Chapter 9

Wills, W. H., i. 148-150, 219, 221, 222, 244, 250, 285, 286, 292, 295, 299, 303, 304, 307, 315, 333, 334, 352, 357, 384, 387, 401, 407, 408, 410, 415, 433, 450, 452; ii. 119, 167, 168, 171, 207, 290, 292, 295, 301, 386, 422, 433 Wilson, Effingham, i. 199 Yates, Edmund, ii. 20, 34, 41, 47, 91, 123, 149, 238 Yates, Mrs., ii. 48

Lewes, G. H., i. 170

"Lighthouse, The," the play of, i. 337; Dickens's prologue to, i. 461; Dickens's "Song of the Wreck" in, i. 461; and see ii. 198

Linton, Mrs., ii. 207

Lion, a chained, i. 144

Literary Fund, the, ii. 5, 12

"Little Dorrit," i. 378, 413, 415; proposed name of, i. 402; sale of, i. 426; letters concerning, i. 402, 403, 406, 426

Lockhart, Mr., ii. 207

London, the Mayor of, from a French point of view, i. 175; in September, i. 318; Dickens's opinion of the Corporation of, i. 389; ii. 411; facetious advice to country visitors to, i. 252

Longfellow, W. H., ii. 306, 308, 312, 326, 333, 361, 375

Longman, Thomas, letters to, i. 73; ii. 106

Longman, William, letter to, i. 24

Lovejoy, G., i. 44

Lowell, Miss Mabel, ii. 405, 415

Lyceum Theatre under Fechter, ii. 187, 191, 245; and see Fechter

Lyndhurst, Lord, i. 147; ii. 144

Lynn, Miss, i. 378

Lyttelton, Hon. Spencer, i. 239, 245

Lytton, the first Lord, i. 214, 239; ii. 108, 135, 143, 247, 268; letter to, ii. 116

Lytton, Lord, ii. 108

Maclise, Daniel, i. 18, 23, 80, 177, 370; ii. 432; letters to, i. 33, 105

Macready, W. C., i. 94, 133, 239, 413; ii. 169, 172, 173; and see Letters

Macready, Benvenuta, i. 431; ii. 194

Macready, Kate, i. 415; ii. 193

Macready, Mrs., ii. 172, 288

Macready, Jonathan, ii. 376

Macready, Nina, i. 195

Macready, W., ii. 425

Major, Mrs., letter to, ii. 196

Makeham, J. M., ii. 432; Dickens's last letter written to, ii. 444

Malleson, Mr. and Mrs., ii. 315

Marsh, Dickens's coachman, a story of, ii. 181

Marston, Dr. Westland, ii. 42, 44, 45; letter to, ii. 43

Martineau, i. 61, 229

"Martin Chuzzlewit," i. 53; dramatised, i. 95, 105; a story of Mrs. Harris, ii. 41

"Master Humphrey's Clock," i. 28; the plan of, described, i. 29; letters concerning illustrations for, i. 29-31, 33-36, 38-40, 45-47, 50-51

"Mémoires du Diable, Les," i. 444

Mesmerism, a séance of, ii. 100

Missionaries, Dickens on, i. 227; ii. 241

Mitton, Thomas, see Letters

Molesworth, Lady, ii. 187, 189

Monuments, Dickens on, i. 287, 356

Moore, Tom, i. 163

Morgan, Captain, ii. 136, 143

Morgan, W., ii. 308, 336

Morley, Mr., i. 399

Morpeth, Viscount, letters to, i. 92, 146; and see Carlisle, The Earl of

Motley, Mr., ii. 142

Mountain, a hazardous ascent of a, ii. 29

Mulgrave, Earl of, i. 57

Narrative, i. 1, 4, 6, 17, 28, 36, 53, 57, 85, 94, 134, 147, 169, 185, 204, 213, 239, 271, 296, 341, 376, 413; ii. 3, 39, 83, 107, 135, 169, 187, 208, 224, 244, 266, 325, 404, 431, 446

Nathan, Messrs. H. and L., i. 232, 233, 235

Neville, Mr., ii. 186

Newsvendors' Benevolent Institution, ii. 232

New Testament, Dickens's love for the, ii. 394, 403; Dickens writes a history of the, for his children, ii. 433

"Nicholas Nickleby," publication of, i. 6; rewards and punishments of characters in, i. 14; Dickens at work on, i. 16; dedication of, i, 26; the Kenwigs in, i, 25; and see ii. 200

Nicknames, Dickens's, of George Cattermole, i. 42, 143; of his children, i. 76, 126, 170, 322, 338, 453; nautical, i. 152; of himself, i. 198, 206, 307, 362; of Frank Stone, i. 214, 305

Norton, C. E., ii. 326

Noviomagians, the, i. 272

"Old Curiosity Shop, The," Dickens engaged on, i. 28; scenes in, described by Dickens for illustration, i. 21, 33-37, 42; Dickens heartbroken over the story, i. 36, 37, 42

"Oliver Twist," publication of, i. 4; Dickens at work on, i. 11; the reading of "The Murder" from, ii. 326, 395, 397, 399

Ollier, Edmund, ii. 209, 407; letters to, ii. 213, 425

Olliffe, Lady, ii. 187, 190

Olliffe, Sir J., ii. 417

Olliffe, the Misses, ii. 190

Organs, street, i. 104

Osgood, Mr., ii. 310, 336, 337, 340, 346, 352, 356, 366

"Our Mutual Friend," ii. 208, 210, 224; and as to illustrations for, see ii. 211, 237

Ouvry, Frederic, ii. 188, 300; letters to, ii. 205, 427

Overs, i. 37, 49

Owen, Professor, ii. 235

Panizzi, Antonio, ii. 84; letters to, ii. 89, 90, 92

Pardoe, Miss, letter to, i. 73

Paris, Dickens at, i. 130, 131, 147, 157-161, 169, 174, 239, 376, 378, 385-387, 413, 406-425, 430, 431; ii. 171, 187; house-hunting in, i. 158; description of Dickens's house in, i. 159; state of, in 1846, i. 160, 161; feeling of people of, for Dickens, i. 411; Dickens's reading at, ii. 187-190, 192

Parkinson, J. C., ii. 327; letter to, ii. 401

Parrots, human, i. 87, 121

"Patrician's Daughter, The," prologue to, written by Dickens,