a suggestion by, ii.71;Dickens's agreements with, ii.88(and see289), iii.56.Bradford, Dickens asked to read at, iii.61note.Brighton, Dickens's first visit to, i.138;other visits, ii.421,422,455;theatre at, i.138;reading at, iii.263.Bride of Lammermoor(Scott's), composition of the, iii.339,340British Museum reading-room, frequented by Dickens, i.90.Broadstairs, Dickens at, i.136,137,176,204,277-283, ii.55,214note,387-389,405-421,422-424,436-441;Nicklebycompleted at, i.176;Dickens's house at, i.205;writingAmerican Notesat, ii.23;pony-chaise accident, ii.418,419;smuggling at, ii.439.Brobity's (Mr.) snuff-box, iii.297.Brooklyn (New York), scene at, iii.411;readings in Mr. Ward Beecher's chapel, iii.417.Brougham (Lord), in Paris, ii.316,317;the "Punchpeople" and, ii.469.Browne (H. K.) chosen to illustratePickwick, i.115;accompanies Dickens and his wife to Flanders, i.135;failure of, in aDombeyillustration, ii.354,355(but see348,349);sketch by, for Micawber, ii.435;his sketch of Skimpole, iii.53.Browning's (R. B.)Blot on the 'Scutcheon, Dickens's opinion of, ii.46.Bruce (Knight), ii.97.Brunel (Isambard), ii.469.Buckingham Palace, Dickens at, iii.508.Buffalo (U. S.), reading at, iii.432.Buller (Charles), ii.53.Burdett (Sir Francis), advocacy of the poor, i.250.Burns festival, Prof. Wilson's speech at the, ii.136.Buss (Mr.),Pickwickillustrations by, i.115.Byron's (Lord) Ada, ii.469.Ça Ira, the revolutionary tune of, iii.129.Cambridge, reading at, iii.317.Cambridge (U. S.) and Boston contrasted, iii.390;the Webster murder at, iii.402,403.Camden-town, Dickens with Mrs. Roylance at, i.55.Campbell (Lord), i.322note;on the writings of Dickens, iii.72and note;death of, iii.247note.Canada, emigrants in, ii.28,28.Canal-boat journeys in America, i.358-380;a day's routine on, i.366,367;disagreeables of, i.367;a pretty scene on board, i.390-392.Cannibalism, an approach to, ii.326.Cannon-row, Westminster, incident at public-house in, i.63.Canterbury, reading at, iii.264.Car-driver, an Irish, iii.225,226note.Carlyle (Lord), ii.469.Carlisle (Bishop of) and Colenso, iii.248note.Carlyle (Thomas), ii.110,135,160,162,174;a strange profane story, i.130;on international copyright, i.332-334;Dickens's admiration of, i.334(and see ii.470);a correction for, ii.440;on Dickens's acting, iii.72;grand teaching of, iii.204;inaugural address of, at Edinburgh University, iii.308;hint by, to common men, iii.326;on humour, iii.342;a hero to Dickens, iii.520;on Dickens's death, iii.514,515(and see ii.110).Carlyle (Mrs.), on the expression in Dickens's face, i.119;death of, iii.308;Dickens's last meeting, iii.309.Carriage, an unaccommodating, ii.232;a wonderful, ii.270.Carrick Fell (Cumberland), ascent of, iii.170,171;accident on, iii.171.Castle Spectre, a judicious "tag" to the, ii.471.Catholicism, Roman, the true objection to, ii.299.Cattermole (George), i.181,197, ii.113note;imitation of a cabstand waterman by, ii.423note.Caudle Lectures, a suggestion for the, ii.136note.Cerjat (Mr.), ii.232(and see iii.567),252.Chalk (Kent), Dickens's honeymoon spent at, i.108;revisited, i.119.Chambers, contemplated chapters on, i.194.Chamounix, Dickens's trip to, ii.253-256;revisited, iii.76,77;narrow escape of Egg at, iii.77.Chancery, Dickens's experience of a suit in, ii.97-99;originals of the abuses exposed inBleak House, iii.49,50.Channing (Dr.) on Dickens, i.302,308,309.Chapman and Hall, overtures to Dickens by, i.109;advise purchase of theSketchescopyright from Mr. Macrone, i.124;early relations of Dickens with, i.144,145;share of copyright inPickwickconceded by, i.145;payments by, forPickwickandNicholas Nickleby, i.145;outline ofMaster Humphrey's Clocksubmitted to, i.192-197;purchase ofBarnaby Rudgeby, i.225;Dickens's