Chapter 10

Patronage, the curse of England, ii. 213, 356

Paxton, Sir Joseph, i. 446

Phelps, J., i. 366

"Pickwick," origin and publication of, i. 1, 3; first mention of Jingle, i. 3; conclusion of, celebrated, i. 5; the design of the Shepherd in, explained, i. 85, 89

Picnic, a, of the elements, i, 116; with Eton boys, i. 255, 258

"Picnic Papers," Dickens's share of the, ii. 91

Plessy, Madame, i. 412; ii. 440

Pollock, Sir F., ii. 97, 144, 209; letter to, ii. 10, 214

Pollock, Mrs. F., letter to, ii. 440

Poole, John, i. 298, 317; ii. 228; letter to, i. 236

"Poor Travellers, The," i. 378; sale of, i. 379

Portraits of Dickens, by Maclise, i. 18, 23; by Frith, ii. 84, 93; by Ary Scheffer, i. 414, 434; by John Watkins, ii. 148; a caricature, ii. 146

Postman, an Albaro, i. 112, 117

Power, Miss, i. 442; ii. 82, 293, 300; and see Letters

Power, Nelly, i. 443

Power, Mrs., letter to, ii. 300

Presence of mind of Dickens, ii. 161, 224, 230

Press, the, freedom of, i. 49; in America, i. 97; taxation of the, i. 274

Procter, Adelaide, i. 341; ii. 238; letter to, i. 374

Procter, B. W., i. 341; ii. 83, 91; and see Letters

Procter, Mrs., letter to, ii. 226, 238

Publishing system, how to improve the, i. 86

Purse, the power of the, i. 88

Putnam, Mr., ii. 312

Queen, the, Dickens's theatrical performance before, i. 239; his feeling for, ii. 168; his interview with, ii. 432

Rae, Dr., i. 373

Railways, ii. 242

Reade, Charles, ii. 188; letter to, ii. 206

Reader, Charles Dickens as a, ii. 437

Readings, Dickens's public, for charities, i. 297, 341, 377; ii. 4, 169, 170; first reading for his own benefit, ii. 39; at Paris, ii. 187, 189, 192; in America, ii. 267; farewell series of readings in England, ii. 326, 404, 405; trial reading of "The Murder" from "Oliver Twist," ii. 326; reading to the actors, ii. 407, 418; farewell reading, ii. 431; effects of "The Murder" reading on Dickens, ii. 434; books of the, ii. 438; letters concerning the readings in England, Scotland, and Ireland, i. 344, 348, 369, 371, 379, 382, 388, 413, 424; ii. 20, 49, 51-67, 70-80, 87, 103, 145, 147, 151-168, 174, 178, 197, 200, 251-258, 272-286; letters concerning American, ii. 83, 85, 290, 294, 298, 299, 306-382; letters concerning the farewell series of, ii. 391, 392, 395-400, 412-421

Reform, Dickens speaks on Administrative, i. 377, 399; association for, i. 399; Dickens on Parliamentary, ii. 87, 269

Refreshment rooms, i. 424

Regnier, M., i. 298; and see Letters

Reynolds, Dr. Russell, ii. 448

Richardson, Samuel, Dickens's opinion of, i. 175

"Rivals, The," a scene from, rewritten, i. 345

Roberts, David, i. 214; ii. 75; letters to, i. 215, 246, 248, 389

"Robinson Crusoe," Dickens on, i. 443

Robson, F., i. 451

Roche, Dickens's courier, i. 95, 122-126, 139

Rochester Cathedral, proposed burial of Dickens in, ii. 448

Royal Academy, female students at the, ii. 121; Dickens's last public appearance, at the dinner of the, ii. 431

Russel, Alexander, ii. 389, 390, 398, 406

Russell, Lord John, i. 272; ii. 85; and see Letters

Russell, W. H., ii. 4

Ryland, Arthur, ii. 4, 430; and see Letters

Sainton-Dolby, Madame, ii. 295, 391

Sanatorium for art-students, i. 102

Sand, Georges, i. 420

Sandys, William, letter to, i. 178

Saunders, John, i. 341; letter to, i. 366

Savage, i. 271

Saville, Miss, ii. 186

Scheffer, Ary, i. 414, 434; ii. 149

Schoolmistress, a Yorkshire, i. 8

Scott, Sir Walter, i. 22, 254

Scott, Dickens's dresser, ii. 272, 305, 306, 317, 321, 342, 370, 416

Scribe, Eugène, i. 430, 432

Sculthorpe, W. R., letter to, ii. 104

Seaside, the, in wet weather, i. 90

Sea voyage, a, i. 322

Shaftesbury, Lord, ii. 242

Shakespeare, Dickens in room of, i. 13; Dickens's criticisms of Charles Knight's biography of, i. 152; and see i. 178

