Chapter 145

iii. 100 (and see i. 261, 306, 331, 356, 418). his ravens, i. 233-239; ii. 215. adventures in the Highlands, i. 263-276. first visit to the United States, i. 284. domestic griefs of, i. 289. an old malady of, i. 288; iii. 314, 534. an admirable stage manager, i. 414-417; ii. 210, 212-214, 370, 371, 393 note, 400, 401. his dogs, ii. 24, 25, 134 note; iii. 144 note, 217-220, 222. his Will, ii. 59, 60 (and see iii. 561). his accompaniments of work, ii. 48, 121, 240; iii. 211, 212 note. religious views of, ii. 59, 60, 147-150; iii. 484-486. turning-point of his career, ii. 72. writing in the _Chronicle_, ii. 105. fancy sketch of his biographer, ii. 383. sea-side holidays of, ii. 403-441; iii. 96-120. Italian travels, ii. 111-200; iii. 78-95. craving for crowded streets, ii. 144, 151, 277, 281, 313. political opinions of, ii. 146; iii. 498-503 (and see 528). wish to become an actor, ii. 205. his long walks, ii. 158, 230 note, 312 note; iii. 249, 515-517. first desire to become a public reader, ii. 174, 284; iii. 60, 61. edits the _Daily News_, ii. 218. his home in Switzerland, ii. 225, 226. residence in Paris, ii. 316-336, iii. 121-153. underwriting numbers, ii. 335 note, 362; iii. 377, 466. overwriting numbers, ii. 342, 343, 356. first public readings, iii. 60. revisits Switzerland and Italy, iii. 76-95. his birds, iii. 117, 118. home disappointments, iii. 177-201 (and see 512). separation from his wife, iii. 200. purchases Gadshill-place, iii. 205. first paid Readings, iii. 223-238. second series of Readings, iii. 255-274. third series of Readings, iii. 298-324. revisits America, iii. 387-443. memoranda for stories first jotted down by, iii. 180 (and see 275-297). his "violated letter," iii. 201, 231. favourite walks of, iii. 209, 220-222. his mother's death, iii. 300. his first attack of lameness, iii. 304 (and see 312, 321, 376, 437, 442 note, 453, 455, 456, 509, 514, 530, 537). general review of his literary labours, iii. 325-386, 380-386. effect of his death in America, iii. 384. last readings of, iii. 444-460. noticeable changes in, iii. 447, 455, 534. comparison of his early and his late MSS., iii. 466, 468, 469. personal characteristics of, iii. 478-526. his interview with the Queen, iii. 507, 508. strain and excitement at the final readings at St. James's Hall, iii. 532. last days at Gadshill, iii. 539, 543. a tribute of gratitude to, for his books, iii. 538, 539. general mourning for, iii. 542. burial in Westminster Abbey, iii. 544. unbidden mourners at grave, iii. 544.

Dickens (Mrs.), i. 108, 135, 252, 264, 273, 287, 290, 294, 299, 304, 313, 318, 336, 344, 348, 349, 373, 375, 387, 397, 403, 404, 411, 413-415, ii. 140, 149, 163, 165, iii. 113; reluctance to leave England, i. 287; an admirable traveller, i. 397; Maclise's portrait of, ii. 44; the separation, iii. 200 (and see 562, 564.)

Dickens (Charles, jun.), i. 257, 331, ii. 179; birth of, i. 119; illness of, ii. 335; education of, ii. 323, iii. 57 note; marriage of, iii. 262.

Dickens (Mary), birth of, i. 149 (and see ii. 471, iii. 561).

Dickens (Kate), birth of, i. 186 (and see ii. 470); illness of, ii. 122; marriage of, iii. 255.

Dickens (Walter Landor), death of, i. 250 (and see iii. 300, 301).

Dickens (Francis Jeffrey), birth of, ii. 61.

Dickens (Alfred Tennyson), ii. 215.

Dickens (Lieut. Sydney), death of, at sea, ii. 369 note.

Dickens (Henry Fielding), birth of, ii. 462; acting of, iii. 63; scholarship at Cambridge won by, iii. 529 (and see iii. 562).

Dickens (Edward Bulwer Lytton), birth of, iii. 54.

