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(Til's iilustratioH is reproduced from an autograph photo, which Mr. EltveL, the sculptor, was good enough to send me from Paris, France.— E.S.W.) 1 ' Glimpses of... — Dickcn$« AND CATALOGUE OF DICKENS LITERATURE IN LIBRARY OF E. S. WILLIAMSON 5llU0tration6 and facsimiled TOiJONTO The Bryant Press 1898 mtm n Hdition limited to two hundred and fifty copies, of which this is €^i ^..Zl^:.. Tntroducfory. If il is not claimed for trie Dicicensiana here catalogued— the result of but five or six years' collecting— that it represents anything like a complste gatherir.g of literature relating to Charles Dickens's life and vritings. A considerable number of publications coming under this head can be procured only through second-hand booksellers, while other items on the subject it is practically impossible to obtain. As opportunity occurs, however, further additions will be made, and it is hoped that, by degrees, a fairly comprehensive collection may be secured. The collecting of Dickensiana has been to me a constant source of pleasure. Not only so, but this section of my library is found to possess more than ordinary interest for disciples of " Boz " who have not themselves the leisure, or the patience, to indulge ' • same hobby. A catalogue issued two vears ago, ot which oric iiundred copies were printed for private circulation, received a very cordial reception; this fact has encouraged the publication of the present amplified edition, in which many new items are listed, the books described with greater detail, and other Dickens matter included. Up to the present time, the first-edition craze— which has been called "me maddest craze that ever affected book-collect- ing"— has been avoided, and the two or three first editions in the collection were obtained merely as specimens of that branch of Dickensiana. Dedications to Dickens and plagiaristic works also are represented by only a few volumes. To Mr. W. R. Hughes, F.R.H.S., of Birmingham, England, Mr. Frederick G. Kitton, of St. Albans, England, Mr. W. O. Hart, of New Orleans, La., U.S.— whose portraits will be found on page 49— and to Mr. J. J. Murphy, of Toronto, I take this opportunity of expressing my deep obligation for many courtes- ies and much valuable advice and assistance in adding to the collection. E. S. WILLIAMSON. iS ■ ■ '^ ^ -'k ii8 Spencer Avenue, -Av--.:- ;,■■■( Toronto, April, iSqS. Bas^fTirrraxi^agiiiai vv Contents. Statue of Dickens and Little Nell Catalogue of Dickensiana Dickens's Son in Canada A Dickens Letter from "Kit" Catalogue Continued : Biographical The Homes of Dickens Catalogue Continued : Speeches, Letters, Etc A Reverie in Dickens The Homes of Dickens, Continued DicKKNs's Diary Transcript of Shorthand Letter Catalogue Continued : Plagiabistic, Etc "The Old Curiosity Shop" Catalogue Continued : Miscellaneous Not Dickens's Poetry Memorials or uzziewit Catalogue Con.iNUed: Magazine Articles 3 8 9 12 14 20 24 25 31 32 34 38 41 44 46 51 1llu$frdtiotif. Charles Dickens and Little Nelj. . . Frontispiece Title Page of American "Pickwick" . . 5 Proof Page of "David Copperfield" . . 11 The House at Portsea in which Charles Dickens WA^ Born ..... 15 No. II, Ordnance Terrace, Chatham . . 16 The House on the Brook, Chatham . . 17 No. 141, Bayham Street, Camden Tqwn . . 18 Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim ... 21 Dickens's House in Furnival's Inn . . 25 Wo. 48, Doughty Street .... 26 No. I, Devonshire Terrace . 37 Tavistock House ..... 28 Gad's Hill Place ..... 29 The Empty Chair at Gad's Hill Place . . 30 Facsimile of Letter in Shorthand . . 33 Charles Dickens in 1868 • • • • 35 "The Old Curiosity Shop" . . . A Dickens Book Plate . . . , . .i|| Section of the Seine River District, Ontario . 45 Proof Page or Preface of "Nicholas Nickleby" 47 Portraits : W. R. Hughec, F. G. Kitton, W. O. Hart, E. S. Williamson ... 49 A Dickens Library, 118 Spencer Ave., Toronto 53 Glimpses of Charles Dickens $tatH(i: Of Dickens ana cmie net). {See frontispiece.) f\ MONG the art exhibits of America at the ^^ World's Fair, no particular example attracted I * more popular interest than the sculptured ' memorial to Charles Dickens, the work of Mr. F. Edwin Elwell, of N.^w York. It is considered a thoroughly good portrait of the great author, in an easy and graceful pose, his hand combing his beard, as was his habit, as he sits absorbed in thought. On the base of the pedestal, affectionately gazing upward on the face of its creator, is Little Nell, the bc't loved of all Dickens's characters. Mr. Elwell has told of how he chanced to meet the original of his Little Nell. While modelling the figure in clay, he had attended an entertainment at Chickering Hall, accompanied by Mrs. Elwell, and had been struck - by the sweet face of a girl in the audience. " That is just the iace and expression I want," he said to himsel. . As soon as he returned home he lit the lamps in his studio, and, working all night, modelled from memory the face of his Little Nell. The next morning it was complete. Some two weeks afterward a lady wrote, asking if she might visit his studio with a few friends. The request was granted, and, to the surprise of the artist, accom- 1 •mm 4 panying his visitors was the young girl who had been his inspiration. The surprise on tlie part of the girl and her friends when they saw the statue was equally great. "How like