Shea, Mr. Justice, ii. 247

Shower-bath, a perpetual, i. 207

"Sketches," publication of the, i. 1

Smith, Arthur, ii. 4, 39, 52, 53, 56-60, 64-67, 71, 72, 78, 80, 104, 109, 135, 145, 149-153; letters to, ii. 85, 147

Smith, H. P., letters to, i. 74, 179, 181

Smith, Sydney, i. 24

Smollett, Dickens on the works of, i. 356

Snevellicci, Miss, in real life, i. 13

Snore, a mighty, i. 158

Songs by Dickens: on Mark Lemon, i. 207; of "The Wreck" in "The Lighthouse," i. 461

Speaking, Dickens on public, ii. 426, 428; advice to his son Henry on public, ii. 435

Spencer, Lord, i. 242

Spider, a fearful, i. 180

Spiritualism, Dickens on, i. 350, 397

Stage-coach, American story of a, ii. 292

Stage suggestions, i. 79; a stage mob, i. 174; a piece of stage business, i. 156

Stanfield, Clarkson, i. 370, 377, 429, 435, 454; ii. 75, 194, 267; and see Letters

Stanfield, George, letter to, ii. 289

Stanley, Dean, ii. 448, 449

Stanley, Lady Augusta, ii. 449

Staplehurst, Dickens in the railway accident at, ii. 224; description of the accident, ii. 229-233; effects of the accident on Dickens, ii. 388

Staunton, Mr. Secretary, ii. 351

Steele, Sir Richard, Dickens on Forster's essay on, i. 393

Steele, Mr., ii. 447, 448

Stone, Arthur, i. 436

Stone, Ellen, ii. 81

Stone, Frank, i. 134, 143, 225, 240; ii. 84; and see Letters

Stone, Marcus, i. 299; ii. 84, 106, 208; letters to, i. 340; ii. 211, 236

Storrar, Mrs., ii. 209; letter to, ii. 216

"Strange Gentleman, The," farce written by Dickens and produced, i. 4; price of, i. 5; sent to Macready, i. 16

Strikes, Dickens on, i. 416

Sumner, Charles, ii. 351, 355

_Sun, The_, newspaper, ii. 225; letter to editor of, i. 187

Switzerland, the Simplon Pass in, i. 127; pleasant recollections of, i. 197, 218; Dickens at Lausanne in, i. 147; a revolution in, i. 155, 175; friends in, i. 157; Dickens's love for, i. 158; letters concerning Lausanne in, i. 147, 154, 160, 172, 179

Sympathy, letters of, i. 193, 265, 282, 283, 394; ii. 94, 97, 123, 154, 180, 289, 293

Tagart, Edward, letters to, i. 111, 173

"Tale of Two Cities, A," ii. 83, 84, 158; letters concerning, ii. 98, 102, 105, 106, 116

Talfourd, Miss Mary, letter to, i. 51

Talfourd, Mr. Justice, i. 7; letter to, i. 10

Taüchnitz, Baron, i. 188, 195

Tavistock House, purchase of, i. 240; sale of, ii. 107; letters concerning, i. 259, 261-266

Taxation, Dickens on, i. 218; of newspapers, i. 273

Taylor, Bayard, ii. 405

Telegraph, the dramatic side of the, i. 417

Tennent, Sir James Emerson, i. 298; ii. 209, 224; letters to, i. 329; ii. 218, 259

Tenniel, John, i. 241

Tennyson, Alfred, Dickens's admiration for, ii. 98

Terry, Miss Kate, ii. 193

Thackeray, W. M., ii. 4, 39, 137, 208, 210, 214; letter to, ii. 41

Thames, drainage of the, ii. 50; embankment of the, ii. 410

Theatre, Dickens at the, i. 13; Phiz's laughter at the, i. 13; the saloon at Drury Lane, i. 37, 52; scents of a, i. 96; story of a, i. 144; proposal for a national, i. 199; Dickens on the, ii. 271, 438

