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secretary to the Sanitary Commission, ii. 385; death of, iii. 261, 262.

Australia, idea of settling in, entertained by Dickens, iii. 185; scheme for readings in, iii. 270 note (idea abandoned, iii. 272).

Austrian police, the, iii. 94, 95.

Authors, American, i. 319.

Authorship, disquietudes of, ii. 288, 289.

BABBAGE (CHARLES) ii. 108.

Bagot (Sir Charles), i. 412.

Balloon Club at Twickenham, i. 182 note.

Baltimore (U. S.), women of, iii. 418; readings at, iii. 418, 419, 427 (and see 441); white and coloured prisoners in Penitentiary at, iii. 419.

Bancroft (George), i. 305, ii. 467.

Banquets, Emile de Girardin's superb, iii. 139-141.

Bantams, reduced, iii. 251.

Barham (Rev. Mr.), ii. 175, 476.

_Barnaby Rudge_, agreement to write, i. 135 (and see 147, 148, 161-163, 177, 225); Dickens at work on, i. 186, 232-234, 239-244; agreement for, transferred to Chapman and Hall, i. 223-226; the raven in, i. 233-240; constraints of weekly publication, i. 243; close of, i. 244; the story characterised, i. 244-248.

Bartlett (Dr.) on slavery in America, i. 389.

Bath, a fancy about, iii. 451, 452.

Bathing, sea, Dickens's love of, ii. 28, 56, 138.

_Battle of Life_ title suggested for the, ii. 251 (and see 295); contemplated abandonment of, ii. 289; writing of, resumed, ii. 293; finished, ii. 295; points in the story, 296; Jeffrey's opinion of the, ii. 303, 304; sketch of the story, ii. 304, 305; Dickens's own comments on, ii. 306; date of the story, 306; reply to criticism on, ii. 308; doubts as to third part of, ii. 309; dedication of, ii. 309; illustrated by Stanfield and Leech, 310; grave mistake made by Leech, ii. 311; dramatized, ii. 323.

Bayham-street, Camden town, Dickens's early life in, i. 30-42.

Beale (Mr.), a proposal from, iii. 196.

Beard (Mr. Carr), ii. 476; on Dickens's lameness, iii. 455; readings stopped by, iii. 456; in constant attendance on Dickens at his last readings, iii. 531 (and see 541).

Beard (Thos.), i. 92. 101, 102, iii. 256.

Beaucourt (M.), described by Dickens, iii. 99-102; his "Property," iii. 100; among the Putney market-gardeners, iii. 102; goodness of, iii. 120 note.

Bedrooms, American, i. 304, 313.

Beecher (Ward), iii. 410; readings in his church at Brooklyn, iii. 417.

Beer, a dog's fancy for, iii. 217 note.

Beggars, Italian, ii. 183, 184.

Begging-letter writers, i. 228, ii. 106, 107; in Paris, ii. 327.

Belfast, reading at, iii. 229.

Benedict (Jules), illness of, ii. 466.

Bentley (Mr.), Dickens's early relations with, i. 134, 135, 141, 147, 148, 161, 163, 224, iii. 240; friendly feeling of Dickens to, in after life, ii 481, iii. 241.

_Bentley's Miscellany_, Dickens editor of, i. 121; proposal to write _Barnaby Rudge_ in, i. 148; editorship of, transferred to Mr. Ainsworth, i. 163, 164.

Berwick, Mary (Adelaide Procter), iii. 495

Berwick-on-Tweed, reading at, iii. 266.

Betting-men at Doncaster, iii. 174-176.

Beverley (William), at Wellington-house academy, i. 84.

Birds and low company, iii. 251, 252.

Birmingham, Dickens's promise to read at, iii. 56; promise fulfilled (first public readings), iii. 59; another reading at, iii. 311; Dickens's speeches at Institute at, ii. 94, 95, iii. 527.

Birthday associations, i. 113, 150, iii. 308, 508.

Black (Adam), i. 259.

Black (Charles), ii. 476.

