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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.

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
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