135.Fletcher, (Angus), i.254,263,274;stay of, with Dickens at Broadstairs, i.228;anecdotes of, i.262,263,264note,269(and see ii.113,120,144,182,193,194note);pencil sketch by, of the Villa Bagnerello at Albaro, ii.121;death of, ii.194note.Flies, plague of, at Lausanne, ii.244,245note.Fonblanque (Albany), i.113, ii.53,162;wit of, ii.175,467, iii.349.Footman, a meek, ii.194.Fortescue (Miss), ii.96.Fortnightly Review, Mr. Lewes's critical essay on Dickens in, iii.332-338.Fowls, eccentric, iii.251,252Fox (William Johnson), ii.53.Fox-under-the-hill(Strand), reminiscence of, i.62.Franklin (Lady), iii.519.Fraser (Peter), ii.475.Freemasons' Hall, banquet to Dickens at, iii.324.Freemasons' secret, a, ii.440.Free-trade, Lord "Gobden" and, ii.312.French and Americans contrasted, ii.322.Frescoes, perishing, ii.119;at the Palazzo Peschiere, ii.140note,141;Maclise's, for the Houses of Parliament, iii.536note.Friday, important incidents of Dickens's life connected with, ii.441, iii.205,419, &c.Frith (W. P.), portrait of Dickens by, iii.238.Funeral, scene at a, ii.31-33;an English, in Italy, ii.193.Furnival's inn, room in, where the first page ofPickwickwas written, iii,528.Gadshill Place, a vision of boyhood at, i.24(and see iii.204);Dick's tomb at, iii.117note;first description of, iii.202;sketch of porch at, iii.204;purchase of, iii.205;antecedents of, iii.207;improvements and additions at, iii.208-215;sketch ofChâletat, iii.212;nightingales at, iii.212;Dickens's daily life at, iii.215-222;sketch of house and conservatory, iii.216;Study at, iii.222;games at, for the villagers, iii.510,511;Dickens's last days at, iii.539-542.Gambler's Life, Lemaitre's acting in the, iii.122-124.Gamp (Mrs.), original of, ii.51;a masterpiece of English humour, ii.83,84;with the Strollers, ii.376-384.Gaskell (Mrs.), ii.454,470, iii.54.Gasman's compliment to Dickens, iii.265(and see441).Gautier (Théophile), ii.331.Geneva, Dickens at, ii.288;revolution at, ii.298-301;aristocracy of, ii.299.Genoa described, ii.125-128;theatres at, ii.127,128(and see iii.491note);religious houses at, ii.128;rooms in the Palazzo Peschiere hired by Dickens, ii.129;view over, ii.141;Governor's levee at, ii.144;an English funeral at, ii.193;nautical incident at, ii.195;revisited by Dickens, iii.78-80.George Silverman's Explanation, iii.380(and see253note).Gibson (Milner), ii.468.Gilbert Massenger(Holme Lee's) remarks of Dickens on, iii.493,494Giles (William), i.23;Dickens at the school kept by, i.32,33;snuff box presented to "Boz" by, i.33.Gipsy tracks, iii.250.Girardin (Emile de), iii.142;banquets given by, in honour of Dickens, iii.139-141.Girls, American, i.384,385note;Irish, iii.226note;list of Christian names of, iii.294,295.Gladstone (Mr.), and Dickens, i.103, iii.537.Glasgow, proposed dinner to Dickens at, i.276;reading at, iii.234;Dickens at meeting of Athenæum, ii.390.Glencoe, Pass of, i.268,271;effect of, on Dickens, i.270.Goldfinch, the, and his friend, iii.252.Gondoliers at Venice, habits of, iii.90.Gordon (Lord George), character of, i.241.Gordon (Sheriff), ii.475.Gore-house, a party at, ii.334note.Gower-street-north, school in, opened by Dickens's mother, i.43;a dreary home, i.45, iii.218;home broken up, i.54.Graham (Sir James), ii.109.Graham (Lady), ii.468.Grant (James), recollections of Dickens by, i.101(and see108).Graves, town, iii.49,52note;Dickens's dislike to speech-making at, iii.488.Great Expectations, original of Satis-house in, iii.220;germ of, iii.361;the story characterized, iii.362-369;close of, changed at Bulwer Lytton's suggestion, iii.369, and note.Great Malvern, cold-waterers