Chapter 148

Dickens's address to, ii. 116-119; sketch of the private reading in Lincoln's-inn-fields, ii. 174; house in Devonshire-terrace sketched by, iii. 41; death of, iii. 535; tribute of Dickens to, iii. 536.

_Macmillan's Magazine_, paper in, on Dickens's amateur theatricals, iii. 63 note.

Macrae (David), _Home and Abroad_ by, iii. 483 note.

Macready (William Charles), i. 261, 287, 288, ii. 160, 177; at Covent-garden, i. 140; dinner to, on his retirement from management, i. 185; dinner to, prior to American visit, ii. 53, 54; an apprehended disservice to, ii. 54; in New Orleans, ii. 103; in Paris, ii. 176, 177, iii. 126; strange news for, ii. 207; anecdote of, ii. 372, 373 note; Dickens's affection for, ii. 467; farewell dinner to, ii. 488; at Sherborne, iii. 185; his opinion of the _Sikes and Nancy_ scenes, iii. 451; misgiving of Dickens respecting, iii. 481, 529.

Macready (Mrs.), death of, iii. 55.

Macrone (Mr.), copyright of _Sketches by Boz_ sold to, i. 107; scheme to reissue _Sketches_, i. 122; exorbitant demand by, i. 124, ii. 442, 443 note; close of dealings with, i. 125; a friendly plea for, ii. 443 note.

Magnetic experiments, i. 375, 376.

Malleson (Mr.), iii. 256.

Malthus philosophy, ii. 262.

Managerial troubles, ii. 210, 370, 400-402.

Manby (Charles), pleasing trait of, iii. 273.

Manchester, Dickens's speech at opening of Athenæum, ii. 56 (and see iii. 237); Leigh Hunt's benefit at, ii. 372; Guild dinner at, ii. 401; readings at, iii. 231, 268, 307, 311, 314.

Manchester (Bishop of) on Dickens's writings, iii. 383, 384 note.

Manin (Daniel), iii. 126.

Mannings, execution of the, ii. 479.

_Manon Lescaut_, Auber's opera of, iii. 136.

Mansion-house dinner to "literature and art," ii. 477; doubtful compliment at, ii. 478; suppressed letter of Dickens respecting, ii. 478.

Marcet (Mrs.), ii. 231, 252.

Margate theatre, burlesque of classic tragedy at, ii. 26 (and see ii. 387).

Mario (Signor), ii. 176.

Marryat (Captain) on the effect in America of the _Nickleby_ dedication, ii. 54; fondness of, for children, ii. 472 (and see ii. 268, iii. 567).

Marshalsea prison, Dickens's first and last visits to the, i. 44, 45, iii. 162; an incident in, described by Dickens, i. 64-66 (and see iii. 163).

Marston's (Mr. Westland) _Patrician's Daughter_, prologue to, ii. 45.

Martineau (Harriet) on American inns, i. 344, 366 note.

_Martin Chuzzlewit_, agreement for, i. 282 (and see ii. 24, 65); original of Eden in, i. 362, 370; fancy for opening of, ii. 24 (and see i. 282, 283); first year of, ii. 40-62; names first given to, ii. 44; Sydney Smith's opinion of first number of, ii. 45; origin of, ii. 45; original of Mrs. Gamp in, ii. 51; sale of, less than former books, ii. 63, 64 (and see 447); unlucky clause in agreement for, ii. 65; Dickens's own opinion of, ii. 69, 70; the story characterized, ii. 74-84; Thackeray's favourite scene in, ii. 79; intended motto for, ii. 81; M. Taine on, ii. 78; christening dinner, ii. 109; Sara Coleridge on, iii. 345 note.

_Master Humphrey's Clock_, projected, i. 193-199; first sale of, i. 202; first number published, i. 222; original plan abandoned, i. 223; dinner in celebration of, i. 240; _Clock_ discontents, i. 281.

Mazzini (Joseph), Dickens's interest in his school, ii. 474.