Susie," they exclaimed. "It is Susie," said Mr. Elwell. A few touches on the still damp clay and tlie likeness was complete. It was whispered to the sculptor at the time that the gentle solicitude which is the most characteristic expression of the figure had grown upon Susie's face during her attendance upon her sick father. The father was overjoyed to learn that his child was to be immor- talized in sculpture, it became his one ambition to gain strength enough to go and see the work. " 1 shall be strong enough to-morrow," he would say, but just as in the story of Little Nell's grandfatlicr, so in real life, " to-morrow and to-morrow crept on with petty pace," until there were for him no more to-morrows. He died without seeing his child's I'ace in marble. Mr. Elwell exhibited his memorial first at Phila- delphia, where it gained a gold medal, and then took it to England. There it was viewed and criticized by nearly all the leading people. The family of Dickens pronounced it an excellent portrait. There was talk in England of popular subscriptions to buy the memorial, and many discussions as to the site upon which it should stand, but no such action could be taken by public contribution without doing violence to the emphatic wishes of Dickens himself as set forth in his will. I i I I if V^'^'^', (Lamm of DicKensiana in CiDrary of €* $* Olilliamson. The Works of Charles Dickens. Tavistock Edition. With all the original illustrations by Cruikshank, " Phiz," Fildes, etc., 30 volumes, large t2mo, specially bound in three-quarter mo- rocco, extra, gilt tops. (London, 1891.) Dotnbey & Son. By Charles Dick- ens. With illustrations by H. K. Browne. First Edition, in the original numbers as issued, covers and advertisements complete. (London, 1848.) Bleak House. By Charles Dickens. With illustrations by H. K. Browne. First Edition, in original numbers, wrappers, etc., ii.*' ■^' ' i! The Mystery of Edwin Drood. By Charles Dickens. With twelve illustrations by S. L. Fildes, and a portrait. First Edition. 8vo, half calf. (London, 1870.) Old Lamps for New Ones ; and Other Sketches and Essays, hitherto uncollected. By Charles Dickens. Edited, with an Introduction, by Frederick G. Kitton. Roy. 8vo, cloth. (New York, 1^97.) Sketches of Young Couples: Young Ladies, Young Gentlemen. By Quiz. Illustrated by Fhiz. l6mo, cloth. (Bos- ton, 1873.) The Strange Gentleman. A Comic Burletta in Two Acts. By"Boz." (Reprint of.) Post 8vo, half bound, uncut. (London, 1837.) The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. (This edition, with an American imprint, is printed in London, and is limited to two hundred and fifty copies.) l2mo, half bound, uncut. (Boston, 1884.) Master Humphrey's Clock, and other early Stories and Sketches. By Charles Dickens. Edited, with Introduction, by Frank T. Marzials. l6mo, cloth. (London, n.d.) ii The Christmas Carol. By Charles Dickens. A fac- simile leproduction of the autiior's original MS. With an Intro- duction by Frederick G. Kitton. 4to, half vellum, uncut, g.l. (London, 1890.) Memoirs of Joseph Qrimaldi. Edited by'Boz." A new edition with notes and additions, revised by Charles White- head. Portrait, and illustrations by George Cruikshank. Crown 8vo, half calf. (London, 1S46.) The Pic-Nic Papers. By Charles Dickens, W. H. Max- well, Thomas Moore and other celebrated writers. Edited by Charles Dickens, Esq. With illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank and " Phiz." Post Svo, cloth. (London, n.d.) Religious Opinions of the late Reverend Chauncy Hare Townshend. Published as directed in his will, by his literary executor (Charles Dickens.) Post Svo, cloth. (London, 1869.) Life of Charles James Matthews. Ciiiefly autobio- graphical, with selections from his correspondence and speeches. Edited by Charles Dickens. Portraits. 2 vols., 8vo, cloth. (London, 1879.) The Household Narrative of Current Events. Being a monthly supplement to Household Words, conducted by Charles Dickens. 1850-1855 (all published), 6 vols., roy. 8vo., cloth. (Loosely inserted in Vol. 1 is a copy of the Household Words Almanac for 1856.) (London, 1850-55-) The Piccadilly Annual, 1870. Containing " Hunted Down," by Charles Dickens. 4to. sewed. (London, 1870,) The Dickens=Collins Christmas Stories. Compris- ing No Thoroughfare and The Two Idle Apprentices By Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Illustrated. l2nio, cloth. (Bos- ton, 1876.) PicRwicKlana. if The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Jubilee edition. With Notes and numerous Illustrations. Edited by Charles Dickens, the younger. (Illustrated with engravings of the scenes and localities referred to in the novel.) 2 vols., post Svo, cloth, g.t. (London, 1886.) 4 n iiiiii ../" ^ ZTlTLE PAGE of a curious American "Picicwick" published in ^ Pliiiadelphia in l838. Tiie copy of tlie booic from wiiicii tliis facsimile is taiien was given by Charles Diciiens to John Forster in 1838 or 1839. The Philadelphia " Pickwick " was probably a pirated copy of the English book. It contains many very interesting and clever illustrations, some of which, including the title page, are signed " Sam Weller." a'^ ^ ■■% 1|b ''****<».,., £^^^B. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Victoria edition. With Illustrations by R. Seymour, R. W. Buss, Habiot K. Browne (" Pliiz"), and J. Leecli. (India paper proofs, only 500 copies so done.) The illustrations include all those used for the original edition, as well as some by Buss and Leech which are only to be found in this edition. 