Dickens (Dora Annie), birth of, ii. 487; death of, ii. 492; her grave at Highgate, ii. 493, iii. 52.

_Dickens in Camp_ (Bret Harte's), i. 215, 216.

Dilke (Charles Wentworth), i. 47, 48; death of, iii. 303 note.

Dilke (Sir Charles), ii. 437.

Disraeli (Mr.), iii. 537.

Doctors, Dickens's distrust of, ii. 433.

Doctors' Commons, Dickens reporting in, i. 92 (and see ii. 219, iii. 39).

_Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions_, large sale of, ii. 87 note; Dickens's faith in, iii. 307; how written, iii. 379; success of the reading of, at New York, iii. 409, 410.

Dogs, Dickens's, ii. 24, 25, 134 note, iii. 144 note, 217-220, 222; effect of his sudden lameness upon, iii. 518.

Dolby (Miss), ii. 475.

Dolby, Mr. (Dickens's manager) sent to America, iii. 320; troubles of, iii. 394, 400, 408, 411, 412; the most unpopular man in America, iii. 394; care and kindness of, iii. 441; commission received by, iii. 446.

_Dombey and Son_, original of Mrs. Pipchin in, i. 55, ii. 355; begun at Rosemont, ii. 241; Dickens at work on, ii. 249, 250, 266, 297, 314; general idea for, ii. 250; hints to artist, ii. 250; a reading of first number of, ii. 283; large sale of, ii. 296, 353 (and see 447); a number under written, ii. 335 note; charwoman's opinion of, ii. 335, 336; plan of, ii. 337-341; progress of, ii. 341-367; artist-fancies for Mr. Dombey, ii. 345, 346; passage of original MS. omitted, ii. 343, 344 note; a reading of second number of, ii. 353 (and see 257, 281); Jeffrey on, ii. 358, 359 and note, 358; characters in, and supposed originals of, ii. 362-367 (and see 107); profits of, ii. 384; translated into Russian, ii. 448.

Doncaster, the race-week at, iii. 174-176; a "groaning phantom" at, iii. 174.

Dora, a real, i. 92, 93; changed to Flora in _Little Dorrit_, i. 94.

D'Orsay (Count) and Roche the courier, ii. 204 note; death of, iii. 55.

Doughty-street, Dickens removes to, i. 119; incident of, iii. 252.

Dover, Dickens at, iii. 54, 55; reading at, iii. 264; storm at, iii. 264.

Dowling (Vincent), i. 101.

Dramatic College, Royal, Dickens's interest in the, iii. 236.

Dream, a vision in a, ii. 148-150 (and see iii. 522-524); President Lincoln's, iii. 423.

_Drunkard's Children_ (Cruikshank's), Dickens's opinion of, ii. 410, 411.

Drury-lane theatre, opening of, ii. 30.

Dublin, Dickens's first impressions of, iii. 225; humorous colloquies at Morrison's hotel in, iii. 227, 228; reading in, iii. 317 (and see 226 note, 228).

Duelling in America, i. 396.

Dumas (Alexandre), tragedy of _Kean_ by, ii. 127 (and see iii. 491 note); his _Christine_, ii. 176; a supper with, ii. 331.

Dundee, reading at, iii. 233.

Du Plessis (Marie), death of, ii. 333.

Dyce (Alexander), ii. 473.

EDEN in _Martin Chuzzlewit_, original of, i. 363, 369; a worse swamp than, ii. 77.

Edinburgh, public dinner in, to Dickens, i. 249-262; presentation of freedom of, i. 257 (and see iii. 197); wassail-bowl presented after _Carol_ reading, iii. 197; readings at, iii. 233, 267, 451, and 450 note; Scott monument at, ii. 392.

Editorial troubles and pleasures, iii. 493.

Editors, American, incursion of, i. 300.

Education, two kinds of, i. 89; Dickens's speeches on, ii. 95.

_Edwin Drood_, clause inserted in agreement for, iii. 461 note; sale of, iii. 461 note; amount paid for, iii. 461 note; first fancy for, iii. 462; the story as planned in Dickens's mind, iii. 463, 464; Longfellow on, iii. 464; merits of, iii. 464, 465; facsimile of portion of final page of, iii. 466 (and see 468); an unpublished scene for, iii. 467-476; original of the opium-eater in, iii. 528; a reading of a number of, iii. 530.

