ii. 346, 352, 353,
360, 361, 364, 366, 377;
changes and improvements in since Dickens's first visit,
ii. 348, 374;
the negroes in, ii. 349;
personal descriptions of Dickens in, ii. 369;
travelling in, ii. 375;
and see Readings

"American Notes," publication of, i. 54

Andersen, Hans Christian, ii. 3

"Animal Magnetism," tag to, written by Dickens, i. 238

Anne, Mrs. Dickens's maid, i. 72, 414; ii. 18, 25, 28, 343

"Apprentices, The Tour of the Two Idle," ii. 5, 32, 33

"Arabian Nights," a mistake in the, i. 88, 89

Armatage, Isaac, ii. 391

Armstrong, the Misses, letter to, ii. 175;
and see ii. 176

Astley's Theatre, description of a clown at, i. 116

Austin, Henry, i. 240; ii. 135, 157;
and see Letters

Austin, Mrs. Henry, ii. 447;
letters to, ii. 154, 180, 384

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;
facsimile letters of Dickens written the day before his death,
ii. 443-445

Babbage, Charles, letters to, i. 86, 87, 186

Ballantyne, ii. 415

Bancroft, Mrs., letter to, ii. 441

Banks, G., i. 273; letter to, i. 296

Barber, Dickens's gardener, ii. 102

Barker, Dr. Fordyce, ii. 378, 405

"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

Baylis, Mr., ii. 170;
letter to, ii. 179

Beadle, a, in office, ii. 134

Beard, Frank, ii. 182, 405, 421, 434, 447

Beaucourt, M., i. 297, 357, 439

Bedstead, a German, i. 128

Beecher, Ward, ii. 341

Begging letters, Dickens's answers to, i. 148-150

Belgians, the King of the, ii. 432

Benzon, Miss Lily, letter to, ii. 258

Berry, one of Dickens's reading