The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete

by John Forster

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INDEX.

A'Beckett (Gilbert), at Miss Kelly's theatre, ii. [210];
death of, iii. [119].
Aberdeen, reading at, iii. [234].
Actors and acting, i. [174], [175], [260], ii. [96], [103], [126]-[128], [176], [399], [401];
at Miss Kelly's theatre, ii. [210];
French, iii. [127]-[134].
Adams (John Quincey), i. [214], [349].
Adelphi theatre, Carol dramatized at the, ii. [96].
Africa, memorials of dead children in, iii. [293].
Agassiz (M.), iii. [389] note.
Agreements, literary, ii. [87], [88], iii. [240].
Ainsworth (Harrison), i. [118], [163], [181].
Alamode beef-house (Johnson's), i. [54].
Albany (U. S.), reading at, iii. [436] (and see [441]).
Albaro, Villa Bagnerello at, ii. [113], [120];
the sirocco at, ii. [114];
Angus Fletcher's sketch of the villa, ii. [121];
English servants at, ii. [123];
tradespeople at, ii. [124], [125];
dinner at French consul's, ii. [130]-[132];
reception at the Marquis di Negri's, ii. [132].
Albert (Prince), i. [322] note;
at Boulogne, iii. [108].
Alison (Dr.), i. [258], [260].
Alison (Sheriff), ii. [391].
All the Year Round, titles suggested for, iii. [241]-[243];
first number of, iii. [244];
success of, iii. [244];
difference between Household Words and, iii. [245];
tales in, by eminent writers, iii. [245];
sale of Christmas numbers of, iii. [246];
Dickens's detached papers in, iii. [247]-[249], [528];
Charles Collins's papers in, iii. [257];
projected story for, iii. [310], [462];
new series of, iii. [462] note;
change of plan in, iii. [462] note;
Dickens's last paper in, iii. [528].
Allan (Sir William), i. [258], [260]; ii. [475].
Allonby (Cumberland), iii. [173];
landlady of inn at, iii. [173].
Allston (Washington), i. [331].
Amateur theatricals, i. [413]-[417]; ii. [481]; iii. [62]-[64].
Ambigu (Paris), Paradise Lost at the, iii. [130], [131]
America, visit to, contemplated by Dickens, i. [195];
wide-spread knowledge of Dickens's writings in, i. [215], [216], iii. [384]-[386];
eve of visit to, i. [284]-[291];
visit to, decided, i. [285];
proposed book about, i. [286];
arrangements for journey, [286];
rough passage to, i. [292]-[298];
first impressions of, i. [299]-[309];
hotels in, i. [304], iii. [390], [396], [412], [435];
inns in, i. [344], [366] note, [393], [395], [400], [401], iii. [432];
Dickens's popularity in, i. [307], iii. [388];
second impressions of, i. [310]-[334];
levees in, i. [312], [347], [365], [373], [386], [397];
outcry against Dickens in, i. [319];
slavery in, i. [327], [352]-[354], [395], ii. [103];
international copyright agitation in, i. [329], [351], [408], [409];
railway travelling in, i. [336], [368], iii. [398], [405], [435], [436];
trying climate of, i. [347];
"located" Englishmen in, i. [350];
Dickens's dislike of, i. [351];
canal-boat journeys in, i. [358]-[380];
Dickens's real compliment to, i. [361];
deference paid to ladies in, i. [374];
duelling in, i. [396];
Dickens's opinion of country and people of,
in 1842, i. [350], [351] (and see [401], [402]);
in 1868, ii. [38], iii. [413]-[416];
effect of Martin Chuzzlewit in, ii. [76], [77];
desire in, to hear Dickens read, iii. [319];
Mr. Dolby sent to, iii, [320];
result of Dolby's visit, iii. [322], [323] note;
revisited by Dickens, iii. [387]-[443];
old and new friends in, iii. [389];
profits of readings in, iii. [392];
Fenianism in, iii. [397];
newspapers in, iii. [400];
planning the readings in, iii. [401];
nothing lasts long in, iii. [401], [429];
work of Dickens's staff in, iii. [410];
the result of 34 readings in, iii. [415];
Dickens's way of life in, iii. [416], [434], [437] note;
value of a vote in, iii. [420];
objection to coloured people in, iii. [420];
female beauty in, iii. [432];
total expenses of reading tour, and profits from readings, iii. [446] (and see [441], [442]);
Dickens's departure from, iii. [443];
effect of Dickens's death in, iii. [384].
Americanisms, i. [303], [327], [370], [387], [410], [414], [415].
American Notes, choicest passages of, i. [362], [363];
less satisfactory than Dickens's letters, i. [358], [359];
in preparation, ii. [23], [24];
proposed dedication of, ii. [27];
rejected motto for, ii. [30];
suppressed introductory chapter to, ii. [34]-[37];
Jeffrey's opinion of, ii. [38];
large sale of, [37], [38].
Americans, friendly, ii. [177];
deaths of famous, since 1842, iii. [389] note;
homage to Dickens by, iii. [465] note;
French contrasted with, ii. [322].
Andersen (Hans), iii. [167].
Anniversary, a birthday, i. [113], [150], iii. [308], [508];
a fatal, iii. [304], [376], [384].
Arnold (Dr.), Dickens's reverence for, ii. [150].
Arras (France), a religious Richardson's show at, iii. [273].
Art, conventionalities of, ii. [169];
limitations of, in England, iii. [331];
inferiority of English to French, iii. [146], [147].
Artists' Benevolent Fund dinner, iii. [236].
Ashburton (Lord), i. [329], [387].
Ashley (Lord) and ragged schools, i. [283];
ii. [58], [493], [494].
Astley's, a visit from, iii. [164], [165];
Mazeppa at, iii. [302] note.
As You Like It, French version of, iii. [132].
Atlantic, card-playing on the, i. [295], [296].
Auber and Queen Victoria, iii. [135].
Austin (Henry), i. [182];
iii. [244];
secretary to the Sanitary Commission, ii. [385];
death of, iii. [261], [262].
Australia, idea of settling in, entertained by Dickens, iii. [185];
scheme for readings in, iii. [270] note (idea abandoned, iii. [272]).
Austrian police, the, iii. [94], [95]
Authors, American, i. [319].
Authorship, disquietudes of, ii. [288], [288].
Babbage (Charles)ii. [108].
Bagot (Sir Charles), i. [412].
Balloon Club at Twickenham, i. [182] note.
Baltimore (U. S.), women of, iii. [418];
readings at, iii. [418], [419], [427] (and see [441]);
white and coloured prisoners in Penitentiary at, iii. [419].
Bancroft (George), i. [305], ii. [467].
Banquets, Emile de Girardin's superb, iii. [139]-[141].
Bantams, reduced, iii. [251].
Barham (Rev. Mr.), ii. [175], [175].
Barnaby Rudge, agreement to write, i. [135] (and see [147], [148], [161]-[163], [177], [225]);
Dickens at work on, i. [186], [232]-[234], [239]-[244];
agreement for, transferred to Chapman and Hall, i. [223]-[226];
the raven in, i. [233]-[240];
constraints of weekly publication, i. [243];
close of, i. [244];
the story characterised, i. [244]-[248].
Bartlett (Dr.) on slavery in America, i. [389].
Bath, a fancy about, iii. [451], [452]
Bathing, sea, Dickens's love of, ii. [28], [56], [138].
Battle of Life title suggested for the, ii. [251] (and see [295]);
contemplated abandonment of, ii. [289];
writing of, resumed, ii. [293];
finished, ii. [295];
points in the story, [296];
Jeffrey's opinion of the, ii. [303], [304];
sketch of the story, ii. [304], [305];
Dickens's own comments on, ii. [306];
date of the story, [306];
reply to criticism on, ii. [308];
doubts as to third part of, ii. [309];
dedication of, ii. [309];
illustrated by Stanfield and Leech, [310];
grave mistake made by Leech, ii. [311];
dramatized, ii. [323].
Bayham-street, Camden town, Dickens's early life in, i. [30]-[42].
Beale (Mr.), a proposal from, iii. [196].
Beard (Mr. Carr), ii. [476];
on Dickens's lameness, iii. [455];
readings stopped by, iii. [456];
in constant attendance on Dickens at his last readings, iii. [531] (and see [541]).
Beard (Thos.), i. [92], [101], [102], iii. [256].
Beaucourt (M.), described by Dickens, iii. [99]-[102];
his "Property," iii. [100];
among the Putney market-gardeners, iii. [102];
goodness of, iii. [120] note.
Bedrooms, American, i. [304], [313].
Beecher (Ward), iii. [410];
readings in his church at Brooklyn, iii. [417].
Beer, a dog's fancy for, iii. [217] note.
Beggars, Italian, ii. [183], [183].
Begging-letter writers, i. [228], ii. [106], [107];
in Paris, ii. [327].
Belfast, reading at, iii. [229].
Benedict (Jules), illness of, ii. [466].
Bentley (Mr.), Dickens's early relations with, i. [134], [135], [141], [147], [148], [161], [163], [224], iii. [240];
friendly feeling of Dickens to, in after life, ii [481], iii. [241].
Bentley's Miscellany, Dickens editor of, i. [121];
proposal to write Barnaby Rudge in, i. [148];
editorship of, transferred to Mr. Ainsworth, i. [163], [164].
Berwick, Mary (Adelaide Procter), iii. [495]
Berwick-on-Tweed, reading at, iii. [266].
Betting-men at Doncaster, iii. [174]-[176].
Beverley (William), at Wellington-house academy, i. [84].
Birds and low company, iii. [251], [252]
Birmingham, Dickens's promise to read at, iii. [56];
promise fulfilled (first public readings), iii. [59];
another reading at, iii. [311];
Dickens's speeches at Institute at, ii. [94], [95], iii. [527].
Birthday associations, i. [113], [150], iii. [308], [508]
Black (Adam), i. [259].
Black (Charles), ii. [476].
Black (John), i. [100], ii. [104];
early appreciation by, of Dickens, i. [106];
dinner to, ii. [53].
Blacking-warehouse (at Hungerford Stairs), Dickens employed at, i. [50];
described, i. [51] (and see iii. [512] note);
associates of Dickens at, i. [52];
removed to Chandos-street, Covent-garden, i. [67];
Dickens leaves, i. [68];
what became of the business, i. [70].
Blackmore (Edward), Dickens employed as clerk by, i. [87];
his recollections of Dickens, i. [87].
Blackpool, Dickens at, iii. [455].
Blackwood's Magazine and Little Dorrit, iii. [163].
Blair (General), iii. [424].
Blanchard (Laman). ii. [162], [175] (and see [187]);
a Literary Fund dinner described by, i. [322] note.
Bleak House begun, ii. [441];
originals of Boythorn and Skimpole in, iii. [25]-[28];
inferior to Copperfield, iii. [32];
handling of character in, iii. [40]-[50];
defects of, iii. [44];
Dean Ramsay on, iii. [47];
originals of Chancery abuses in, iii. [50];
proposed titles for, iii. [52] note;
completion of, iii. [51];
sale of, iii. [53].
Blessington (Lady), lines written for, ii. [52] note (and see [93]).
Blind Institution at Lausanne, inmates of, ii. [235], [240], iii. [78].
Bonchurch, Dickens at, ii. [425]-[436];
effect of climate of, ii. [431]-[433];
entertainment at, iii. [111], [112] note.
Books, written and unwritten, hints for, iii. [275]-[297];
suggested titles in Memoranda for new, iii. [293], [294];
a complete list of Dickens's, iii. [547]-[560].
Booksellers, invitation to, ii. [100] note.
Boots, absurdity of, i. [314].
Boots, a gentlemanly, at Calais, i. [136];
a patriotic Irish, iii. [227].
Boots at the Holly-tree Inn, iii. [154];
reading of, at Boston (U. S.), iii. [410].
Bores, American, i. [375], [376], [383], [384], [385].
Boston (U. S.), first visit to, i. [300]-[309];
enthusiastic reception at, i. [301];
dinner at, i. [312];
changes in, since 1842, iii. [390];
first reading in, iii. [391];
a remembrance of Christmas at, iii. [399];
walking-match at, iii. [427];
audiences at, iii. [429];
last readings at, iii. [440].
Bottle (Cruikshank's), Dickens's opinion of, ii. [384], [384].
