A'Beckett(Gilbert), at Miss Kelly's theatre, ii.210;death of, iii.119.Aberdeen, reading at, iii.234.Actors and acting, i.174,175,260, ii.96,103,126-128,176,399,401;at Miss Kelly's theatre, ii.210;French, iii.127-134.Adams (John Quincey), i.214,349.Adelphi theatre,Caroldramatized at the, ii.96.Africa, memorials of dead children in, iii.293.Agassiz (M.), iii.389note.Agreements, literary, ii.87,88, iii.240.Ainsworth (Harrison), i.118,163,181.Alamode beef-house (Johnson's), i.54.Albany (U. S.), reading at, iii.436(and see441).Albaro, Villa Bagnerello at, ii.113,120;the sirocco at, ii.114;Angus Fletcher's sketch of the villa, ii.121;English servants at, ii.123;tradespeople at, ii.124,125;dinner at French consul's, ii.130-132;reception at the Marquis di Negri's, ii.132.Albert (Prince), i.322note;at Boulogne, iii.108.Alison (Dr.), i.258,260.Alison (Sheriff), ii.391.All the Year Round, titles suggested for, iii.241-243;first number of, iii.244;success of, iii.244;difference betweenHousehold Wordsand, iii.245;tales in, by eminent writers, iii.245;sale of Christmas numbers of, iii.246;Dickens's detached papers in, iii.247-249,528;Charles Collins's papers in, iii.257;projected story for, iii.310,462;new series of, iii.462note;change of plan in, iii.462note;Dickens's last paper in, iii.528.Allan (Sir William), i.258,260; ii.475.Allonby (Cumberland), iii.173;landlady of inn at, iii.173.Allston (Washington), i.331.Amateur theatricals, i.413-417; ii.481; iii.62-64.Ambigu (Paris),Paradise Lostat the, iii.130,131America, visit to, contemplated by Dickens, i.195;wide-spread knowledge of Dickens's writings in, i.215,216, iii.384-386;eve of visit to, i.284-291;visit to, decided, i.285;proposed book about, i.286;arrangements for journey,286;rough passage to, i.292-298;first impressions of, i.299-309;hotels in, i.304, iii.390,396,412,435;inns in, i.344,366note,393,395,400,401, iii.432;Dickens's popularity in, i.307, iii.388;second impressions of, i.310-334;levees in, i.312,347,365,373,386,397;outcry against Dickens in, i.319;slavery in, i.327,352-354,395, ii.103;international copyright agitation in, i.329,351,408,409;railway travelling in, i.336,368, iii.398,405,435,436;trying climate of, i.347;"located" Englishmen in, i.350;Dickens's dislike of, i.351;canal-boat journeys in, i.358-380;Dickens's real compliment to, i.361;deference paid to ladies in, i.374;duelling in, i.396;Dickens's opinion of country and people of,in 1842, i.350,351(and see401,402);in 1868, ii.38, iii.413-416;effect ofMartin Chuzzlewitin, ii.76,77;desire in, to hear Dickens read, iii.319;Mr. Dolby sent to, iii,320;result of Dolby's visit, iii.322,323note;revisited by Dickens, iii.387-443;old and new friends in, iii.389;profits of readings in, iii.392;Fenianism in, iii.397;newspapers in, iii.400;planning the readings in, iii.401;nothing lasts long in, iii.401,429;work of Dickens's staff in, iii.410;the result of 34 readings in, iii.415;Dickens's way of life in, iii.416,434,437note;value of a vote in, iii.420;objection to coloured people in, iii.420;female beauty in, iii.432;total expenses of reading tour, and profits from readings, iii.446(and see441,442);Dickens's departure from, iii.443;effect of Dickens's death in, iii.384.Americanisms, i.303,327,370,387,410,414,415.American Notes, choicest passages of, i.362,363;less