Acrobats,213Adams, Mr. H. G., letters to,15,208Agreement, a sporting,244Ainsworth, Mr. W. H.,13Air, Dickens's love of fresh,169Allston, Mr. Washington,42America, feeling for the "Curiosity Shop" in,19;projected visit to,20;description of life in,24;how Dickens was interviewed in,26;amateur theatricals in,28;friends in,30,238;voyage home from,34;second visit of Dickens to,234,241,244-249;Dickens's feeling for the people of,237;the great walking-match in,244;second journey home from,249-252;desire on the part of Dickens to promote friendly relations between England and,259;letters from,24,27,28,244-249"American Notes, The," success of,38;criticisms on,38,43;and see34,35,237Appleton, Mr.,260Ashburton, Lord,46Austin, Mr. Henry, letter to,130Austin, Mrs., letter to,214Author, dreams of an,55;penalties of an,168Babbage, Mr. Charles, letter to,69Bairr, Mrs.,146Bath, a, abroad,144;at Naples,155"Battle of Life, The," the drama of,87;Dickens on,102Baylis, Mr., letter to,212Bear, Mr.,299Beard, Mr.,9Begging-letter Writers, Dickens on,267"Bentley's Miscellany," Dickens's connection with,12Benzon, Mrs.,199Biliousness, an effect of,87Birmingham, meeting of Polytechnic Institution at,64;the Institute at,158Birthday greeting, a,226"Black and White," Fechter in Wilkie Collins's play of,277"Bleak House,"140Blessington, the Countess of,68;letters to,17,65,70,74,75,89Blue-stockings, Dickens on,18Boulogne, Dickens at,140,141,161Bouncer, Mrs., Miss Dickens's dog,216,255Bowring, Sir John, letters to,193,295Boy, the Magnetic,18Boyle, Miss Mary,113;letter to,220Braham, Mr.,1-3Braham, Mrs.,3Breakfast, a, aboard ship,251Broadstairs, description of,53;life at,54,125;a wreck at,129,131Brougham, Lord,46Browning, Mr. Robert, letter to,227Buckstone, Mr., letter to,296Bulwer, Sir Edward Lytton, letter to,62;and seeLytton, Sir Edward Bulwer, andLytton, LordButler, Mrs.,85Calculation, a long,43Captain, a sea,47"Captives, The," Dickens's criticism on Lord Lytton's play of,241Carlyle, Mr. Thomas,28Carlyle, Mrs.,179Céleste, Madame,168Cerjat, M. de,148Chapman, Mr. Edward, letters to,14,91Chapman, Mr. Frederic, letter to,294Chappell, Mr. T.,277;letter to,279Charity, a vote for a,108Chéri, Rose,90Children, Dickens on the death of,170"Child's History of England, A,"237"Chimes, The," Dickens at work on,71;his interest in,71Chorley, Mr. Henry F., letters to,190,213,216,222,231Christening, a boisterous,261"Christmas Carol, The," Dickens at work on,59,63;success of,60Christmas keeping,60Chronicle, The Evening, Dickens's connection with,5Clark, Mr. L. Gaylord, letter to,19Clark, Mr. W. Gaylord,19Clarke, Mrs. Cowden,264;and seeLettersClifford, Hon. Mrs.,271Cobden, Mr. Richard,84Collins, Mr. Charles,292Collins, Mr. Wilkie,142,148,198,233,244,258;letter to,171Conjurer, Dickens as a,41Conolly, Mr.,160Cookesley, Mr.,109Copyright, Dickens on international,28,33,44,102,237,263,293Corn Laws, the Repeal of the,84Cornwall, a trip to,39Costello, Mr.,101Coutts, Miss,128,132,148Covent Garden Opera, commencement of the,86Criticism, on Dickens's opera,1;Dickens on American,44;on art,77;Dickens's appreciation of Thackeray's,165;by Chorley on Dickens,223Cruikshank, Mr. George,101Cullenford, Mr.,88Daily News, The, first issue of,84"Dando," the oyster-eater,32,35"David Copperfield," Dickens at work on,113;Dickens's feeling for,114;his liking for the reading of,227,234Death, Dickens on the punishment of,78De Gex, Mr.,9Derby, Lord, Dickens's opinion of,288Devonshire, the Duke of,121,128,129Diary, fragments of Dickens's,8-12Dickens, Alfred,265,278,289;letter to,299Dickens, Charles, his affection for Mary Hogarth,6-9,11,50;his diary,8-12;his relations withThe Chronicle,5;his "Sketches of Young Gentlemen,"9;his "Sunday in Three Parts,"9;insures his life,10;his connection with "Bentley's Miscellany,"12;is entered at the Middle Temple,14;his feeling for Kent,15;his religious views,16,17;the purpose of his