2 vols., roy. 8vo, cloth. (London, I887. Pickwick Pj-pers. in shorthand. (Isaac Pitman system.) Crown 8vo, half calf. (London, n.d.) The History of Pickwick. An Account of its Characters, Localities, Allusions and Illustrations, with a bibliography and original plates. By Percy Fitzgerald, F.S.A., Demy 8vo., cloth ("London, 1891.) Pickwick Abroad, or the Tour in France. By George W. M. Reynolds. Illustrated with steel engravings by Crowquill and Phillips, and wood cuts by Bonner. Thick 8vo. cloth. (London, 1864.) A Pickwickian Pilgrimage. By John R. G. Hassard. First Edition. l6mo. cloth. (Boston, l88t.) The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick. With an original sketch of " Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz." A lecture by Frank Lockwood, Q.C.,M.P. l8mo. cloth. (London, l893.) On the Origin of Sam Weller and the Real Cause of the Success of the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. By a lover of Charles Dickens's works. (One of the few copies con- taining the plates colored by the artist); together with a facsimile reprint of The Beauties of Pickwick, collected and arranged by Sam Weller. Svo. half-morocco. (London, 1883) Wellerisms from "Pickwick" and "Haster Hum- phrey's Clock." Selected by Charles F. Rideal and edited, with an introduction, by Charles Kent. Third edition, with a new and original sketch of "Sam Weller," by George Cruikshank, Jr. l6mo. cloth. (London, 1894.) Pickwickian Manners and Customs. By Percy Fitz- gerald. Crown 8vo, cloth. (London, 1897.) An Index to Pickwick. By C. M. Neale. Fcap Svo, cloth. (London, 1897.) <; a " ■'::'i'»^. Pickwick Society. Card of Membership (No. 1), bearing name of " Mr. Jno. T. Wright." Catalogue continued, page 12, 1 ^ m -■«*,■- X, f *, Dickens's Son in eanada. FRANCIS JEFFREY DICKENS, third son of the novelist (born 1844), came to Canada shortly after his father's death. After remaining some time in Toronto he went to the Canadian North-West, enjoying to the full the shooting and fish- ing to be found there. Young Dickens made friends among the officers of the Mounted Police, and, becoming infatuated with their adventurous life in the open air, their hazardous duties and freedom from convention- alities, secured an appointment in the force as Inspector on the 4th November, 1874. in 1885, during the North-West rebellion, it was '•eported in England that Inspector Dickens had been killed by Indians in an attack on Fort Pitt, of which he had charge. This, however, was not correct, as he held his position in the force until 1st March, 1886, when he was invalided from the service. H^ subse- quently died at Moline, Illinois,U.S., on t Ith June, 1886. The first gold watch ever owned by Charles Dickens was in the possession of Francis Jeffrey Dickens and was brought by him to Canada. Before going west he became acquainted with Mr. F. M. Midford, of Toronto, and this acquaintance afterwards developed into a warm friendship. On his return to Toronto some years later, it came about one day (so the story goes) that, being in want of money, Dickens said he must sell the watch. Mr, Midford promptly declared his readiness to furnish the cash needed, and his unwillingness to see such a relic pass into the hands of strangers. " It was my father's first gold watch," said Dickens, "and I'd much rather see it yours, Midford, than a stranger's." After the death of Mr. F. M. Midford, at Toronto in 1891, tiie Dickens watch passed to another member of his family, Mr. A. G. Midford, a prominent New Yorlc business man, in whose hands it still remains and by whom it is greatly prized. I, I J{DlcKcn$Cetteriroiii**Ktt/' Mail Office, Thursday, March 25, '96. My dear Mr. Williamson, — 1 am so grateful to you for sending me " Dickens- iana." 1 so love the gentle Wizard of London, and to me he will always be, as he has always been, a hearty and cheering friend— one who is always very near — that anything relating to him brings me special delight. And to think you placed my little newspaper tramps in your collection ! I am very grateful to you, and very much honored by you. 1 went to each place mentioned after much reading up in the British Museum of course, but 1 would like to tell you, quite simply and much in earnest, that I tramped to every place, and haunted Dickens' places, and prowled in his corners, and was more gloriously happy than ever in my life before. For the full great meaning of the wonderful stories sprang from the bridges and wharves and slums whereof he wrote, and all the mystery of great London was revealed ; and I saw in every face, sweet or sour, in every form, stunted or well-grown, that this -1^ ... \ man li:id given us photographs of a life unknown out of the deep city — that were truer and less exaggerated than any picture that ever was limned. You will pardon me— my heart grows very full when I speak of Charles Dickens. He did much to make my life strangely happy in a lonely, queer way. 1 remember sitting munching my lunch behind a monu- ment in the old Abbey near his tomb, and seeing a tourist spit upon it, and how I crept after he had left to wipe the insult to my wizard away with my hand- kerchief. A childish thing, perhaps— but that was him, he always woke the child in one. God bless him. Your sincere friend, KIT. "^fes-^^ii^^ '■«»'i*ia»fi.».