earliest and latest publishers, iii.240.Chapman (Mr. Thomas), not the original of Mr. Dombey, ii.107(and see108).Chappell (Messrs.), agreements with, iii.306,309,310;arrangement with, for course of final readings, iii.437note (and see445);amount received from, on account of readings, iii.446;Dickens's tribute to, iii.531note (and see315).Charles Dickens as a Reader(Charles Kent's), iii.236note.Chatham, Dickens's early impressions of, i.23,34;day-school in Rome-lane, i.27note;Mr. Giles's school at, i.32,33.Cheeryble (Brothers) inNickleby, originals of, i.181.Chester, readings at, iii.268,313Chesterton (Mr.), i.280, ii.23.Chicago (U. S.), monomania respecting, iii.418.Chigwell, inn at, i.239.Children, powers of observation in, i.23,27;mortality of young, in London, iii.192note,293;old, iii.292.Children-farming, Dickens on, iii.287,288note.Child's History, the, finished, iii.59.Child's night-lights, wonders of, iii.172.Chillon, Castle of, ii.229,257,258.Chimes, a title found for the, ii.143;design for, ii.144;Dickens hard at work on, ii.150;first outline of the, ii.152-155;effect of, on Dickens's health, ii.156,157;objections to, ii.160;finished, ii.161;private readings of, at Lincoln's-inn fields, ii.162,174,175;Jeffrey's opinion of the, ii.179.Chimneys, the smoky, i.221.Chinese Junk, ii.405-408.Chorley (Henry), iii.256.Christmas, Dickens's identity with, ii.90.Christmas-eve and day, Dickens's accustomed walk on, iii.517.Christmas Carol, origin of, ii.60;preparation of, ii.71,72;sale and accounts of, ii.85-87;Jeffrey and Thackeray on, ii.89;message of the, ii.89;the story characterized, ii.91;dramatized at the Adelphi, ii.96;reading of, for the Hospital for Sick Children, iii.200;reading of, in Boston (U. S.), iii.429,430;Thackeray's copy of, purchased by her Majesty, iii.506note.Christmas Sketches, Dickens's, iii.370,371Christmas sports, ii.47note.Cicala, the, ii.118.Cincinnati (U. S.), i.378;described, i.379,380;temperance festival at, i.383;bores at, i.385.Circumlocution Office, the, iii.159.Clay (Henry), i.348,349;on international copyright, i.323.Clennam (Mrs.), inLittle Dorrit, original of, iii.277.Cleveland (U. S.), rude reception of mayor of, i.403.Coachman, a Paris, ii.332note.Cobham-park, i.224,288;Dickens's last walk in, iii.540.Cockburn (Sir Alexander), iii.126.Coffee-shops frequented by Dickens, i.56.Cogswell (Mr.), ii.476,476.Coincidence, marvels of, iii.174,175,524.Col de Balme Pass, ii.253.Colden (David), i.315,316, ii.192note,476.Colenso (Bishop) and the Bishop of Carlisle, iii.248note.Coleridge (Sara) on Little Nell, iii.345note;onChuzzlewit, iii.345note.Collier (Payne) and Dickens in Hungerford Market, iii.512note.Collins (Charles Alston), marriage of, to Kate Dickens, iii.255;books by, iii.257;on Dickens's accompaniments of work, iii.211note;cover designed by, forEdwin Drood, iii.466;death of, iii.258.Collins (Wilkie), Dickens's regard for, ii.402;holiday trip of, with Dickens and Egg, iii.76-95;at Boulogne, iii.106;in Paris, iii.126;in Cumberland, iii.170-173;accident to, on Carrick Fell, iii.171;tales by, inAll the Year Round, iii.245;at his brother's wedding, iii.256.Colquhoun (Mr.), i.258.Columbus (U. S.), levee at, i.398.Commercial Travellers' schools, admired by Dickens, iii.247.Commons, House of, Dickens's opinion of, i.103, iii.499.Conjuror, a French, iii.110-115.Consumption, hops a supposed cure for, iii.208.Conversion, a wonderful, ii.180note.Cooke, Mr. (of Astley's), iii.164,165Cooling Castle, ruins of, iii.206,220Cooling churchyard, Dickens's partiality for, iii.221.Copyright, international, Dickens's views on, i.311,318,322,332,349,360, ii.50;Henry Clay on, i.323;petition to American Congress on, i.328,351;Carlyle on, i.332-334;two