383, 385

Celeste, Madame, ii. 106

Cerjat, M. de, i. 147; ii. 406;
and see Letters

Chambers, Robert, ii. 167, 434

Chancery, Dickens on the Court of, i. 450

Chapman and Hall, Messrs., i. 3;
letter to, i. 55

Chappell, Messrs., ii. 244, 245, 267, 309, 326, 405

Charities, Dickens's sufferings from public, ii. 47

Children, stories of, i. 223, 365, 420; ii. 196, 359, 423

Childs, Mr., ii. 337, 405

"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

Chorley, H. F., ii. 338, 350

"Christmas Carol, The," publication of, i. 85;
criticisms on, i. 99

Christmas greetings, i. 167

Church, Dickens on the, ii. 221;
service on board ship, ii. 348;
Dickens on the Romish, ii. 409, 410

Circumlocution, Dickens on, ii. 241, 270

Clarke, John, letter to, ii. 418

Cockspur Street Society, the, i. 85-87

Cold, effects of a, i. 92, 93;
remedy for a, i. 168

Colden, David, i. 64

Collins, C. A., ii. 84, 100, 113, 221, 242, 387, 410

Collins, Wilkie, i. 241, 272, 297, 332, 359, 376, 385, 388, 413,
414, 447; ii. 33, 84, 108, 170, 268, 292;
and see Letters

Comedy, Mr. Webster's offer for a prize, Dickens an imaginary
competitor, i. 86, 90

Compton, Mrs., letter to, ii. 22

Conjuring feats, i. 96;
and see ii. 243

Cooke, T. P., i. 113; ii. 4;
letter to, ii. 21

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;
a scene at, ii. 133

"Cricket on the Hearth, The," i. 135, 145

Croker, J. Crofton, i. 272;
letter to, i. 275

Cruikshank, George, i. 170

Cunningham, Mrs., ii. 423

Cunningham, Peter, i. 186, 407;
letters to, i. 195, 270, 312, 356

Dacres, Sir Sydney, ii. 329

_Daily News, The_, started, i. 135

Dallas, Mrs., letters to, ii. 195, 434

Dallas, Mr., ii. 235

"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