- (NOTE.— To Canadian readers "Kit" needs no introiluction. But foi the information of those who are nc t so fortunate as to have the opportunity of enjoying her weekly contributions to T/ie Mail and Empire (Toronto), it may be said that she is uni- versally recognized as the most brilliant woman journalist in Canada. The ' newspaper tramps " referred to were a series of articles on Dickens, entitled "Tramps with the Genius of London," which appeared in The Mail \Xi\%92.—^.'h.^.) -,l#^^-! 10 o o i- in n rot I tllOUltl MM or III lltltlii wftortil) '«•§*'! "t <«i>n*I»ntH( -Itt*'* ""pitf •kf» 1^' lltt olf( jiUert apiii. iimI wlml new cVini. j tnigKi Kippwi i^ Mill r. Inking it out of mv po^krl. " It li u w 'I it w H I i iJ Hl n i Hint i . 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" Dori tie ■aci;csi tliii ytX" wid I " Sltf. mka nic, Unr, if l" ihm yf nlf aimfnrih., Ti^t do yua think of il 'r " rHon't know," replied Sierrfortli, cooIIt tDythiii;* f|«c, I tnppOM." I coul not help Uiighinp a(tain, nt In^ Ijalunpiog all nQI' 'o iiiali v /mi' t I loltl him %(\ ■ ^— ~i" * c*ji rcas 1 Ihttlt IT ■ in t^ suiii u ()iieiUoii of m inof wXitiy fi 'nd Ujsa Moikltrr would my." ha rvturrik " KrVlcmu If wrt of feUoy I don't ace any ohirctfl i to . - - - olijr You ibnll takcVit my ninm.ipr-licfuir. in nny indartran, J and )ou ^hnll wparntc i .]fP" ''^■•■" |— ij I M « proctor, Slterfilft » " Mul |h!\a.ort,of»rDonliil,nllorn«v, MiUrti^Hmt liuUmiiiliiiJii lUffW' n to Hinc •li'innmJ jeari ago I en -- ^ . „, »,uunn»n niioriwv. replied l*d com ti lt\ii ia Doctors' Coiumona— a h hate tcrtf nttled about | be il. by tnd pin; jj.r.i,n„f fix Mrforlb " M< HA y ntil nook iirar Si of Uw «iia nii"'» «of tinner "ouU tcU }0u kit «l)i| t Utile oiil-of-llrf'* « nolbing I Mul, (lul llir»lU< . FACSIMILE page of "David Copperfieid," as revised by Charles Dickens. (The two black vertical lines represent the pieces of silk cord used to tie back ths leaves when this facsimile was taken.) In this page of proof, Steerforth's remark to Copperfieid parodying the eccentricities of Miss Moucher's speech— "a question of gammon and spinnach" — with a superfluous « in the last word— has been struck out, and there are many smaller alterations which show the extraordinary care that Dickens bestowed upon "his favorite child" when correcting the proof sheets. \ \ I BiograpMcal if The Life of Charles Dickens. By John Forster. 3 vols , 12mo, cloth. Portraits and illustrations. (Philadelphia, 1872.) Charles Dicltens by Pen and Pencil. Including Anec- dotes and Reminiscences collected from his Friends and Con- temporaries. By Frederick G. Kitton. Also Supplement to Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil, and additional illustrations. Containing thirty line photogravure portraits of Dickens (India proofs) and other illustrations. Two royal 4to vols., full morocco, heavy boards, bevelled edges, g.t., uncut, covers of parts bound in. (London, 1889 90.) The Childhood and Youth of Charles Dickens. With Retrospective Notes and Elucidations from his Books and Letters. By Robert Langton, F.R.H.S. Subscribers' edition, with the plates on India paper, 300 for sale, this being a presentation copy with the publishers' compliments. 4to, cloth. (London, 1891.) A Short Life of Charles Dickens. With selections from his letters. By Charles H. Jones. i6mo, cloth. (New York, 1880.) Anecdote Biographies of Thackeray and Dickens. Edited by Richard Henry Stoddard. Square i2mo, half vellum. (New York, 1875.) ^ Charles Dickens. A Gossip about his Life, Works and Characters. By Thomas Archer, F.R.H.S. With eighteen full- page Character Sketches (reproduced in photogravure), by Fred- erick Barnard, and other illustrations by well-known artists. Complete in six sections, folio, bo'ards. (London, n.d.) Life of Charles Dickens. By Frank T. Marzials. "Great Writers " Series. l6mo, cloth. (London, 1887.) Charles Dickens. The Story of his Life. By the author of the "Life of Thackeray." With illustrations and facsimiles. Svo, half bound. (New York, 1870.) Life of CharlAS Dickens. By R. Shelton Mackenzie. Portrait and facsimile autograph. l2mo, cloth. (Philadelphia, t870.) U Charles Dickens. By his Eldest Daughter (Mamie Dicicens). " World's Woriters" Series. With portrait. l6mo, cloth. (London, 1886.) The Life and Writings of Charles Dickens. A Me- morial Volume. By R. A. Hammond, LL.D. With an Introduc- tion by Elihu Burritt, and portrait. 8vo, cloth. (Toronto, l87i.) Charles Dickens. By George Augustus Sala. edition. l6mo, original paper covers. (London, 1870.) First The Life and Writings of Charles Dickens. A Wo- man's Memorial Volume. By Hhebe A. Hanaford. Portrait. Post 8vo, cloth. (Augusta, Me., 1875.) Charles Dickens. A Critical Biography. With portrait. (Our Contemporaries, No. 1.) l2mo, uncut, half bound, original covers, etc., preserved. (London, 1858.) Great Novelists : Scott, Thackeray, Dickens, Lytton. By James Crabb Watt. 12mo, cloth. (London, n.d.) Charles Dickens. A Sketch of His Life and Works. By F.R.Perkins. Portrait 12mo, cloth. (New York, 1870.) ^ My Father as I Recall Him. By Mamie Dickens. Re- vised edition. Illustrated. l2mo, ornamental cloth. (London, 1896.) Dickens. By Adolphus William Ward. (English Men of Letters) l6mo, cloth. (London, 1889.) Charles Dickens. A Lecture by Prof. Ward. Delivered in the Hulme Town Hall, Manchester, 30th November, 1870. 