231Niagara Falls, effect of, on Dickens, i.404,405(and see iii.433).Nicholas Nickleby, agreement for, i.145;first number of, i.150,165;sale of, i.150;theSaturday Reviewon, i.166;characters in, i.167-171;opinions of Sydney Smith and Leigh Hunt on, i.168,169;Dickens at work on, i.172-176;dinner-celebration of, i.177,178;originals of the Brothers Cheeryble in, i.181;proclamation on the eve of publication, ii.99,100note;effect of, in establishing Dickens, iii.344(and see386).Nicolson (Sir Frederick), ii.194.Nightingales at Gadshill, iii.212.Nobody's Fault, the title first chosen forLittle Dorrit, iii.155.No-Popery riots, description of the, i.246.Normanby (Lord), ii.108,109,320.Norton (Charles Eliot), iii.215,447Norwich, reading at, iii.262.No Thoroughfare, i.140.Novels, real people in, iii.22-33;episodes in, iii.161.Novelists, old, design for cheap edition of, ii.385.Nugent (Lord), ii.473."Ocean Spectre," the, ii.369note.O'Connell (Daniel), ii.135.Odéon (Paris), Dickens at the, iii.128,129Ohio, on the, i.377.Old Curiosity Shop, original of the Marchioness in, i.59;originals of the Garland family, i.60;original of the poet in Jarley's wax-work, i.70;the story commenced, i.200;disadvantages of weekly publication, i.203;changes in proofs, i.206;Dick Swiveller and the Marchioness, i.207;effect of story upon the writer, i.208;death of Little Nell, i.210;close of the tale, i.210;success of, i.211;characterized, i.212-214;a tribute by Bret Harte, i.215,216;characters in, iii.345.Old Monthly Magazine, Dickens's first published piece in, i.97;other sketches in, i.104.Oliver Twist, commenced inBentley's Miscellany, i.121;characters in, real to Dickens, i.125,139;the story characterized, i.146,147,158,160;Dickens at work on, i.149;the last chapter of, i.153;the Cruikshank illustrations to,154-157;reputation of, i.156;reply to attacks against, i.160-162;teaching of, i.161;"adapted" for the stage, i.174,175;noticed in theQuarterly Review, i.184;copyright of, repurchased, i.224;original of Mr. Fang, iii.25;character-drawing in, iii.343;proposed reading from, iii.448;facsimile of portion of MS. of, iii.469.Opium-den, an, iii.528(and see464note).Osnaburgh-terrace, Dickens in, ii.106.Our Mutual Friend, title chosen for, iii.271;hints for, in Memoranda, iii.280,281;first notion for, iii.371;original of Mr. Venus in, iii.374;Marcus Stone chosen as illustrator, iii.373;the story reviewed, iii.377-379.Ouvry (Frederic), iii.434,539;clause inserted by, in agreement forEdwin Drood, iii.461note;humorous letter of Dickens to, iii.522.Overs (John), Dickens's interest in, ii.109;death of, ii.109note.Over-work, remains of, ii.297.Owen (Prof.), ii.477.Paintings, Dickens on, ii.167-169.Paradise Lostat the Ambigu, Paris, iii.130,131Paris, Dickens's first day in, ii.316;Sunday in, ii.317;Dickens's house in, described, ii.317-319;unhealthy political symptoms at, ii.321,334;the Morgue at, ii.321;incident in streets of, ii.321;hard frost at, ii.324;Dickens's alarming neighbour, ii.325;begging-letter writers in, ii.327;sight-seeing at, ii.330;theatres at, ii.331;Bibliothèque Royale, ii.333;the Praslin tragedy in, ii.386;Dickens's life in, iii.121-153;Dickens's house in, iii.124;personal attentions to Dickens, iii.124;theatres of, iii.126-134;illumination of, iii.144;New-year's day in, iii.144,145;results of imperial improvement in, iii.145note;Art Exposition at, iii.146-148;a Duchess