Chapter 3

Babbage, Charles, letters to, i. 86, 87, 186

Ballantyne, ii. 415

Bancroft, Mrs., letter to, ii. 441

Banks, G., i. 273; letter to, i. 296

Barber, Dickens's gardener, ii. 102

Barker, Dr. Fordyce, ii. 378, 405

"Barnaby Rudge" written and published, i. 36; Dickens's descriptions of the illustrations of: the raven, i. 38; the locksmith's house, i. 39; rioters in The Maypole, i. 45; scene in the ruins of the Warren, i. 46; abduction of Dolly Varden, i. 48; Lord George Gordon in the Tower, the duel, frontispiece, i. 50; Hugh taken to gaol, i. 51

"Battle of Life, The," dedication of, i. 147, 157; Dickens superintends rehearsals of the play of, i. 163, 165, 167; sale of, i. 166, 176; reception of the play of, i. 167

Baylis, Mr., ii. 170; letter to, ii. 179

Beadle, a, in office, ii. 134

Beard, Frank, ii. 182, 405, 421, 434, 447

Beaucourt, M., i. 297, 357, 439

Bedstead, a German, i. 128

Beecher, Ward, ii. 341

Begging letters, Dickens's answers to, i. 148-150

Belgians, the King of the, ii. 432

Benzon, Miss Lily, letter to, ii. 258

Berry, one of Dickens's readings men, ii. 54, 159, 160

Bicknell, Henry, i. 215; letter to, i. 229

Biographers, Dickens on, i. 190; his opinion of John Forster as a biographer, i. 188-191

Birthday wishes, i. 51

"Black-eyed Susan," Dickens as T. P. Cooke in, i. 113; a new version of, i. 114

Blackwood, Mr., ii. 165

Blair, General, ii. 355

Blanchard, Laman, letter to, i. 99

"Bleak House," commenced, i. 241; publication of, i. 272; Dickens's opinion of, i. 279; circulation of, i. 289, 309, 317

Blessington, Lady, i. 171

Bobadil, Captain, Dickens plays, i. 134; Dickens's remarks on, i. 144; a letter after, i. 195

Book-backs, Dickens's imitation, i. 265, 266

Book Clubs, established, i. 94; Dickens on, i. 104

Boucicault, Dion, ii. 260, 261

Boulogne, Dickens at, i. 271, 297, 304-312, 341, 414, 439-448; a Shakespearian performance at, i. 308; _en fête_, i. 315; illuminations at, on the occasion of the Prince Consort's visit,