obstacles to, i.408,409(and see ii.26);result of agitation, i.322.Corduroy-road, a, i.398,399.Cornwall (Barry), ii.187, iii.27(and see495,530).Cornwall, Dickens's trip to, ii.40-43.Costello (Dudley), fancy sketch of, ii.383.Coutts, Miss (Baroness Burdett-Coutts), great regard for, ii.58;true friendship of, ii.323;generosity of, ii.109note,488, iii.300(and see ii.179).Covent-garden theatre, Macready at, i.140,185;farce written by Dickens for, i.183;dinner at the close of Mr. Macready's management, i.185;the editor of theSatiristhissed from stage of, ii.50;Dickens applies for an engagement at, ii.206.Coventry, gold repeater presented to Dickens by watchmakers of, iii.237(and see562).Crawford (Sir George), ii.172.Cricket on the Hearth, origin of the, ii.201-204;Dickens busy on, ii.215;reading of, in Ary Scheffer's studio, iii.148.Crimean war, unpopular in France, iii.110,127,143.Cruikshank (George), illustrations by, toSketches, i.113;claim by, to the origination ofOliver Twist, i.154-156, ii.347,348,350,351note (and see autograph letter of Dickens, ii.349,350, and p.vii.of vol. ii.);fancy sketch of, ii.379,381;Dickens's opinion of hisBottleandDrunkard's Children, ii.384,410,411.Cruize on Wheels(Charles Collins's), iii,257.Cumberland, Dickens's trip in, iii.170-173.Cunningham, Peter, character and life, iii.73,74Curry (Mr.), ii.125,158,172.Custom-house-officers (continental), ii.172,173,315.Daily Newsprojected, ii.203;misgiving as to, ii.215-217;first number of, ii.218;Dickens's short editorship, ii.215-219;succeeded by author of this book, ii.220,302,303.Dana (R. H.), i.304.Danson (Dr. Henry), recollections by, of Dickens at school, i.81-85;letter from Dickens to, i.85note.Dansons (the), at work, iii.166.David Copperfield, identity of Dickens with hero of, i.50-69; iii.33-36;characters and incidents in, iii.21-40;original of Dora in, i.93;name found for, ii.422;dinners in celebration of, ii.438,439,470;sale of, ii.447;titles proposed for, ii.463-465;progress of, ii.483-487;Lord Lytton on, iii.21;popularity of, iii.22;original of Miss Moucher in, iii.23;original of Mr. Micawber in, iii.30-32;Bleak Houseinferior to, iii.32;a proposed opening of, iii.155;fac-simile of plan prepared for first number of, iii.157.De Foe (Daniel), Dickens's opinion of, iii.135note;hisHistory of the Devil, i.139.Delane (John), ii.469.Denman (Lord), ii.108.Devonshire (Duke of) and the Guild of Literature and Art, ii.397.Devonshire-terrace, Dickens removes from Doughty-street into, i.186;Maclise's sketch of Dickens's house in, iii.41.Dick, a favourite canary, iii.117.Dickens (John), family of, i.22;small but good library of, i.29;money embarrassments of, i.36,42;character of, described by his son, i.37;arrested for debt, i.43;legacy to, i.64;leaves the Marshalsea, i.66;on the education of his son, i.89;becomes a reporter, i.90;Devonshire home of, described, i.186-189;death of, ii.489;his grave at Highgate, ii.490;sayings of, iii.31,32;respect entertained by his son for, iii.31.Dickens (Fanny), ii.206,456,459;elected a pupil to the Royal Academy of Music, i.39;obtains a prize thereat, i.66;illness of, ii.319,320;death of, ii.460;her funeral, i.67.Dickens (Alfred), i.223,288; death of, iii.258.Dickens, Augustus, (died in America), ii.385.Dickens (Frederick), i.182,261,288(and see ii.476);narrow escape from drowning in the bay at Genoa, ii.137;death of, iii.450.DICKENS, CHARLES, birth of, at Portsea, i.21.reminiscences of childhood at Chatham, i.23-36.relation of David Copperfield to, i.28,48,92; iii.33-35.his wish that his biography should be written by the author of this book, i.40note.first efforts at description, i.42.account by himself of his boyhood, i.50-69(and see ii.205-207; iii.247).