The Letters of Charles Dickens (Volume 3) (Paperback)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1882. Excerpt: ... From Mr. Bear I had the best accounts of you. I told him that they did not surprise me, for I had unbounded faith in you. For which take my love and blessing. They will have told you all the news here, and that I am hard at work. This is not a letter so much as an assurance that I never think of you without hope and comfort. Ever, my dear Alfred, Your affectionate Father. This Letter did not reach Australia until after these two absent sons of Charles Dickens had heard, by telegraph, the news of their father's death. THE END. INDEX. Acrobats, 213 Adams, Mr. H. G., letters to, 15, 208 Agreement, a sporting, 214 Ainsworth, Mr. W. H., 18 Air, Dickens's love of fresh, 1C9 Allston, Mr. Washington, 42 America, feeling for the "Curiosity Shop " in, 19; projected visit to, 20; description of life in, 24; how Dickens was inter- viewed in, 26; amateur thea- tricals in, 28; friends in, 30, 238; voyago home from, 34; second visit of Dickens to, 234, 241, 244-249; Dickens's feeling for the people of, 237; the great walking-match in, 244; second journey home from, 249-252; desire on the part of Dickens to promote friendly relations between England and, 259; letters from, 24, 27, 28, 244-249 "American Notes, The," success of, 38; criticisms on, 38, 43; and see 34, 35, 237 Appleton, Mr., 260 Ashburton, Lord, 46 Austin, Mr. Henry, lotter to, 130 Austin, Mrs., lotter to, 214 Author, dreams of an, 65; penal- ties of an, 168 Babbage, Mr. Charles, letter to, 69 Bnirr, Mrs., 146 Bath, a, abroad, 14-1; at Naples, 155 "Battle of Life, The," the drama of, 87; Dickens on, 102 Baylis, Mr., letter to, 212 Boar, Mr., 299 Beard, Mr., 9 Begging-letter Writers, Dickens on, 267 "Bentley's Miscellany," Dickens's connection with, 12 Bonzon, Mrs., 199 Biliousness, an effect of, 87 Birmingham, mooting of Polytech- nic...