murdered in, iii.150,151.Parliament, old Houses of, inconvenience of the, i.100.Parr (Harriet), iii.494note.Parry (John), ii.475.Pawnbrokers, Dickens's early experience of, i.46.Peel (Sir Robert) and his party, i.277;Lord Ashley and, i.283;the Whigs and, ii.261.Pen Photographs(Miss Field's) iii.235note.Perth, reading at, iii.234.Peschiere, Palazzo (Genoa), rooms in the, hired by Dickens, ii.129;a fellow-tenant in, ii.129;described, ii.139-142;view of the, ii.141;revisited, iii.79;dinner-party at, ii.172;owner of the, iii.79.Petersham, athletic sports at, i.183.Phelps (Mr.), ii.475.Philadelphia, Dickens at, i.335-344;penitentiary at, i.345-347;letters from, iii.413-415(and see ii.38,39).Pickwick Papers, materials for, i.66;first number of, i.108;origin of, i.110;Seymour's illustrations to, i.111note;Thackeray's offer to illustrate, i.115,116;the debtor's prison in, i.128,129;popularity of, i.129(and see iii.385,386);reality of characters in, i.130,131;inferior to later books, i.131;Mr. Pickwick an undying character, i.131(and see112);piracies of, i.137;completion of, i.143;payments for, i.145;a holy brother of St. Bernard and, ii.276;characters in, iii.343;where it was begun, iii.528.Pictures from Italy, original of the courier in, ii.171-173;publication commenced in theDaily News, ii.219.Pic Nic Paperspublished, i.241."Piljians Projiss," a new, ii.376-384.Pig-market at Boulogne, iii.104.Pipchin (Mrs.) inDombey, original of, i.55, ii.355,356;various names proposed for, ii.355note.Pirates, literary, ii.97;proceedings in Chancery against, ii.97-99;warning to, ii.100note.Pisa, a jaunt to, iii,81.Pittsburg (U. S.), description of, i.373;solitary prison at, i.378.Poets, small, iii.489.Pollock (Chief Baron) on the death of Dickens, iii.247note.Poole (John), aid rendered to, by Dickens, ii.370;civil-list pension granted to, ii.393.Poor, Dickens's sympathy with the, i.167,168(and see250), ii.146,147,240.Popularity, distresses of, i.324.Porte St. Martin (Paris), Dickens at the, iii.129.Portland (U. S.) burnt and rebuilt, iii.438.Portrait painter, story of a, iii.523.Portsea, birth of Dickens at, i.21.Prairie, an American, i.393,394;pronunciations of the word, i.396.Praslin tragedy in Paris, ii.386.Prayer, Dickens on personal, iii.485.Preston, a strike at, iii.69,70;Hamletat, iii.70.Primrose (Mr.), i.258.Printers' Pension fund dinner, presided over by Dickens, ii.55.Prisons, London, visits to, i.280;American, i.339-344,345-347,378;comparison of systems pursued in, ii.234.Procter (Bryan Waller), iii.27,28;Dickens's affection for, ii.467.Procter (Adelaide), Dickens's appreciation of poems by, iii.495.Publishers, hasty compacts with, i.121;Dickens's agreements with, ii.88, iii.56(and see240-243).Publishers, authors and, ii.64,72, iii.489,490Puddings, a choice of, i.55,56."Punchpeople," Lord Brougham and the, ii.469;at Mansion-house dinner, ii.477.Q, Dickens's secretary in the United States, i.303,315,322,328,344,348,366,370,374,375,393,397,400,411;described, i.410-412(and see iii.389note).Quarterly Review, prophecy in not fulfilled, i.139note;notice ofOliver Twistin, i.184;on Cruikshank and Leech, ii.418.Queen (Her Majesty the) and Auber, iii.134,135;alleged offers to Dickens, iii.503, and503,504note;desire of, to see Dickens act, iii.506;Thackeray's copy of theCarolpurchased by, iii.506,507note;Dickens's interview with, iii.507,508;grief at Dickens's