Richardson (Sir John), iii.519.Richardson's show, a religious, iii.273.Richmond (U. S.), levees at, i.354.Rifle-shooting, Lord Vernon's passion for, ii.270;at Lausanne, ii.247,298,299.Rising Generation(Leech's), Dickens on, ii.414-418.Ristori (Mad.) inMedea, iii.137.Roberts (David), iii.85.Robertson (Peter), i.259, ii.135,475;sketch of, i.253,254.Robertson (T. W.), iii.530,531Robinson Crusoe, Dickens's opinion of, iii.135note (and see i.264note).Roche (Louis), employed by Dickens as his courier in Italy, ii.106;resources of, ii.172,196,199(and see111,325);Count d'Orsay and, ii.204note;illness of, ii.421;death of, ii.255note.Rochester, early impressions of, i.28(and see iii.213);Watts's Charity at, iii.154note.Rochester Castle, adventure at, ii.22.Rochester Cathedral, brass tablet in, to Dickens's memory, iii.154note.Rochester (U. S.), alarming incident at, iii.431.Rockingham-castle, Dickens's visit to, ii.481-483;private theatricals at, ii.481, iii.83.Rocky Mountain Sneezer, a, iii.409.Rogers (Samuel), i.251, ii.190;sudden illness of, ii.466(and see486note).Rome, Dickens's first impressions of, ii.185;Dickens at, iii.85-89;a "scattering" party at Opera at, iii.86,87;marionetti at, iii.87,88;malaria at, iii.88,89.Rosemont (Lausanne), taken by Dickens, ii.225;view of, ii.229;Dickens's neighbours at, ii.231,242note,252;Dombeybegun at, ii.241;the landlord of, ii.246note.Rothamsted, Rev. Mr. Lawes's club at, iii.244.Royal Academy dinner, Dickens's last public words spoken at, iii.537.Roylance (Mrs.), the original of Mrs. Pipchin inDombey, i.55, ii.355.Ruskin (Mr.) onHard Times, iii.66,67Russell (Lord J.), a friend of letters, ii.369,393;on Dickens's letters, iii.481;dinner with, ii.483;Dickens's tribute to, iii.501, and note.Ryland (Arthur), letter of Dickens to, iii.56note.Sala(G. A.), Dickens's opinion of, ii.454note;tribute by, to Dickens's memory, iii.516.Salisbury Plain, superiority of, to an American prairie, i.394;a ride over, ii.461.Sand (Georges), iii.138,139Sandusky (U. S.), discomforts of inn at, i.400.Sardinians, Dickens's liking for, iii.92.Satirist, editor of, hissed from the Covent-garden stage, ii.50.Saturday Reviewon the realities of Dickens's characters, i.166.Scene-painting, iii.166.Scheffer (Ary), portrait of Dickens by, iii.148,149;reading ofCricket on the Hearthin atelier of, iii.149.Scheffer (Henri), iii.150.Schools, public, Dickens on, iii.236.Scotland, readings in, iii.232-235.Scott (Sir W.), real people in novels of, iii.22,29Scott monument at Edinburgh, ii.392.Scribe (M.), dinner to, ii.469;social intercourse of Dickens with, iii.134,135;author-anxieties of, iii.136;a fine actor lost in, iii.138.Scribe (Madame), iii.136.Sea-bathing and authorship, ii.28.Seaside holidays, Dickens's, ii.403-441, iii.97-120.Sebastopol, reception in France of supposed fall of, iii.110.Serenades at Hartford and Newhaven (U. S.), i.314.Servants, Swiss, excellence of, ii.246.Seven Dials, ballad literature of, i.230.Seymour (Mr.) and thePickwick Papers, i.111note;death of, i.115.Shaftesbury (Lord) and ragged schools, i.283, ii.57,58note,493,494(and see494).Shakespeare Society, the, i.185.Shakespeare on the actor's calling, iii.191.Shakespeare's house, purchase of, ii.392.Sheffield, reading at, iii.232.Sheil (Richard Lalor), ii.53.Shepherd's-bush, the home for fallen women at, ii.488.Sheridans (the), ii.468.Ship news, i.296.Short-hand, difficulties of, i.91.Shows, Saturday-night, i.61.Siddons (Mrs.), genius of, ii.473,473.Sierra Nevada, strange encounter on the, iii.385,386Sikes and Nancyreading, proposed, iii.448;at Clifton, iii.451;Macready on the, iii.451;at