[26] A model of a Swiss châlet, and a present from M. Charles Fechter, used by Charles Dickens as a summer writing-room.
[27] This letter has been already published by Mr. Forster in his "Life."
[28] Herr Joseph Joachim, the renowned violinist.
[29] His sister-in-law, Mrs. Augustus Dickens, always a welcome visitor at Gad's Hill.
[30] Of the Guild of Literature and Art.
[31] The housekeeper at the office.
[32] On the death of his second wife.
[33] Of the Readings. The intention was carried out. Mr. Kent's book, "Charles Dickens as a Reader," was published in 1872.
[34] No doubt Charles Dickens intended to add the Reading Books to the legacy of his MSS. to Mr. Forster. But he did not do so, therefore the "Readings" are not a part of the "Forster Collection" at the South Kensington Museum.
[35] A new collective edition of "Kent's Poems," dedicated to his cousin, Colonel Kent, of the 77th Regiment.