Boulogne, an imaginary dialogue at, ii. [328], [329];
Dickens at, iii. [55], [56], [59], [96]-[120];
the Pier at, iii. [115];
Dickens's liking for, iii. [56];
M. Beaucourt's "Property" at, iii. [97]-[106], [115]-[120];
sketch of M. Beaucourt, iii. [99]-[103];
prices of provisions at, iii. [102] note;
Shakespearian performance at, iii. [103];
pig-market at, iii. [104];
Thackeray at, iii. [105] note;
camp at, iii. [106], [107], [116];
Prince Albert at, iii. [107], [108];
illuminations at, iii. [109];
epidemic at, iii. [119].
Boulogne Jest Book, iii. [65] note.
Bouquets, serviceable, iii. [137].
Bourse, victims of the, iii. [142].
Boxall (William), ii. [475], iii. [126].
Boxing-match, a, ii. [224].
Boyle (Mary), ii. [481], iii. [524].
Boys, a list of Christian names of, iii. [294], [295]
Boz, origin of the word, i. [104];
facsimile of autograph signature, i. [276].
Bradbury & Evans (Messrs.), ii. [66], [67], [68], [105], [250];

a suggestion by, ii. [71];
Dickens's agreements with, ii. [88] (and see [289]), iii. [56].
Bradford, Dickens asked to read at, iii. [61] note.
Brighton, Dickens's first visit to, i. [138];
other visits, ii. [421], [422], [455];
theatre at, i. [138];
reading at, iii. [263].
Bride of Lammermoor (Scott's), composition of the, iii. [339], [340]
British Museum reading-room, frequented by Dickens, i. [90].
Broadstairs, Dickens at, i. [136], [137], [176], [204], [277]-[283], ii. [55], [214] note, [387]-[389], [405]-[421], [422]-[424], [436]-[441];
Nickleby completed at, i. [176];
Dickens's house at, i. [205];
writing American Notes at, ii. [23];
pony-chaise accident, ii. [418], [419];
smuggling at, ii. [439].
Brobity's (Mr.) snuff-box, iii. [297].
Brooklyn (New York), scene at, iii. [411];
readings in Mr. Ward Beecher's chapel, iii. [417].
Brougham (Lord), in Paris, ii. [316], [317];
the "Punch people" and, ii. [469].
Browne (H. K.) chosen to illustrate Pickwick, i. [115];
accompanies Dickens and his wife to Flanders, i. [135];
failure of, in a Dombey illustration, ii. [354], [355] (but see [348], [349]);
sketch by, for Micawber, ii. [435];
his sketch of Skimpole, iii. [53].
Browning's (R. B.) Blot on the 'Scutcheon, Dickens's opinion of, ii. [46].
Bruce (Knight), ii. [97].
Brunel (Isambard), ii. [469].
Buckingham Palace, Dickens at, iii. [508].
Buffalo (U. S.), reading at, iii. [432].
Buller (Charles), ii. [53].
Burdett (Sir Francis), advocacy of the poor, i. [250].
Burns festival, Prof. Wilson's speech at the, ii. [136].
Buss (Mr.), Pickwick illustrations by, i. [115].
Byron's (Lord) Ada, ii. [469].
Ça Ira, the revolutionary tune of, iii. [129].
Cambridge, reading at, iii. [317].
Cambridge (U. S.) and Boston contrasted, iii. [390];
the Webster murder at, iii. [402], [403].
Camden-town, Dickens with Mrs. Roylance at, i. [55].
Campbell (Lord), i. [322] note;
on the writings of Dickens, iii. [72] and note;
death of, iii. [247] note.
Canada, emigrants in, ii. [28], [28].
Canal-boat journeys in America, i. [358]-[380];
a day's routine on, i. [366], [367];
disagreeables of, i. [367];
a pretty scene on board, i. [390]-[392].
Cannibalism, an approach to, ii. [326].
Cannon-row, Westminster, incident at public-house in, i. [63].
Canterbury, reading at, iii. [264].
Car-driver, an Irish, iii. [225], [226] note.
Carlyle (Lord), ii. [469].
Carlisle (Bishop of) and Colenso, iii. [248] note.
Carlyle (Thomas), ii. [110], [135], [160], [162], [174];
a strange profane story, i. [130];
on international copyright, i. [332]-[334];
Dickens's admiration of, i. [334] (and see ii. [470]);
a correction for, ii. [440];
on Dickens's acting, iii. [72];
grand teaching of, iii. [204];
inaugural address of, at Edinburgh University, iii. [308];
hint by, to common men, iii. [326];
on humour, iii. [342];
a hero to Dickens, iii. [520];
on Dickens's death, iii. [514], [515] (and see ii. [110]).
Carlyle (Mrs.), on the expression in Dickens's face, i. [119];
death of, iii. [308];
Dickens's last meeting, iii. [309].
Carriage, an unaccommodating, ii. [232];
a wonderful, ii. [270].
Carrick Fell (Cumberland), ascent of, iii. [170], [171];
accident on, iii. [171].
Castle Spectre, a judicious "tag" to the, ii. [471].
Catholicism, Roman, the true objection to, ii. [299].
Cattermole (George), i. [181], [197], ii. [113] note;
imitation of a cabstand waterman by, ii. [423] note.
Caudle Lectures, a suggestion for the, ii. [136] note.
Cerjat (Mr.), ii. [232] (and see iii. [567]), [252].
Chalk (Kent), Dickens's honeymoon spent at, i. [108];
revisited, i. [119].
Chambers, contemplated chapters on, i. [194].
Chamounix, Dickens's trip to, ii. [253]-[256];
revisited, iii. [76], [77];
narrow escape of Egg at, iii. [77].
Chancery, Dickens's experience of a suit in, ii. [97]-[99];
originals of the abuses exposed in Bleak House, iii. [49], [50].
Channing (Dr.) on Dickens, i. [302], [308], [309].
Chapman and Hall, overtures to Dickens by, i. [109];
advise purchase of the Sketches copyright from Mr. Macrone, i. [124];
early relations of Dickens with, i. [144], [145];
share of copyright in Pickwick conceded by, i. [145];
payments by, for Pickwick and Nicholas Nickleby, i. [145];
outline of Master Humphrey's Clock submitted to, i. [192]-[197];
purchase of Barnaby Rudge by, i. [225];
Dickens's earliest and latest publishers, iii. [240].
Chapman (Mr. Thomas), not the original of Mr. Dombey, ii. [107] (and see [108]).
Chappell (Messrs.), agreements with, iii. [306], [309], [310];
arrangement with, for course of final readings, iii. [437] note (and see [445]);
amount received from, on account of readings, iii. [446];
Dickens's tribute to, iii. [531] note (and see [315]).
Charles Dickens as a Reader (Charles Kent's), iii. [236] note.
Chatham, Dickens's early impressions of, i. [23], [34];
day-school in Rome-lane, i. [27] note;
Mr. Giles's school at, i. [32], [33].
Cheeryble (Brothers) in Nickleby, originals of, i. [181].
Chester, readings at, iii. [268], [313]
Chesterton (Mr.), i. [280], ii. [23].
Chicago (U. S.), monomania respecting, iii. [418].
Chigwell, inn at, i. [239].
Children, powers of observation in, i. [23], [27];
mortality of young, in London, iii. [192] note, [293];
old, iii. [292].
Children-farming, Dickens on, iii. [287], [288] note.
Child's History, the, finished, iii. [59].
Child's night-lights, wonders of, iii. [172].
Chillon, Castle of, ii. [229], [257], [258].
Chimes, a title found for the, ii. [143];
design for, ii. [144];
Dickens hard at work on, ii. [150];
first outline of the, ii. [152]-[155];
effect of, on Dickens's health, ii. [156], [157];
objections to, ii. [160];
finished, ii. [161];
private readings of, at Lincoln's-inn fields, ii. [162], [174], [175];
Jeffrey's opinion of the, ii. [179].
Chimneys, the smoky, i. [221].
Chinese Junk, ii. [405]-[408].
Chorley (Henry), iii. [256].
Christmas, Dickens's identity with, ii. [90].
Christmas-eve and day, Dickens's accustomed walk on, iii. [517].
Christmas Carol, origin of, ii. [60];
preparation of, ii. [71], [72];
sale and accounts of, ii. [85]-[87];
Jeffrey and Thackeray on, ii. [89];
message of the, ii. [89];
the story characterized, ii. [91];
dramatized at the Adelphi, ii. [96];
reading of, for the Hospital for Sick Children, iii. [200];
reading of, in Boston (U. S.), iii. [429], [430];
Thackeray's copy of, purchased by her Majesty, iii. [506] note.
Christmas Sketches, Dickens's, iii. [370], [371]
Christmas sports, ii. [47] note.
Cicala, the, ii. [118].
Cincinnati (U. S.), i. [378];
described, i. [379], [380];
temperance festival at, i. [383];
bores at, i. [385].
Circumlocution Office, the, iii. [159].
Clay (Henry), i. [348], [349];
on international copyright, i. [323].
Clennam (Mrs.), in Little Dorrit, original of, iii. [277].
Cleveland (U. S.), rude reception of mayor of, i. [403].
Coachman, a Paris, ii. [332] note.
Cobham-park, i. [224], [288];
Dickens's last walk in, iii. [540].
Cockburn (Sir Alexander), iii. [126].
Coffee-shops frequented by Dickens, i. [56].
Cogswell (Mr.), ii. [476], [476].
Coincidence, marvels of, iii. [174], [175], [524].
Col de Balme Pass, ii. [253].
Colden (David), i. [315], [316], ii. [192] note, [476].
Colenso (Bishop) and the Bishop of Carlisle, iii. [248] note.
Coleridge (Sara) on Little Nell, iii. [345] note;
on Chuzzlewit, iii. [345] note.
Collier (Payne) and Dickens in Hungerford Market, iii. [512] note.
Collins (Charles Alston), marriage of, to Kate Dickens, iii. [255];
books by, iii. [257];
on Dickens's accompaniments of work, iii. [211] note;
cover designed by, for Edwin Drood, iii. [466];
death of, iii. [258].
Collins (Wilkie), Dickens's regard for, ii. [402];
holiday trip of, with Dickens and Egg, iii. [76]-[95];
at Boulogne, iii. [106];
in Paris, iii. [126];
in Cumberland, iii. [170]-[173];
accident to, on Carrick Fell, iii. [171];
tales by, in All the Year Round, iii. [245];
at his brother's wedding, iii. [256].
Colquhoun (Mr.), i. [258].
Columbus (U. S.), levee at, i. [398].
Commercial Travellers' schools, admired by Dickens, iii. [247].
Commons, House of, Dickens's opinion of, i. [103], iii. [499].
Conjuror, a French, iii. [110]-[115].
Consumption, hops a supposed cure for, iii. [208].
Conversion, a wonderful, ii. [180] note.
Cooke, Mr. (of Astley's), iii. [164], [165]
Cooling Castle, ruins of, iii. [206], [220]
Cooling churchyard, Dickens's partiality for, iii. [221].
Copyright, international, Dickens's views on, i. [311], [318], [322], [332], [349], [360], ii. [50];
Henry Clay on, i. [323];
petition to American Congress on, i. [328], [351];
Carlyle on, i. [332]-[334];
two obstacles to, i. [408], [409] (and see ii. [26]);
result of agitation, i. [322].
Corduroy-road, a, i. [398], [399].
Cornwall (Barry), ii. [187], iii. [27] (and see [495], [530]).
Cornwall, Dickens's trip to, ii. [40]-[43].
Costello (Dudley), fancy sketch of, ii. [383].
Coutts, Miss (Baroness Burdett-Coutts), great regard for, ii. [58];
true friendship of, ii. [323];
generosity of, ii. [109] note, [488], iii. [300] (and see ii. [179]).
Covent-garden theatre, Macready at, i. [140], [185];
farce written by Dickens for, i. [183];
dinner at the close of Mr. Macready's management, i. [185];
the editor of the Satirist hissed from stage of, ii. [50];
Dickens applies for an engagement at, ii. [206].
Coventry, gold repeater presented to Dickens by watchmakers of, iii. [237] (and see [562]).
Crawford (Sir George), ii. [172].
Cricket on the Hearth, origin of the, ii. [201]-[204];
Dickens busy on, ii. [215];
reading of, in Ary Scheffer's studio, iii. [148].
Crimean war, unpopular in France, iii. [110], [127], [143].
Cruikshank (George), illustrations by, to Sketches, i. [113];
claim by, to the origination of Oliver Twist, i. [154]-[156], ii. [347], [348], [350], [351] note (and see autograph letter of Dickens, ii. [349], [350], and p. [vii.] of vol. ii.);
fancy sketch of, ii. [379], [381];
Dickens's opinion of his Bottle and Drunkard's Children, ii. [384], [410], [411].
