[16] This letter was written in reply to the Committee's congratulations upon Mr. Dickens's escape from the accident to the tidal train from Folkestone, at Staplehurst, just previous to this date.
[17] Madame Sainton Dolby.
[18] The nearest neighbour at Higham, and intimate friends.
[19] Dr. Fordyce Barker.
[20] The Agricultural College, Cirencester.
[21] "No Thoroughfare."
[22] The Mr. H. F. Chorley so often mentioned was the well-known musical critic, and a dear and intimate friend of Charles Dickens and his family. We have no letters to him, Mr. Chorley having destroyed all his correspondence before his death.
[23] Mr. Chauncey Hare Townshend. He was one of the dearest friends of Charles Dickens and a very constant correspondent; but no letters addressed to him are in existence.
[24] An American family of brothers and a sister who came to London to give a musical entertainment shortly after Charles Dickens's return from his first visit to America. He had a great interest in, and liking for, these young people.
[25] Cousin and adopted child of Mr. and Mrs. Austin.