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The two letters to Mr. Macready, at the end of this year, refer to a farce which Charles Dickens wrote, with an idea that it might be suitable for Covent Garden Theatre, then under Mr. Macready's management.
[Sidenote: Mrs. Charles Dickens.]
GRETA BRIDGE, Thursday, Feb. 1st, 1838.
MY DEAREST KATE,
I am afraid you will receive this later than I could wish, as the mail does not come through this place until two o'clock to-morrow morning. However, I have availed myself of the very first opportunity of writing, so the fault is that mail's, and not this.
We reached Grantham between nine and ten on Thursday night, and found everything prepared for our reception in the very best inn I have ever put up at. It is odd enough that an old lady, who had been outside all day and came in towards dinner time, turned out to be the mistress of a Yorkshire school returning from the holiday stay in London. She was a very queer old lady, and showed us a long letter she was carryin
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The child was slumb'ring near the blaze,
"O captain, let him rest
Until it sinks, when God's own ways
Shall teach us what is best!"
They watched the whitened ashy heap,
They touched the child in vain;
They did not leave him there asleep,
He never woke again.
"O captain, let him rest
Until it sinks, when God's own ways
Shall teach us what is best!"
They watched the whitened ashy heap,
They touched the child in vain;
They did not leave him there asleep,
He never woke again.
This song was sung to the music of "Little Nell," a ballad composed by the late Mr. George Linley, to the words of Miss Charlotte Young, and dedicated to Charles Dickens. He was very fond of it, and his eldest daughter had been in the habit of singing it to him constantly since she was quite a child.
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CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS, CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS. INDEX.
A'Beckett, Gilbert, i. 134
Affidavit, a facetious, i. 101
Ainsworth, W. H., letters to, i. 43, 75, 92
Alison, Sir Archibald, i. 170
America, feeling for Dickens in the backwoods of, i. 40, 41;
Dickens's first visit to, i. 53;
his welcome in, i. 59;
his opinion of, i. 60-64;
freedom of opinion in, i. 61;
Dickens's levΓ©es in, i. 66;
change of temperature in, i. 66;
hotel charges in, i. 67;
midnight rambles in New York, i. 67;
descriptions of Niagara, i. 69, 70;
a maid's views on Niagara, i. 72;
copyright in, i. 71, 73, 74;
Dickens's tribute to Mrs. Trollope's book on, i. 81;
press-ridden, i. 97;
absence of quiet in, i. 98;
criticisms of Dickens in, i. 151;
and see Readings
"American Notes," publication of, i. 54
"Animal Magnetism," tag to, written by Dickens, i. 238
Anne, Mrs. Dickens's maid, i. 72, 414
"Arabian Nights," a mistake in the, i. 88, 89
Astley's Theatre, description of a clown at, i. 116
Austin, Henry, i. 240; and see Letters
Author, the highest reward of an, i. 41
Autobiography, a concise, of Dickens, i. 437
Autograph of Dickens in 1833, i. 2;
Dickens leaves his in Shakespeare's room, i. 13;
of Boz, i. 43;
of Dickens as Bobadil, i. 195;
facsimile of Dickens's handwriting in 1856, i. 421;
Babbage, Charles, letters to, i. 86, 87, 186
Banks, G., i. 273; letter to, i. 296
"Barnaby Rudge" written and published, i. 36;
Dickens's descriptions of the illustrations of:
the raven, i. 38;
the locksmith's house, i. 39;
rioters in The Maypole, i. 45;
scene in the ruins of the Warren, i. 46;
abduction of Dolly Varden, i. 48;