26pp., uncut: The Life and Times of Charles Dickens. (Police News Edition.) 16 pp. pamphlet; Publishers' Announcement of Dickens by Pen and Pencil, and other Dickensiana. 24 pp., illustrated. (London, 1890.) The three items in one volume, Svo, half roan. Catalogut continued, page io. ''^- tbe fiotnes of Dicltens. %:. SHE illustrations of the homes of Charles Dickens given in this series have, of course, been printed before, but not, so far as I am aware, all in one volume, arranged in their proper sequence. Even such a standard worl: as Forster's Life of Dickens fails to mention one of his homes, namely, Ord- nance Terrace, Chatham; and there is considerable difference of opinion among the authorities as to the dwelling-places of the Dickens family after the release of Mr. John Dickens from the Marshalsea prison, and upon other minor points. I have endeavoured to give in brief but comprehensive form a record of all the homes of Charles Dickens, from the house at Portsea in which he was born, to Gad's Hill Place. I am indebted to Mr. W. R. Huglies for permission to use extracts from his valuable work, " A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land." It is thought better to make this general acknowledgment rather than to use quota- tion marks in each instance. ^ Tj Ik THE HOUSE AT PORTSEA IN WHICH CHARLES DICKENS WAS BORN. 0HARLES DICKENS was born on Friday, 7lh of February, > 1812, at No. 387 Mile-End Terrace, Landport, where Mr. and Mrs. John Dickens, father and mother of the novelist, had gone to reside immediately after their marriage. The residence remains unchanged to this day. It is a single-fronted, eight-n^om house. From the picture it would appear to be a very ordinary house in a row, and to be situated in a crowded and not very respectable neighborhood. But this is not a correct impression. The house where the future genius first saw light was, eighty years ago, in a rural neighborhood, and in those days must have been considered rather a genteel residence for a family of moderate means in the middle class. It stands high on the west side of a good broad road, and the situation is very open, pleasant and cheerful. Charles was a baby in arms, aged about four months and sixteen days, when his parents quitted the house in which he was born, and moved to Hawke Street in the town of Portsea, Of this latter home no illustration is to be had. - — 3C" n^\ "*■•< ORDNANCE TERRACE, CHATHAM, DICKSNS's HOMK, l8l7-l'^2I. It is believed that Mr. John Dickens removed to Ciiatiiam in ' 1816. It cannot ni»v/ be settled where he lived for the first few months after his arrival in Chatham. In tSl7, however, Mr. Dickens was living at the house at first No. 2, but since altered to No. tt, Ordnance Terrace (The figures on the house will pass alike for No 2 or No, it.) It is said to be a pleasantly situated, comfortable and respectable dwelling. Here it was, according to Forster, that Charles' first desire for knowledge, and his 'jreat passion for reading, were awakened by his mother, who taught him the first rudiments not only of English, but also, a little later, of Latin. Ordnance Terrace is known to have furnished the locality and characters for some of the early Sketches hy Boz. The family continued to live at Ordnance Terrace until 1821. It was during his residence here that some of the happiest hours of the childhood of Charles were passed, as his father was at this time in a fairly good position in the Navy Pay office. 16 THE HOUSE ON THE BROOK, CHATHAM, 1821-1823. -«w,«^ ■ji>- r in rst er, ice .ise tly 'as, mrt 'ho 3, a hed by ntil iest was ABOUT the year I82t, pecuniary embarrassments beset and ri tormented the Dickens family, which were afterwards to be "ascribed in fiction" in the history of ti.e Micawbers and the Dorrits, and the family moved to the House on the Brooic, a very humble and unpretentious six roomed dwelling, with plain-loolciiig, whitewashed plaster front. It was in the House on the Brook that Dickens acquired those " readings " and "imaginations" which he described as brought away from Chatham, where his father had a small collection of books in a little room upstairs. The condition of this humble but famous little tenement is said to be now sadly degraded. The house itself is absolutely unaltered in the years that have elapsed since John Dickens and his family lived there, but time has made a sad change for the worse in the character of the neighborhood. 1= I £ ii '%.: NO. l6 (now T41) BAYHAM STREP.T, CAMDEN TOWN, 1823. n .1 TTlIE family moved to London in the winter of 1822-23, and ^ took up their residence at No. i6 Bayham Street, Camden Town a mean, small tenement, with a wretched little back garden abutting on a squalid court. A washerwoman lived next door, and a Bow-Street officer over the way. Bayham Street is said to be in one of the then poorest parts of the London suburbs. Charles was very miserable while the family lived here. " As 1 thought," he said to Forster on one occasion, very bitterly, "in the little back garret in Bayham Street, of all 1 had lost in losing" Chatham, what would 1 have given, if I had had anything to give, to have bren sent back to any other school, to have been taught something anywhere." Forster says: "That he took from the viry beginning of the Bayham Street life his first impressions of that struggling poverty which is nowhere more vividly shown than in the commoner streets of the ordinary London suburb, and which enriched his earliest writings with a freshness of original humor and unstudied pathos that gave them much of their sudden popularity, there cannot be a doubt." 