268], [337];
and see [Letters]
Landseer, Edwin, letter to, i. [103]
Landseer, Tom, i. [27]
Lansdowne, Lord, i. [275]
Layard, A. H., i. [377];
letters to, i. [390], [391]
Lectures, Dickens on public, i. [97]
Leech, John, i. [134], [186], [225], [226], [239]
Le Gros, Mr., i. [140], [332]
Lemaître, M., i. [386]
Lemon, Mark, i. [134], [186], [225], [226], [376], [390];
and see [Letters]
Lemon, Mrs., i. [419]
Letters of Charles Dickens to:
Ainsworth, W. H., i. [43], [75], [92]
Anonymous, i. [277];
Austin, Henry, i. [2], [69]-[73], [76], [262]-[264], [266], [361];
Babbage, Charles, i. [86], [87], [186]
Banks, G., i. [296]
Bicknell, H., i. [229]
Blanchard, Laman, i. [99]
Boyle, Miss, i. [224], [225], [227], [245], [265], [279], [345], [381], [423];
Carlisle, the Earl of, i. [253], [281];
Cattermole, George, i. [22], [28]-[30], [31], [33]-[36], [38], [39], [42], [43], [45]-[48], [50], [51], [81], [143]
Cerjat, M. de, i. [161], [210], [346], [378];
Chapman and Hall, i. [55]
Collins, Wilkie, i. [294], [358], [362], [397], [400], [403], [419], [437], [448];
Costello, Dudley, i. [104], [205]
Croker, J. Crofton, i. [275]
Cunningham, Peter, i. [195], [270], [312], [356]
Deane, F. H., i. [68]
Delane, John, i. [314]
Devonshire, the Duke of, i. [437], [443], [457]
Dickens, Mrs. Charles, i. [12], [100], [123], [127], [130], [132], [165], [166], [206], [223], [244], [249], [267], [330], [406], [433]
Dickens, Miss Kate, i. [178];
Dickens, Miss, i. [176], [178], [182], [199], [205], [453];
Dickson, David, i. [89]
Diezman, S. A., i. [32]
Eeles, Mr., i. [265], [269]
Ely, Miss, i. [153]
Forster, John, i. [167], [188], [393];
Frith, W. P., i. [79];
Gaskell, Mrs., i. [216], [269], [270], [292], [293], [301], [355], [360], [381]
Haldimand, Mr., i. [157]
Halleck, Fitz-Greene, i. [59]
Harley, J. P., i. [5], [23]
Harness, Rev. W., i. [37], [76], [361]
Hogarth, Catherine, i. [3]
Hogarth, Miss, i. [135], [177], [183], [319], [320], [322], [325], [337], [359], [385], [426], [428], [429], [435];
Hood, Tom, i. [80]
Horne, Mrs., i. [456]
Horne, R. H., i. [93]
Hughes, Master, i. [14]
Jerrold, Douglas, i. [87], [90], [118], [154], [427]
Joll, Miss, i. [209]
Keeley, Robert, i. [105]
Kent, W. Charles, i. [188], [461];
Knight, Charles, i. [104], [152], [218], [259], [277], [280], [349], [351];
Knowles, Sheridan, i. [215]
Landor, Walter Savage, i. [157], [230], [313], [343], [441]
Landseer, Edwin, i. [103]
Layard, A. H., i. [390], [391]
Lemon, Mark, i. [192], [203], [207], [243], [281], [394], [396], [416], [439], [440]
Longman, Thomas, i. [73];
Longman, William, i. [24]
Lovejoy, G., i. [44]
Maclise, Daniel, i. [33], [105]
Macready, W. C., i. [5], [16], [17], [18], [24], [26], [27], [49], [52], [60], [77], [79], [95], [117], [129], [141], [144], [146], [154], [183], [187], [194], [195], [198], [247], [252], [273], [283], [300], [307], [368], [399], [404], [430], [431], [446], [451], [459];
Milnes, R. Monckton, i. [41]
Mitton, Thomas, i. [10], [19], [56], [58], [65], [121], [136], [458];
Morpeth, Viscount, i. [92], [146],
Pardoe, Miss, i. [73]
Poole, John, i. [236]
Power, Miss, i. [179], [181], [460];
Procter, Adelaide, i. [374]
Procter, B. W., i. [354]
Regnier, Monsieur, i. [302], [303], [383], [411];
Roberts, David, i. [215], [246], [248], [389]
Russell, Lord John, i. [277], [316];
Ryland, Arthur, i. [349], [382], [388];
Sandys, William, i. [178]
Saunders, John, i. [366]
Smith, H. P., i. [74], [179], [181]
Stanfield, Clarkson, i. [92], [102], [113], [144], [151], [205], [299], [373], [394], [395], [398];
Stone, Marcus, i. [340];
Stone, Frank, i. [199]-[201], [206], [259], [261], [295], [305], [355], [365], [396], [397];
"Sun, The," the editor of, i. [187]
Tagart, Edward, i. [111], [173]
Talfourd, Miss Mary, i. [51]
Talfourd, Serjeant, i. [10]
Tennent, Sir James Emerson, i. [329];
Tomlin, John, i. [40]
Trollope, Mrs., i. [81], [397]
Viardot, Madame, i. [412]
Watkins, John, i. [287];