Lord George Gordon in the Tower, the duel, frontispiece, i. 50;
Hugh taken to gaol, i. 51
"Battle of Life, The," dedication of, i. 147, 157;
Dickens superintends rehearsals of the play of, i. 163, 165, 167;
sale of, i. 166, 176;
reception of the play of, i. 167
Beaucourt, M., i. 297, 357, 439
Bedstead, a German, i. 128
Begging letters, Dickens's answers to, i. 148-150
Bicknell, Henry, i. 215;
letter to, i. 229
Biographers, Dickens on, i. 190;
his opinion of John Forster as a biographer, i. 188-191
Birthday wishes, i. 51
"Black-eyed Susan," Dickens as T. P. Cooke in, i. 113;
a new version of, i. 114
Blanchard, Laman, letter to, i. 99
"Bleak House," commenced, i. 241;
publication of, i. 272;
Dickens's opinion of, i. 279;
circulation of, i. 289, 309, 317
Blessington, Lady, i. 171
Bobadil, Captain, Dickens plays, i. 134;
Dickens's remarks on, i. 144;
a letter after, i. 195
Book-backs, Dickens's imitation, i. 265, 266
Book Clubs, established, i. 94;
Dickens on, i. 104
Boulogne, Dickens at, i. 271, 297, 304-312, 341, 414, 439-448;
a Shakespearian performance at, i. 308;
en fΓͺte, i. 315;
illuminations at, on the occasion of the Prince Consort's visit, i. 362;
fire at, i. 364;
condition of, during the Crimean war, i. 365;
letters descriptive of, i. 305, 306, 309, 312, 357, 358, 360, 372
Boxall, Sir William, i. 233, 237
Boyle, Miss Mary, i. 211, 214, 227, 414;
and see Letters
Breach of Promise, a new sort of, i. 179
Breakfast, a Yorkshire, i. 9
Broadstairs, Dickens at, i. 4, 6, 17, 28, 36, 53, 134, 170, 185, 213, 240;
description of lodgings at, i. 33;
amusements of, i. 180, 182;
size of Fort House at, i. 254
Browne, H. K., i. 6, 13
Buckstone, J. B., i. 360
Burnett, Mrs., i. 185
Cabin, a, on board ship, i. 56
Capital punishment, Dickens's views on, i. 209
Carlisle, the Earl of, letters to, i. 253, 281;
Castlereagh, Lord, i. 245
Cat-hunting, i. 449
Cattermole, George, i. 42, 143;
and see Letters
Chancery, Dickens on the Court of, i. 450
Chapman and Hall, Messrs., i. 3;
letter to, i. 55
"Chimes, The," written, i. 95;
an attack on cant, i. 118, 129;
Dickens's opinion of, i. 129, 133;
Dickens gives a private reading of, i. 133
"Christmas Carol, The," publication of, i. 85;
criticisms on, i. 99
Christmas greetings, i. 167
Cockspur Street Society, the, i. 85-87
Cold, effects of a, i. 92, 93;
remedy for a, i. 168
Colden, David, i. 64
Collins, Wilkie, i. 241, 272, 297, 332, 359, 376, 385, 388, 413, 414, 447;
and see Letters
Comedy, Mr. Webster's offer for a prize, Dickens an imaginary competitor, i. 86, 90
Conjuring feats, i. 96;
Cooke, T. P., i. 113;
Copyright, i. 13;
Dickens's struggles to secure English, in America, i. 71, 73, 74
Costello, Dudley, i. 241;
letters to, i. 104, 205
Cottage, a cheap, i. 18
Coutts, Miss, i. 410
Covent Garden Theatre, Macready retires from management of, i. 18;
ruins of, i. 430;
"Cricket on the Hearth, The," i. 135, 145
Croker, J. Crofton, i. 272;
letter to, i. 275
Cruikshank, George, i. 170
Cunningham, Peter, i. 186, 407;
letters to, i. 195, 270, 312, 356
Daily News, The, started, i. 135
"David Copperfield," dedication of, i. 147;
purpose of Little Emily in, i. 211;
success of, i. 211;
reading of, i. 377, 382;
Dickens's favourite work, i. 382;
and see i. 204, 221, 227, 279
Deane, F. H., letter to, i. 68
Delane, John, i. 298;
letter to, i. 314
Devonshire, the Duke of, letters to, i. 437, 443, 457
Devrient, Emil, i. 277
Dickens, Charles, at Furnival's Inn, i. 1;
his marriage, i. 1;
employed as a parliamentary reporter, i. 1;
spends his honeymoon at Chalk, Kent, i. 1;
employed on The Morning Chronicle, i. 2;
removes to Doughty Street, i. 4;