18 NO. 4, GOWER STRF.ET NORTH ; MARSHALSEA PRISON ; SOMERS TOWN, ETC. (NO ILLUSTRATIONS OBTAINABLE.) > '1 SHE next move of the family was to No. 4,Gower Street North, a house of six rather small rooms. While living here, they were in such indifferent circumstances that Mrs. Dickens had to exert herself in adding to the finances by trying to teach, and a school was opened for young children, very much as described in the fourth chapter of Our Mutual Friend. Charles has placed on record the fact that he "left, at a great many doors, a great many circulars calling attention to the merits of the establishment. Yet nobody ever came to school, nor do 1 recollect that anybody ever proposed to come." The prospects grew gloomier than ever, and ultimately the father was arrested and conveyed to the Marshalsea, the debtors' prison, since made so familiar to us as the birthplace and home of Little Dorrit. In consequence of Mr. Dickens's failure to arrarje with his creditors, the home in Gower Street was broken up, Charles was handed over as a lodger to an old lady named Roylance, in Camden Town -who afterwards figured as Mrs. Pipchin in Dombey and ^'ow— and his mother and sister went to live in the Marshalsea. In order to be nearer the prison, Charles soon after took up his quarters in Lant Street, Borough, where Bob Sawyer afterwards resided. At length the elder Dickens was allowed to leave the Marshalsea, and the family occupied a house in Somers Town, and subsequently at No. t8, Bentinck Street, Manchester Square. (>! Homes continued, page 2$. 19 \ SpeecDes, Cemr$ and Reaaings. if The Letters of Charles Dickens. Edited by his Sister-in-Law and his Eldest Daughter (Georgina Hogarth and Mamie Dickens). 3 vols., 8vo, cloth, uncut. (London, 1880.) Letters of Charles Dickens to Wilkie Coiiins. Edited by Laurence Hutton. With portraits and facsimiles. l6mo, cloth. (New York, 1892.) Speeches, Letters and Sayings of Charles Dickens. To which is added a Sketch of the Author, by George A. Saia, and Dean Stanley's Sermon. Portrait. 8vo, half bound. (New York, 1870.) The Readings of /VIr. Charies Dickens. As Con- densed by Himself. With original illustrations. i8mo, cloth, (Boston, 1868) Charles Dickens as a Reader. By Charles Kent. First Edition. l2mo, cloth. (London, 1872.) Pen Photographs of Charies Dickens's Readings. **», Taken from Life. By Kate Field. Portrait and numerous illus- trations. 8vo, cloth. (Boston, 1871.) Charles Dickens as 1 Knew Him. The Story of the Reading Tours in Great Britain and America (I866-1870.) Bv George Dolby. Crown, 8vo, cloth. (London, Ibw his example. The books wholly or partly written at Gad's Hill Place are Little Dorrit, Hunted Down, A Tali of Two Cities, C , Rx- pectations, Our Mutual Friend , and The Mystery of Edv: > " .^ /. THB EMPTY CHAIR AT GAD's HILL PLACE. 90 wu Dickeni's Diary. IT may not be generally known that Charles Dickens once attempted to keep a diary, and with the usual result. It was commenced on New Year's Day (I838), following the sudden death of his young sister-in-law, Mary Hogarth, who, Forster tells us, had made herself the ideal of his life. Dickens was completely borne down by the terrible suddenness of her death. His grief and suffering were intense, and affected him through many after years. The first sentences of the diary show that this affliction filled his mind and heart : " A sad New Year's Day in one respect, for at the opening of last year poor Mary was with us. Very many things to be grateful for since then, however. Increased reputation and means, good health and prospects. We never know the full value of blessings till we lose them— we were not ignorant of this one when we had it, I hope. But if she were with us now, the same winning, happy, amiable com- panion, sympathizing with all my thoughts and feel- ings more than anyone I knew ever did or will, I think I should have nothing to wish for but a continuation of such happiness." On January 9th, he writes : " Went to the Sun office to insure my life, where the board seemed disposed to think 1 work too rr ; i. After an interesting inteiview with the board and the board's doctoi, came back to work again." Unimportant en- tries follow on lOth and Uth, and then under date Sunday, January 14th : " To church in the morning, and when I came home I wrote the preceding portion of this diary," so it was not a New Year's resolution after all, but one made two weeks later and dated back, " which henceforth I make a steadfast resolution not to neglect or paint. I have not done so yet, nor will I ; ,:i/.l«i-' r but say what rises to my lips— my mental lips at least — without reserve. No other eye will see it, while mine are open in life, and although I dare say I shall be ashamed of a good deal in it, 1 should like to look over it at the year's end." But the journal was not destined to live until the year's end, for on the following day, January 15th, it is brought to a sudden termination with the entry: "Here endr, this brief attempt at a diary. I grow sad over the checking off of days, and can't do it." tratisciipt of SbortDana Ccmr. if My Dear Sir, I did intend writing to say tliat tlirough tlie kindness of a friend, who posts to Brighton and back next Sunday, 1 