Mediterranean, sunset on the, ii. 117.

_Mémoires du Diable_, a pretty tag to, iii. 133, 134.

Memoranda, extracts from Dickens's book of, iii. 275-297; available names in, iii. 293-296.

Mendicity Society, the, ii. 106.

Mesmerism, Dickens's interest in, i. 279, 280, 375, ii. 436.

Micawber (Mr.), in _David Copperfield_, original of, iii. 30-32; comparison between Harold Skimpole and, iii. 32; Mr. G. H. Lewes on, iii. 338, 348; on corn, iii. 349.

Middle Temple, Dickens entered at, i. 183, 186.

_Midsummer Night's Dream_ at the Opera Comique, Boulogne, iii. 103.

Milnes (Monckton), ii. 472.

_Mirror of Parliament_, Dickens reporting for, i. 97.

Mississippi, the, i. 386.

Mitton (Thomas), i. 182, ii. 476.

Moltke (Von) and _Little Dorrit_, iii. 164.

_Money_ (Lord Lytton's), a performance of, at Doncaster, iii. 175 note.

Mont Blanc, effect of, on Dickens, ii. 254.

Montreal, private theatricals in, i. 414, 417; facsimile of play-bill at, i. 415.

Moore (George), business qualities and benevolence, iii. 248.

Moore (Thomas), i. 251, 321.

Morgue at Paris, ii. 321; a tenant of the, ii. 327.

_Morning Chronicle_, Dickens a reporter for the, i. 97; liberality of proprietors, i. 98; change of editorship of, ii. 53, 104; articles by Dickens in the, ii. 104, 105.

Morris (Mowbray), ii. 468.

Moulineaux, Villa des, iii. 97-105, 115-119.

Mountain travelling, ii. 253.

_Mr. Nightingale's Diary_, the Guild farce of, ii. 397, iii. 72.

_Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings_, iii. 370.

_Mugby Junction_, germ of, in Memoranda, iii. 290.

Mule-travelling in Switzerland, ii. 253.

Mulgrave (Lord), i. 297, 300, 305, 413, ii. 469.

Mumbo Jumbo, ii. 440.

Murray (Lord), i. 260, ii. 475.

Music, effect of, on a deaf, dumb, and blind girl, ii. 239; vagrant, ii. 387, 438.

NAMES, available, iii. 295, 296.

Naples, burial place at, ii. 186 note; filth of, ii. 186 (and see iii. 95); Dickens at, iii. 83-85.

Napoleon III. at Gore-house, ii. 334 note; at Boulogne, iii. 108; at Paris, iii. 108 note; Edwin Landseer and, iii. 147 note.

Nautical incident at Genoa, ii. 195.

Neaves (Mr.), i. 258.

Negri (Marquis di), ii. 130-132.

New Bedford (U.S.), reading at, iii. 437.

Newcastle, readings at, iii. 264, 315; alarming scene at, iii. 265.

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

_New Sentimental Journey_ (Collins's), iii. 257.

Newspaper express, a, i. 101.

Newspapers, American, iii. 400.

Newsvendors' dinner, Dickens at, iii. 535.

New-year's day in Paris, iii. 145.

New York, fac-similes of invitations to Dickens, i. 308, 309; the Carlton hotel in, i. 315 (and see iii. 361); ball at, i. 316-318; life in, i. 324; hotel bills in, i. 331 (and see 345); public institutions ill-managed at, i. 339; prisons in, i. 339-344; capital punishment in, i. 342; sale of tickets for the readings, iii. 391, 392-394; first reading in, iii. 393; fire at the Westminster-hotel, iii. 395, 399; prodigious increase since Dickens's former visit, iii. 395; Niblo's theatre at, iii. 396; sleigh-driving at, iii. 397; police of, iii. 398 (and see i. 339); the Irish element in, iii. 413; farewell readings in, iii. 441; public dinner to Dickens at, iii. 442.