writes for the stage, i. 4, 5, 7, 16, 17;
his visit to the Yorkshire schools, i. 6;
at Twickenham Park, i. 6;
his visits to Broadstairs, see Broadstairs;
his visit to Stratford-on-Avon and Kenilworth, i. 6, 12;
in Shakespeare's room, i. 13;
elected at the Athenæum Club, i. 12;
removes to Devonshire Terrace, i. 17;
portraits of, see Portraits;
visits to Scotland, i. 36;
personal feeling of for his characters, i. 36, 37, 42;
declines to enter Parliament, i. 37, 44;
public dinners to, i. 36, 53, 273;
an enemy of cant, i. 88, 118, 129;
visits of to America, see America;
expedition of to Cornwall, i. 54;
his travels in Italy, see Italy;
political opinions of, i. 62, 63, 88, 104;
fancy signatures to letters of, i. 91, 146, 152, 181, 206, 237, 425;
takes the chair at the opening of the Liverpool Mechanics' Institute, i. 94, and see i. 100-102;
his theatrical performances, see Theatrical Performances;
effects of work on, i. 121;
The Daily News, started by, i. 135;
his visits to Lausanne and
Affidavit, a facetious, i. 101
Ainsworth, W. H., letters to, i. 43, 75, 92
Alison, Sir Archibald, i. 170
America, feeling for Dickens in the backwoods of, i. 40, 41;
Dickens's first visit to, i. 53;
his welcome in, i. 59;
his opinion of, i. 60-64;
freedom of opinion in, i. 61;
Dickens's levΓ©es in, i. 66;
change of temperature in, i. 66;
hotel charges in, i. 67;
midnight rambles in New York, i. 67;
descriptions of Niagara, i. 69, 70;
a maid's views on Niagara, i. 72;
copyright in, i. 71, 73, 74;
Dickens's tribute to Mrs. Trollope's book on, i. 81;
press-ridden, i. 97;
absence of quiet in, i. 98;
criticisms of Dickens in, i. 151;
and see Readings
"American Notes," publication of, i. 54
"Animal Magnetism," tag to, written by Dickens, i. 238
Anne, Mrs. Dickens's maid, i. 72, 414
"Arabian Nights," a mistake in the, i. 88, 89
Astley's Theatre, description of a clown at, i. 116
Austin, Henry, i. 240; and see Letters
Author, the highest reward of an, i. 41
Autobiography, a concise, of Dickens, i. 437
Autograph of Dickens in 1833, i. 2;
Dickens leaves his in Shakespeare's room, i. 13;
of Boz, i. 43;
of Dickens as Bobadil, i. 195;
facsimile of Dickens's handwriting in 1856, i. 421;
Babbage, Charles, letters to, i. 86, 87, 186
Banks, G., i. 273; letter to, i. 296
"Barnaby Rudge" written and published, i. 36;
Dickens's descriptions of the illustrations of:
the raven, i. 38;
the locksmith's house, i. 39;
rioters in The Maypole, i. 45;
scene in the ruins of the Warren, i. 46;
abduction of Dolly Varden, i. 48;
Lord George Gordon in the Tower, the duel, frontispiece, i. 50;
Hugh taken to gaol, i. 51
"Battle of Life, The," dedication of, i. 147, 157;
Dickens superintends rehearsals of the play of, i. 163, 165, 167;
sale of, i. 166, 176;
reception of the play of, i. 167
Beaucourt, M., i. 297, 357, 439
Bedstead, a German, i. 128
Begging letters, Dickens's answers to, i. 148-150
Bicknell, Henry, i. 215;
letter to, i. 229
Biographers, Dickens on, i. 190;
his opinion of John Forster as a biographer, i. 188-191
Birthday wishes, i. 51
"Black-eyed Susan," Dickens as T. P. Cooke in, i. 113;
a new version of, i. 114
Blanchard, Laman, letter to, i. 99
"Bleak House," commenced, i. 241;
publication of, i. 272;
Dickens's opinion of, i. 279;
circulation of, i. 289, 309, 317
Blessington, Lady, i. 171
Bobadil, Captain, Dickens plays, i. 134;
Dickens's remarks on, i. 144;
a letter after, i. 195
Book-backs, Dickens's imitation, i. 265, 266
Book Clubs, established, i. 94;
Dickens on, i. 104
Boulogne, Dickens at, i. 271, 297, 304-312, 341, 414, 439-448;
a Shakespearian performance at, i. 308;