could see *4:^ you for two hours on that day. I am so terribly behindhand, however, that I am compelled to give up all thoughts of leaving town this month, even for a day. As I shall not see you then until you return to town, I state in ttiis short letter the altera'.ions I propose in our Agreement, with the view of facilitating the dis- patch of business when we meet. First, that you should give me ;^600 for permission to pub- lish 300 copies of my first novel, B.R., this number to be divided into as many editions as you think well, and the whole of the manuscript to be furnished by the 1st March, i838,at the latest. Second, that for permission to publish the same number of copies of my second novel, O.T., you should give me ;^700, deducting from that amount all you may have been made to pay for the appearance of the different portions of it in the Miscellany up to the time of my finishing the whole manuscript, which I promise, at the very latest, shall be Midsummer next. I have considered the subject very carefully, and this is the fixed conclusion at which I have arrived. I am sure it is a fair and very reasonable one, but if you are resolved to think differ- ently, of course you have the power to hold me to the old agreement However, if you hold me to the strict letter of the agreement respecting the novels. I shall abide by the strict letter of my agreement respecting the Miscellany, and arrange my future plans with reference to it accordingly. 32 1^ I. i e,.r ?/„'^ 4<^ ; "^ ^ ^5v^ T /».• ^ gT ^ i7 1- /«^ . • .'/^ Facsimile of a shorthand copy, written by Charles Dickens, of a letter sent to Mr. Bentiey, one of his publishers, on July 14th, 1837. Messrs. Gurney & Sons, who furnished the transcript of this letter (see opposite page), state that "Although evidently written by an expert, there are a few idiosyncrasies in the shorthand. It does not strictly follow the Gurney system." The mention of " my first novel, B.R. " referred to Bamaby Rudge, and O.T. meant Oliver 7\uist. 3S ^ ^ fjiytipi |.i^ the wri\r of tLut pauag«i, wilh thai feeling of uegr«i with which we leaie almott an/ purmit that bu for a loQgtime ooeupiod ua a»d engl It naturalli augmented in lucb a < hat been sarrotmded bj all that eoutdu U onlj nowVemaina (or biffl, boforo i readcin fartfVeU. our thoughts, and which » thia. when that punuit limaie and cheer him «■. — sdoning hia taakj to bid hia of a pcrloAcal porfo I daiu to tho attontioo kg than that of aoj otl «ntimcnta lo their readers, *Tb6 »har indeed more intcfesl iiubaiit their cnmspcction ol him who has hod lime appcaranco. fie who hat followed Hoi Itis book ttinoUoart In his ttudj. must\hare an idea which an tho warmth of com] and altered mdcj an oiproesJon which ii ho had aet dowa. J3ut the pcnodtcal ci j-eadkn thn fielinge of tho day, in the ferlingt liaro prokapted. As he has dcKrei Mjs Ifaoltenalo, id regard of his readers^ writer. Other writen ith the rcscrro and cir- prepare for a publie i*s nilo, of keeping withdrawn many iott h» had coBceired, tho hurry of writing tjiit commits to hta kge which those himself with the freedom of intimacy and the cordiality of Uricodalup, he will naturally look foa tho indulgence whicL t^so relations may claim ; and whcnlbe bids hia readers adieu, ViU hope, aa well at fee), the regreu of an acqtuunttiic^, and V^o tCDderaeaa of a friend.*' With ioeii leaUan and lOch hop«« Ibo pcfiodi»l cstr.jUK tho FACSIMILE proof page of the Preface of " Nicholas Nickleby," showing a long passage struck out by Dickens, nearly the whole of, the page being thus cancelled. The manuscript of " Nicholas Nickleby " is one of those which have vanished. a mr. OP. R. Rugbes. One of the most complete private collections of Diclcensiana in existence is that of Mr. W. R. Hughes, Treasurer of the City of Birmingham, England. Mr. Hughes started collecting in 1845, dropped the hobby for twenty years, then took it up again, and has been unremitting in his attention to it ever since. The collection is to be found in an apartment known as the *• Dickens Room," nearly everything within its four walls having a relation to "Boz." Mr. Hughes has contributed to Dickens literature a delightful volume, entitled "A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land." mr. f reaerick 6. Hitfon. To all collectors of Dickensiana, Mr. Kitton's name is a familiar one. His numerous works on the subject — " Dickens by Pen and Pencil," " Dickensiana," "The ^ Novels of Cliarles Dickens," " Old Lamps for New *"- Ones," etc.— need only be mentioned to show the debt I which Dickens lovers owe to Mr. Kitton, and the great amount of research and labor which he has devottd to increasing the world's knowledge of " the Master." The library of Mr. W. O. Hart, Councillor-at- Law, New Orleans, La., contains some thousands of volumes, and is said to be the most valuable private library in that part of the United States. While it is only within recent years that he has made a specialty of Dickens, he has in that time gathered a notable collection. One unique department comprises sets of almost every edition of Dickens published, from the edition de luxe down to the commonest paper- covered copies. He has " Pickwick Papers " in more than a score of different forms, and the "Christmas Carol" in almost every modern language, including the Greek. 48 \V. O. HART. 4!) E. S. wn.l.lAMSON. M f magazine Jliiiciei if American Catholic Quarterly Review January. ,896-.. Catholicism^ in ThaSr'ay »„d Diclcens - Arena: October. 