Actors, Dickens a friend to poor, ii.134Agassiz, Professor, ii.226,309Agate, John, ii.136;letter to, ii.154"All the Year Round," commencement of, ii.83;"The Uncommercial Traveller" in, ii.107;Christmas Numbers of: "The Haunted House," ii.84;"A Message from the Sea," ii.108,137;"Tom Tiddler's Ground," ii.136;"Somebody's Luggage," ii.171;"Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings," ii.187;"Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy," ii.209,210;"Dr. Marigold's Prescriptions," ii.224,239,246;"Mugby Junction," ii.244,265;"No Thoroughfare," ii.268,300,327,332,334,338,350,356,361,362,384;and see ii.386,and seeCharles Dickens as an EditorAmerica, descriptions of Niagara, ii.372,377;the great war in, ii.142,143;feeling between England and, ii.240;Dickens's second visit to—the journey, ii.302-306;Dickens's letters on, ii.306-382;fires in, ii.317,320;treatment of luggage in, ii.321;drinks in, ii.329,363;literary piracy in, ii.332;walking-match between Dolby and Osgood in, ii.346,352,353,360,361,364,366,377;changes and improvements in since Dickens's first visit, ii.348,374;the negroes in, ii.349;personal descriptions of Dickens in, ii.369;travelling in, ii.375;andReadingsAndersen, Hans Christian, ii.3Anne, Mrs. Dickens's maid, ii.18,25,28,343"Apprentices, The Tour of the Two Idle," ii.5,32,33Armatage, Isaac, ii.391Armstrong, the Misses, letter to, ii.175;and see ii.176Austin, Henry, ii.135,157;andLettersAustin, Mrs. Henry, ii.447;letters to, ii.154,180,384Autograph of Dickensfacsimile letters of Dickens written the day before his death, ii.443-445Ballantyne, ii.415Bancroft, Mrs., letter to, ii.441Barber, Dickens's gardener, ii.102Barker, Dr. Fordyce, ii.378,405Baylis, Mr., ii.170;letter to, ii.179Beadle, a, in office, ii.134Beard, Frank, ii.182,405,421,434,447Beecher, Ward, ii.341Belgians, the King of the, ii.432Benzon, Miss Lily, letter to, ii.258Berry, one of Dickens's readings men, ii.54,159,160Blackwood, Mr., ii.165Blair, General, ii.355Boucicault, Dion, ii.260,261Bouncer, Mrs., Miss Dickens's dog, ii.109,126,189,356Bow Street Runners, ii.178Boyle, Captain Cavendish, ii.407Boyle, Miss Mary, ii.123,145,315,406;andLettersBroadstairs, Dickens at,ii.84,99;Bromley, Sir Richard, ii.126Brookfield, Mrs., letter to, ii.249Brookfield, The Rev. W., letters to, ii.199,200Brooks, Shirley, ii.407;letters to, ii.423,438Campbell, Lord, ii.144Carlisle, the Earl of, letters to, ii.12,118,157Carlyle, Thomas, ii.112Cartwright, Samuel, ii.326;letter to, ii.348Cattermole, George, ii.327,383;andLettersCattermole, Mrs., letters to, ii.383,385Céleste, Madame, ii.106Cerjat, M. de, ii.406;andLettersChambers, Robert, ii.167,434Chappell, Messrs., ii.244,245,267,309,326,405Charities, Dickens's sufferings from public, ii.47Children, stories of, ii.196,359,423Childs, Mr., ii.337,405Chorley, H. F., ii.338,350Church, Dickens on the, ii.221;service on board ship, ii.348;Dickens on the Romish, ii.409,410Circumlocution, Dickens on, ii.241,270Clarke, John, letter to, ii.418Collins, C. A., ii.84,100,113,221,242,387,410Collins, Wilkie, ii.33,84,108,170,268,292;andLettersCompton, Mrs., letter to, ii.22Conjuring feats, see ii.243Cooke, T. P., ii.4;letter to, ii.21Covent Garden Theatre, a scene at, ii.133Cunningham, Mrs., ii.423Dacres, Sir Sydney, ii.329Dallas, Mrs., letters to, ii.195,434Dallas, Mr., ii.235Delane, John, ii.425;De la Rue, Mr., ii.210Dickens, Charles, visits to Scotland, ii.39, and see ii.395;declines to enter Parliament, ii.389;public dinners to, ii.268,301,404,406,417,419,420;visits of to America, seeAmerica;fancy signatures to letters of, ii.195;his theatrical performances, seeTheatrical Performances;effects of work on, ii.248,266,325;his visits to Paris, seeParis;as a stage, manager, ii.26;Tavistock House, seeTavistock House;as an editor, ii.127,217,262,286,292;his readings,Readings;illnesses of, ii.404,405,421,446;in America, ii.338,341,347,353,355,360,365,373,377,380,381;Gad's Hill, seeGad's Hill;tour of, in the