en fΓͺte, i. 315;
illuminations at, on the occasion of the Prince Consort's visit, i. 362;
fire at, i. 364;
condition of, during the Crimean war, i. 365;
letters descriptive of, i. 305, 306, 309, 312, 357, 358, 360, 372
Boxall, Sir William, i. 233, 237
Boyle, Miss Mary, i. 211, 214, 227, 414;
and see Letters
Breach of Promise, a new sort of, i. 179
Breakfast, a Yorkshire, i. 9
Broadstairs, Dickens at, i. 4, 6, 17, 28, 36, 53, 134, 170, 185, 213, 240;
description of lodgings at, i. 33;
amusements of, i. 180, 182;
size of Fort House at, i. 254
Browne, H. K., i. 6, 13
Buckstone, J. B., i. 360
Burnett, Mrs., i. 185
Cabin, a, on board ship, i. 56
Capital punishment, Dickens's views on, i. 209
Carlisle, the Earl of, letters to, i. 253, 281;
Castlereagh, Lord, i. 245
Cat-hunting, i. 449
Cattermole, George, i. 42, 143;
and see Letters
Chancery, Dickens on the Court of, i. 450
Chapman and Hall, Messrs., i. 3;
letter to, i. 55
"Chimes, The," written, i. 95;
an attack on cant, i. 118, 129;
Dickens's opinion of, i. 129, 133;
Dickens gives a private reading of, i. 133
"Christmas Carol, The," publication of, i. 85;
criticisms on, i. 99
Christmas greetings, i. 167
Cockspur Street Society, the, i. 85-87
Cold, effects of a, i. 92, 93;
remedy for a, i. 168
Colden, David, i. 64
Collins, Wilkie, i. 241, 272, 297, 332, 359, 376, 385, 388, 413, 414, 447;
and see Letters
Comedy, Mr. Webster's offer for a prize, Dickens an imaginary competitor, i. 86, 90
Conjuring feats, i. 96;
Cooke, T. P., i. 113;
Copyright, i. 13;
Dickens's struggles to secure English, in America, i. 71, 73, 74
Costello, Dudley, i. 241;
letters to, i. 104, 205
Cottage, a cheap, i. 18
Coutts, Miss, i. 410
Covent Garden Theatre, Macready retires from management of, i. 18;
ruins of, i. 430;
"Cricket on the Hearth, The," i. 135, 145
Croker, J. Crofton, i. 272;
letter to, i. 275
Cruikshank, George, i. 170
Cunningham, Peter, i. 186, 407;
letters to, i. 195, 270, 312, 356
Daily News, The, started, i. 135
"David Copperfield," dedication of, i. 147;
purpose of Little Emily in, i. 211;
success of, i. 211;
reading of, i. 377, 382;
Dickens's favourite work, i. 382;
and see i. 204, 221, 227, 279
Deane, F. H., letter to, i. 68
Delane, John, i. 298;
letter to, i. 314
Devonshire, the Duke of, letters to, i. 437, 443, 457
Devrient, Emil, i. 277
Dickens, Charles, at Furnival's Inn, i. 1;
his marriage, i. 1;
employed as a parliamentary reporter, i. 1;
spends his honeymoon at Chalk, Kent, i. 1;
employed on The Morning Chronicle, i. 2;
removes to Doughty Street, i. 4;
writes for the stage, i. 4, 5, 7, 16, 17;
his visit to the Yorkshire schools, i. 6;
at Twickenham Park, i. 6;
his visits to Broadstairs, see Broadstairs;
his visit to Stratford-on-Avon and Kenilworth, i. 6, 12;
in Shakespeare's room, i. 13;
elected at the Athenæum Club, i. 12;
removes to Devonshire Terrace, i. 17;
portraits of, see Portraits;
visits to Scotland, i. 36;
personal feeling of for his characters, i. 36, 37, 42;
declines to enter Parliament, i. 37, 44;
public dinners to, i. 36, 53, 273;
an enemy of cant, i. 88, 118, 129;
visits of to America, see America;
expedition of to Cornwall, i. 54;
his travels in Italy, see Italy;
political opinions of, i. 62, 63, 88, 104;
fancy signatures to letters of, i. 91, 146, 152, 181, 206, 237, 425;
takes the chair at the opening of the Liverpool Mechanics' Institute, i. 94, and see i. 100-102;
his theatrical performances, see Theatrical Performances;
effects of work on, i. 121;
The Daily News, started by, i. 135;
his visits to Lausanne and
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