_New York Herald_, i. 320, iii. 400.

_New York Ledger_, high price paid for tale by Dickens in, iii. 253.

_New York Tribune_, Dickens's "violated letter" in the, iii. 201, 231.

Niagara Falls, effect of, on Dickens, i. 404, 405 (and see iii. 433).

_Nicholas Nickleby_, agreement for, i. 145; first number of, i. 150, 165; sale of, i. 150; the _Saturday Review_ on, i. 166; characters in, i. 167-171; opinions of Sydney Smith and Leigh Hunt on, i. 168, 169; Dickens at work on, i. 172-176; dinner-celebration of, i. 177, 178; originals of the Brothers Cheeryble in, i. 181; proclamation on the eve of publication, ii. 99, 100 note; effect of, in establishing Dickens, iii. 344 (and see 386).

Nicolson (Sir Frederick), ii. 194.

Nightingales at Gadshill, iii. 212.

_Nobody's Fault_, the title first chosen for _Little Dorrit_, iii. 155.

No-Popery riots, description of the, i. 246.

Normanby (Lord), ii. 108, 109, 320.

Norton (Charles Eliot), iii. 215, 447.

Norwich, reading at, iii. 262.

_No Thoroughfare_, i. 140.

Novels, real people in, iii. 22-33; episodes in, iii. 161.

Novelists, old, design for cheap edition of, ii. 385.

Nugent (Lord), ii. 473.

"OCEAN SPECTRE," the, ii. 369 note.

O'Connell (Daniel), ii. 135.

Odéon (Paris), Dickens at the, iii. 128, 129.

Ohio, on the, i. 377.

_Old Curiosity Shop_, original of the Marchioness in, i. 59; originals of the Garland family, i. 60; original of the poet in Jarley's wax-work, i. 70; the story commenced, i. 200; disadvantages of weekly publication, i. 203; changes in proofs, i. 206; Dick Swiveller and the Marchioness, i. 207; effect of story upon the writer, i. 208; death of Little Nell, i. 210; close of the tale, i. 210; success of, i. 211; characterized, i. 212-214; a tribute by Bret Harte, i. 215, 216; characters in, iii. 345.

_Old Monthly Magazine_, Dickens's first published piece in, i. 97; other sketches in, i. 104.

_Oliver Twist_, commenced in _Bentley's Miscellany_, i. 121; characters in, real to Dickens, i. 125, 139; the story characterized, i. 146, 147, 158, 160; Dickens at work on, i. 149; the last chapter of, i. 153; the Cruikshank illustrations to, 154-157; reputation of, i. 156; reply to attacks against, i. 160-162; teaching of, i. 161; "adapted" for the stage, i. 174, 175; noticed in the _Quarterly Review_, i. 184; copyright of, repurchased, i. 224; original of Mr. Fang, iii. 25; character-drawing in, iii. 343; proposed reading from, iii. 448; facsimile of portion of MS. of, iii. 469.

Opium-den, an, iii. 528 (and see 464 note).

Osnaburgh-terrace, Dickens in, ii. 106.

_Our Mutual Friend_, title chosen for, iii. 271; hints for, in Memoranda, iii. 280, 281; first notion for, iii. 371; original of Mr. Venus in, iii. 374; Marcus Stone chosen as illustrator, iii. 373; the story reviewed, iii. 377-379.

Ouvry (Frederic), iii. 434, 539; clause inserted by, in agreement for _Edwin Drood_, iii. 461 note; humorous letter of Dickens to, iii. 522.

Overs (John), Dickens's interest in, ii. 109; death of, ii. 109 note.

Over-work, remains of, ii. 297.

Owen (Prof.), ii. 477.

PAINTINGS, Dickens on, ii. 167-169.

_Paradise Lost_ at the Ambigu, Paris, iii. 130, 131.