at, ii.487.Greek war-ship, a, iii.82.Greeley (Horace), iii.400,442;on the effect in America of Dickens's death, iii.384;on Dickens's fame as a novelist, iii.388;a suggestion from, iii.417.Grey (Lord), recollection of, ii.264,264.Grimaldi, Life of, edited by Dickens, i.142;the editor's modest estimate of it,i.142;criticisms on, i.142,143.Grip, Dickens's raven, i.220;death of,i.234, 235;apotheosis, by Maclise, i.237;a second Grip, i.239.Grisi (Madame), ii.176.Guild of Literature and Art, origin of, ii.395;princely help of the Duke of Devonshire to, ii.397(and see iii.488,489).Hachette(MM.), agreement with, for French translation of Dickens's works, iii.125note.Haghe (Louis), iii.85.Haldimand (Mr.), seat of, at Lausanne, ii,232.Halévy(M.), dinner to, ii.469.Halifax, the "Britannia" aground off, i.297;the house of assembly at, i.299.Hall (Mr. and Mrs. S. C.), ii.475.Hall (William), funeral of, ii.369.Hallam (Henry), loquacity of, ii.251.Halleck (Fitz-Greene) on Dickens, iii.482note.Halliday (Andrew), iii.529.Hamlet, an emendation for, ii.389;performance of, at Preston, iii.70.Hampstead Heath, Dickens's partiality for, i.133, ii.101.Hampstead-road, Mr. Jones's school in the, i.74.Hansard (Mr.), letter from, concerning Mr. Macrone, ii.442,443note.Hardwick (John), ii.468.Hard Times, proposed names for, iii.65, and note;title chosen, iii.65;written forHousehold Words, iii.66;Ruskin's opinion of, iii.66,67.Harley (Mr.), ii.475.Harness (Rev. Wm.), ii.162,175,473.Harrogate, reading at, iii.230.Harte (Bret), Dickens on, i.214;tribute by, to Dickens, i.215,216.Hartford (U. S.) levee at, i.313.Harvard and Oxford crews, the, iii.527.Hastings, reading at, iii.264.Hatton-garden, Dickens at, iii.25.Haunted Man, first idea of, ii.280;large sale of, ii.443;dramatized, ii.443;teachings and moral of the story, ii.443-446;the christening dinner, ii.468.Hawthorne (N.), Dickens on, ii.440.Hayes (Catherine), ii.468.Heaven, ambition to see into, ii.477.Helps (Arthur), iii.245;In Memoriamby, iii.509.Hereditary transmission, iii.179note (and see493).Highgate, Dora's grave at, ii.493, iii.52.Highlands, Dickens's adventures in the, i.263-276.Hogarth, Dickens on, ii.413,413.Hogarth (George), i.105;Dickens marries eldest daughter of, i.108.Hogarth (Georgina), ii.120, iii.540,541,561,563;sketch taken from, ii.48, iii.287;Maclise's portrait of, ii.48,49.Hogarth (Mary), death of, i.120;epitaph on tomb of, i.120note (and see ii.458);Dickens's loving memory of, i.120,144,289,405, ii.147-150,458, iii.525.Holiday Romance and George Silverman's Explanation, high price paid for, iii.380(and see253note, and321).Holland (Lady), a remembrance of, ii.194.Holland (Lord), ii.190.Holland (Captain), theMonthly Magazineconducted by, i.104.Holyhead, a Fenian at, iii.316note.Hone of theEvery Day Book, scene at funeral of, ii.31-33(but see iii.568,569).Honesty under a cloud, ii.112.Hood (Thomas), ii.190; hisTylney Hall, ii.264.Hop-pickers, iii.208.Horne (R. H.), ii.475.Hospital for Sick Children, Dickens's exertions on behalf of, iii.192-200;a small patient at, iii.194;Carolreading for, iii.200.Hotels, American, i.304, iii.390,395,412,435;extortion at, i.331,344.Houghton (Lord), ii.472, iii.509,538Household Wordsin contemplation, ii.449-453;title selected for, ii.454;names proposed for, ii.453;first number of, ii.454;early contributors to, ii.454;Mrs. Gaskell's story in, iii.54;unwise printed statement in, iii.200;discontinued, iii.239(and see37).Hudson (George), glimpse of, in exile, iii.274.Hugo (Victor), an evening with, ii.331,331.Hulkes (Mr.), iii.206note,256.Hull, reading at, iii.232.Humour, Americans