Egg (Augustus), fancy sketch of, ii. 383; holiday trip of, with Dickens and Wilkie Collins, iii. 76-95; narrow escape at Chamounix, iii. 77.

Electric message, uses for an, iii. 282.

Eliot (George), Dickens's opinion of her first book, ii. 47.

Elliotson (Dr.), i. 270, ii. 109, 313.

Elton (Mr.), Dickens's exertions for family of, ii. 55.

Elwin (Rev. Whitwell), allusion to, ii. 462.

Emerson (Ralph Waldo), ii. 476.

Emigrants in Canada, ii. 28, 29.

Emigration schemes, Dickens's belief in, ii. 262.

Emmanuel (Victor), visit of, to Paris, iii. 127.

Englishmen abroad, ii. 223, 252, 266-271.

Engravings, Dickens on, ii. 167, 168 note.

_Evening Chronicle_, sketches contributed by Dickens to, i. 105.

_Evenings of a Working-man_ (John Overs'), ii. 109.

_Every Man in his Humour_, private performances of, at Miss Kelly's theatre, ii. 209, 211 (and see iii. 537).

_Examiner_, articles by Dickens in the, i. 185.

Executions, public, letter against, ii. 479.

Exeter, reading at, iii. 224.

Eye-openers, iii. 409.

FACSIMILES: of letter written in boyhood by Dickens, i. 79; of the autograph signature "Boz," i. 276; of New York invitations to Dickens, i. 308-309; of letter to George Cruikshank, ii. 349, 350; of plan prepared for first numbers of _Copperfield_ and _Little Dorrit_, iii. 157, 158; of portion of last page of _Edwin Drood_, iii. 468 (and see 488); of _Oliver Twist_, iii. 469.

Fairbairn (Thomas), letter of Dickens to, on posthumous honours, iii. 487.

_Fatal Zero_ (Percy Fitzgerald's), iii. 495.

Faucit (Helen), ii. 475.

Fechter (Mr.), châlet presented by, to Dickens, iii. 211, 212; Dickens's friendly relations with, iii. 302.

Feline foes, iii. 117, 118.

Felton (Cornelius C.), i. 304, 315, 320, ii. 192 note; death of, iii. 269 note.

Fenianism in Ireland, iii. 316, 317 note; in America, iii. 397 (and see 508).

Fermoy (Lord), iii. 522.

Fêtes at Lausanne, ii. 246, 258.

Fiction, realities of, iii. 346-363.

Field (Kate), _Pen Photographs_ by, iii. 236 note.

Fielding (Henry), real people in novels of, iii. 22; episodes introduced by, in his novels, iii. 161; Dr. Johnson's opinion of, iii. 346; M. Taine's opinion of, iii. 348.

Fields (James T.), _Yesterdays with Authors_ by, ii. 42 note; on Dickens's health in America, iii. 404, 405; at Gadshill, iii. 527, 528.

Fiesole, Landor's villa at, ii. 189 note.

Fildes (S. L.), chosen to illustrate _Edwin Drood_, iii. 467.

Finality, a type of, ii. 408.

Finchley, cottage at, rented by Dickens, ii. 51.

_Fine Old English Gentleman_, political squib by Dickens, i. 278, 279.

Fireflies in Italy, ii. 196, and note.

Fires in America, frequency of, iii. 399, 400.

Fitzgerald (Percy), iii. 218; a contributor in _All the Year Round_, iii. 245; personal liking of Dickens for, iii. 495.

"Fix," a useful word in America, i. 370.

Flanders, Dickens's trip to, i. 135.

Fletcher, (Angus), i. 254, 263, 274; stay of, with Dickens at Broadstairs, i. 228; anecdotes of, i. 262, 263, 264 note, 269 (and see ii. 113, 120, 144, 182, 193, 194 note); pencil sketch by, of the Villa Bagnerello at Albaro, ii. 121; death of, ii. 194 note.

Flies, plague of, at Lausanne, ii. 244, 245 note.

Fonblanque (Albany), i. 113, ii. 53, 162; wit of, ii. 175, 467, iii. 349.

Footman, a meek, ii. 194.

Fortescue (Miss), ii. 96.