Paris, Dickens's first day in, ii. 316; Sunday in, ii. 317; Dickens's house in, described, ii. 317-319; unhealthy political symptoms at, ii. 321, 334; the Morgue at, ii. 321; incident in streets of, ii. 321; hard frost at, ii. 324; Dickens's alarming neighbour, ii. 325; begging-letter writers in, ii. 327; sight-seeing at, ii. 330; theatres at, ii. 331; Bibliothèque Royale, ii. 333; the Praslin tragedy in, ii. 386; Dickens's life in, iii. 121-153; Dickens's house in, iii. 124; personal attentions to Dickens, iii. 124; theatres of, iii. 126-134; illumination of, iii. 144; New-year's day in, iii. 144, 145; results of imperial improvement in, iii. 145 note; Art Exposition at, iii. 146-148; a Duchess murdered in, iii. 150, 151.

Parliament, old Houses of, inconvenience of the, i. 100.

Parr (Harriet), iii. 494 note.

Parry (John), ii. 475.

Pawnbrokers, Dickens's early experience of, i. 46.

Peel (Sir Robert) and his party, i. 277; Lord Ashley and, i. 283; the Whigs and, ii. 261.

_Pen Photographs_ (Miss Field's) iii. 235 note.

Perth, reading at, iii. 234.

Peschiere, Palazzo (Genoa), rooms in the, hired by Dickens, ii. 129; a fellow-tenant in, ii. 129; described, ii. 139-142; view of the, ii. 141; revisited, iii. 79; dinner-party at, ii. 172; owner of the, iii. 79.

Petersham, athletic sports at, i. 183.

Phelps (Mr.), ii. 475.

Philadelphia, Dickens at, i. 335-344; penitentiary at, i. 345-347; letters from, iii. 413-415 (and see ii. 38, 39).

_Pickwick Papers_, materials for, i. 66; first number of, i. 108; origin of, i. 110; Seymour's illustrations to, i. 111 note; Thackeray's offer to illustrate, i. 115, 116; the debtor's prison in, i. 128, 129; popularity of, i. 129 (and see iii. 385, 386); reality of characters in, i. 130, 131; inferior to later books, i. 131; Mr. Pickwick an undying character, i. 131 (and see 112); piracies of, i. 137; completion of, i. 143; payments for, i. 145; a holy brother of St. Bernard and, ii. 276; characters in, iii. 343; where it was begun, iii. 528.

_Pictures from Italy_, original of the courier in, ii. 171-173; publication commenced in the _Daily News_, ii. 219.

_Pic Nic Papers_ published, i. 241.

"Piljians Projiss," a new, ii. 376-384.

Pig-market at Boulogne, iii. 104.

Pipchin (Mrs.) in _Dombey_, original of, i. 55, ii. 355, 356; various names proposed for, ii. 355 note.

Pirates, literary, ii. 97; proceedings in Chancery against, ii. 97-99; warning to, ii. 100 note.

Pisa, a jaunt to, iii, 81.

Pittsburg (U. S.), description of, i. 373; solitary prison at, i. 378.

Poets, small, iii. 489.

Pollock (Chief Baron) on the death of Dickens, iii. 247 note.

Poole (John), aid rendered to, by Dickens, ii. 370; civil-list pension granted to, ii. 393.

Poor, Dickens's sympathy with the, i. 167, 168 (and see 250), ii. 146, 147, 240.

Popularity, distresses of, i. 324.

Porte St. Martin (Paris), Dickens at the, iii. 129.

Portland (U. S.) burnt and rebuilt, iii. 438.

Portrait painter, story of a, iii. 523.

Portsea, birth of Dickens at, i. 21.

Prairie, an American, i. 393, 394; pronunciations of the word, i. 396.

Praslin tragedy in Paris, ii. 386.

Prayer, Dickens on personal, iii. 485.

Preston, a strike at, iii. 69, 70; _Hamlet_ at, iii. 70.

Primrose (Mr.), i. 258.

Printers' Pension fund dinner, presided over by Dickens, ii. 55.