York, iii.454, and note;Dickens's pulse after, iii.532.Simplon, passing the, ii.174."Six," Bachelor, iii.124.Sketches by Boz, first collected and published, i.113;characterized, i.114.Slavery in America, i.327,352-354,388-390;the ghost of, iii.419.Slaves, runaway, i.389.Sleeplessness, Dickens's remedy for, iii.249.Sleighs in New York, iii.397."Slopping round,"iii.432."Smallness of the world," i.372, ii.222, iii.204.Small-pox, American story concerning, iii.305note.Smith (Albert),Battle of Lifedramatized by, ii.323.Smith (Arthur), iii.168;first series of Dickens's readings under management of, iii.199,200(and see263note);distresses of, iii.225note;first portion of second series planned by, iii.258;serious illness of, iii.260,261;death of, iii.261;touching incident at funeral, iii.261note.Smith (Bobus), ii.190.Smith (O.), acting of, i.174, ii.96.Smith (Porter), ii.476.Smith (Southwood), ii.53,53.Smith (Sydney), i.311, ii.108;onNicholas Nickleby, i.168,176note;death of, ii.190.Smithson (Mr.), i.182;death of, ii.93.Smoking party, a feminine, ii.292,292.Smollett (Tobias), a recollection of, i.128;real people in novels of, iii.22.Snuff-shop readings, ii.336.Solitary confinement, effects of, i.345,346, ii.234,234.Somebody's Luggage, the Waiter in, iii.351,370Sortes Shandyanæ, ii.242.Sparks (Jared), i.304.Speculators, American, iii.391,393,408,409,411,428.Spiritual tyranny, ii.231note.Spittoons in America, i.338.Squib Annual, the, i.109,110.St. Bernard, Great, proposed trip to, ii.271;ascent of the mountain, ii.274;the convent, ii.274;scene at the top, ii.274,275;bodies found in the snow, ii.275;the convent a tavern in all but sign, ii.276;Dickens's fancy of writing a book about the, iii.184.St. George (Madame), ii.176.St. Giles's, Dickens's early attraction of repulsion to, i.39;original of Mr. Venus found in, iii.374.St. Gothard, dangers of the, ii.198,198.St. James's Hall, Dickens's final readings at, iii.532,533St. Leger, Dickens's prophecy at the, iii.175.St. Louis (U. S.), levee at, i.386;slavery at, i.388;pretty scene at, i.390,392;duelling in, i.396.Stage-coach, queer American, i.363,364.Stage, training for the, ii.213,214, (and see iii.191).Stanfield (Clarkson), i.181, ii.47note,160,162,175, iii.521;sketches in Cornwall by, ii.42;illustrations by, toBattle of Life, ii.310;price realized at the Dickens sale for the Lighthouse scenes, iii.71note (and see ii.296, iii.164,243);at work, iii.166;death of, iii.320.Stanfield Hall, Dickens at, ii.462Stanley (Dr. A. P.), Dean of Westminster, compliance with general wish, iii.543;letter and sermon, iii.544.Stanton (Secretary), curious story told by, iii.422,423(and see508).Staplehurst accident, iii.304;effect on Dickens, iii.376.Staples (J. V.), letter from Dickens to, ii.90note.Statesmen, leading American, i.349,350.State Trials, story from the, iii.283,284Stealing, Carlyle's argument against, i.333.Steamers, perils of, i.293,305,326,331(and see iii.80-83).Stevenage, visit to the hermit near, iii.246.Stirling (Mr.), a theatrical adapter, i.174.Stone (Frank), ii.385. iii.105;sketch of Sydney Dickens by, ii.368,369note;fancy sketch of, ii.383;death of, iii.256note.Stone (Marcus), designs supplied by, toOur Mutual Friend, iii.373note.Streets, Dickens's craving for crowded, ii.144,151,277,281,282,283,287, iii.515.Strange Gentleman, a farce written by Dickens, i.116.Stuart (Lord Dudley), ii.472.Sue (Eugène), ii.331.Sumner (Charles), i.305, iii.421,426Sunday, a French, ii.317,485note.Swinburne (Algernon), ii.428.Switzerland; splendid scenery of, ii.198;villages in, ii.199;Dickens resolves to write new book in, ii.220;early impressions