56Serle, Mr., letter to,263Shakespeare, curatorship of house of,104Sheridan,86"Sketches of Young Gentlemen," by Dickens,9Slave-owners, Dickens on,38Smith, Mr. Albert, letter to,186Smith, Mr. Arthur,186,208;letter to,187Smith, Mr. H. P., letter to,82Speaking, Dickens on public,214Stage-manager, Dickens as a,29,100,127Stanfield, Mr. Clarkson,39,41,54,86,232Stansbury, Mr.,4Staplehurst, the railway accident at,264Stone, Mr. Frank,101,117,127;letters to,129,179"Strange Story, A," Dickens's criticism on,198,204,207,210"Studies of Sensation and Event,"69Sturgis, Mr. Russell, letters to,267,272Sumner, Mr.,42,62Sunday bands,177"Sunday under Three Heads," by Charles Dickens,9Switzerland, expedition to,142-145;ascent of the Mer de Glace,142;a hot bath in,144;passage of the Simplon,146;travellers in,147;carriages in,147Sympathy, letters of,19,20,170,275Tavistock House,130Temple, the, Dickens becomes a student at,14Tennent, Sir Emerson,154,273,274Tennent, Lady,154Thackeray, Mr. W. M., letter to,165Theatricals, in America,28;Dickens as a stage-manager,29;for the benefit of Leigh Hunt,95,97,98,100,101,103;for the endowment of a curatorship of Shakespeare's house,104;reminiscences of,106;at Knebworth,113,114,116;for the Guild of Literature,118-128,133-135;at Tavistock House,179Thompson, Mr.; seeLettersThompson, Mrs.,82Thompson, Miss Elizabeth,85Thornbury, Mr. Walter, letter to,239Topham, Mr.,123Topping, the groom, on nature,36Townshend, Mr.,161Tracey, Lieutenant,77Travers, Mr.,166"Uncommercial Traveller, The,"270,276"United Vagabonds, The,"34Venice, Dickens at,72Verona, Dickens at,71Vesuvius, Dickens's ascent of,76"Village Coquettes," Braham's opinion of Dickens's opera of,2;Harley's opinion of,3"Visits to Rochester,"224Waistcoats, Dickens's fondness for bright,150Waterfall, a, as a stage effect,254,258Watson, Dr.,280White, Rev. James, letters to,141,160White, Mrs.,142"Wilds of America,"247Wills, Mr. W. H.,159,175,180,253,261,271,283;and seeLettersWilmot, Mr.,124Wilson, Sir John,37Winter, Mrs., letters to,167,170"Woodland Gossip," Dickens's criticism on,220Work, Dickens at,168,185"Working Man's Life, The,"99Young, Mr.,155