Cruize on Wheels (Charles Collins's), iii, [257].
Cumberland, Dickens's trip in, iii. [170]-[173].
Cunningham, Peter, character and life, iii. [73], [74]
Curry (Mr.), ii. [125], [158], [172].
Custom-house-officers (continental), ii. [172], [173], [315].
Daily News projected, ii. [203];
misgiving as to, ii. [215]-[217];
first number of, ii. [218];
Dickens's short editorship, ii. [215]-[219];
succeeded by author of this book, ii. [220], [302], [303].
Dana (R. H.), i. [304].
Danson (Dr. Henry), recollections by, of Dickens at school, i. [81]-[85];
letter from Dickens to, i. [85] note.
Dansons (the), at work, iii. [166].
David Copperfield, identity of Dickens with hero of, i. [50]-[69]; iii. [33]-[36];
characters and incidents in, iii. [21]-[40];
original of Dora in, i. [93];
name found for, ii. [422];
dinners in celebration of, ii. [438], [439], [470];
sale of, ii. [447];
titles proposed for, ii. [463]-[465];
progress of, ii. [483]-[487];
Lord Lytton on, iii. [21];
popularity of, iii. [22];
original of Miss Moucher in, iii. [23];
original of Mr. Micawber in, iii. [30]-[32];
Bleak House inferior to, iii. [32];
a proposed opening of, iii. [155];
fac-simile of plan prepared for first number of, iii. [157].
De Foe (Daniel), Dickens's opinion of, iii. [135] note;
his History of the Devil, i. [139].
Delane (John), ii. [469].
Denman (Lord), ii. [108].
Devonshire (Duke of) and the Guild of Literature and Art, ii. [397].
Devonshire-terrace, Dickens removes from Doughty-street into, i. [186];
Maclise's sketch of Dickens's house in, iii. [41].
Dick, a favourite canary, iii. [117].
Dickens (John), family of, i. [22];
small but good library of, i. [29];
money embarrassments of, i. [36], [42];
character of, described by his son, i. [37];
arrested for debt, i. [43];
legacy to, i. [64];
leaves the Marshalsea, i. [66];
on the education of his son, i. [89];
becomes a reporter, i. [90];
Devonshire home of, described, i. [186]-[189];
death of, ii. [489];
his grave at Highgate, ii. [490];
sayings of, iii. [31], [32];
respect entertained by his son for, iii. [31].
Dickens (Fanny), ii. [206], [456], [459];
elected a pupil to the Royal Academy of Music, i. [39];
obtains a prize thereat, i. [66];
illness of, ii. [319], [320];
death of, ii. [460];
her funeral, i. [67].
Dickens (Alfred), i. [223], [288]; death of, iii. [258].
Dickens, Augustus, (died in America), ii. [385].
Dickens (Frederick), i. [182], [261], [288] (and see ii. [476]);
narrow escape from drowning in the bay at Genoa, ii. [137];
death of, iii. [450].
DICKENS, CHARLES, birth of, at Portsea, i. [21].
reminiscences of childhood at Chatham, i. [23]-[36].
relation of David Copperfield to, i. [28], [48], [92]; iii. [33]-[35].
his wish that his biography should be written by the author of this book, i. [40] note.
first efforts at description, i. [42].
account by himself of his boyhood, i. [50]-[69] (and see ii. [205]-[207]; iii. [247]).

illnesses of, i. [60], [130], [244], [288]; ii. [216], [297], [312] note; iii. [304], [305], [306], [311], [312], [313], [315], [321], [355], [375], [404], [410], [412], [416], [426], [427], [437], [441], [450].
clerk in an attorney's office, i. [87].
hopeless love of, i. [92], [93].
employed as a parliamentary reporter, i. [96] (and see iii. [512] note).
his first attempts in literature, i. [97].
his marriage, i. [108].
writes for the stage, i. [116] (and see [140], [183]).
predominant impression of his life, i. [120], [405]; ii. [147]-[150]; iii. [524], [525].
personal habits of, i. [132], [133], [224], [368], [376], [377], [400]; ii. [216], [225], [324]; iii. [215]-[218], [513].
relations of, with his illustrators, i. [154]-[156]; ii. [347], [348].
portraits of, i. [178] note; iii. [148]-[150], [238].
curious epithets given by, to his children, i. [182] note; ii. [248] note, [266] note, [314], [315], [324] note; iii. [100] (and see i. [261], [306], [331], [356], [418]).
his ravens, i. [233]-[239]; ii. [215].
adventures in the Highlands, i. [263]-[276].
first visit to the United States, i. [284].
domestic griefs of, i. [289].
an old malady of, i. [288]; iii. [314], [534].
an admirable stage manager, i. [414]-[417]; ii. [210], [212]-[214], [370], [371], [393] note, [400], [401].
his dogs, ii. [24], [25], [134] note; iii. [144] note, [217]-[220], [222].
his Will, ii. [59], [60] (and see iii. [561]).
his accompaniments of work, ii. [48], [121], [240]; iii. [211], [212] note.
religious views of, ii. [59], [60], [147]-[150]; iii. [484]-[486].
turning-point of his career, ii. [72].
writing in the Chronicle, ii. [105].
fancy sketch of his biographer, ii. [383].
sea-side holidays of, ii. [403]-[441]; iii. [96]-[120].
Italian travels, ii. [111]-[200]; iii. [78]-[95].
craving for crowded streets, ii. [144], [151], [277], [281], [313].
political opinions of, ii. [146]; iii. [498]-[503] (and see [528]).
wish to become an actor, ii. [205].
his long walks, ii. [158], [230] note, [312] note; iii. [249], [515]-[517].
first desire to become a public reader, ii. [174], [284]; iii. [60], [61].
edits the Daily News, ii. [218].
his home in Switzerland, ii. [225], [226].
residence in Paris, ii. [316]-[336], iii. [121]-[153].
underwriting numbers, ii. [335] note, [362]; iii. [377], [466].
overwriting numbers, ii. [342], [343], [356].
first public readings, iii. [60].
revisits Switzerland and Italy, iii. [76]-[95].
his birds, iii. [117], [118].
home disappointments, iii. [177]-[201] (and see [512]).
separation from his wife, iii. [200].
purchases Gadshill-place, iii. [205].
first paid Readings, iii. [223]-[238].
second series of Readings, iii. [255]-[274].
third series of Readings, iii. [298]-[324].
revisits America, iii. [387]-[443].
memoranda for stories first jotted down by, iii. [180] (and see [275]-[297]).
his "violated letter," iii. [201], [231].
favourite walks of, iii. [209], [220]-[222].
his mother's death, iii. [300].
his first attack of lameness, iii. [304] (and see [312], [321], [376], [437], [442] note, [453], [455], [456], [509], [514], [530], [537]).
general review of his literary labours, iii. [325]-[386], [380]-[386].
effect of his death in America, iii. [384].
last readings of, iii. [444]-[460].
noticeable changes in, iii. [447], [455], [534].
comparison of his early and his late MSS., iii. [466], [468], [469].
personal characteristics of, iii. [478]-[526].
his interview with the Queen, iii. [507], [508].
strain and excitement at the final readings at St. James's Hall, iii. [532].
last days at Gadshill, iii. [539], [543].
a tribute of gratitude to, for his books, iii. [538], [539].
general mourning for, iii. [542].
burial in Westminster Abbey, iii. [544].
unbidden mourners at grave, iii. [544].
Dickens (Mrs.), i. [108], [135], [252], [264], [273], [287], [290], [294], [299], [304], [313], [318], [336], [344], [348], [349], [373], [375], [387], [397], [403], [404], [411], [413]-[415], ii. [140], [149], [163], [165], iii. [113];
reluctance to leave England, i. [287];
an admirable traveller, i. [397];
Maclise's portrait of, ii. [44];
the separation, iii. [200] (and see [562], [564].)
Dickens (Charles, jun.), i. [257], [331], ii. [179];
birth of, i. [119];
illness of, ii. [335];
education of, ii. [323], iii. [57] note;
marriage of, iii. [262].
Dickens (Mary), birth of, i. [149] (and see ii. [471], iii. [561]).
Dickens (Kate), birth of, i. [186] (and see ii. [470]);
illness of, ii. [122];
marriage of, iii. [255].
Dickens (Walter Landor), death of, i. [250] (and see iii. [300], [301]).
Dickens (Francis Jeffrey), birth of, ii. [61].
Dickens (Alfred Tennyson), ii. [215].
Dickens (Lieut. Sydney), death of, at sea, ii. [369] note.
Dickens (Henry Fielding), birth of, ii. [462];
acting of, iii. [63];
scholarship at Cambridge won by, iii. [529] (and see iii. [562]).
Dickens (Edward Bulwer Lytton), birth of, iii. [54].
Dickens (Dora Annie), birth of, ii. [487];
death of, ii. [492];
her grave at Highgate, ii. [493], iii. [52].
Dickens in Camp (Bret Harte's), i. [215], [216].
Dilke (Charles Wentworth), i. [47], [48];
death of, iii. [303] note.
Dilke (Sir Charles), ii. [437].
Disraeli (Mr.), iii. [537].
Doctors, Dickens's distrust of, ii. [433].
Doctors' Commons, Dickens reporting in, i. [92] (and see ii. [219], iii. [39]).
Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions, large sale of, ii. [87] note;
Dickens's faith in, iii. [307];
how written, iii. [379];
success of the reading of, at New York, iii. [409], [410].
Dogs, Dickens's, ii. [24], [25], [134] note, iii. [144] note, [217]-[220], [222];
effect of his sudden lameness upon, iii. [518].
Dolby (Miss), ii. [475].
Dolby, Mr. (Dickens's manager) sent to America, iii. [320];
troubles of, iii. [394], [400], [408], [411], [412];
the most unpopular man in America, iii. [394];
care and kindness of, iii. [441];
commission received by, iii. [446].
Dombey and Son, original of Mrs. Pipchin in, i. [55], ii. [355];
begun at Rosemont, ii. [241];
Dickens at work on, ii. [249], [250], [266], [297], [314];
general idea for, ii. [250];
hints to artist, ii. [250];
a reading of first number of, ii. [283];
large sale of, ii. [296], [353] (and see [447]);
a number under written, ii. [335] note;
charwoman's opinion of, ii. [335], [336];
plan of, ii. [337]-[341];
progress of, ii. [341]-[367];
artist-fancies for Mr. Dombey, ii. [345], [346];
passage of original MS. omitted, ii. [343], [344] note;
a reading of second number of, ii. [353] (and see [257], [281]);
Jeffrey on, ii. [358], [359] and note, [358];
characters in, and supposed originals of, ii. [362]-[367] (and see [107]);
profits of, ii. [384];
translated into Russian, ii. [448].
Doncaster, the race-week at, iii. [174]-[176];
a "groaning phantom" at, iii. [174].
Dora, a real, i. [92], [93];
changed to Flora in Little Dorrit, i. [94].
D'Orsay (Count) and Roche the courier, ii. [204] note;
death of, iii. [55].
Doughty-street, Dickens removes to, i. [119];
incident of, iii. [252].
Dover, Dickens at, iii. [54], [55];
reading at, iii. [264];
storm at, iii. [264].
Dowling (Vincent), i. [101].
Dramatic College, Royal, Dickens's interest in the, iii. [236].
Dream, a vision in a, ii. [148]-[150] (and see iii. [522]-[524]);
President Lincoln's, iii. [423].
Drunkard's Children (Cruikshank's), Dickens's opinion of, ii. [410], [410].
Drury-lane theatre, opening of, ii. [30].
Dublin, Dickens's first impressions of, iii. [225];
humorous colloquies at Morrison's hotel in, iii. [227], [228];
reading in, iii. [317] (and see [226] note, [228]).
Duelling in America, i. [396].
Dumas (Alexandre), tragedy of Kean by, ii. [127] (and see iii. [491] note);
his Christine, ii. [176];
a supper with, ii. [331].
Dundee, reading at, iii. [233].
Du Plessis (Marie), death of, ii. [333].
Dyce (Alexander), ii. [473].
Eden in Martin Chuzzlewit, original of, i. [363], [369];
a worse swamp than, ii. [77].
Edinburgh, public dinner in, to Dickens, i. [249]-[262];
presentation of freedom of, i. [257] (and see iii. [197]);
wassail-bowl presented after Carol reading, iii. [197];
readings at, iii. [233], [267], [451], and [450] note;
Scott monument at, ii. [392].
