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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;