death, iii.542.Rachel(Madame), caprice of, iii.137.Ragged schools, Dickens's interest in, ii.57;results of, ii.57note (and see ii.494);proposed paper on, by Dickens, declined byEdinburgh Review, ii.58.Railroads, American, ladies' cars on, i.338.Railway travelling, effect on Dickens, iii.450;in America, i.336-338,368, iii.398,405,435,436.Ramsay (Dean) onBleak Houseand Jo, iii.47,48Ramsgate, entertainments at, ii.214note.Raven, death of Dickens's first, i.235-239;of second, ii.215.Raymond (George), ii.476.Reade (Charles),Hard Cashcontributed by, toAll the Year Round, iii.245.Readings, gratuitous, iii.61note;private, in Scheffer's atelier, iii.148;in Lincoln's-inn-fields, ii.162,174,175.public, Dickens's first thoughts of, ii.174,284, iii.60;argument against paid, iii.61,189;idea of, revived, iii.189;opinions as to, asked and given, iii.189,190note;disadvantages of, iii.191;proposal from Mr. Beale respecting, iii.196;first rough notes as to, iii.198,199note;various managers employed by Dickens, iii.223;hard work involved by, iii.224,445;study given to, iii.318.first series of, iii.223-238;sale of books of, iii.232note;subjects of, iii.235.second series of, iii.255-274;what it comprised, iii.259;new subjects for, iii.260.third series of, iii.298-324;Messrs. Chappell's connection with, iii.306-310.American, iii.388-443;result of, iii.415,441.Readings given by Dickens:Australian, contemplated, iii.270note (but see272);Bulwer's opinion of, iii.271note.last series of, iii.444-460(and see437note).Readings (alphabetical list of):Aberdeen, iii.234.Albany (U. S.), iii.435;receipts at, iii.441.Baltimore (U. S.), iii.418,419,427;receipts at, iii.441.Belfast, iii.229.Berwick-on-Tweed, iii.266.Birmingham, iii.311.Boston (U. S.), iii.391,403,440;receipts at, iii.441.Brighton, iii.263.Brooklyn (New York), iii.416;receipts at, iii.442.Buffalo (U. S.), iii.431;receipts at, iii.441.Cambridge, iii.317.Canterbury, iii.264.Chester, iii.268,313.Dover, iii.264.Dublin, iii.220-228,317.Dundee, iii.233.Edinburgh, iii.233,267,451, and450note.Exeter, iii.224,268.Glasgow, iii.234.Harrogate, iii.230.Hartford (U. S.), iii.441.Liverpool, iii.225,268,311,313,314.London, iii.223,234,258,269.Manchester, iii.232,268,308,311,314.New Bedford (U. S.), iii.437;receipts at, iii.441.Newcastle, iii.265,315.Newhaven (U. S.), iii.428;receipts at, iii.441.New York, iii.393,410,441;receipts at, iii.441.Norwich, iii.262.Paris, iii.272.Perth, iii.234.Philadelphia (U. S.), iii.414,418,427;receipts at, iii.441.Portland (U. S.), iii.438;receipts at, iii.441.Providence (U. S.), iii.428;receipts at, iii.441.Rochester (U. S.), iii.431;receipts at, iii.441.Springfield (U. S.), iii.441.Syracuse (U. S.), iii.431;receipts at, iii.441.Torquay, iii.268,451.Washington (U. S.), iii.421,425,426;receipts at, iii.441.Worcester (U. S.), iii.441.York, iii.231,454.Reeves (Sims), ii.475.Reformers, administrative, iii.70,71note.Regiments in the streets of Paris, iii.143note.Regnier (M.) of the Français, ii.330,429, iii.127,137Rehearsals, troubles at, ii.371.Religion, what is the true, ii.149.Reporters' gallery, Dickens enters the, i.96;ceases connection with, i.116.Reporter's life, Dickens's own experience of a, i.99-101(and see ii.265).Revolution at Geneva, ii.298-301;traces left by, ii.300;abettors of, ii.301.Rhine, Dickens on the, ii.222,223;travelling Englishmen on the, ii.223.Richard Doubledick, story of, iii.154.