Editorial troubles and pleasures, iii. [493].
Editors, American, incursion of, i. [300].
Education, two kinds of, i. [89];
Dickens's speeches on, ii. [95].
Edwin Drood, clause inserted in agreement for, iii. [461] note;
sale of, iii. [461] note;
amount paid for, iii. [461] note;
first fancy for, iii. [462];
the story as planned in Dickens's mind, iii. [463], [464];
Longfellow on, iii. [464];
merits of, iii. [464], [465];
facsimile of portion of final page of, iii. [466] (and see [468]);
an unpublished scene for, iii. [467]-[476];
original of the opium-eater in, iii. [528];
a reading of a number of, iii. [530].
Egg (Augustus), fancy sketch of, ii. [383];
holiday trip of, with Dickens and Wilkie Collins, iii. [76]-[95];
narrow escape at Chamounix, iii. [77].
Electric message, uses for an, iii. [282].
Eliot (George), Dickens's opinion of her first book, ii. [47].
Elliotson (Dr.), i. [270], ii. [109], [109].
Elton (Mr.), Dickens's exertions for family of, ii. [55].
Elwin (Rev. Whitwell), allusion to, ii. [462].
Emerson (Ralph Waldo), ii. [476].
Emigrants in Canada, ii. [28], [28].
Emigration schemes, Dickens's belief in, ii. [262].
Emmanuel (Victor), visit of, to Paris, iii. [127].
Englishmen abroad, ii. [223], [252], [266]-[271].
Engravings, Dickens on, ii. [167], [168] note.
Evening Chronicle, sketches contributed by Dickens to, i. [105].
Evenings of a Working-man (John Overs'), ii. [109].
Every Man in his Humour, private performances of, at Miss Kelly's theatre, ii. [209], [211] (and see iii. [537]).
Examiner, articles by Dickens in the, i. [185].
Executions, public, letter against, ii. [479].
Exeter, reading at, iii. [224].
Eye-openers, iii. [409].
Facsimiles:
of letter written in boyhood by Dickens, i. [79];
of the autograph signature "Boz," i. [276];
of New York invitations to Dickens, i. [308]-[309];
of letter to George Cruikshank, ii. [349], [350];
of plan prepared for first numbers of Copperfield and Little Dorrit, iii. [157], [158];
of portion of last page of Edwin Drood, iii. [468] (and see [488]);
of Oliver Twist, iii. [469].
Fairbairn (Thomas), letter of Dickens to, on posthumous honours, iii. [487].
Fatal Zero (Percy Fitzgerald's), iii. [495].
Faucit (Helen), ii. [475].
Fechter (Mr.), châlet presented by, to Dickens, iii. [211], [212];
Dickens's friendly relations with, iii. [302].
Feline foes, iii. [117], [118]
Felton (Cornelius C.), i. [304], [315], [320], ii. [192] note;
death of, iii. [269] note.
Fenianism in Ireland, iii. [316], [317] note;
in America, iii. [397] (and see [508]).
Fermoy (Lord), iii. [522].
Fêtes at Lausanne, ii. [246], [246].
Fiction, realities of, iii. [346]-[363].
Field (Kate), Pen Photographs by, iii. [236] note.
Fielding (Henry), real people in novels of, iii. [22];
episodes introduced by, in his novels, iii. [161];
Dr. Johnson's opinion of, iii. [346];
M. Taine's opinion of, iii. [348].
Fields (James T.), Yesterdays with Authors by, ii. [42] note;
on Dickens's health in America, iii. [404], [405];
at Gadshill, iii. [527], [528].
Fiesole, Landor's villa at, ii. [189] note.
Fildes (S. L.), chosen to illustrate Edwin Drood, iii. [467].
Finality, a type of, ii. [408].
Finchley, cottage at, rented by Dickens, ii. [51].
Fine Old English Gentleman, political squib by Dickens, i. [278], [279].
Fireflies in Italy, ii. [196], and note.
Fires in America, frequency of, iii. [399], [400]
Fitzgerald (Percy), iii. [218];
a contributor in All the Year Round, iii. [245];
personal liking of Dickens for, iii. [495].
"Fix," a useful word in America, i. [370].
Flanders, Dickens's trip to, i.

[135].
Fletcher, (Angus), i. [254], [263], [274];
stay of, with Dickens at Broadstairs, i. [228];
anecdotes of, i. [262], [263], [264] note, [269] (and see ii. [113], [120], [144], [182], [193], [194] note);
pencil sketch by, of the Villa Bagnerello at Albaro, ii. [121];
death of, ii. [194] note.
Flies, plague of, at Lausanne, ii. [244], [245] note.
Fonblanque (Albany), i. [113], ii. [53], [162];
wit of, ii. [175], [467], iii. [349].
Footman, a meek, ii. [194].
Fortescue (Miss), ii. [96].
Fortnightly Review, Mr. Lewes's critical essay on Dickens in, iii. [332]-[338].
Fowls, eccentric, iii. [251], [252]
Fox (William Johnson), ii. [53].
Fox-under-the-hill (Strand), reminiscence of, i. [62].
Franklin (Lady), iii. [519].
Fraser (Peter), ii. [475].
Freemasons' Hall, banquet to Dickens at, iii. [324].
Freemasons' secret, a, ii. [440].
Free-trade, Lord "Gobden" and, ii. [312].
French and Americans contrasted, ii. [322].
Frescoes, perishing, ii. [119];
at the Palazzo Peschiere, ii. [140] note, [141];
Maclise's, for the Houses of Parliament, iii. [536] note.
Friday, important incidents of Dickens's life connected with, ii. [441], iii. [205], [419], &c.
Frith (W. P.), portrait of Dickens by, iii. [238].
Funeral, scene at a, ii. [31]-[33];
an English, in Italy, ii. [193].
Furnival's inn, room in, where the first page of Pickwick was written, iii, [528].
Gadshill Place, a vision of boyhood at, i. [24] (and see iii. [204]);
Dick's tomb at, iii. [117] note;
first description of, iii. [202];
sketch of porch at, iii. [204];
purchase of, iii. [205];
antecedents of, iii. [207];
improvements and additions at, iii. [208]-[215];
sketch of Châlet at, iii. [212];
nightingales at, iii. [212];
Dickens's daily life at, iii. [215]-[222];
sketch of house and conservatory, iii. [216];
Study at, iii. [222];
games at, for the villagers, iii. [510], [511];
Dickens's last days at, iii. [539]-[542].
Gambler's Life, Lemaitre's acting in the, iii. [122]-[124].
Gamp (Mrs.), original of, ii. [51];
a masterpiece of English humour, ii. [83], [84];
with the Strollers, ii. [376]-[384].
Gaskell (Mrs.), ii. [454], [470], iii. [54].
Gasman's compliment to Dickens, iii. [265] (and see [441]).
Gautier (Théophile), ii. [331].
Geneva, Dickens at, ii. [288];
revolution at, ii. [298]-[301];
aristocracy of, ii. [299].
Genoa described, ii. [125]-[128];
theatres at, ii. [127], [128] (and see iii. [491] note);
religious houses at, ii. [128];
rooms in the Palazzo Peschiere hired by Dickens, ii. [129];
view over, ii. [141];
Governor's levee at, ii. [144];
an English funeral at, ii. [193];
nautical incident at, ii. [195];
revisited by Dickens, iii. [78]-[80].
George Silverman's Explanation, iii. [380] (and see [253] note).
Gibson (Milner), ii. [468].
Gilbert Massenger (Holme Lee's) remarks of Dickens on, iii. [493], [494]
Giles (William), i. [23];
Dickens at the school kept by, i. [32], [33];
snuff box presented to "Boz" by, i. [33].
Gipsy tracks, iii. [250].
Girardin (Emile de), iii. [142];
banquets given by, in honour of Dickens, iii. [139]-[141].
Girls, American, i. [384], [385] note;
Irish, iii. [226] note;
list of Christian names of, iii. [294], [295].
Gladstone (Mr.), and Dickens, i. [103], iii. [537].
Glasgow, proposed dinner to Dickens at, i. [276];
reading at, iii. [234];
Dickens at meeting of Athenæum, ii. [390].
Glencoe, Pass of, i. [268], [271];
effect of, on Dickens, i. [270].
Goldfinch, the, and his friend, iii. [252].
Gondoliers at Venice, habits of, iii. [90].
Gordon (Lord George), character of, i. [241].
Gordon (Sheriff), ii. [475].
Gore-house, a party at, ii. [334] note.
Gower-street-north, school in, opened by Dickens's mother, i. [43];
a dreary home, i. [45], iii. [218];
home broken up, i. [54].
Graham (Sir James), ii. [109].
Graham (Lady), ii. [468].
Grant (James), recollections of Dickens by, i. [101] (and see [108]).
Graves, town, iii. [49], [52] note;
Dickens's dislike to speech-making at, iii. [488].
Great Expectations, original of Satis-house in, iii. [220];
germ of, iii. [361];
the story characterized, iii. [362]-[369];
close of, changed at Bulwer Lytton's suggestion, iii. [369], and note.
Great Malvern, cold-waterers at, ii. [487].
Greek war-ship, a, iii. [82].
Greeley (Horace), iii. [400], [442];
on the effect in America of Dickens's death, iii. [384];
on Dickens's fame as a novelist, iii. [388];
a suggestion from, iii. [417].
Grey (Lord), recollection of, ii. [264], [264].
Grimaldi, Life of, edited by Dickens, i. [142];
the editor's modest estimate of it, i. [142];
criticisms on, i. [142], [143].
Grip, Dickens's raven, i. [220];
death of, i. [234], 235;
apotheosis, by Maclise, i. [237];
a second Grip, i. [239].
Grisi (Madame), ii. [176].
Guild of Literature and Art, origin of, ii. [395];
princely help of the Duke of Devonshire to, ii. [397] (and see iii. [488], [489]).
Hachette (MM.), agreement with, for French translation of Dickens's works, iii. [125] note.
Haghe (Louis), iii. [85].
Haldimand (Mr.), seat of, at Lausanne, ii, [232].
Halévy (M.), dinner to, ii. [469].
Halifax, the "Britannia" aground off, i. [297];
the house of assembly at, i. [299].
Hall (Mr. and Mrs. S. C.), ii. [475].
Hall (William), funeral of, ii. [369].
Hallam (Henry), loquacity of, ii. [251].
Halleck (Fitz-Greene) on Dickens, iii. [482] note.
Halliday (Andrew), iii. [529].
Hamlet, an emendation for, ii. [389];
performance of, at Preston, iii. [70].
Hampstead Heath, Dickens's partiality for, i. [133], ii. [101].
Hampstead-road, Mr. Jones's school in the, i. [74].
Hansard (Mr.), letter from, concerning Mr. Macrone, ii. [442], [443] note.
Hardwick (John), ii. [468].
Hard Times, proposed names for, iii. [65], and note;
title chosen, iii. [65];
written for Household Words, iii. [66];
Ruskin's opinion of, iii. [66], [67].
Harley (Mr.), ii. [475].
Harness (Rev. Wm.), ii. [162], [175], [473].
Harrogate, reading at, iii. [230].
Harte (Bret), Dickens on, i. [214];
tribute by, to Dickens, i. [215], [216].
Hartford (U. S.) levee at, i. [313].
Harvard and Oxford crews, the, iii. [527].
Hastings, reading at, iii. [264].
Hatton-garden, Dickens at, iii. [25].
Haunted Man, first idea of, ii. [280];
large sale of, ii. [443];
dramatized, ii. [443];
teachings and moral of the story, ii. [443]-[446];
the christening dinner, ii. [468].
Hawthorne (N.), Dickens on, ii. [440].
Hayes (Catherine), ii. [468].
Heaven, ambition to see into, ii. [477].
Helps (Arthur), iii. [245];
In Memoriam by, iii. [509].
Hereditary transmission, iii. [179] note (and see [493]).
Highgate, Dora's grave at, ii. [493], iii. [52].
Highlands, Dickens's adventures in the, i. [263]-[276].
Hogarth, Dickens on, ii. [413], [413].
Hogarth (George), i. [105];
Dickens marries eldest daughter of, i. [108].
Hogarth (Georgina), ii. [120], iii. [540], [541], [561], [563];
sketch taken from, ii. [48], iii. [287];
Maclise's portrait of, ii. [48], [49].
Hogarth (Mary), death of, i. [120];
epitaph on tomb of, i. [120] note (and see ii. [458]);
Dickens's loving memory of, i. [120], [144], [289], [405], ii. [147]-[150], [458], iii. [525].
Holiday Romance and George Silverman's Explanation, high price paid for, iii. [380] (and see [253] note, and [321]).
Holland (Lady), a remembrance of, ii. [194].
Holland (Lord), ii. [190].
Holland (Captain), the Monthly Magazine conducted by, i. [104].
Holyhead, a Fenian at, iii. [316] note.
Hone of the Every Day Book, scene at funeral of, ii. [31]-[33] (but see iii. [568], [569]).
Honesty under a cloud, ii. [112].
Hood (Thomas), ii. [190]; his Tylney Hall, ii. [264].
Hop-pickers, iii. [208].
Horne (R. H.), ii. [475].
Hospital for Sick Children, Dickens's exertions on behalf of, iii. [192]-[200];
a small patient at, iii. [194];
Carol reading for, iii. [200].
Hotels, American, i.[30]4, iii. [390], [395], [412], [435];
extortion at, i. [331], [344].
Houghton (Lord), ii. [472], iii. [509], [538]
Household Words in contemplation, ii. [449]-[453];
title selected for, ii. [454];
names proposed for, ii. [453];
first number of, ii. [454];
early contributors to, ii. [454];
Mrs. Gaskell's story in, iii. [54];
unwise printed statement in, iii. [200];
discontinued, iii. [239] (and see [37]).
Hudson (George), glimpse of, in exile, iii. [274].
Hugo (Victor), an evening with, ii. [331], [331].
Hulkes (Mr.), iii. [206] note, [256].
Hull, reading at, iii. [232].
Humour, Americans destitute of i. [401];
a favourite bit of, ii. [102];
the leading quality of Dickens, iii. [341], [342];
Lord Lytton on the employment of, by novelists, iii. [350] note;
Dickens's enjoyment of his own, iii. [350]-[352];
the true province of, iii. [382].
Hungerford-market, i. [50] (and see iii. [512] note).
Hunt (Holman), iii. [257].
Hunt (Leigh), saying of, i. [119];
on Nicholas Nickleby, i. [169];
Civil-list pension given to, ii. [369];
theatrical benefit for, ii. [369]-[373];
result of performances, ii. [373];
last glimpse of, iii. [26] note;
letter of Dickens to, in self-defence, iii. [28];
the original of Harold Skimpole in Bleak House, iii. [26]-[29];
inauguration of bust of, at Kensal-green, iii. [487].
Hunted Down, high price paid for, iii. [253];
original of, iii. [279].
Imaginative life, tenure of, iii. [187].
Improprieties of speech, ii. [269].
Incurable Hospital, patients in the, iii. [287].
Inimitable, as applied to Dickens, origin of the term, i. [33].
Inn, a log-house, i. [400].
Innkeeper, a model, i. [365].
Inns, American, Miss Martineau on, i. [344] (and see [366] note, [393], [395], [400], iii. [432]);
Highland, i. [265], [267], [275];
Italian, ii. [158], [170], [171], [181].
International boat-race dinner, Dickens at, iii. [527].
Ireland, a timely word on, ii. [260].
Irving (Washington), i. [287], [315], [330], [351], [352], [357] note;
letter from Dickens to, i. [284];
a bad public speaker, i. [320]-[322];
at Literary Fund dinner in London, i. [321];
at Richmond (U. S.), i. [351].
Italians hard at work, ii. [197].
Italy, art and pictures in, ii. [167]-[169], iii. [91], [92];
private galleries in, ii. [168] note;
cruelty to brutes in, ii. [187] note;
wayside memorials in, ii. [188], [189] note;
best season in, ii. [191];
fire-flies in, ii. [195];
Dickens's trip to, iii. [76]-[95];
the noblest men of, in exile, iii. [93].
Jack Straw's-castle (Hampstead-heath), i. [133], [299], [346], ii. [101], [101].
Jackson (Sir Richard), i. [413].
Jeffrey (Lord), i. [260];
praise of Little Nell by, i. [251];
presides at Edinburgh dinner to Dickens, i. [252];
on the American Notes, ii. [38];
praise by, of the Carol, ii. [88];
on the Chimes, ii. [179];
his opinion of the Battle of Life, ii. [303], [304];
forecaste of Dombey by, ii. [358] note;
on Paul's death, ii. [361] note;
on the character of Edith in Dombey, ii. [362]-[364];
James Sheridan Knowles and, ii. [392];
touching letter from, ii. [428];
death of, ii. [483].
Jerrold (Douglas), ii. [136], [162], [175], [200];
at Miss Kelly's theatre, ii. [209], [210];
fancy sketch of, ii. [282], iii. [63] note;
last meeting with Dickens, iii. [167];
death of, iii. [168];
proposed memorial tribute to, and result, iii. [168].
Jesuits at Geneva, rising against the, ii. [297]-[301] (and see [179]-[180]).
Johnson (President), interview of Dickens with, iii. [423];
impeachment of, iii. [429].
Johnson (Reverdy), at Glasgow art-dinner, iii. [453] note.
Jonson (Ben), an experience of, ii. [352].
Jowett (Dr.), on Dickens, iii. [525], [526]
Karr (Alphonse), ii. [331].
Keeley (Mrs.), ii. [475];
in Nicholas Nickleby, i. [175], ii. [96].
Kelly (Fanny), theatre of, in Dean-street, Soho, ii. [208]-[214];
whims and fancies of, ii. [209].
Kemble (Charles) and his daughters, ii. [473].
Kemble (John), ii. [473].
Kensal-green, Mary Hogarth's tomb at, i. [120] note, ii. [458] note.
Kent (Charles), Charles Dickens as a Reader by, iii. [235] note;
letter to, iii. [541].
Kissing the Rod (Edmund Yates'), iii. [495].
Knebworth, private performances at, ii. [396], [397];
Dickens at, iii. [245], [246].
Knight (Charles), ii. [475].
Knowles (James Sheridan), bankruptcy of, ii. [392];
civil-list pension granted to, ii. [393];
performances in aid of, ii. [394], [395].
Ladies, American, i. [327];
eccentric, ii. [291]-[293].
Laing (Mr.), of Hatton Garden, iii. [25].
Lamartine (A., de), ii. [331], iii. [135].
Lameness, strange remedy for, i. [22].
Lamert (James), private theatricals got up by, i. [31];
takes young Dickens to the theatre, i. [32];
employs Dickens at the blacking-warehouse, i. [51];
quarrel of John Dickens with, i. [68] (and see [228]).
Lamplighter, Dickens's farce of the, i. [183], ii.

[207];
turned into a tale for the benefit of Mrs. Macrone, i. [241].
Landor (Walter Savage), Dickens's visit to, at Bath, i. [200];
mystification of, i. [218];
villa at Fiesole, ii. [189], [190] (and see [486] note);
the original of Boythorn in Bleak House, iii. [26];
a fancy respecting, iii. [451];
Forster's Life of, ii. [189] note, iii. [528].
Landport (Portsea), birth of Dickens at, i. [21].
Landseer (Charles), ii. [475].
Landseer (Edwin), i. [181], ii. [162], [470], [475], iii. [63] note, [126];
and Napoleon III., iii. [147] note (and see iii. [238]).
Land's-end, a sunset at, ii. [40].
Lankester (Dr.), ii. [430].
Lant-street, Borough, Dickens's lodgings in, i. [59];
the landlord's family reproduced in the Garlands in Old Curiosity Shop, i. [60].
Lausanne, Dickens's home at, ii. [225], [226];
booksellers' shops at, ii. [227];
the town described, ii. [227];
view of Rosemont, ii. [229];
girl drowned in lake at, ii. [232], [233];
theatre at, ii. [233], [234] note;
fêtes at, ii. [246], [247], [258], [259];
marriage at, ii. [248];
revolution at, ii. [259];
prison at, ii. [234], [235];
Blind Institution at, ii. [236]-[240], iii. [78];
English colony at, ii. [242] note;
plague of flies at, ii. [244], [245] note;
earthquake at, ii. [283] note;
feminine smoking party, ii. [292];
the town revisited, iii. [77], [78].
Lawes (Rev. T. B.), club established by, at Rothamsted, iii. [244].
Layard (A. H.), iii. [83];
at Gadshill, iii. [510], [523].
Lazy Tour projected, iii. [170] (and see [351]).
Lazzaroni, what they really are, ii. [187].
Leech (John) at Miss Kelly's theatre, ii. [210];
grave mistake by, in Battle of Life illustration, ii. [310], [311];
fancy sketch of, ii. [381];
Dickens's opinion of his Rising Generation, ii. [414]-[418];
what he will be remembered for, ii. [417];
accident to, at Bonchurch, ii. [435];
at Boulogne, iii. [105];
death of, iii. [303] (and see [375]).
Leeds, reading at, iii. [232].
Leeds Mechanics' Society, Dickens at meeting of the, ii. [390], [390].
Legends and Lyrics (Adelaide Procter's), iii. [495] note.
Legerdemain in perfection, iii. [112]-[114] (and see [111], [112] note).
Leghorn, Dickens at, iii. [80], [81]
Legislatures, local, i. [365].
Lehmann (Frederic), iii. [218], [256]
Leigh (Percival), ii. [210].
Lemaitre (Frédéric), acting of, iii. [122]-[124] (and see [521]).
Lemon (Mark), ii. [210], [211], [263];
fancy sketch of, ii. [382];
acting with children, iii. [62];
death of, iii. [538].
Lemon (Mrs.), ii. [263].
Leslie (Charles Robert), iii. [126].
Letter-opening at the General Post-Office, ii. [108], [108].
Levees in the United States, i. [313], [347], [365], [373], [386], [398];
queer customers at, i. [373];
what they are like, i. [398].
Lever (Charles), tale by, in All the Year Round, iii. [245].
Lewes (George Henry), Dickens's regard for, ii. [475];
critical essay on Dickens, in the Fortnightly Review, noticed, iii. [333]-[339].
Library, a gigantic, ii. [272], [272].
Life of Christ, written by Dickens for his children, ii. [241] note.
Life-preservers, i. [376].
Lighthouse, Carlyle on Dickens's acting in the, iii. [72].
Lincoln (President), curious story respecting, iii. [422], [423] (and see [508]).
Lincoln's-inn-fields, a reading of the Chimes in, ii. [162], [174], [175].
Linda, Dickens's dog, iii. [218], [219];
burial-place of, iii. [222].
Liston (Robert), ii. [475].
Literary Fund dinner, i. [321] (and see iii. [488]).
Literature, too much "patronage" of, in England, iii. [488].
Littérateur, a fellow, ii. [325].
Little Dorrit, fac-simile of plan prepared for first number of, iii. [158];
sale of, iii. [159];
general design of, iii. [159];
weak points in, iii. [160], [161];
Von Moltke and, iii. [164];
original of Mrs. Clennam in, iii. [277];
notions for, iii. [278].
Little Nell, Florence Dombey and, ii. [362];
Sara Coleridge on, iii. [345] note.
Liverpool, readings at, iii. [225], [268], [311], [313];
Dickens's speech at Mechanics' Institution at, ii. [94], [95];
Leigh Hunt's benefit at, ii. [372], [373];
public dinner to Dickens, iii. [454], [500], [501].
Loch-earn-head, postal service at, i. [269].
Locock (Dr.), ii. [468].
Lodi, Dickens at, ii. [166]-[173].
Logan Stone, Stanfield's sketch of, ii. [42].
London, pictures of, in Dickens's books, i. [171];
readings in, iii. [223], [235], [258], [269].
Longfellow (Henry Wadsworth), i. [304], [331], iii. [447];
among London thieves and tramps, ii. [22] (and see [57]);
at Gadshill, iii. [216];
on Dickens's death, iii. [384].
Longman (Thomas), ii. [469].
Louis Philippe, a glimpse of, ii. [320];
dethronement of, ii. [403].
Lovelace (Lord), ii. [468].
Lowther, Mr. (chargé d'affaires at Naples), difficulty in finding house of, iii. [83]-[85].
Lytton (Lord), ii. [188] (and see iii. [246]);
prologue written by, for Ben Jonson's play, ii. [372], [373] note;
Dickens's admiration for, ii. [472], [488];
his opinion of Copperfield, iii. [21], [22];
Strange Story contributed to All the Year Round, iii. [245];
Dickens's reply to remonstrance from, iii. [341], [342];
defence by, of humourists, iii. [350] note;
suggestion as to close of Great Expectations, iii. [369];
letter of Dickens to, from Cambridge (U. S.), iii. [402], [403].
Lytton (Robert), iii. [127].
Mackenzie (Dr. Shelton) and Cruikshank's illustrations to Oliver Twist, i. [155] note;
rigmarole by, concerning Dickens and Her Majesty, iii. [503], [504] note.
Maclise (Daniel), i. [261], ii. [160], [175], [200];
portrait of Dickens by, i. [178] note;
social charm of, i. [180], [181];
his apotheosis of Grip, i. [237];
his play-scene in Hamlet, i. [355];
among London tramps, ii. [23];
sketches in Cornwall by, ii. [42], [43];
letter from, on the Cornwall trip, [42], [43];
his "Girl at the Waterfall," ii, [43];
paints Mrs. Dickens's portrait, ii. [44];
pencil drawing of Charles Dickens, his wife, and her sister, ii. [49];
Dickens's address to, ii. [116]-[119];
sketch of the private reading in Lincoln's-inn-fields, ii. [174];
house in Devonshire-terrace sketched by, iii. [41];
death of, iii. [535];
tribute of Dickens to, iii. [536].
Macmillan's Magazine, paper in, on Dickens's amateur theatricals, iii. [63] note.
Macrae (David), Home and Abroad by, iii. [483] note.
Macready (William Charles), i. [261], [287], [288], ii. [160], [177];
at Covent-garden, i. [140];
dinner to, on his retirement from management, i. [185];
dinner to, prior to American visit, ii. [53], [54];
an apprehended disservice to, ii. [54];
in New Orleans, ii. [103];
in Paris, ii. [176], [177], iii. [126];
strange news for, ii. [207];
anecdote of, ii. [372], [373] note;
Dickens's affection for, ii. [467];
farewell dinner to, ii. [488];
at Sherborne, iii. [185];
his opinion of the Sikes and Nancy scenes, iii. [451];
misgiving of Dickens respecting, iii. [481], [529].
Macready (Mrs.), death of, iii. [55].
Macrone (Mr.), copyright of Sketches by Boz sold to, i. [107];
scheme to reissue Sketches, i. [122];
exorbitant demand by, i. [124], ii. [442], [443] note;
close of dealings with, i. [125];
a friendly plea for, ii. [443] note.
Magnetic experiments, i. [375], [376].
Malleson (Mr.), iii. [256].
Malthus philosophy, ii. [262].
Managerial troubles, ii. [210], [370], [400]-[402].
Manby (Charles), pleasing trait of, iii. [273].
Manchester, Dickens's speech at opening of Athenæum, ii. [56] (and see iii. [237]);
Leigh Hunt's benefit at, ii. [372];
Guild dinner at, ii. [401];
readings at, iii. [231], [268], [307], [311], [314].
Manchester (Bishop of) on Dickens's writings, iii. [383], [384] note.
Manin (Daniel), iii. [126].
Mannings, execution of the, ii. [479].
Manon Lescaut, Auber's opera of, iii. [136].
Mansion-house dinner to "literature and art," ii. [477];
doubtful compliment at, ii. [478];
suppressed letter of Dickens respecting, ii. [478].
Marcet (Mrs.), ii. [231], [231].
Margate theatre, burlesque of classic tragedy at, ii. [26] (and see ii. [387]).
Mario (Signor), ii. [176].
Marryat (Captain) on the effect in America of the Nickleby dedication, ii. [54];
fondness of, for children, ii. [472] (and see ii. [268], iii. [567]).
Marshalsea prison, Dickens's first and last visits to the, i. [44], [45], iii. [162];
an incident in, described by Dickens, i. [64]-[66] (and see iii. [163]).
Marston's (Mr. Westland) Patrician's Daughter, prologue to, ii. [45].
Martineau (Harriet) on American inns, i. [344], [366] note.
Martin Chuzzlewit, agreement for, i. [282] (and see ii. [24], [65]);
original of Eden in, i. [362], [370];
fancy for opening of, ii. [24] (and see i. [282], [283]);
first year of, ii. [40]-[62];
names first given to, ii. [44];
Sydney Smith's opinion of first number of, ii. [45];
origin of, ii. [45];
original of Mrs. Gamp in, ii. [51];
sale of, less than former books, ii. [63], [64] (and see [447]);
unlucky clause in agreement for, ii. [65];
Dickens's own opinion of, ii. [69], [70];
the story characterized, ii. [74]-[84];
Thackeray's favourite scene in, ii. [79];
intended motto for, ii. [81];
M. Taine on, ii. [78];
christening dinner, ii. [109];
Sara Coleridge on, iii. [345] note.
Master Humphrey's Clock, projected, i. [193]-[199];
first sale of, i. [202];
first number published, i. [222];
original plan abandoned, i. [223];
dinner in celebration of, i. [240];
Clock discontents, i. [281].
Mazzini (Joseph), Dickens's interest in his school, ii. [474].
Mediterranean, sunset on the, ii. [117].
Mémoires du Diable, a pretty tag to, iii. [133], [134]
Memoranda, extracts from Dickens's book of, iii. [275]-[297];
available names in, iii. [293]-[296].
Mendicity Society, the, ii. [106].
Mesmerism, Dickens's interest in, i. [279], [280], [375], ii. [436].
Micawber (Mr.), in David Copperfield, original of, iii. [30]-[32];
comparison between Harold Skimpole and, iii. [32];
Mr. G. H. Lewes on, iii. [338], [348];
on corn, iii. [349].
Middle Temple, Dickens entered at, i. [183], [186].
Midsummer Night's Dream at the Opera Comique, Boulogne, iii. [103].
Milnes (Monckton), ii. [472].
Mirror of Parliament, Dickens reporting for, i. [97].
Mississippi, the, i. [386].
Mitton (Thomas), i. [182], ii. [476].
Moltke (Von) and Little Dorrit, iii. [164].
Money (Lord Lytton's), a performance of, at Doncaster, iii. [175] note.
Mont Blanc, effect of, on Dickens, ii. [254].
Montreal, private theatricals in, i. [414], [417];
facsimile of play-bill at, i. [415].
Moore (George), business qualities and benevolence, iii. [248].
Moore (Thomas), i. [251], [321].
Morgue at Paris, ii. [321];
a tenant of the, ii. [327].
Morning Chronicle, Dickens a reporter for the, i. [97];
liberality of proprietors, i. [98];
change of editorship of, ii. [53], [104];
articles by Dickens in the, ii. [104], [105].
Morris (Mowbray), ii. [468].
Moulineaux, Villa des, iii. [97]-[105], [115]-[119].
Mountain travelling, ii. [253].
Mr. Nightingale's Diary, the Guild farce of, ii. [397], iii. [72].
Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings, iii. [370].
Mugby Junction, germ of, in Memoranda, iii. [290].
Mule-travelling in Switzerland, ii. [253].
Mulgrave (Lord), i. [297], [300], [305], [413], ii. [469].
Mumbo Jumbo, ii. [440].
Murray (Lord), i. [260], ii. [475].
Music, effect of, on a deaf, dumb, and blind girl, ii. [239];
vagrant, ii. [387], [438].
Names, available, iii. [295], [296]
Naples, burial place at, ii. [186] note;
filth of, ii. [186] (and see iii. [95]);
Dickens at, iii. [83]-[85].
Napoleon III. at Gore-house, ii. [334] note;
at Boulogne, iii. [108];
at Paris, iii. [108] note;
Edwin Landseer and, iii. [147] note.
Nautical incident at Genoa, ii. [195].
Neaves (Mr.), i. [258].
Negri (Marquis di), ii. [130]-[132].
New Bedford (U.S.), reading at, iii. [437].
Newcastle, readings at, iii. [264], [315];
alarming scene at, iii. [265].
Newhaven (U. S.), levee at, i. [313].
New Sentimental Journey (Collins's), iii. [257].
Newspaper express, a, i. [101].
Newspapers, American, iii. [400].
Newsvendors' dinner, Dickens at, iii. [535].
New-year's day in Paris, iii. [145].
New York, fac-similes of invitations to Dickens, i. [308], [309];
the Carlton hotel in, i. [315] (and see iii. [361]);
ball at, i. [316]-[318];
life in, i. [324];
hotel bills in, i. [331] (and see [345]);
public institutions ill-managed at, i. [339];
prisons in, i. [339]-[344];
capital punishment in, i. [342];
sale of tickets for the readings, iii. [391], [392]-[394];
first reading in, iii. [393];
fire at the Westminster-hotel, iii. [395], [399];
prodigious increase since Dickens's former visit, iii. [395];
Niblo's theatre at, iii. [396];
sleigh-driving at, iii. [397];
police of, iii. [398] (and see i. [339]);
the Irish element in, iii. [413];
farewell readings in, iii. [441];
public dinner to Dickens at, iii. [442].
New York Herald, i. [320], iii. [400].
New York Ledger, high price paid for tale by Dickens in, iii. [253].
New York Tribune, Dickens's "violated letter" in the, iii. [201],

[231]
Niagara Falls, effect of, on Dickens, i. [404], [405] (and see iii. [433]).
Nicholas Nickleby, agreement for, i. [145];
first number of, i. [150], [165];
sale of, i. [150];
the Saturday Review on, i. [166];
characters in, i. [167]-[171];
opinions of Sydney Smith and Leigh Hunt on, i. [168], [169];
Dickens at work on, i. [172]-[176];
dinner-celebration of, i. [177], [178];
originals of the Brothers Cheeryble in, i. [181];
proclamation on the eve of publication, ii. [99], [100] note;
effect of, in establishing Dickens, iii. [344] (and see [386]).
Nicolson (Sir Frederick), ii. [194].
Nightingales at Gadshill, iii. [212].
Nobody's Fault, the title first chosen for Little Dorrit, iii. [155].
No-Popery riots, description of the, i. [246].
Normanby (Lord), ii. [108], [109], [320].
Norton (Charles Eliot), iii. [215], [447]
Norwich, reading at, iii. [262].
No Thoroughfare, i. [140].
Novels, real people in, iii. [22]-[33];
episodes in, iii. [161].
Novelists, old, design for cheap edition of, ii. [385].
Nugent (Lord), ii. [473].
"Ocean Spectre," the, ii. [369] note.
O'Connell (Daniel), ii. [135].
Odéon (Paris), Dickens at the, iii. [128], [129]
Ohio, on the, i. [377].
Old Curiosity Shop, original of the Marchioness in, i. [59];
originals of the Garland family, i. [60];
original of the poet in Jarley's wax-work, i. [70];
the story commenced, i. [200];
disadvantages of weekly publication, i. [203];
changes in proofs, i. [206];
Dick Swiveller and the Marchioness, i. [207];
effect of story upon the writer, i. [208];
death of Little Nell, i. [210];
close of the tale, i. [210];
success of, i. [211];
characterized, i. [212]-[214];
a tribute by Bret Harte, i. [215], [216];
characters in, iii. [345].
Old Monthly Magazine, Dickens's first published piece in, i. [97];
other sketches in, i. [104].
Oliver Twist, commenced in Bentley's Miscellany, i. [121];
characters in, real to Dickens, i. [125], [139];
the story characterized, i. [146], [147], [158], [160];
Dickens at work on, i. [149];
the last chapter of, i. [153];
the Cruikshank illustrations to, [154]-[157];
reputation of, i. [156];
reply to attacks against, i. [160]-[162];
teaching of, i. [161];
"adapted" for the stage, i. [174], [175];
noticed in the Quarterly Review, i. [184];
copyright of, repurchased, i. [224];
original of Mr. Fang, iii. [25];
character-drawing in, iii. [343];
proposed reading from, iii. [448];
facsimile of portion of MS. of, iii. [469].
Opium-den, an, iii. [528] (and see [464] note).
Osnaburgh-terrace, Dickens in, ii. [106].
Our Mutual Friend, title chosen for, iii. [271];
hints for, in Memoranda, iii. [280], [281];
first notion for, iii. [371];
original of Mr. Venus in, iii. [374];
Marcus Stone chosen as illustrator, iii. [373];
the story reviewed, iii. [377]-[379].
Ouvry (Frederic), iii. [434], [539];
clause inserted by, in agreement for Edwin Drood, iii. [461] note;
humorous letter of Dickens to, iii. [522].
Overs (John), Dickens's interest in, ii. [109];
death of, ii. [109] note.
Over-work, remains of, ii. [297].
Owen (Prof.), ii. [477].
Paintings, Dickens on, ii. [167]-[169].
Paradise Lost at the Ambigu, Paris, iii. [130], [131]
Paris, Dickens's first day in, ii. [316];
Sunday in, ii. [317];
Dickens's house in, described, ii. [317]-[319];
unhealthy political symptoms at, ii. [321], [334];
the Morgue at, ii. [321];
incident in streets of, ii. [321];
hard frost at, ii. [324];
Dickens's alarming neighbour, ii. [325];
begging-letter writers in, ii. [327];
sight-seeing at, ii. [330];
theatres at, ii. [331];
Bibliothèque Royale, ii. [333];
the Praslin tragedy in, ii. [386];
Dickens's life in, iii. [121]-[153];
Dickens's house in, iii. [124];
personal attentions to Dickens, iii. [124];
theatres of, iii. [126]-[134];
illumination of, iii. [144];
New-year's day in, iii. [144], [145];
results of imperial improvement in, iii. [145] note;
Art Exposition at, iii. [146]-[148];
a Duchess murdered in, iii. [150], [151].
Parliament, old Houses of, inconvenience of the, i. [100].
Parr (Harriet), iii. [494] note.
Parry (John), ii. [475].
Pawnbrokers, Dickens's early experience of, i. [46].
Peel (Sir Robert) and his party, i. [277];
Lord Ashley and, i. [283];
the Whigs and, ii. [261].
Pen Photographs (Miss Field's) iii. [235] note.
Perth, reading at, iii. [234].
Peschiere, Palazzo (Genoa), rooms in the, hired by Dickens, ii. [129];
a fellow-tenant in, ii. [129];
described, ii. [139]-[142];
view of the, ii. [141];
revisited, iii. [79];
dinner-party at, ii. [172];
owner of the, iii. [79].
Petersham, athletic sports at, i. [183].
Phelps (Mr.), ii. [475].
Philadelphia, Dickens at, i. [335]-[344];
penitentiary at, i. [345]-[347];
letters from, iii. [413]-[415] (and see ii. [38], [39]).
Pickwick Papers, materials for, i. [66];
first number of, i. [108];
origin of, i. [110];
Seymour's illustrations to, i. [111] note;
Thackeray's offer to illustrate, i. [115], [116];
the debtor's prison in, i. [128], [129];
popularity of, i. [129] (and see iii. [385], [386]);
reality of characters in, i. [130], [131];
inferior to later books, i. [131];
Mr. Pickwick an undying character, i. [131] (and see [112]);
piracies of, i. [137];
completion of, i. [143];
payments for, i. [145];
a holy brother of St. Bernard and, ii. [276];
characters in, iii. [343];
where it was begun, iii. [528].
Pictures from Italy, original of the courier in, ii. [171]-[173];
publication commenced in the Daily News, ii. [219].
Pic Nic Papers published, i. [241].
"Piljians Projiss," a new, ii. [376]-[384].
Pig-market at Boulogne, iii. [104].
Pipchin (Mrs.) in Dombey, original of, i. [55], ii. [355], [356];
various names proposed for, ii. [355] note.
Pirates, literary, ii. [97];
proceedings in Chancery against, ii. [97]-[99];
warning to, ii. [100] note.
Pisa, a jaunt to, iii, [81].
Pittsburg (U. S.), description of, i. [373];
solitary prison at, i. [378].
Poets, small, iii. [489].
Pollock (Chief Baron) on the death of Dickens, iii. [247] note.
Poole (John), aid rendered to, by Dickens, ii. [370];
civil-list pension granted to, ii. [393].
Poor, Dickens's sympathy with the, i. [167], [168] (and see [250]), ii. [146], [147], [240].
Popularity, distresses of, i. [324].
Porte St. Martin (Paris), Dickens at the, iii. [129].
Portland (U. S.) burnt and rebuilt, iii. [438].
Portrait painter, story of a, iii. [523].
Portsea, birth of Dickens at, i. [21].
Prairie, an American, i. [393], [394];
pronunciations of the word, i. [396].
Praslin tragedy in Paris, ii. [386].
Prayer, Dickens on personal, iii. [485].
Preston, a strike at, iii. [69], [70];
Hamlet at, iii. [70].
Primrose (Mr.), i. [258].
Printers' Pension fund dinner, presided over by Dickens, ii. [55].
Prisons, London, visits to, i. [280];
American, i. [339]-[344], [345]-[347], [378];
comparison of systems pursued in, ii. [234].
Procter (Bryan Waller), iii. [27], [28];
Dickens's affection for, ii. [467].
Procter (Adelaide), Dickens's appreciation of poems by, iii. [495].
Publishers, hasty compacts with, i. [121];
Dickens's agreements with, ii. [88], iii. [56] (and see [240]-[243]).
Publishers, authors and, ii. [64], [72], iii. [489], [490]
Puddings, a choice of, i. [55], [56].
"Punch people," Lord Brougham and the, ii. [469];
at Mansion-house dinner, ii. [477].
Q, Dickens's secretary in the United States, i. [303], [315], [322], [328], [344], [348], [366], [370], [374], [375], [393], [397], [400], [411];
described, i. [410]-[412] (and see iii. [389] note).
Quarterly Review, prophecy in not fulfilled, i. [139] note;
notice of Oliver Twist in, i. [184];
on Cruikshank and Leech, ii. [418].
Queen (Her Majesty the) and Auber, iii. [134], [135];
alleged offers to Dickens, iii. [503], and [503], [504] note;
desire of, to see Dickens act, iii. [506];
Thackeray's copy of the Carol purchased by, iii. [506], [507] note;
Dickens's interview with, iii. [507], [508];
grief at Dickens's death, iii. [542].
Rachel (Madame), caprice of, iii. [137].
Ragged schools, Dickens's interest in, ii. [57];
results of, ii. [57] note (and see ii. [494]);
proposed paper on, by Dickens, declined by Edinburgh Review, ii. [58].
Railroads, American, ladies' cars on, i. [338].
Railway travelling, effect on Dickens, iii. [450];
in America, i. [336]-[338], [368], iii. [398], [405], [435], [436].
Ramsay (Dean) on Bleak House and Jo, iii. [47], [48]
Ramsgate, entertainments at, ii. [214] note.
Raven, death of Dickens's first, i. [235]-[239];
of second, ii. [215].
Raymond (George), ii. [476].
Reade (Charles), Hard Cash contributed by, to All the Year Round, iii. [245].
Readings, gratuitous, iii. [61] note;
private, in Scheffer's atelier, iii. [148];
in Lincoln's-inn-fields, ii. [162], [174], [175].
public, Dickens's first thoughts of, ii. [174], [284], iii. [60];
argument against paid, iii. [61], [189];
idea of, revived, iii. [189];
opinions as to, asked and given, iii. [189], [190] note;
disadvantages of, iii. [191];
proposal from Mr. Beale respecting, iii. [196];
first rough notes as to, iii. [198], [199] note;
various managers employed by Dickens, iii. [223];
hard work involved by, iii. [224], [445];
study given to, iii. [318].
first series of, iii. [223]-[238];
sale of books of, iii. [232] note;
subjects of, iii. [235].
second series of, iii. [255]-[274];
what it comprised, iii. [259];
new subjects for, iii. [260].
third series of, iii. [298]-[324];
Messrs. Chappell's connection with, iii. [306]-[310].
American, iii. [388]-[443];
result of, iii. [415], [441].
Readings given by Dickens:
Australian, contemplated, iii. [270] note (but see [272]);
Bulwer's opinion of, iii. [271] note.
last series of, iii. [444]-[460] (and see [437] note).
Readings (alphabetical list of):
Aberdeen, iii. [234].
Albany (U. S.), iii. [435];
receipts at, iii. [441].
Baltimore (U. S.), iii. [418], [419], [427];
receipts at, iii. [441].
Belfast, iii. [229].
Berwick-on-Tweed, iii. [266].
Birmingham, iii. [311].
Boston (U. S.), iii. [391], [403], [440];
receipts at, iii. [441].
Brighton, iii. [263].
Brooklyn (New York), iii. [416];
receipts at, iii. [442].
Buffalo (U. S.), iii. [431];
receipts at, iii. [441].
Cambridge, iii. [317].
Canterbury, iii. [264].
Chester, iii. [268], [313].
Dover, iii. [264].
Dublin, iii. [220]-[228], [317].
Dundee, iii. [233].
Edinburgh, iii. [233], [267], [451], and [450] note.
Exeter, iii. [224], [268].
Glasgow, iii. [234].
Harrogate, iii. [230].
Hartford (U. S.), iii. [441].
Liverpool, iii. [225], [268], [311], [313], [314].
London, iii. [223], [234], [258], [269].
Manchester, iii. [232], [268], [308], [311], [314].
New Bedford (U. S.), iii. [437];
receipts at, iii. [441].
Newcastle, iii. [265], [315].
Newhaven (U. S.), iii. [428];
receipts at, iii. [441].
New York, iii. [393], [410], [441];
receipts at, iii. [441].
Norwich, iii. [262].
Paris, iii. [272].
Perth, iii. [234].
Philadelphia (U. S.), iii. [414], [418], [427];
receipts at, iii. [441].
Portland (U. S.), iii. [438];
receipts at, iii. [441].
Providence (U. S.), iii. [428];
receipts at, iii. [441].
Rochester (U. S.), iii. [431];
receipts at, iii. [441].
Springfield (U. S.), iii. [441].
Syracuse (U. S.), iii. [431];
receipts at, iii. [441].
Torquay, iii. [268], [451].
Washington (U. S.), iii. [421], [425], [426];
receipts at, iii. [441].
Worcester (U. S.), iii. [441].
York, iii. [231], [454].
Reeves (Sims), ii. [475].
Reformers, administrative, iii. [70], [71] note.
Regiments in the streets of Paris, iii. [143] note.
Regnier (M.) of the Français, ii. [330], [429], iii. [127], [137]
Rehearsals, troubles at, ii. [371].
Religion, what is the true, ii. [149].
Reporters' gallery, Dickens enters the, i. [96];
ceases connection with, i. [116].
Reporter's life, Dickens's own experience of a, i. [99]-[101] (and see ii. [265]).
Revolution at Geneva, ii. [298]-[301];
traces left by, ii. [300];
abettors of, ii. [301].
Rhine, Dickens on the, ii. [222], [223];
travelling Englishmen on the, ii. [223].
Richard Doubledick, story of, iii. [154].

Richardson (Sir John), iii. [519].
Richardson's show, a religious, iii. [273].
Richmond (U. S.), levees at, i. [354].
Rifle-shooting, Lord Vernon's passion for, ii. [270];
at Lausanne, ii. [247], [298], [299].
Rising Generation (Leech's), Dickens on, ii. [414]-[418].
Ristori (Mad.) in Medea, iii. [137].
Roberts (David), iii. [85].
Robertson (Peter), i. [259], ii. [135], [475];
sketch of, i. [253], [254].
Robertson (T. W.), iii. [530], [531]
Robinson Crusoe, Dickens's opinion of, iii. [135] note (and see i. [264] note).
Roche (Louis), employed by Dickens as his courier in Italy, ii. [106];
resources of, ii. [172], [196], [199] (and see [111], [325]);
Count d'Orsay and, ii. [204] note;
illness of, ii. [421];
death of, ii. [255] note.
Rochester, early impressions of, i. [28] (and see iii. [213]);
Watts's Charity at, iii. [154] note.
Rochester Castle, adventure at, ii. [22].
Rochester Cathedral, brass tablet in, to Dickens's memory, iii. [154] note.
Rochester (U. S.), alarming incident at, iii. [431].
Rockingham-castle, Dickens's visit to, ii. [481]-[483];
private theatricals at, ii. [481], iii. [83].
Rocky Mountain Sneezer, a, iii. [409].
Rogers (Samuel), i. [251], ii. [190];
sudden illness of, ii. [466] (and see [486] note).
Rome, Dickens's first impressions of, ii. [185];
Dickens at, iii. [85]-[89];
a "scattering" party at Opera at, iii. [86], [87];
marionetti at, iii. [87], [88];
malaria at, iii. [88], [89].
Rosemont (Lausanne), taken by Dickens, ii. [225];
view of, ii. [229];
Dickens's neighbours at, ii. [231], [242] note, [252];
Dombey begun at, ii. [241];
the landlord of, ii. [246] note.
Rothamsted, Rev. Mr. Lawes's club at, iii. [244].
Royal Academy dinner, Dickens's last public words spoken at, iii. [537].
Roylance (Mrs.), the original of Mrs. Pipchin in Dombey, i. [55], ii. [355].
Ruskin (Mr.) on Hard Times, iii. [66], [67]
Russell (Lord J.), a friend of letters, ii. [369], [393];
on Dickens's letters, iii. [481];
dinner with, ii. [483];
Dickens's tribute to, iii. [501], and note.
Ryland (Arthur), letter of Dickens to, iii. [56] note.
Sala (G. A.), Dickens's opinion of, ii. [454] note;
tribute by, to Dickens's memory, iii. [516].
Salisbury Plain, superiority of, to an American prairie, i. [394];
a ride over, ii. [461].
Sand (Georges), iii. [138], [139]
Sandusky (U. S.), discomforts of inn at, i. [400].
Sardinians, Dickens's liking for, iii. [92].
Satirist, editor of, hissed from the Covent-garden stage, ii. [50].
Saturday Review on the realities of Dickens's characters, i. [166].
Scene-painting, iii. [166].
Scheffer (Ary), portrait of Dickens by, iii. [148], [149];
reading of Cricket on the Hearth in atelier of, iii. [149].
Scheffer (Henri), iii. [150].
Schools, public, Dickens on, iii. [236].
Scotland, readings in, iii. [232]-[235].
Scott (Sir W.), real people in novels of, iii. [22], [29]
Scott monument at Edinburgh, ii. [392].
Scribe (M.), dinner to, ii. [469];
social intercourse of Dickens with, iii. [134], [135];
author-anxieties of, iii. [136];
a fine actor lost in, iii. [138].
Scribe (Madame), iii. [136].
Sea-bathing and authorship, ii. [28].
Seaside holidays, Dickens's, ii. [403]-[441], iii. [97]-[120].
Sebastopol, reception in France of supposed fall of, iii. [110].
Serenades at Hartford and Newhaven (U. S.), i. [314].
Servants, Swiss, excellence of, ii. [246].
Seven Dials, ballad literature of, i. [230].
Seymour (Mr.) and the Pickwick Papers, i. [111] note;
death of, i. [115].
Shaftesbury (Lord) and ragged schools, i. [283], ii. [57], [58] note, [493], [494] (and see [494]).
Shakespeare Society, the, i. [185].
Shakespeare on the actor's calling, iii. [191].
Shakespeare's house, purchase of, ii. [392].
Sheffield, reading at, iii. [232].
Sheil (Richard Lalor), ii. [53].
Shepherd's-bush, the home for fallen women at, ii. [488].
Sheridans (the), ii. [468].
Ship news, i. [296].
Short-hand, difficulties of, i. [91].
Shows, Saturday-night, i. [61].
Siddons (Mrs.), genius of, ii. [473], [473].
Sierra Nevada, strange encounter on the, iii. [385], [386]
Sikes and Nancy reading, proposed, iii. [448];
at Clifton, iii. [451];
Macready on the, iii. [451];
at York, iii. [454], and note;
Dickens's pulse after, iii. [532].
Simplon, passing the, ii. [174].
"Six," Bachelor, iii. [124].
Sketches by Boz, first collected and published, i. [113];
characterized, i. [114].
Slavery in America, i. [327], [352]-[354], [388]-[390];
the ghost of, iii. [419].
Slaves, runaway, i. [389].
Sleeplessness, Dickens's remedy for, iii. [249].
Sleighs in New York, iii. [397].
"Slopping round,"iii. [432].
"Smallness of the world," i. [372], ii. [222], iii. [204].
Small-pox, American story concerning, iii. [305] note.
Smith (Albert), Battle of Life dramatized by, ii. [323].
Smith (Arthur), iii. [168];
first series of Dickens's readings under management of, iii. [199], [200] (and see [263] note);
distresses of, iii. [225] note;
first portion of second series planned by, iii. [258];
serious illness of, iii. [260], [261];
death of, iii. [261];
touching incident at funeral, iii. [261] note.
Smith (Bobus), ii. [190].
Smith (O.), acting of, i. [174], ii. [96].
Smith (Porter), ii. [476].
Smith (Southwood), ii. [53], [53].
Smith (Sydney), i. [311], ii. [108];
on Nicholas Nickleby, i. [168], [176] note;
death of, ii. [190].
Smithson (Mr.), i. [182];
death of, ii. [93].
Smoking party, a feminine, ii. [292], [292].
Smollett (Tobias), a recollection of, i. [128];
real people in novels of, iii. [22].
Snuff-shop readings, ii. [336].
Solitary confinement, effects of, i. [345], [346], ii. [234], [234].
Somebody's Luggage, the Waiter in, iii. [351], [370]
Sortes Shandyanæ, ii. [242].
Sparks (Jared), i. [304].
Speculators, American, iii. [391], [393], [408], [409], [411], [428].
Spiritual tyranny, ii. [231] note.
Spittoons in America, i. [338].
Squib Annual, the, i. [109], [110].
St. Bernard, Great, proposed trip to, ii. [271];
ascent of the mountain, ii. [274];
the convent, ii. [274];
scene at the top, ii. [274], [275];
bodies found in the snow, ii. [275];
the convent a tavern in all but sign, ii. [276];
Dickens's fancy of writing a book about the, iii. [184].
St. George (Madame), ii. [176].
St. Giles's, Dickens's early attraction of repulsion to, i. [39];
original of Mr. Venus found in, iii. [374].
St. Gothard, dangers of the, ii. [198], [198].
St. James's Hall, Dickens's final readings at, iii. [532], [533]
St. Leger, Dickens's prophecy at the, iii. [175].
St. Louis (U. S.), levee at, i. [386];
slavery at, i. [388];
pretty scene at, i. [390], [392];
duelling in, i. [396].
Stage-coach, queer American, i. [363], [364].
Stage, training for the, ii. [213], [214], (and see iii. [191]).
Stanfield (Clarkson), i. [181], ii. [47] note, [160], [162], [175], iii. [521];
sketches in Cornwall by, ii. [42];
illustrations by, to Battle of Life, ii. [310];
price realized at the Dickens sale for the Lighthouse scenes, iii. [71] note (and see ii. [296], iii. [164], [243]);
at work, iii. [166];
death of, iii. [320].
Stanfield Hall, Dickens at, ii. [462]
Stanley (Dr. A. P.), Dean of Westminster, compliance with general wish, iii. [543];
letter and sermon, iii. [544].
Stanton (Secretary), curious story told by, iii. [422], [423] (and see [508]).
Staplehurst accident, iii. [304];
effect on Dickens, iii. [376].
Staples (J. V.), letter from Dickens to, ii. [90] note.
Statesmen, leading American, i. [349], [350].
State Trials, story from the, iii. [283], [284]
Stealing, Carlyle's argument against, i. [333].
Steamers, perils of, i. [293], [305], [326], [331] (and see iii. [80]-[83]).
Stevenage, visit to the hermit near, iii. [246].
Stirling (Mr.), a theatrical adapter, i. [174].
Stone (Frank), ii. [385]. iii. [105];
sketch of Sydney Dickens by, ii. [368], [369] note;
fancy sketch of, ii. [383];
death of, iii. [256] note.
Stone (Marcus), designs supplied by, to Our Mutual Friend, iii. [373] note.
Streets, Dickens's craving for crowded, ii. [144], [151], [277], [281], [282], [283], [287], iii. [515].
Strange Gentleman, a farce written by Dickens, i. [116].
Stuart (Lord Dudley), ii. [472].
Sue (Eugène), ii. [331].
Sumner (Charles), i. [305], iii. [421], [426]
Sunday, a French, ii. [317], [485] note.
Swinburne (Algernon), ii. [428].
Switzerland; splendid scenery of, ii. [198];
villages in, ii. [199];
Dickens resolves to write new book in, ii. [220];
early impressions of, ii. [226], [227];
climate of, ii. [244] note;
the people of, ii. [245], [246], [259];
mule-travelling in, ii. [253];
Protestant and Catholic cantons in, ii. [260];
Dickens's last days in, ii. [311]-[315];
pleasures of autumn in, ii. [313];
revisited, iii. [76]-[95].
Syme (Mr.), opinion of, as to Dickens's lameness, iii. [453], [454]
Syracuse (U. S.), reading at, iii. [431].
Tagart (Edward), ii. [59], [59].
Taine (M.), on Martin Chuzzlewit, ii. [78];
criticisms by, on Dickens, ii. [102] (and see [251] note, iii. [326]-[331]);
a hint for, ii. [419];
on Hard Times, iii. [67] note;
Fielding criticized by, iii. [348].
Tale of Two Cities, titles suggested for, iii. [279];
first germ of Carton in, iii. [280] (and see [360]);
origin of, iii. [354];
the story reviewed, iii. [354]-[360];
titles suggested for, iii. [354], [355].
Talfourd (Judge), i. [180], ii. [97], [98], [293], [294], [427], [470] (and see iii. [509]);
Dickens's affection for, ii. [427].
Tatler (Hunt's), sayings from, iii. [26] note.
Tauchnitz (Baron), letter from, iii. [57] note;
intercourse of, with Dickens, iii. [462] note (and see [125] note).
Tavistock-house, sketch of, iii. [54];
a scene outside, iii. [165];
Stanfield scenes at, iii. [243];
sale of, iii. [257];
startling message from servant at, iii. [276].
Taylor (Tom), ii. [472].
Taylor (the Ladies), ii. [271].
Telbin (William), at work, iii. [166].
Temperance agitation, Dickens on the, ii. [409], [409].
Temperature, sudden changes of, in America, i. [347].
Temple (Hon. Mr.), ii. [190].
Tennent (Sir Emerson), ii. [476], iii. [80];
death and funeral of, iii. [454].
Tennyson (Alfred), Dickens's allegiance to, ii. [25], [136], [472], iii. [357] note.
Ternan (Ellen Lawless), iii. [561].
Tête Noire Pass, ii. [255];
accident in, ii. [256], [257].
Thackeray (W. M.), ii. [188];
offers to illustrate Pickwick, i. [115], [116];
on Maclise's portrait of Dickens, i. [178] note;
on the Carol, ii. [89] (and see ii. [53], [470]);
dinner to, iii. [73];
at Boulogne, iii. [105] note;
in Paris, iii. [126];
tribute to, by Dickens, iii. [236];
death of, iii. [298]-[300];
estrangement between Dickens and, iii. [298] note.
Thanet races, Dickens at the, ii. [24].
Théâtre Français (Paris), conventionalities of the, iii. [128].
Theatres, Italian, ii. [182];
French, ii. [330], [331].
Theatrical Fund dinner, Dickens's speech at, ii. [491], [492] (and see [221], iii. [537]).
Theatricals, private, at Montreal, i. [413]-[415];
at Rockingham, ii. [481];
at Tavistock House, iii. [62]-[64] (and see ii. [108]).
Thomas (Owen P.), recollections of Dickens at school, i. [76]-[81].
Thompson (Mr. T. I.), ii. [476].
Thompson (Sir Henry), consulted by Dickens, iii. [321];
a reading of Dickens's stopped by, iii. [452];
opinion as to Dickens's lameness, iii. [453], [454].
Ticknor (George), i. [304], [308].
Ticknor & Fields (Messrs.), commission received by, on the American readings, iii. [446].
Timber Doodle (Dickens's dog), ii. [24], [25], [28], ii. [134] note;
death of, iii. [144] note.
Times, the, on Dickens's death, iii. [542], [543] note.
Tintoretto, Dickens on the works of, ii. [168], iii. [92].
Titian's Assumption, effect of, on Dickens, ii. [168].
Tobin (Daniel), a schoolfellow of Dickens, i. [76];
assists Dickens as amanuensis, but finally discarded, i. [81].
Toole (J. L.), encouragement given to in early life, by Dickens, iii. [54] (and see iii. [302] note).
Topping (Groom), i. [220], [221], [234], [235], [413].
Toronto, toryism of, i. [412].
Torquay, readings at, iii. [268], [451]
Torrens (Mrs.), ii. [476].
Tour in Italy (Simond's), ii. [116] note.
Townshend (Chauncy Hare), iii. [256];
death and bequest of, iii. [417].
Tracey (Lieut.), i. [280], ii. [23].
Tramps, ways of, iii. [210] note, [249], [250].
Tremont House (Boston, U. S.), Dickens at, i. [300].
Trossachs, Dickens in the, i. [264].
True Sun, Dickens reporting for the, i. [96].
Turin, Dickens at, iii. [92], [93]
Turner (J. M. W.), ii. [110].
Tuscany, wayside memorials in, ii. [188] note.
Twickenham, cottage at, occupied by Dickens, i. [180]-[182];
visitors at, i. [180]-[182];
childish enjoyments at, i. [182] note.
Twiss (Horace), ii. [468].
Tyler (President), i. [350].
Tynemouth, scene at, iii.