THE CHILDREN OF DICKENS [Illustration: _Copyright by Charles Scribner’s Sons_ DAVID COPPERFIELD AND PEGGOTTY BY THE PARLOUR FIRE] THE CHILDREN OF DICKENS SAMUEL McCHORD CROTHERS ILLUSTRATED BY JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS MCMXXVI COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS PAGE I. LONDON ONCE UPON A TIME 1 II. DICKENS HIMSELF 9 III. PIP 17 PIP AT MR. PUMBLECHOOK’S 26 IV. DAVID COPPERFIELD 27 THE LITTLE BOY AND THE HUNGRY WAITER 36 V. WILKINS MICAWBER JUNIOR AND HIS PARENTS 43 VI. ON THE ROAD TO DOVER 59 VII. JOE THE FAT BOY 69 VIII. OLIVER TWIST 77 IX. THE JELLYBY CHILDREN 89 X. SISSY JUPE 101 XI. THE CHILD OF THE MARSHALSEA 109 XII. THE CRATCHITS 115 XIII. THE DOLL’S DRESSMAKER 123 XIV. LITTLE NELL 131 THE JOLLY SANDBOYS 135 MRS. JARLEY AND HER WAX-WORKS 139 XV. THE KENWIGSES 149 XVI. THE CHILD’S STORY 155 XVII. THE BOY AT TODGERS’S 163 XVIII. THE DOMBEY CHILDREN 171 HOW FLORENCE DOMBEY WAS LOST IN LONDON 176 PAUL DOMBEY AT BRIGHTON 187 XIX. JEMMY JACKMAN LIRRIPER’S STORY 193 XX. ON THE WAY TO GRETNA GREEN 203 XXI. OUR SCHOOL 209 XXII. ALICIA IN WONDERLAND 223 XXIII. THE INFANT PHENOMENON 241 XXIV. A CHRISTMAS TREE 249 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS David Copperfield and Peggotty by the Parlour Fire _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Pip and Joe Gargery 20 Little Em’ly 30 Oliver’s First Meeting with the Artful Dodger 80