writing,17;his childhood,22;his first visit to America,24-31;as a stage-manager,29,100,127;dinner to, at Greenwich,33;takes a trip to Cornwall,39;as a conjuror,41;on American criticism,44;facetious description of himself,53;at Broadstairs,54,125;his views on education,58;at work on "The Christmas Carol,"59;in Italy,70-78;at work on "The Chimes,"71;in Paris,85,89;organises theatricals for the benefit of Leigh Hunt,95,97,98,100,103;organises theatricals to found a curatorship of Shakespeare's house,104;acts in theatricals at Knebworth,113,114,116;theatricals in aid of the Guild of Literature and Art,118-128,133-135;as an editor,137-140,159,162-164,173-175,181,183,202,229,239,284,286,295;at Boulogne,140,141,161;his expedition to Switzerland and Italy,142-158;his excitability when at work,169;his love of fresh air,169;on the death of children,170;on red tape,176;on Sunday bands,177;sits to Frith for his portrait,188;his readings,208,227,230,232,238;at work on "Our Mutual Friend,"218,221;readings in America,234;his love for the American people,237;his second visit to America,241,244,252;at Gad's Hill,256;farewell course of readings,256,278;his reminiscences of the Staplehurst accident,264;his reading of the murder from "Oliver Twist,"268;serious illness of,280,281;great physical power of,280Dickens, Charles, jun.,9,25,41,109,154,277;at "All the Year Round" office,283Dickens, Mrs. Charles,9,51,114,115,124,125,171;and seeLettersDickens, Dora, death of,125Dickens, Edward, nicknamed Plorn,158,265,273,281,288,289,297Dickens, Henry F.,157;entered at the Temple,292Dickens, Kate,153,157,293Dickens, Miss,157,196,205,210,215,217,222,228,255,256,258Dickens, Sydney,143,157Dickens, Walter,25Disease, a new form of,129Dissent, Dickens's views on,16"Doctor Marigold," reading of,227Dogs, Dickens's,255,262;Don, the Newfoundland, rescues his son,262Dolby, Mr. George,234,238,248,256,261,270,273,276"Dombey and Son," sale of,87;see also89,94D'Orsay, Count,18,66,68,70,73,74,78Dream, an absurd,56Dufferin, Lord,277Dumas, Alexandre,90Earnestness, Dickens on,176Eden, the Hon. Miss, letter to,128Edinburgh,270Editor, Dickens as an,137-140,159,162-164,173-175,181,183,202,229,239,284-286,295Education, Dickens on,58Edward, the courier,142-144,148,155"Edwin Drood," Dickens on,292;the opium scene in,295Egg, Mr. A.,101,118,127,142,148,156Evans, Mr.,109"Experience, An,"283"Fatal Zero," by Percy Fitzgerald,291Fechter, Mr. Charles, in "The Lady of Lyons,"234,240;Dickens's admiration of,240;and see253,257,277,291;letters to,244,254Fechter, Madame,254Felton, Professor,272;and seeLettersFelton, Mrs.,33Fenian Amnesty, meeting in favour of a,287,289Fields, Mr. James T.; seeLettersFields, Mrs.,252,260,291;letter to,255Fildes, Mr.,294Fitzgerald, Mr. Percy,228,271Forster, Mr. John,9,10,13,30,35,36,39,41,54,60,86,89,101,113,117,127,133,154,188,207,227,260,292;letters to,165,225Forster, Mrs., letter to,273Fox, Mr. W. J., letter to,84Frith, R.A., Mr. W. P., letter to,188Funeral, the comic side of a,48Gad's Hill, descriptions of,252,256;Dickens's writing-room at,256;Longfellow's visit to,260;and see276Gallenga, Monsieur,192"Gamp, Mrs.,"56Gaskell, Mrs.,271;letter to,159General Theatrical Fund, the,88,102,296Gibson, Mrs. Milner, letter to,205"Girlhood of Shakespeare's heroines, The,"124Gladstone, Mr.,258,294Glasgow,270Gordon, Mrs.,87"Great Expectations,"198Greenwich, Dinner to Dickens at,33Grew, Mr. Frederick, letter to,158Grisi, Madame,86Guide Books,140Guild of Literature and Art, the,120,180;theatricals in aid of,118-128,133-135Hardisty, Mr.,111Harley, Mr. J. P.,3,4;letter to,13Harness, Rev. W.,269,291;letter to,159Harrison, Mr. James Bower, letters to,132,136Hat, a Leghorn,157Hazlett, Mr. William,259Higgins, Mr.,165,166Hillard, Mr.,42Hills, Mr.,274Hodgson, Dr.,97;letters to,93,95Hogarth, Mr.,2Hogarth, George,20;letter to,5Hogarth, Georgina,51,154,196,210,215,219,221,228,244,256,258Hogarth, Mary,6-