_Fortnightly Review_, Mr. Lewes's critical essay on Dickens in, iii. 332-338.

Fowls, eccentric, iii. 251, 252.

Fox (William Johnson), ii. 53.

Fox-under-the-hill (Strand), reminiscence of, i. 62.

Franklin (Lady), iii. 519.

Fraser (Peter), ii. 475.

Freemasons' Hall, banquet to Dickens at, iii. 324.

Freemasons' secret, a, ii. 440.

Free-trade, Lord "Gobden" and, ii. 312.

French and Americans contrasted, ii. 322.

Frescoes, perishing, ii. 119; at the Palazzo Peschiere, ii. 140 note, 141; Maclise's, for the Houses of Parliament, iii. 536 note.

Friday, important incidents of Dickens's life connected with, ii. 441, iii. 205, 419, &c.

Frith (W. P.), portrait of Dickens by, iii. 238.

Funeral, scene at a, ii. 31-33; an English, in Italy, ii. 193.

Furnival's inn, room in, where the first page of _Pickwick_ was written, iii, 528.

GADSHILL PLACE, a vision of boyhood at, i. 24 (and see iii. 204); Dick's tomb at, iii. 117 note; first description of, iii. 202; sketch of porch at, iii. 204; purchase of, iii. 205; antecedents of, iii. 207; improvements and additions at, iii. 208-215; sketch of Châlet at, iii. 212; nightingales at, iii. 212; Dickens's daily life at, iii. 215-222; sketch of house and conservatory, iii. 216; Study at, iii. 222; games at, for the villagers, iii. 510, 511; Dickens's last days at, iii. 539-542.

_Gambler's Life_, Lemaitre's acting in the, iii. 122-124.

Gamp (Mrs.), original of, ii. 51; a masterpiece of English humour, ii. 83, 84; with the Strollers, ii. 376-384.

Gaskell (Mrs.), ii. 454, 470, iii. 54.

Gasman's compliment to Dickens, iii. 265 (and see 441).

Gautier (Théophile), ii. 331.

Geneva, Dickens at, ii. 288; revolution at, ii. 298-301; aristocracy of, ii. 299.

Genoa described, ii. 125-128; theatres at, ii. 127, 128 (and see iii. 491 note); religious houses at, ii. 128; rooms in the Palazzo Peschiere hired by Dickens, ii. 129; view over, ii. 141; Governor's levee at, ii. 144; an English funeral at, ii. 193; nautical incident at, ii. 195; revisited by Dickens, iii. 78-80.

_George Silverman's Explanation_, iii. 380 (and see 253 note).

Gibson (Milner), ii. 468.

_Gilbert Massenger_ (Holme Lee's) remarks of Dickens on, iii. 493, 494.

Giles (William), i. 23; Dickens at the school kept by, i. 32, 33; snuff box presented to "Boz" by, i. 33.

Gipsy tracks, iii. 250.

Girardin (Emile de), iii. 142; banquets given by, in honour of Dickens, iii. 139-141.

Girls, American, i. 384, 385 note; Irish, iii. 226 note; list of Christian names of, iii. 294, 295.

Gladstone (Mr.), and Dickens, i. 103, iii. 537.

Glasgow, proposed dinner to Dickens at, i. 276; reading at, iii. 234; Dickens at meeting of Athenæum, ii. 390.

Glencoe, Pass of, i. 268, 271; effect of, on Dickens, i. 270.

Goldfinch, the, and his friend, iii. 252.

Gondoliers at Venice, habits of, iii. 90.

Gordon (Lord George), character of, i. 241.

Gordon (Sheriff), ii. 475.

Gore-house, a party at, ii. 334 note.

Gower-street-north, school in, opened by Dickens's mother, i. 43; a dreary home, i. 45, iii. 218; home broken up, i. 54.

Graham (Sir James), ii. 109.

Graham (Lady), ii. 468.

Grant (James), recollections of Dickens by, i. 101 (and see 108).

Graves, town, iii. 49, 52 note; Dickens's dislike to speech-making at, iii. 488.

_Great Expectations_, original of Satis-house in, iii. 220; germ of, iii. 361; the story characterized, iii. 362-369; close of, changed at Bulwer Lytton's suggestion, iii. 369, and note.

Great Malvern, cold-waterers at, ii. 487.

