[Illustration] SCENES AND CHARACTERS FROM THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS BEING EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX PICTURES PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL WOOD BLOCKS SCENES AND CHARACTERS FROM THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS BEING EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX DRAWINGS BY FRED BARNARD HABLOT K. BROWNE (PHIZ) J. MAHONEY CHARLES GREEN A. B. FROST GORDON THOMSON J. McL. RALSTON H. FRENCH E. G. DALZIEL F. A. FRASER AND SIR LUKE FILDES PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS ENGRAVED FOR "THE HOUSEHOLD EDITION" THE MUSSON BOOK CO. LIMITED LONDON ENGLAND TORONTO CANADA Printed by BALLANTYNE & CO. LIMITED Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London LIST OF WORKS AND ARTISTS TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL. Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE