Ouvry, Mr. Frederic, 552, 636 ; letters to,
564, 727
Overs, 38, 47
Owen, Professor, letter to, 585
Oxenford, Mr. John, 446
Oyster-cellars out of season, 69
Oysters, 59, 71, 73
PANIZZI, Mr. Antonio, 474 ; letters to, 477,
480
Pardoe, Miss, letter to, 70
Paris, Dickens at, 131, 147, 153, 158, 160,
164, 166, 231, 350, 357-360, 379-396, 539 ;
house-hunting in, 154 ; description of
Dickens' house in 154, 155 ; state of, in
1S46, 156 ; feeling of people of, for
Dickens, 381, 382 ; Dickens' reading at,
551-553, 555
Parkinson, Mr. J. C., 653 ; letter to, 705
Parliament, Dickens declines to enter, 38,
43, 45
Parrots, human, 91, 127
" Patrician's Daughter, The," prologue to,
written by Dickens, 54, 75
Patronage, the curse of England, 570, 071
Paxton, Sir Joseph, 405
Phelps, Mr. J., 342
Phillips, Mr. Henry W . letter to, 625
Picktliorn, Dr., 13
" Pickwick," origin and publication of, 3,
6, 7 ; first mention of Jingle, 6 ; con-
clusion of, celebrated, 9 ; the design of
the Shepherd in, explained, 85, 92
Picnic, a, of the elements, 120 ; with Eton
boys, 249, 251 ; in Kent, 692
" Pic-Nic Papers," Dickens' share < if tin-,
479
Pigott, Mr. Edward, 378
Plessy, Madame, 382, 740
Political Life, Dickens opinion of, 586
Political meetings, Dickens on, 730
Pollock, Sir F., 421, 484, 522, 567 ; letter to,
570
Pollock, Mrs. F., 733 ; letter to, 739
Poole, Mr, John, ir.2, 177, 284, .*. :SH.
580 ; letter to, 229
" Poor Travellers, The," 352
Portraits of Dickens, by Maclise, 21, 27 :
by E. M. Ward, R.A., 323 ; by Frith.
474 ; by Ary Scheffer, 383, 396 ; by John
Watkins, 526 ; a caricature, 523
Posthumous Memorials, Dickens on, 27i'i
Postman, an Albaro. 117, 120
Power, Miss, 109, 133, 163, 170, 403, 611,
637 ; and see Letters
Power, Miss Nelly, 403
Power, Mrs., letter to, 637
Prescott, Mr., Dickens' admiration for. 102
INDEX.
761
Presence of mind of Dickens, 532, 578, 581
Press, the, freedom of, 48 ; in America,
104 ; taxation of the, 264
Prince Consort, the, 231, 512
Prisons, Dickens on discipline in, 280
Pritchard the poisoner, 586
Procter, Miss Adelaide, 323, 409, 578, 588 ;
letter to, 347
Procter, Mr. B. W., 323, 474; and see
Letters
Procter, Mrs., 402, 092; letters to, 579
588
Puffery, Dickens' hatred of, 292
Punishment of death, Dickens on the, 140
Purse, the power of the, SI ; a theatrical,
128
Putnam, Mr., 645
QUEEN, the, Maclise and, 97 ; Dickens'
theatrical performances before, 181, 235,
240, 242, 416 ; Dickens' feeling for, 536 :
reception of Longfellow by, 692 ; inter-
view of Dickens with, 733
RAE, Dr., 346
Railways, 591
Rainforth, Miss, 8
Reade, Mr. Charles, 552, 631 ; letter to, 564
" Reader, Charles Dickens as a," 738
Readings, Dickens' public, for charities,
283, 322, 350, 416 ; first reading for
his own beneh't, 443 ; at Paris, 551, 553,
555 ; in America, 473, 610, 611, 626 ; see
America ; the object of the, 623 ; the
labour of the, 635 ; effect of the reading
of " The Murder " on the audience, 702 ;
effect of upon Dickens, 610, 617, 652 ;
farewell series of readings in England,
652, 707; trial reading of "The Mur-
der," from " Oliver Twist," 653, 702 ;
reading to the actors, 709, 717 ; farewell
reading, 732 ; books of the, 738 ; letters
concerning the readings in England,
Scotland, and Ireland, 294, 324, 328, 344,
345, 352, 355, 361, 390, 431, 433, 450-460,
462-468, 473, 475, 476, 488, 523, 524, 527-
537, 539-543, 558, 560, 600-604, 614-623;
letters concerning American, 626, 627,
633, 642-684, 700-703, 712-720
Red Tape, Dickens on, 591
Reform, Dickens speaks on Administrative,
349 ; association for, 363, 371 ; Dickens on
Parliamentary, 379, 477, 612, 613, 696
Refreshment Rooms, 390
Regnier, M., 284 ; and see Letters
Religion, Dickens on, 43, 473, 529, 546, 561,
575, 699, 706, 747
Review, The North American, 87 ; The
Edinburgh, 87, 98
Reynolds, Dr. Russell, 749
Richardson, Samuel, Dickens' opinion of,
167
"Rivals, The," a scene from, re-written,
325 326
Roberts, R.A., Mr. David, 211, 251, 465 ;
and see Letters
" Robinson Crusoe," Dickens on, 403
Robinson, Mr., 174, 177
Robson, Mr. F., 307, 400
"Rocabella," Dickens' opinion of Mr.
Chorley's story of, 493
Roche, Dickens' courier, 101, 122-124, 137
145, 169
Rochester Cathedral, proposed burial of
Dickens in, 749
Rogers, Mr. Samuel, 402
Ross, Mr. John, 12
Ross, Mr. R. M., letter to, 598
Ross, Mr. T., letter to, 398
Royal Academy, female students at the,
501 ; Dickens' last public appearance at
the dinner of the, 732
Royal Exchange, the lire at, 13
Rusden, Mr. ; see Letters
Russel, Mr. Alexander, 69S
Russell, Lord John, 263, 284, 373, 731 ; and
see Letters
Russell, Mr. W. H., 416, 470
Russia, s.s., the, 685
Rye, Mr. W. K., letter to, 5S>i
Ryland, Mr. Arthur, 730 ; and see Letters
SAINTON-DOLBY, Madame, letter to, 628
Sammons, Mr. W. I.., letter to, 23
Sanatorium for art-students, 111
Sand, Mr. Georges, 388
Sandys, Mr. William, 164 ; letter to, 173
Sartoris, Mr. and Mrs., 312
Satirist, The, 87
Saunders, Mr. John, 323 ; letter to, 34'J
Sausage, a questionable, 256
Savillc, Miss, 551
Schefier, M. Ary, 383, 387, 395, 526
School Boys, 375
Schoolmistress, a Yorkshire, 14
Schools, Dickens on Ragged, 98
Scott, Sir Walter, 13, 26, 249, 595
Scott, Dickens' dresser, 614, 640, 641, 650,
651, r<11, 679
Scribe, M. Eugene, 395
Seaside, the, in wet weather, '.'3
Sea voyage, a, 309
Serle, Mr., 653 ; letter to, 694
Shaftesbury, Lord, 591
Shakespeare, Dickens in room of, 17 ;
Dickens' criticisms of Charles Knight's
biography of, 150 ; and see 17:!
Shee, Mr. Justice, 596
Shower-bath, a perpetual, 198
Signatures, fancy of Dickens, 94, 103, 145,
150, 176, 190, 198, 230, 391, 511. 54,
556
"Sketches," publication of the, 3
"Sketches of Young Gentlemen," by
Dickens, 13
Slave-owners, Dickens on, 79
Smith, Mr. Albert, letter to, 472
Smith, Mr. Arthur, 417, 443, 4.V.M56, 45S,
460, 463, 464, 467, -469, 4*H, 491, 512, 527,
528 ; letters to, 472, 475, 525
Smith, Mr. H. P., 162; letters to, 70, 146,
173, 176
Smith, Mr. Sydney, 27
Smollett, Dickens on the works of, 334
Snevellicci, Miss, in real life, 18
Snore, a miirhty, 154
Songs by Dickens : mi Murk I-i'inon, 109 ;
" The Wreck " in " The Lighthouse," 351
Speaking, Dickens on public, 542, 543, 72. r >,
762
LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS.