Greek war-ship, a, iii. 82.

Greeley (Horace), iii. 400, 442; on the effect in America of Dickens's death, iii. 384; on Dickens's fame as a novelist, iii. 388; a suggestion from, iii. 417.

Grey (Lord), recollection of, ii. 264, 265.

_Grimaldi, Life of_, edited by Dickens, i. 142; the editor's modest estimate of it, i. 142; criticisms on, i. 142, 143.

Grip, Dickens's raven, i. 220; death of, i. 234, 235; apotheosis, by Maclise, i. 237; a second Grip, i. 239.

Grisi (Madame), ii. 176.

Guild of Literature and Art, origin of, ii. 395; princely help of the Duke of Devonshire to, ii. 397 (and see iii. 488, 489).

HACHETTE (MM.), agreement with, for French translation of Dickens's works, iii. 125 note.

Haghe (Louis), iii. 85.

Haldimand (Mr.), seat of, at Lausanne, ii, 232.

Halévy (M.), dinner to, ii. 469.

Halifax, the "Britannia" aground off, i. 297; the house of assembly at, i. 299.

Hall (Mr. and Mrs. S. C.), ii. 475.

Hall (William), funeral of, ii. 369.

Hallam (Henry), loquacity of, ii. 251.

Halleck (Fitz-Greene) on Dickens, iii. 482 note.

Halliday (Andrew), iii. 529.

_Hamlet_, an emendation for, ii. 389; performance of, at Preston, iii. 70.

Hampstead Heath, Dickens's partiality for, i. 133, ii. 101.

Hampstead-road, Mr. Jones's school in the, i. 74.

Hansard (Mr.), letter from, concerning Mr. Macrone, ii. 442, 443 note.

Hardwick (John), ii. 468.

_Hard Times_, proposed names for, iii. 65, and note; title chosen, iii. 65; written for _Household Words_, iii. 66; Ruskin's opinion of, iii. 66, 67.

Harley (Mr.), ii. 475.

Harness (Rev. Wm.), ii. 162, 175, 473.

Harrogate, reading at, iii. 230.

Harte (Bret), Dickens on, i. 214; tribute by, to Dickens, i. 215, 216.

Hartford (U. S.) levee at, i. 313.

Harvard and Oxford crews, the, iii. 527.

Hastings, reading at, iii. 264.

Hatton-garden, Dickens at, iii. 25.

_Haunted Man_, first idea of, ii. 280; large sale of, ii. 443; dramatized, ii. 443; teachings and moral of the story, ii. 443-446; the christening dinner, ii. 468.

Hawthorne (N.), Dickens on, ii. 440.

Hayes (Catherine), ii. 468.

Heaven, ambition to see into, ii. 477.

Helps (Arthur), iii. 245; _In Memoriam_ by, iii. 509.

Hereditary transmission, iii. 179 note (and see 493).

Highgate, Dora's grave at, ii. 493, iii. 52.

Highlands, Dickens's adventures in the, i. 263-276.

Hogarth, Dickens on, ii. 413, 414.

Hogarth (George), i. 105; Dickens marries eldest daughter of, i. 108.

Hogarth (Georgina), ii. 120, iii. 540, 541, 561, 563; sketch taken from, ii. 48, iii. 287; Maclise's portrait of, ii. 48, 49.

Hogarth (Mary), death of, i. 120; epitaph on tomb of, i. 120 note (and see ii. 458); Dickens's loving memory of, i. 120, 144, 289, 405, ii. 147-150, 458, iii. 525.

_Holiday Romance and George Silverman's Explanation_, high price paid for, iii. 380 (and see 253 note, and 321).

Holland (Lady), a remembrance of, ii. 194.

Holland (Lord), ii. 190.

Holland (Captain), the _Monthly Magazine_ conducted by, i. 104.

Holyhead, a Fenian at, iii. 316 note.

Hone of the _Every Day Book_, scene at funeral of, ii. 31-33 (but see iii. 568, 569).

Honesty under a cloud, ii. 112.

Hood (Thomas), ii. 190; his _Tylney Hall_, ii. 264.

Hop-pickers, iii. 208.

Horne (R. H.), ii. 475.

Hospital for Sick Children, Dickens's exertions on behalf of,