ILLUSTRATIONS [Illustration] [Illustration] PAGE THE MARSHES, COOLING _Frontispiece_ _F. G. Kitton_ (from a Sketch by _E. L. Meadows_) HEADPIECE, "HUMOUR" (From two Statuettes of "Mr. Pickwick" and "Sam Weller" in Crown Derby Ware) Engraved by _R. Langton_ xvii THE GOLDEN CROSS _Herbert Railton_ 10 YOUNG DICKENS AT THE BLACKING WAREHOUSE _F. Barnard_ 12 FOUNTAIN COURT, TEMPLE _C. A. Vanderhoof_ 16 STAPLE INN, HOLBORN " " 21 BARNARD'S INN _Herbert Railton_ 23 DICKENS'S HOUSE, FURNIVAL'S INN " " 25 NO. 48, DOUGHTY STREET _J. Grego_ 28 TAVISTOCK HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE _J. Liddell_ 30 NO. 141, BAYHAM STREET _F. G. Kitton_ 37 NO. 1, DEVONSHIRE TERRACE _D. Maclise, R.A._ 40 FAC-SIMILE OF LETTER, CHARLES DICKENS 43 APOTHEOSIS OF "GRIP" THE RAVEN _D. Maclise, R.A._ 45 "MY MAGNIFICENT ORDER AT THE PUBLIC HOUSE" _Phiz_ 49 BULL INN, ROCHESTER--"GOOD HOUSE, NICE BEDS" _Herbert Railton_ 56 STAIRCASE AT "THE BULL" _F. G. Kitton_ 58 THE "ELEVATED DEN" IN THE BALL-ROOM, "BULL INN" _F. G. Kitton_ 61 OLD ROCHESTER BRIDGE _Herbert Railton_ 68 THE GUILDHALL, ROCHESTER _F. G. Kitton_ 71 THE "MOON-FACED" CLOCK IN HIGH STREET " " 72 IN HIGH STREET, ROCHESTER " " 73 EASTGATE HOUSE, ROCHESTER " " 74 MR. SAPSEA'S HOUSE, ROCHESTER " " 76 MR. SAPSEA'S FATHER (After sketch by _H. Wickham_) 77 RESTORATION HOUSE, ROCHESTER _F. G. Kitton_ 79 OLD ROCHESTER THEATRE, STAR HILL _W. Hull_ 84 THE CASTLE FROM ROCHESTER BRIDGE _F. G. Kitton_ 99 THE KEEP OF ROCHESTER CASTLE _Herbert Railton_ 101 INTERIOR OF ROCHESTER CASTLE _F. G. Kitton_ 105 ROCHESTER CASTLE AND THE MEDWAY " " 109 ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL " " 112 ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL, INTERIOR " " 115 THE CRYPT, ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL _Phiz_ 118 MINOR CANON ROW, ROCHESTER _F. G. Kitton_ 123 COLLEGE GATE (OR "CHERTSEY'S" GATE), ROCHESTER " " 125 PRIOR'S GATE, ROCHESTER " " 126 DEANERY GATE, ROCHESTER " " 128