satisfactory than Dickens's letters, i.358,359;in preparation, ii.23,24;proposed dedication of, ii.27;rejected motto for, ii.30;suppressed introductory chapter to, ii.34-37;Jeffrey's opinion of, ii.38;large sale of,37,38.Americans, friendly, ii.177;deaths of famous, since 1842, iii.389note;homage to Dickens by, iii.465note;French contrasted with, ii.322.Andersen (Hans), iii.167.Anniversary, a birthday, i.113,150, iii.308,508;a fatal, iii.304,376,384.Arnold (Dr.), Dickens's reverence for, ii.150.Arras (France), a religious Richardson's show at, iii.273.Art, conventionalities of, ii.169;limitations of, in England, iii.331;inferiority of English to French, iii.146,147.Artists' Benevolent Fund dinner, iii.236.Ashburton (Lord), i.329,387.Ashley (Lord) and ragged schools, i.283;ii.58,493,494.Astley's, a visit from, iii.164,165;Mazeppaat, iii.302note.As You Like It, French version of, iii.132.Atlantic, card-playing on the, i.295,296.Auber and Queen Victoria, iii.135.Austin (Henry), i.182;iii.244;secretary to the Sanitary Commission, ii.385;death of, iii.261,262.Australia, idea of settling in, entertained by Dickens, iii.185;scheme for readings in, iii.270note (idea abandoned, iii.272).Austrian police, the, iii.94,95Authors, American, i.319.Authorship, disquietudes of, ii.288,288.Babbage(Charles)ii.108.Bagot (Sir Charles), i.412.Balloon Club at Twickenham, i.182note.Baltimore (U. S.), women of, iii.418;readings at, iii.418,419,427(and see441);white and coloured prisoners in Penitentiary at, iii.419.Bancroft (George), i.305, ii.467.Banquets, Emile de Girardin's superb, iii.139-141.Bantams, reduced, iii.251.Barham (Rev. Mr.), ii.175,175.Barnaby Rudge, agreement to write, i.135(and see147,148,161-163,177,225);Dickens at work on, i.186,232-234,239-244;agreement for, transferred to Chapman and Hall, i.223-226;the raven in, i.233-240;constraints of weekly publication, i.243;close of, i.244;the story characterised, i.244-248.Bartlett (Dr.) on slavery in America, i.389.Bath, a fancy about, iii.451,452Bathing, sea, Dickens's love of, ii.28,56,138.Battle of Lifetitle suggested for the, ii.251(and see295);contemplated abandonment of, ii.289;writing of, resumed, ii.293;finished, ii.295;points in the story,296;Jeffrey's opinion of the, ii.303,304;sketch of the story, ii.304,305;Dickens's own comments on, ii.306;date of the story,306;reply to criticism on, ii.308;doubts as to third part of, ii.309;dedication of, ii.309;illustrated by Stanfield and Leech,310;grave mistake made by Leech, ii.311;dramatized, ii.323.Bayham-street, Camden town, Dickens's early life in, i.30-42.Beale (Mr.), a proposal from, iii.196.Beard (Mr. Carr), ii.476;on Dickens's lameness, iii.455;readings stopped by, iii.456;in constant attendance on Dickens at his last readings, iii.531(and see541).Beard (Thos.), i.92,101,102, iii.256.Beaucourt (M.), described by Dickens, iii.99-102;his "Property," iii.100;among the Putney market-gardeners, iii.102;goodness of, iii.120note.Bedrooms, American, i.304,313.Beecher (Ward), iii.410;readings in his church at Brooklyn, iii.417.Beer, a dog's fancy for, iii.217note.Beggars, Italian, ii.183,183.Begging-letter writers, i.228, ii.106,107;in Paris, ii.327.Belfast, reading at, iii.229.Benedict (Jules), illness of, ii.466.Bentley (Mr.), Dickens's early relations