Prisons, London, visits to, i. 280; American, i. 339-344, 345-347, 378; comparison of systems pursued in, ii. 234.

Procter (Bryan Waller), iii. 27, 28; Dickens's affection for, ii. 467.

Procter (Adelaide), Dickens's appreciation of poems by, iii. 495.

Publishers, hasty compacts with, i. 121; Dickens's agreements with, ii. 88, iii. 56 (and see 240-243).

Publishers, authors and, ii. 64, 72, iii. 489, 490.

Puddings, a choice of, i. 55, 56.

"_Punch_ people," Lord Brougham and the, ii. 469; at Mansion-house dinner, ii. 477.

Q, Dickens's secretary in the United States, i. 303, 315, 322, 328, 344, 348, 366, 370, 374, 375, 393, 397, 400, 411; described, i. 410-412 (and see iii. 389 note).

_Quarterly Review_, prophecy in not fulfilled, i. 139 note; notice of _Oliver Twist_ in, i. 184; on Cruikshank and Leech, ii. 418.

Queen (Her Majesty the) and Auber, iii. 134, 135; alleged offers to Dickens, iii. 503, and 503, 504 note; desire of, to see Dickens act, iii. 506; Thackeray's copy of the _Carol_ purchased by, iii. 506, 507 note; Dickens's interview with, iii. 507, 508; grief at Dickens's death, iii. 542.

RACHEL (Madame), caprice of, iii. 137.

Ragged schools, Dickens's interest in, ii. 57; results of, ii. 57 note (and see ii. 494); proposed paper on, by Dickens, declined by _Edinburgh Review_, ii. 58.

Railroads, American, ladies' cars on, i. 338.

Railway travelling, effect on Dickens, iii. 450; in America, i. 336-338, 368, iii. 398, 405, 435, 436.

Ramsay (Dean) on _Bleak House_ and Jo, iii. 47, 48.

Ramsgate, entertainments at, ii. 214 note.

Raven, death of Dickens's first, i. 235-239; of second, ii. 215.

Raymond (George), ii. 476.

Reade (Charles), _Hard Cash_ contributed by, to _All the Year Round_, iii. 245.

Readings, gratuitous, iii. 61 note; private, in Scheffer's atelier, iii. 148; in Lincoln's-inn-fields, ii. 162, 174, 175. public, Dickens's first thoughts of, ii. 174, 284, iii. 60; argument against paid, iii. 61, 189; idea of, revived, iii. 189; opinions as to, asked and given, iii. 189, 190 note; disadvantages of, iii. 191; proposal from Mr. Beale respecting, iii. 196; first rough notes as to, iii. 198, 199 note; various managers employed by Dickens, iii. 223; hard work involved by, iii. 224, 445; study given to, iii. 318. first series of, iii. 223-238; sale of books of, iii. 232 note; subjects of, iii. 235. second series of, iii. 255-274; what it comprised, iii. 259; new subjects for, iii. 260. third series of, iii. 298-324; Messrs. Chappell's connection with, iii. 306-310. American, iii. 388-443; result of, iii. 415, 441.

Readings given by Dickens: Australian, contemplated, iii. 270 note (but see 272); Bulwer's opinion of, iii. 271 note. last series of, iii. 444-460 (and see 437 note).