North, ii.5,29-32;his kindly criticisms of young writers, ii.16,34,267,277, for other criticisms see ii.14,43,215,249;elected a member of the Birmingham Institute, ii.34;religious views of, ii.82,202,221,394,403,444;visit of, to Cornwall, ii.108;at Hanover Terrace, Regent's Park, ii.135;visits Lord Lytton at Knebworth, ii.136;at Hyde Park Gate South, ii.170;at57, Gloucester Place, Hyde Park, ii.208;at Somer's Place, Hyde Park, ii.224;in the Staplehurst accident, ii.224;at Southwick Place, Hyde Park, ii.224;his energy, ii.291;one of the secrets of the success of, ii.357,392;the Midland Institute at Birmingham opened by, ii.406, and see ii.427;his last speech, at the Royal Academy dinner, ii.432;his interview with the Queen, ii.432;attends a levée of the Prince of Wales, ii.432;his last illness, ii.446;his death, ii.448;funeral of, ii.448,449;andLettersofDickens, Charles, marriage of, ii.208;on "All the Year Round," ii.406,410,424;and see ii.88,114,123,140,145,176,447;letters to, ii.310,338Dickens, Kate, marriage of, ii.107,113;illness of, ii.266,271;and see ii.39,75,77,84,221,410,436,446;letter to, ii.99Dickens, Mamie, accident to, ii.129;and see ii.39,49,55,75,77,84,87,114,116,120,145,179,234,411,447, andLettersDickens, Walter, goes to India, ii.19,21;attached to the 42nd Highlanders, ii.114,176;death of, ii.208,212;and see ii.4Dickens, Frank, letter of, to Dickens, ii.93;in India, ii.208,212;and see ii.114,131,140,177Dickens, Alfred, at Wimbledon School, ii.122;settles in Australia, ii.327;and see ii.177,371Dickens, Sydney, a naval cadet, ii.125,126,145,167;on board H.M.S.Orlando, ii.169;and see ii.114,118,122,177,202,236,260,296,430Dickens, Henry, entered at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, ii.327;wins a scholarship, ii.424,430;and see ii.177,190,254,255,329,371,389,395,406,410,447;letters to, ii.356,392,435,438Dickens, Edward, goes to Australia, ii.327,329;Dickens's love for, ii.389-391;and see ii.53,76,79,92,95,153,190,199;letter to, ii.402Dickens, Alfred, ii.199Dickens, Mrs. Augustus, ii.418Dickens, John, ii.240Dickens, Mrs. John, ii.333Dickens, Letitia, seeMrs. Henry AustinDickenson, Captain, ii.224,232Dilke, C. W., ii.5;letter to, ii.12Dillon, C., ii.42Dogs, Dickens's, ii.50,96,101; ii.203,237,242,245,264,269;Dolby, George, ii.245,252-255,267,273,280,295,296,308,310,311,317-323,328,330,335,336,340,345-347,352-360,363,367,381Dufferin, Lord, ii.419Dwarf, the Tartar, ii.255Earthquake, an, in England, ii.206Edinburgh on a Sunday, ii.395"Edwin Drood," ii.407,431,432,446Egg, Augustus, ii.198Eliot, Sir John, Dickens on Forster's life of, ii.215Elliotson, Dr., ii.99Elwin, Rev. W., ii.136,151Emerson, Mr., ii.306Eytinge, Mr., ii.405"Faust," Gounod's, ii.191,193Fechter, Charles, ii.171,177,187,193,201,219,270,386;andLettersFelton, Mr., ii.85Ferguson, Sir William, ii.246,247Féval, Paul, ii.183,192Fields, Cyrus W., ii.85,308,344,361,364,379,405Fields, Mrs., ii.306,308,319,344,361,364,367,379,405Fildes, S. L., ii.432,447;letter to, ii.435Finlay, F. D., ii.406;letters to, ii.297,389,408Fitzgerald, Mrs., ii.285Fitzgerald, Percy, ii.187,397;andLettersFlunkeydom, scholastic, ii.68Forster, Miss, ii.327Forster, John, ii.108,130,265;andLettersFreake, Mr. and Mrs., ii.446Frith, W. P., ii.84,93,385,418;letter to, ii.439Frost, the great, of 1861, ii.139Funerals, Dickens on state, ii.385Gad's Hill, Dickens takes possession of, ii.3;his childish impressions of, ii.8;improvements in, ii.107,373,406,446;sports at, ii.205;cricket club at, ii.356;letters concerning, ii.15,18,25,28,49,106,119,227Ghost, stalking a, ii.131Gibson, M., ii.121Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Milner, ii.431Gladstone, Right Hon. W. E., ii.401Gordon, Andrew, ii.131Gordon, Mr. Sheriff, ii.164"Great Expectations," commenced, ii.108,136;letters concerning, ii.128,133,140,142,143,151Guild of Literature and Art, see ii.41Harness, Rev. W., ii.253;Headland, Mr., ii.135,149,158,160Helps, Sir Arthur, ii.432Henderson, Mrs., letter to, ii.