726 728 ; advice to his son Henry on
public, 737
Spencer, Lord, 236
Spider, a fearful, 175
Spiritualism, Dickens on, 330, 370
Stage-coach, American story of a, 627
Stage-manager, Dickens as a, 68, 156, 1*50,
177, 225, 230, 245-247, 435
Stage suggestions, 76 ; a stage mob, 167 ; a
piece of stage business, 152
Stanfleld, Mr. Clarkson, 53, 79, 80, 85, 87,
96, 104, 143, 155, 158, 251, 284, 349, 393,
396, 397, 406, 411, 465, 555, 611, 625 ;
and see Letters
Stanfleld, Mr. George, letter to, 625
Stanley, Dean, 750
Stanley, Lady Augusta, 750
Staplehurst, Dickens in the railway acci-
dent at, 578 ; description of the acci-
dent, 581-584 ; effects of the accident on
Dickens, 697
Staunton, Mr. Secretary, 667
Steele, Mr., 749
Steele, Sir Richard, Dickens on Forsttr's
Essay on, 367
Stone, Mr. Arthur, 397
Stone, Miss Ellen, 726
Stone, Mr. Frank, 134, 143, 177, 181, 211,
220, 232, 234, 246, 254, 417, 474 ; and see
Letters
Stone, Mr. Marcus, 284, 474, 489, 566;
letters to, 322, 568, 587
Storks, Serjeant, 17
Storrar, Dr., 567, 572
Storrar, Mrs., 567 ; letter to, 571
"Strange Gentleman, The," farce written
by Dickens and produced, 4 ; sent to
Macready, 20
" Strange Story, A," Dickens' criticism on,
514, 517-520, 525, 532, 536
Strikes, Dickens on, 333, 385
Sturgis, Mr. Russell, letters to, 701, 704
Sumner, Mr. Charles, 81, 103, 667, 670
Sun, The, newspaper, 181, 578 ; letter to
editor of, 183
Sunday bands, 398
"Sunday, under Three Heads," by Charles
Dickens, 13
Sutherland, Dr., 444
Switzerland, the Simplon Pass in, 129 ;
pleasant recollections of, 191, 210 ; Dick-
ens at Lausanne in, 147 ; a revolution in,
152 ; friends in, 153 ; Dickens' love for,
154; letters concerning Lausanne in,
147, 152, 155, 166; expedition to, 283,
294, 299-302 ; ascent of the Mer de Glace,
300 ; a hot bath in, 301 ; passage of the
Simplon, 302 ; travellers in, 303 ; carriages
in, 303
Sympathy, letters of. 49, 187. 237, 257,
272, 273, 368, 372, 481, 483, 503, 545, 625,
627, 716
TAOART, Rev. Edward, 101 ; letters to, llti,
166
"Tale of Two Cities, A," 473, 474 ; letters
concerning, 485, 487, 488, 489, 498, 532
Talfourd, Miss Mary, letter to, 50
Talfourd, Mr. Justice, 11, 27, 80, S8 ;
letter to, 16
Taiichnitz, Baron, 186
Tavistock House, purchase of, 232, 252 ;
sale of, 490 ; letters concerning, 252-257 ;
259, 500
Taxation, Dickenson, 214 ; of newspapers,
264
Taylor, Mr. Bayard, 708
Taylor, Mr. Tom, 531
Tegg, Mr. Thomas, 5 ; letter to, 9
Telegraph, the dramatic side of the, 280
Temple, the, Dickens becomes a student at,
21, 30
Tennent, Lady, 311
Tennent, Sir James Emerson, 284, 311, 567,
716; letters to, 315, 419, 573, 605
Tenniel, Mr. John, 233
Tennyson, Mr. Alfred, Dickens' admiration
for, 484
Terry, Miss Kate. "',:,
Thackeray, Mr. \V. M., :',;><>. 416, f.06, 568,
570 ; letter to, 445
Thames, drainage of the, 4.01 ; embank-
ment of the, 591, 711
Theatre, Dickens at the, 18 ; Phiz's laughter
at the, 18 ; the Saloon at Drury Lane, 38,
51 ; scents of, 103 ; proposal for a
national, 192 ; a performance at a coun-
try, 331 ; Dickens on the, 613, 738
Theatrical performances of Charles Dick-
ens : at Montreal, 67, 68 ; at Miss Kelly's
Theatre, 134, 143, 140 ; before the Queen,
181, 235, 240, 242, 416 ; at Knebworth,
211, 219, 234 ; for the Guild, 231, 233,
240-247, 263, 265, 268; "Fortunio" at
Tavistock House, 349, 354 ; "The Light-
house," 350, 351, 368-370, 404, 410 ; "The
Frozen Deep," 384, 410, 416; "Frozen
Deep," Prologue to, 418 ; for the Jerrold
Memorial Fund, 416; and see 1 ('_', 17-J.