Readings (alphabetical list of): Aberdeen, iii. 234. Albany (U. S.), iii. 435; receipts at, iii. 441. Baltimore (U. S.), iii. 418, 419, 427; receipts at, iii. 441. Belfast, iii. 229. Berwick-on-Tweed, iii. 266. Birmingham, iii. 311. Boston (U. S.), iii. 391, 403, 440; receipts at, iii. 441. Brighton, iii. 263. Brooklyn (New York), iii. 416; receipts at, iii. 442. Buffalo (U. S.), iii. 431; receipts at, iii. 441. Cambridge, iii. 317. Canterbury, iii. 264. Chester, iii. 268, 313. Dover, iii. 264. Dublin, iii. 220-228, 317. Dundee, iii. 233. Edinburgh, iii. 233, 267, 451, and 450 note. Exeter, iii. 224, 268. Glasgow, iii. 234. Harrogate, iii. 230. Hartford (U. S.), iii. 441. Liverpool, iii. 225, 268, 311, 313, 314. London, iii. 223, 234, 258, 269. Manchester, iii. 232, 268, 308, 311, 314. New Bedford (U. S.), iii. 437; receipts at, iii. 441. Newcastle, iii. 265, 315. Newhaven (U. S.), iii. 428; receipts at, iii. 441. New York, iii. 393, 410, 441; receipts at, iii. 441. Norwich, iii. 262. Paris, iii. 272. Perth, iii. 234. Philadelphia (U. S.), iii. 414, 418, 427; receipts at, iii. 441. Portland (U. S.), iii. 438; receipts at, iii. 441. Providence (U. S.), iii. 428; receipts at, iii. 441. Rochester (U. S.), iii. 431; receipts at, iii. 441. Springfield (U. S.), iii. 441. Syracuse (U. S.), iii. 431; receipts at, iii. 441. Torquay, iii. 268, 451. Washington (U. S.), iii. 421, 425, 426; receipts at, iii. 441. Worcester (U. S.), iii. 441. York, iii. 231, 454.

Reeves (Sims), ii, 475.

Reformers, administrative, iii. 70, 71 note.

Regiments in the streets of Paris, iii. 143 note.

Regnier (M.) of the Français, ii. 330, 429, iii. 127, 137.

Rehearsals, troubles at, ii. 371.

Religion, what is the true, ii. 149.

Reporters' gallery, Dickens enters the, i. 96; ceases connection with, i. 116.

Reporter's life, Dickens's own experience of a, i. 99-101 (and see ii. 265).

Revolution at Geneva, ii. 298-301; traces left by, ii. 300; abettors of, ii. 301.

Rhine, Dickens on the, ii. 222, 223; travelling Englishmen on the, ii. 223.

_Richard Doubledick, story of_, iii. 154.

Richardson (Sir John), iii. 519.

Richardson's show, a religious, iii. 273.

Richmond (U. S.), levees at, i. 354.

Rifle-shooting, Lord Vernon's passion for, ii. 270; at Lausanne, ii. 247, 298, 299.

_Rising Generation_ (Leech's), Dickens on, ii. 414-418.

Ristori (Mad.) in _Medea_, iii. 137.

Roberts (David), iii. 85.

Robertson (Peter), i. 259, ii. 135, 475; sketch of, i. 253, 254.

Robertson (T. W.), iii. 530, 531.

_Robinson Crusoe_, Dickens's opinion of, iii. 135 note (and see i. 264 note).

Roche (Louis), employed by Dickens as his courier in Italy, ii. 106; resources of, ii. 172, 196, 199 (and see 111, 325); Count d'Orsay and, ii. 204 note; illness of, ii. 421; death of, ii. 255 note.

Rochester, early impressions of, i. 28 (and see iii. 213); Watts's Charity at, iii. 154 note.

Rochester Castle, adventure at, ii. 22.

Rochester Cathedral, brass tablet in, to Dickens's memory, iii. 154 note.

Rochester (U. S.), alarming incident at, iii. 431.

Rockingham-castle, Dickens's visit to, ii. 481-483; private theatricals at, ii. 481, iii. 83.

Rocky Mountain Sneezer, a, iii. 409.

Rogers (Samuel), i. 251, ii. 190; sudden illness of, ii. 466 (and see 486 note).

Rome, Dickens's first impressions of, ii. 185; Dickens at, iii. 85-89; a "scattering" party at Opera at, iii. 86, 87; marionetti at, iii. 87, 88; malaria at, iii. 88, 89.

Rosemont (Lausanne), taken by Dickens, ii. 225; view of, ii. 229; Dickens's neighbours at, ii. 231, 242 note, 252; _Dombey_ begun at, ii. 241; the landlord of, ii. 246 note.