Theatrical Fund, the, ii. 35

Theatrical performances of Charles Dickens: at Montreal, i. 72; at Miss Kelly's Theatre, i. 134; "Fortunio" at Tavistock House, i. 376, 381; "The Lighthouse," i. 377, 394-397; "The Frozen Deep," i. 414; for the Jerrold Memorial Fund, ii. 19, 23; before the Queen, i. 239; and see i. 170, 185, 239, 241, 271, 376, 377, 414; ii. 3; letters concerning the, i. 141, 143, 144, 146, 181, 192, 196, 224-228, 231, 232, 234, 244, 268, 398, 433, 453, 454, 457, 459, 460; ii. 6, 11, 198

Thornbury, Walter, ii. 170, 292; letters to, ii. 178, 262, 286

Tomlin, John, letter to, i. 40

Toole, J. L., ii. 54, 268; letter to, ii. 300

Topham, F. W., i. 241, 269

Townshend, Chauncey Hare, ii. 7, 86, 96, 115, 136, 140, 371, 410

Trollope, Mrs., letters to, i. 80, 397

"Uncle Tom's Cabin," Dickens on, i. 289

"Uncommercial Traveller, The," ii. 107

Viardot, Madame, ii. 193; letter to, i. 412

"Village Coquettes, The," operetta written by Dickens, i. 5; and see i. 93

Volunteers, Dickens on the, ii. 115

Waistcoat, a wonderful, i. 102; the loan by Dickens of Macready's, i. 146

Wales, the Prince of, popularity of, ii. 203; Dickens attends levée of, ii. 432

Wales, the Princess of, her arrival in England, ii. 195; the illuminations in honour of, ii. 198; popularity of, ii. 203

War, Dickens on the Russian, i. 379

Ward, E. M., i. 341; letter to, ii. 141

Ward, Mrs., letter to, ii. 441

Watkins, John, i. 415; letters to, i. 287; ii. 148

Watson, Hon. R., i. 147, 280; letter to, i. 159

Watson, Hon. Mrs., i. 147; ii. 9, 70; and see Letters

Watson, Sir Thomas, ii. 405, 407

Watson, Wentworth, ii. 79

Watts's refuge for poor travellers, ii. 259

Webster, Benjamin, i. 85, 90, 434; ii. 361

Webster, a story of the murderer, ii. 333

Welcome home, a, i. 117

Westminster Abbey, burial of Dickens in, ii. 448

Whewell, Dr., i. 372

White, Clara, ii. 142, 181, 208

White, Rev. James, i. 149, 413; ii. 209; and see Letters

White, Mrs., ii. 212; letter to, ii. 94

White, Miss, ii. 81, 84, 96; letter to, ii. 92

White, Richard Grant, ii. 85

Wigan, Alfred, i. 429

Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Barney, ii. 337, 359

Wills, W. H., i. 148, 241, 375; ii. 83, 379, 383, 406, 430; and see Letters

Wills, Mrs., ii. 75, 96, 120

Wilson, Effingham, letter to, i. 199

Working men, clubs for, ii. 209, 213; Dickens on the management of such clubs, ii. 356; feeling of, for Dickens, ii. 420

Yates, Edmund, i. 414, 426; ii. 5, 129; and see Letters

Yates, Mrs., ii. 129; letter to, ii. 48

THE END.

CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS, CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS.

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Transcriber's Notes:

Page 142, "Leotard" changed to "Léotard" twice (Palace and Léotard) and (into seeing Léotard)

Page 181, "shefound" changed to "she found" (she found Marsh)

Page 432, "levee" changed to "levée" (a levée held)

Page 453, "Celeste" changed to "Céleste" (Céleste, Madame)

Page 454-455, entries for "Dickens, Mamie" and "Dickens, Kate" were originally not in alphabetically order. This was corrected.

Page 456, "Fitzgreene" changed to "Fitz-Greene" (Halleck, Fitz-Greene)

Page 458, "Fitzgreene" changed to "Fitz-Greene" (Halleck, Fitz-Greene)

Page 460, "Lyttleton" changed to "Lyttelton" (Lyttleton, Hon. Spencer)

Page 462, "Shee" changed to "Shea" (Shea, Mr. Justice)

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