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Title: My Father as I Recall Him

Author: Mamie Dickens

Release Date: November 11, 2008 [eBook #27234]

Language: English

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Transcribed from the Roxburghe Press edition by David Price,
ccx074@pglaf.org

[Picture: Cover of book]

[Picture: Charles Dickens]

The pages of this little book were in type and about to be sent for
correction to my sister--who had been for some months in very delicate
health--when she suddenly became still more gravely ill. The hand which
had traced the words of love and veneration dedicated to our father's
memory grew too feeble to hold a pen, and before the proofs of her little
volume could be submitted to her for revision, my dear sister died.

K. P.

[Picture: Mamie Dickens]

MY FATHER AS I RECALL HIM.

BY
MAMIE DICKENS.

THE
_ROXBURGHE PRESS_,
FIFTEEN, VICTORIA STREET,
WESTMINSTER.

THIS WORK, AND ALL THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE ROXBURGHE PRESS, ARE SUPPLIED
TO THE TRADE BY MESSRS. SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & COMPANY,
LIMITED, AND CAN BE OBTAINED THROUGH ANY BOOKSELLER.

CONTENTS.

PAGE.

CHAPTER I. 7

Seeing "Gad's Hill" as a child.--His domestic side and
home love.--His love of children.--His neatness and
punctuality.--At the table, and as host.--The original
of "Little Nell."

CHAPTER II. 25

Buying Christmas presents.--In the dance.--The merriest
of them all.--As a conjurer.--Christmas at "Gad's
Hill."--Our Christmas dinners.--A New Year's Eve
frolic.-