of, ii.226,227;climate of, ii.244note;the people of, ii.245,246,259;mule-travelling in, ii.253;Protestant and Catholic cantons in, ii.260;Dickens's last days in, ii.311-315;pleasures of autumn in, ii.313;revisited, iii.76-95.Syme (Mr.), opinion of, as to Dickens's lameness, iii.453,454Syracuse (U. S.), reading at, iii.431.Tagart(Edward), ii.59,59.Taine (M.), onMartin Chuzzlewit, ii.78;criticisms by, on Dickens, ii.102(and see251note, iii.326-331);a hint for, ii.419;on Hard Times, iii.67note;Fielding criticized by, iii.348.Tale of Two Cities, titles suggested for, iii.279;first germ of Carton in, iii.280(and see360);origin of, iii.354;the story reviewed, iii.354-360;titles suggested for, iii.354,355.Talfourd (Judge), i.180, ii.97,98,293,294,427,470(and see iii.509);Dickens's affection for, ii.427.Tatler(Hunt's), sayings from, iii.26note.Tauchnitz (Baron), letter from, iii.57note;intercourse of, with Dickens, iii.462note (and see125note).Tavistock-house, sketch of, iii.54;a scene outside, iii.165;Stanfield scenes at, iii.243;sale of, iii.257;startling message from servant at, iii.276.Taylor (Tom), ii.472.Taylor (the Ladies), ii.271.Telbin (William), at work, iii.166.Temperance agitation, Dickens on the, ii.409,409.Temperature, sudden changes of, in America, i.347.Temple (Hon. Mr.), ii.190.Tennent (Sir Emerson), ii.476, iii.80;death and funeral of, iii.454.Tennyson (Alfred), Dickens's allegiance to, ii.25,136,472, iii.357note.Ternan (Ellen Lawless), iii.561.Tête Noire Pass, ii.255;accident in, ii.256,257.Thackeray (W. M.), ii.188;offers to illustratePickwick, i.115,116;on Maclise's portrait of Dickens, i.178note;on theCarol, ii.89(and see ii.53,470);dinner to, iii.73;at Boulogne, iii.105note;in Paris, iii.126;tribute to, by Dickens, iii.236;death of, iii.298-300;estrangement between Dickens and, iii.298note.Thanet races, Dickens at the, ii.24.Théâtre Français (Paris), conventionalities of the, iii.128.Theatres, Italian, ii.182;French, ii.330,331.Theatrical Fund dinner, Dickens's speech at, ii.491,492(and see221, iii.537).Theatricals, private, at Montreal, i.413-415;at Rockingham, ii.481;at Tavistock House, iii.62-64(and see ii.108).Thomas (Owen P.), recollections of Dickens at school, i.76-81.Thompson (Mr. T. I.), ii.476.Thompson (Sir Henry), consulted by Dickens, iii.321;a reading of Dickens's stopped by, iii.452;opinion as to Dickens's lameness, iii.453,454.Ticknor (George), i.304,308.Ticknor & Fields (Messrs.), commission received by, on the American readings, iii.446.Timber Doodle (Dickens's dog), ii.24,25,28, ii.134note;death of, iii.144note.Times, the, on Dickens's death, iii.542,543note.Tintoretto, Dickens on the works of, ii.168, iii.92.Titian's Assumption, effect of, on Dickens, ii.168.Tobin (Daniel), a schoolfellow of Dickens, i.76;assists Dickens as amanuensis, but finally discarded, i.81.Toole (J. L.), encouragement given to in early life, by Dickens, iii.54(and see iii.302note).Topping (Groom), i.220,221,234,235,413.Toronto, toryism of, i.412.Torquay, readings at, iii.268,451Torrens (Mrs.), ii.476.Tour in Italy(Simond's), ii.116note.Townshend (Chauncy Hare), iii.256;death and bequest of, iii.417.Tracey (Lieut.), i.280, ii.23.Tramps, ways of, iii.210note,249,250.Tremont House (Boston, U. S.), Dickens at, i.300.Trossachs, Dickens in the, i.264.True Sun, Dickens reporting for the, i.96.Turin, Dickens at, iii.92,93Turner (J. M. W.), ii.110.Tuscany, wayside memorials in, ii.188note.Twickenham, cottage at, occupied by Dickens, i.180-182;visitors at, i.180-182;childish enjoyments at, i.182note.Twiss (Horace), ii.468.Tyler (President), i.350.Tynemouth, scene at, iii.