Rothamsted, Rev. Mr. Lawes's club at, iii. 244.

Royal Academy dinner, Dickens's last public words spoken at, iii. 537.

Roylance (Mrs.), the original of Mrs. Pipchin in _Dombey_, i. 55, ii. 355.

Ruskin (Mr.) on _Hard Times_, iii. 66, 67.

Russell (Lord J.), a friend of letters, ii. 369, 393; on Dickens's letters, iii. 481; dinner with, ii. 483; Dickens's tribute to, iii. 501, and note.

Ryland (Arthur), letter of Dickens to, iii. 56 note.

SALA (G. A.), Dickens's opinion of, ii. 454 note; tribute by, to Dickens's memory, iii. 516.

Salisbury Plain, superiority of, to an American prairie, i. 394; a ride over, ii. 461.

Sand (Georges), iii. 138, 139.

Sandusky (U. S.), discomforts of inn at, i. 400.

Sardinians, Dickens's liking for, iii. 92.

_Satirist_, editor of, hissed from the Covent-garden stage, ii. 50.

_Saturday Review_ on the realities of Dickens's characters, i. 166.

Scene-painting, iii. 166.

Scheffer (Ary), portrait of Dickens by, iii. 148, 149; reading of _Cricket on the Hearth_ in atelier of, iii. 149.

Scheffer (Henri), iii. 150.

Schools, public, Dickens on, iii. 236.

Scotland, readings in, iii. 232-235.

Scott (Sir W.), real people in novels of, iii. 22, 29.

Scott monument at Edinburgh, ii. 392.

Scribe (M.), dinner to, ii. 469; social intercourse of Dickens with, iii. 134, 135; author-anxieties of, iii. 136; a fine actor lost in, iii. 138.

Scribe (Madame), iii. 136.

Sea-bathing and authorship, ii. 28.

Seaside holidays, Dickens's, ii. 403-441, iii. 97-120.

Sebastopol, reception in France of supposed fall of, iii. 110.

Serenades at Hartford and Newhaven (U. S.), i. 314.

Servants, Swiss, excellence of, ii. 246.

Seven Dials, ballad literature of, i. 230.

Seymour (Mr.) and the _Pickwick Papers_, i. 111 note; death of, i. 115.

Shaftesbury (Lord) and ragged schools, i. 283, ii. 57, 58 note, 493, 494 (and see 494).

Shakespeare Society, the, i. 185.

Shakespeare on the actor's calling, iii. 191.

Shakespeare's house, purchase of, ii. 392.

Sheffield, reading at, iii. 232.

Sheil (Richard Lalor), ii. 53.

Shepherd's-bush, the home for fallen women at, ii. 488.

Sheridans (the), ii. 468.

Ship news, i. 296.

Short-hand, difficulties of, i. 91.

Shows, Saturday-night, i. 61.

Siddons (Mrs.), genius of, ii. 473, 474.

Sierra Nevada, strange encounter on the, iii. 385, 386.

_Sikes and Nancy_ reading, proposed, iii. 448; at Clifton, iii. 451; Macready on the, iii. 451; at York, iii. 454, and note; Dickens's pulse after, iii. 532.

Simplon, passing the, ii. 174.

"Six," Bachelor, iii. 124.

_Sketches by Boz_, first collected and published, i. 113; characterized, i. 114.

Slavery in America, i. 327, 352-354, 388-390; the ghost of, iii. 419.

Slaves, runaway, i. 389.

Sleeplessness, Dickens's remedy for, iii. 249.

Sleighs in New York, iii. 397.

"Slopping round," iii. 432.

"Smallness of the world," i. 372, ii. 222, iii. 204.

Small-pox, American story concerning, iii. 305 note.

Smith (Albert), _Battle of Life_ dramatized by, ii. 323.

Smith (Arthur), iii. 168; first series of Dickens's readings under management of,