destitute of i.401;a favourite bit of, ii.102;the leading quality of Dickens, iii.341,342;Lord Lytton on the employment of, by novelists, iii.350note;Dickens's enjoyment of his own, iii.350-352;the true province of, iii.382.Hungerford-market, i.50(and see iii.512note).Hunt (Holman), iii.257.Hunt (Leigh), saying of, i.119;onNicholas Nickleby, i.169;Civil-list pension given to, ii.369;theatrical benefit for, ii.369-373;result of performances, ii.373;last glimpse of, iii.26note;letter of Dickens to, in self-defence, iii.28;the original of Harold Skimpole inBleak House, iii.26-29;inauguration of bust of, at Kensal-green, iii.487.Hunted Down, high price paid for, iii.253;original of, iii.279.Imaginativelife, tenure of, iii.187.Improprieties of speech, ii.269.Incurable Hospital, patients in the, iii.287.Inimitable, as applied to Dickens, origin of the term, i.33.Inn, a log-house, i.400.Innkeeper, a model, i.365.Inns, American, Miss Martineau on, i.344(and see366note,393,395,400, iii.432);Highland, i.265,267,275;Italian, ii.158,170,171,181.International boat-race dinner, Dickens at, iii.527.Ireland, a timely word on, ii.260.Irving (Washington), i.287,315,330,351,352,357note;letter from Dickens to, i.284;a bad public speaker, i.320-322;at Literary Fund dinner in London, i.321;at Richmond (U. S.), i.351.Italians hard at work, ii.197.Italy, art and pictures in, ii.167-169, iii.91,92;private galleries in, ii.168note;cruelty to brutes in, ii.187note;wayside memorials in, ii.188,189note;best season in, ii.191;fire-flies in, ii.195;Dickens's trip to, iii.76-95;the noblest men of, in exile, iii.93.Jack Straw's-castle(Hampstead-heath), i.133,299,346, ii.101,101.Jackson (Sir Richard), i.413.Jeffrey (Lord), i.260;praise of Little Nell by, i.251;presides at Edinburgh dinner to Dickens, i.252;on theAmerican Notes, ii.38;praise by, of theCarol, ii.88;on theChimes, ii.179;his opinion of theBattle of Life, ii.303,304;forecaste ofDombeyby, ii.358note;on Paul's death, ii.361note;on the character of Edith in Dombey, ii.362-364;James Sheridan Knowles and, ii.392;touching letter from, ii.428;death of, ii.483.Jerrold (Douglas), ii.136,162,175,200;at Miss Kelly's theatre, ii.209,210;fancy sketch of, ii.282, iii.63note;last meeting with Dickens, iii.167;death of, iii.168;proposed memorial tribute to, and result, iii.168.Jesuits at Geneva, rising against the, ii.297-301(and see179-180).Johnson (President), interview of Dickens with, iii.423;impeachment of, iii.429.Johnson (Reverdy), at Glasgow art-dinner, iii.453note.Jonson (Ben), an experience of, ii.352.Jowett (Dr.), on Dickens, iii.525,526Karr(Alphonse), ii.331.Keeley (Mrs.), ii.475;inNicholas Nickleby, i.175, ii.96.Kelly (Fanny), theatre of, in Dean-street, Soho, ii.208-214;whims and fancies of, ii.209.Kemble (Charles) and his daughters, ii.473.Kemble (John), ii.473.Kensal-green, Mary Hogarth's tomb at, i.120note, ii.458note.Kent (Charles),Charles Dickens as a Readerby, iii.235note;letter to, iii.541.Kissing the Rod(Edmund Yates'), iii.495.Knebworth, private performances at, ii.396,397;Dickens at, iii.245,246.Knight (Charles), ii.475.Knowles (James Sheridan), bankruptcy of, ii.392;civil-list pension granted to, ii.393;performances in aid of, ii.394,395.Ladies, American, i.327;eccentric, ii.291-293.Laing (Mr.), of Hatton Garden, iii.25.Lamartine (A., de), ii.331, iii.135.Lameness, strange remedy for, i.22.Lamert (James), private theatricals got up by, i.31;takes young Dickens to the theatre, i.32;employs Dickens at the blacking-warehouse, i.51;quarrel of John Dickens with, i.68(and see228).Lamplighter, Dickens's farce of the, i.183, ii.