174-176, 180, 181, 189 ; letters concerning
the, 143, 144, 172, 174-177, 183, 190, 209,
221-231, 234, 237, 260, 265-26S, 270, 367-
371, 395, 404, 409, 410, 413-414, 419, 422,
432-436, 559
Thompson, Miss Elizabeth, 31, 148
Thompson, Mr., 31, 145, 177 ; see Letters
Thompson, Mrs., 145
Thornbury, Mr. Walter, 588; and see
Letters
Times, The, the editor of, letters to, 200,
201
Tomlin, Mr. John, letter to, 41
Toole, Mr. J. L., 453, 611 ; letter to, 638
Topham, Mr. F. W., 233, 242, 260
Topping, the eroom, on nature, 73
Townshend, Mr. Chauncey Hare, 41'.', 47(5,
482, 497, 515, 575, 679, 711
Tracey, Lieutenant, 140
Trollope, Mr. Anthony, 685
Trollope, Mrs., letters to, 77, 370
"UNCLE TOM'S CABIN," Dickens on, 27s
" Uncommercial Traveller, The," 4'.>. 70:;
" United Vagabonds, The," 72
VESUVIUS, Dickens' ascent of, 136-138 ; mid
see 139
Viardot, Madame, 555 ; letter to, 382
" Village Coquettes, The," operetta written
by Dickens, 4 ; and see 7, 8, 99
INDEX.
763
"Visits to Rochester," 589
Volunteers, Dickens on the, 497
WAISTCOAT, a wonderful, 108 ; the loan by
Dickens of Macready's, 145 ; Dickens'
fondness for a bright, 305
Wales, the Prince of, popularity of, 56-2 ;
Dickens attends levee of, 733
Wales, the Princess of, her arrival in En<;-
land, 557 ; the illuminations in honour
of, 558 ; popularity of, 562
Walker, Mr. J. C., 264
War, Dirkens on the Russian, 345, 353
Ward, R.A., Mr. B. M., 323 ; letter to, 51d
Ward, Mrs., letter to, 740
Warner, Mrs., 292
Waterfall, a, as a stage effect, 688
Watkins, Mr. John, 385 ; letters to, 276,
526
Watson, Dr., 721
Watson, Hon. Mrs., 147, 421, 462, 576; and
Watson, Hon. R.. 147, 166, 271, 272 ; letter
to, 154
Watson, Mr. E., 410
Watson, Sir Thomas, 707, 708
Watts' refuge for poor travellers, 605
Webster, Mr. Benjamin, 86, 393, 396, 612,
673
Webster, a story of the murderer, 657
Welcome home, a, 121
Wellington, the Duke of, 278
Westminster Abbey, burial of Dickens in,
750
Whewell, Dr., 346
White, Miss, 213, 474, 483; 'letter to,. 480
White, Miss Clara, 54(1, 566
White, Mrs., 569 ; letter to, 481
White, Rev. James, 147, 196, 218, 383, 560 ;
and see Letters
White, Mr. Richard Grant, 475
Wipan, Mr. Alfred, 2!3
" Wilds of America," 668
Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Banu-y, 672
Wills, Mr. W. H., 147, 233, 329, 347, 350,
376, 422, 473, 611, 683, 691, 704, 708, 725
Wills, Mrs., 395, 443, 465, 482, 501
Wilmot, Mr., 244
Wilson, Mr. Kfflngham, letter to-, 192
Winter, Mrs., 350; letters to, 365, 372
"Woman in White, The," Dickens' opinion
of, 492
Woolgar, Miss, 169
Working men, clubs for, 567, 569 ; Dickens
on the management of such clubs, 671 ;
feeling of, for Dickens, 718
" Working Man's Life, The," 163, 176
YATES, Mr. Edmund, 384, 417, 506; and see
Letters
Yates, Mrs., 506 ; letter to, 450
Young, Mr., 311
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