1870-" Charles Dickens, 1812-1870." Poem. Atlantic Monthly : • AumMsTo' Tl^c* °^"r "' ^"^^•'^^ Diclcens." Dickens." i870-"Four Months with Charles August, 1876- " Dickens and the Pickwick Paners " October. 1876 -"Oliver Twist " ^^"^^ *^*P'^'^S- August. 1877-" The Shadow on Dickens's Life." Bookman : April, 1896-" Landor, Dickens, Thackeray." Illustrated Cassell'g Family Magazine: February^ 1897-" Dickens's Christmas Characters." Illus- Canadian Magazine: ''""ffiiiSK A'. C-'^P"""" i" "«'on." by David Century Magazine: JaSua?7i8o?'~ 7°,^ l''*!" ^^^^'^ ^« Illustrated " January, 1893-" An Illustrator of Dickens." Illustrated. i Chambers' Journal : January 13. 1872-" The Youth of Dickens." Cosmopolitan Magazine: May, 1893-" In the Footsteps of Dickens." Illustrated. Eclectic Magazine: English Illustrated iMagazine: November. i888-"Charles Dickens in Southwark." Illus- December,'i892-"Pickwickian Topography." Illustrated. Fortnightly Review : February 1, i872-« Dickens in Relation to Criticism." Prank Leslie's Popular Monthly : ^^ .s a?[^s^*^"''' *^^^~" "°^ ^'"''"' Named his Char- \ 61 'H., K. Forum : January, 1895—" Dickens's Place in Literature." Qalaxy : August, 1870—" The Styles of Disraeli and of Dickens." Qentleman's Magazine : May, 1894— "Dickens Curios." February, 1897—" Pickwickiana." Qood Words: April and May, 1894—" Reminiscences of David Copper- field's Childhood." Illustrated. Orip'8 Almanack : 1884— "A Dream of Dickens." Harper's New Monthly Magazine: September, 1870— " Footprints of Charles Dickens." January, 1878—" The Voice of Christmas Past." Illustrated. Hertfordshire Illustrated Revle«v : February, 1893— "On the Genius of Charles Dickens." Illustrated. Knickerbocker Magazine : May, 1852- "On the Genius of Charles Dickens." Ladles' Home Journal : 1893— "My Father as I Recall Him," by Mamie Dickens. Illustrated. September, 1896— "The Personal Side of Dickens." Llppincott's Magazine: September, I870— " A Pilgrimage." Le Livre (Paris): No. 67, 18SS -" Voyage A Travers L'Oeuvre De Dickens." Illustrated." Littell's Living Age : March 8, 1890— "Mothers According to English Novelists." September 13, 1890— "In the Matter of Dodson and Fogg, Gentlemen." London Society (Illustrated Magazine): July, 1863— "Dickens's Dogs, or the Landseer of Fiction." Illustrated. London : December 16, 1897— "In the Borough with Charles Dickens." Illustrated. Magazine of Art: July and August, 1886— " Charles Dickens and his Less Familiar Portraits." Illustrated. A DllKKNS I.IIiRARY— Il8 SPKN( ER AVKNl'E, TORONTO. 1% 1 ) Jf Mancheiter Quarterly : ■^"""fem^-"" "^^^ ' ^''°**'*" Cheeryble ' and the ' Grant Maahattan Magazine; April. 188 5 -"Charles Dickens." Massey's Magazine: August, 1896-" Glimpses of Charles Dickens." Illustrated- Melbourne Review: July, 1881— '« Charles Dickens." Munsey'a Magazine : October 1893-' 'A Famous Illustrator of Dickens." iHus- irSlicCi* March, 1894-" Charles Dickens." Illustrated May 1897-" The Homes and Haunts of Dickens." lllus- trated. National Review: October, l8s8-'« Charles Dickens." Overland Monthly: January, 1871 -" Seasonable Words about Dickens." Pali Mall Magazine : May, i893-"The Apotheosis of Jonas Chuzzlewit." illustrated ^'^^^ on some Dickens Places and People." Phil May's Winter Annual : 18'^— "Charles Dickens in Paris." Phonographic World: October, 1888—" The Two Dickenses." October, 1 892 - ''Charles Dickens as a Shorthand Reporter " January, 1897-" Charles Dickens's Reporting Days." Putnam's Monthly : November, 1853— " Characters in Bleak House." Sala's Journal : December 20, 1893— "Charles Dickens and Christmas." Scribner's Magazine : August, 1880-" About England with Dickens." Illustrated. September, 1880-" Mr. Pickwick and Nicholas Nickleby." Illustrated. ' March, 1881— «' In London with Dickens." Illustrated May, 1881-" In and Out of London with Dickens." Illus- trated. December, 1887— "In Dlckens-Und." Scottish Review: 1 *- -i December, 1883 -"Charles Dickens." 50 ,,VI^ i ■''**' strand Magazine: January, 1894—" The Signatures of Charles Dickens." Illus- trated. February, 1 896— "Charles Dickens's Manuscripts." Illus- tratad February, 1897— "A Child's Memories of Gad's Hill." Illustrated. Toronto Mail: 1892— "Tramps with the Genius of London." Wastminster Review: October, 1864— "Modern Novelists— Charles Dickens." Windsor Magazine : January. 1897— "The Home of Dickens and DuMaurier." Illustrated. TMmed Pictiim. Ctiarles Dickens (1839). Engraved by R. Graves from the picture by Maclise. Cliarles Diclcens (I868). Engraved by J. C. Annytage from a photograph by Gurney. Ctiaries Diclcens. Portrait in crayon, drawn by A.C.W. from photograph by Watkiiis. Qad's Hiil Place, Rochester. Charles Dickens's Home. Photograph. The Empty Chair, Qad's Hill Place, Ninth of June. 1870. Engraved from picture by Luke Fildes. Charles Dickens and Little Nell. Photograph of Elwell's Statue, with autograph of the sculptor. The Pickwick Club. Engraved from drawing by Charles Green. Dickens at His Desk in the Fechter Chalet. Drawn by Alice Barber Stephens. Character Sketches. By Frederick Barnard. Reproduced in photogravure. Framed in pairs— Bill Sikes and Sidney Carton ; Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim; Dick Swiveller and the Marchion- ess; Captain Cuttle and Mr. Micawber; the Two Wellers and Mr. Pecksni^. « ,-..'5 ,,.ri 'i^ y."v