with, i.134,135,141,147,148,161,163,224, iii.240;friendly feeling of Dickens to, in after life, ii481, iii.241.Bentley's Miscellany, Dickens editor of, i.121;proposal to writeBarnaby Rudgein, i.148;editorship of, transferred to Mr. Ainsworth, i.163,164.Berwick, Mary (Adelaide Procter), iii.495Berwick-on-Tweed, reading at, iii.266.Betting-men at Doncaster, iii.174-176.Beverley (William), at Wellington-house academy, i.84.Birds and low company, iii.251,252Birmingham, Dickens's promise to read at, iii.56;promise fulfilled (first public readings), iii.59;another reading at, iii.311;Dickens's speeches at Institute at, ii.94,95, iii.527.Birthday associations, i.113,150, iii.308,508Black (Adam), i.259.Black (Charles), ii.476.Black (John), i.100, ii.104;early appreciation by, of Dickens, i.106;dinner to, ii.53.Blacking-warehouse (at Hungerford Stairs), Dickens employed at, i.50;described, i.51(and see iii.512note);associates of Dickens at, i.52;removed to Chandos-street, Covent-garden, i.67;Dickens leaves, i.68;what became of the business, i.70.Blackmore (Edward), Dickens employed as clerk by, i.87;his recollections of Dickens, i.87.Blackpool, Dickens at, iii.455.Blackwood's Magazine and Little Dorrit, iii.163.Blair (General), iii.424.Blanchard (Laman). ii.162,175(and see187);a Literary Fund dinner described by, i.322note.Bleak Housebegun, ii.441;originals of Boythorn and Skimpole in, iii.25-28;inferior toCopperfield, iii.32;handling of character in, iii.40-50;defects of, iii.44;Dean Ramsay on, iii.47;originals of Chancery abuses in, iii.50;proposed titles for, iii.52note;completion of, iii.51;sale of, iii.53.Blessington (Lady), lines written for, ii.52note (and see93).Blind Institution at Lausanne, inmates of, ii.235,240, iii.78.Bonchurch, Dickens at, ii.425-436;effect of climate of, ii.431-433;entertainment at, iii.111,112note.Books, written and unwritten, hints for, iii.275-297;suggested titles in Memoranda for new, iii.293,294;a complete list of Dickens's, iii.547-560.Booksellers, invitation to, ii.100note.Boots, absurdity of, i.314.Boots, a gentlemanly, at Calais, i.136;a patriotic Irish, iii.227.Boots at the Holly-tree Inn, iii.154;reading of, at Boston (U. S.), iii.410.Bores, American, i.375,376,383,384,385.Boston (U. S.), first visit to, i.300-309;enthusiastic reception at, i.301;dinner at, i.312;changes in, since 1842, iii.390;first reading in, iii.391;a remembrance of Christmas at, iii.399;walking-match at, iii.427;audiences at, iii.429;last readings at, iii.440.Bottle(Cruikshank's), Dickens's opinion of, ii.384,384.Boulogne, an imaginary dialogue at, ii.328,329;Dickens at, iii.55,56,59,96-120;the Pier at, iii.115;Dickens's liking for, iii.56;M. Beaucourt's "Property" at, iii.97-106,115-120;sketch of M. Beaucourt, iii.99-103;prices of provisions at, iii.102note;Shakespearian performance at, iii.103;pig-market at, iii.104;Thackeray at, iii.105note;camp at, iii.106,107,116;Prince Albert at, iii.107,108;illuminations at, iii.109;epidemic at, iii.119.Boulogne Jest Book, iii.65note.Bouquets, serviceable, iii.137.Bourse, victims of the, iii.142.Boxall (William), ii.475, iii.126.Boxing-match, a, ii.224.Boyle (Mary), ii.481, iii.524.Boys, a list ofChristiannames of, iii.294,295Boz, origin of the word, i.104;facsimile of autograph signature, i.276.Bradbury & Evans (Messrs.), ii.66,67,68,105,250;