Mr. Kitton’s friends—Mr. B. W. Matz, Mr. T. W. Tyrrell, and Mr. H. Snowden Ward—have kindly read the final proofs, without, however, making any material alterations.
CONTENTS
PAGE CHAPTER I [PORTSMOUTH AND CHATHAM] 1 CHAPTER II [BOYHOOD AND YOUTH IN LONDON] 23 CHAPTER III [THE LONDON AND SUBURBAN HOMES] 49 CHAPTER IV [IN THE WEST COUNTRY] 83 CHAPTER V [IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND] 101 CHAPTER VI [IN EAST ANGLIA] 112 CHAPTER VII [IN THE NORTH] 123 CHAPTER VIII [IN THE MIDLANDS AND HOME COUNTIES] 160 CHAPTER IX [IN DICKENS LAND] 183 CHAPTER X [THE GAD’S HILL COUNTRY] 204
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
From Photographs by T. W. Tyrrell, etc.
[1. CHARLES DICKENS IN 1857] Frontispiece FACING PAGE [2. 1 MILE END TERRACE, PORTSEA (NOW 393 COMMERCIAL ROAD PORTSMOUTH)] 1 [3. CLEVELAND STREET (LATE NORFOLK STREET), FITZROY SQUARE] 8 [4. 2 (NOW 11) ORDNANCE TERRACE, CHATHAM] 12 [5. 18 ST. MARY’S PLACE, THE BROOK, CHATHAM] 17 [6. FORT PITT, CHATHAM] 19 [7. THE GOLDEN CROSS, CHARING CROSS, CIRCA 1827] 22 [8. 16 (NOW 141) BAYHAM STREET, CAMDEN TOWN] 24 [9. DICKENS AT THE BLACKING WAREHOUSE] 33 [10. LANT STREET, BOROUGH] 35 [11. THE SIGN OF THE DOG’S HEAD IN THE POT, CHARLOTTE STREET, BLACKFRIARS] 38 [12. 29 (NOW 13) JOHNSON STREET, SOMERS TOWN] 40 [13. WELLINGTON HOUSE ACADEMY, HAMPSTEAD ROAD] 43 [14. 1 RAYMOND BUILDINGS, GRAY’S INN] 46 [15. CHARLES DICKENS IN 1830] 49 [16. YORK HOUSE, 15 BUCKINGHAM STREET, STRAND] 51 [17. 15 FURNIVAL’S INN, HOLBORN] 54 [18. 48 DOUGHTY STREET] 56 [19. JACK STRAW’S CASTLE, HAMPSTEAD, CIRCA 1835] 59 [20. 1 DEVONSHIRE TERRACE] 62 [21. 9 OSNABURGH TERRACE] 65 [22. TAVISTOCK HOUSE] 72 [23. 5 HYDE PARK PLACE] 75 [24. THE OFFICE OF “ALL THE YEAR ROUND,” WELLINGTON STREET, STRAND] 78 [25. THE OFFICE OF “HOUSEHOLD WORDS,” WELLINGTON STREET, STRAND] 81 [26. MILE END COTTAGE, ALPHINGTON] 88 [27. THE GEORGE INN, AMESBURY] 97 [28. AMESBURY CHURCH] 104 [29. THE COMMON HARD, PORTSMOUTH] 113 [30. THE GEORGE, GRETA BRIDGE] 120 [31. DOTHEBOYS HALL, BOWES] 129 [32. THE RED LION, BARNET] 136 [33. THE ALBION HOTEL, BROADSTAIRS] 145 [34. LAWN HOUSE, BROADSTAIRS] 147 [35. FORT HOUSE, BROADSTAIRS] 150 [36. 3 ALBION VILLAS, FOLKESTONE] 152 [ THE WOODEN LIGHTHOUSE, FOLKESTONE HARBOUR] ″ [37. THE AULA NOVO AND NORMAN STAIRCASE, PART OF THE KING’S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY] 155 [ HOUSE ON LADY WOOTTON’S GREEN, CANTERBURY] ″ [38. THE SUN INN, CANTERBURY] 158 [39. GAD’S HILL PLACE] 161 [40. THE LEATHER BOTTLE, COBHAM] 163 [41. THE HOUSE AT CHALK IN WHICH DICKENS SPENT HIS HONEYMOON] 166 [42. THE CORN EXCHANGE, ROCHESTER] 168 [43. THE GUILDHALL, ROCHESTER] 171 [44. ROCHESTER ABOUT 1810] 174 [45. EASTGATE HOUSE AND SAPSEA’S HOUSE, ROCHESTER] 203 [46. RESTORATION HOUSE, ROCHESTER] 206 [47. THE BULL HOTEL, ROCHESTER] 209 [48. CHARLES DICKENS IN 1868] 216
1 MILE END TERRACE, PORTSEA
(NOW 393 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PORTSMOUTH). ([Page 2].)
The birthplace of Charles Dickens.