Black (John), i. 100, ii. 104; early appreciation by, of Dickens, i. 106; dinner to, ii. 53.

Blacking-warehouse (at Hungerford Stairs), Dickens employed at, i. 50; described, i. 51 (and see iii. 512 note); associates of Dickens at, i. 52; removed to Chandos-street, Covent-garden, i. 67; Dickens leaves, i. 68; what became of the business, i. 70.

Blackmore (Edward), Dickens employed as clerk by, i. 87; his recollections of Dickens, i. 87.

Blackpool, Dickens at, iii. 455.

_Blackwood's Magazine and Little Dorrit_, iii. 163.

Blair (General), iii. 424.

Blanchard (Laman). ii. 162, 175 (and see 187); a Literary Fund dinner described by, i. 322 note.

_Bleak House_ begun, ii. 441; originals of Boythorn and Skimpole in, iii. 25-28; inferior to _Copperfield_, iii. 32; handling of character in, iii. 40-50; defects of, iii. 44; Dean Ramsay on, iii. 47; originals of Chancery abuses in, iii. 50; proposed titles for, iii. 52 note; completion of, iii. 51; sale of, iii. 53.

Blessington (Lady), lines written for, ii. 52 note (and see 93).

Blind Institution at Lausanne, inmates of, ii. 235, 240, iii. 78.

Bonchurch, Dickens at, ii. 425-436; effect of climate of, ii. 431-433; entertainment at, iii. 111, 112 note.

Books, written and unwritten, hints for, iii. 275-297; suggested titles in Memoranda for new, iii. 293, 294; a complete list of Dickens's, iii. 547-560.

Booksellers, invitation to, ii. 100 note.

Boots, absurdity of, i. 314.

Boots, a gentlemanly, at Calais, i. 136; a patriotic Irish, iii. 227.

_Boots at the Holly-tree Inn_, iii. 154; reading of, at Boston (U. S.), iii. 410.

Bores, American, i. 375, 376, 383, 384, 385.

Boston (U. S.), first visit to, i. 300-309; enthusiastic reception at, i. 301; dinner at, i. 312; changes in, since 1842, iii. 390; first reading in, iii. 391; a remembrance of Christmas at, iii. 399; walking-match at, iii. 427; audiences at, iii. 429; last readings at, iii. 440.

_Bottle_ (Cruikshank's), Dickens's opinion of, ii. 384, 411.

Boulogne, an imaginary dialogue at, ii. 328, 329; Dickens at, iii. 55, 56, 59, 96-120; the Pier at, iii. 115; Dickens's liking for, iii. 56; M. Beaucourt's "Property" at, iii. 97-106, 115-120; sketch of M. Beaucourt, iii. 99-103; prices of provisions at, iii. 102 note; Shakespearian performance at, iii. 103; pig-market at, iii. 104; Thackeray at, iii. 105 note; camp at, iii. 106, 107, 116; Prince Albert at, iii. 107, 108; illuminations at, iii. 109; epidemic at, iii. 119.

_Boulogne Jest Book_, iii. 65 note.

Bouquets, serviceable, iii. 137.

Bourse, victims of the, iii. 142.

Boxall (William), ii. 475, iii. 126.

Boxing-match, a, ii. 224.

Boyle (Mary), ii. 481, iii. 524.

Boys, a list of Christian names of, iii. 294, 295.

Boz, origin of the word, i. 104; facsimile of autograph signature, i. 276.

Bradbury & Evans (Messrs.), ii. 66, 67, 68, 105, 250; a suggestion by, ii. 71; Dickens's agreements with, ii. 88 (and see 289), iii. 56.

Bradford, Dickens asked to read at, iii. 61 note.

Brighton, Dickens's first visit to, i. 138; other visits, ii. 421, 422, 455; theatre at, i. 138; reading at, iii. 263.

_Bride of Lammermoor_ (Scott's), composition of the, iii. 339, 340.

British Museum reading-room, frequented by Dickens, i. 90.

Broadstairs, Dickens at, i. 136, 137, 176, 204, 277-283,