s men, ii. 54, 159, 160

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

Blackwood, Mr., ii. 165

Blair, General, ii. 355

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

Boucicault, Dion, ii. 260, 261

Boulogne, Dickens at, i. 271, 297, 304-312, 341, 414, 439-448;
a Shakespearian performance at, i. 308;
_en fete_, 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

Bouncer, Mrs., Miss Dickens's dog, ii. 109, 126, 189, 356

Bow Street Runners, ii. 178

Boxall, Sir William, i. 233, 237

Boyle, Captain Cavendish, ii. 407

Boyle, Miss Mary, i. 211, 214, 227, 414; ii. 123, 145, 315, 406;
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; ii. 84, 99;
description of lodgings at, i. 33;
amusements of, i. 180, 182;
size of Fort House at, i. 254

Bromley, Sir Richard, ii. 126

Brookfield, Mrs., letter to, ii. 249

Brookfield, The Rev. W., letters to, ii. 199, 200

Brooks, Shirley, ii. 407;
letters to, ii. 423, 438

Brougham, Lord, i. 182; ii. 144

Browne, H. K., i. 6, 13

Buckstone, J. B., i. 360

Burnett, Mrs., i. 185

Cabin, a, on board ship, i. 56

Campbell, Lord, ii, 144

Capital punishment, Dickens's views on, i. 209

Carlisle, the Earl of, letters to, i. 253, 281; ii. 12, 118, 157

Carlyle, Thomas, ii. 112

Cartwright, Samuel, ii. 326;
letter to, ii. 348

Castlereagh, Lord, i. 245

Cat-hunting, i. 449

Cattermole, George, i. 42, 143; ii. 327, 383;
and see Letters

Cattermole, Mrs., letters to, ii.