"Doctor Marigold," reading of, 227 Dogs, Dickens's, 255, 262; Don, the Newfoundland, rescues his son, 262 Dolby, Mr. George, 234, 238, 248, 256, 261, 270, 273, 276 "Dombey and Son," sale of, 87; see also 89, 94 D'Orsay, Count, 18, 66, 68, 70, 73, 74, 78 Dream, an absurd, 56 Dufferin, Lord, 277 Dumas, Alexandre, 90 Earnestness, Dickens on, 176 Eden, the Hon. Miss, letter to, 128 Edinburgh, 270 Editor, Dickens as an, 137-140, 159, 162-164, 173-175, 181, 183, 202, 229, 239, 284-286, 295 Education, Dickens on, 58 Edward, the courier, 142-144, 148, 155 "Edwin Drood," Dickens on, 292; the opium scene in, 295 Egg, Mr. A., 101, 118, 127, 142, 148, 156 Evans, Mr., 109 "Experience, An," 283 "Fatal Zero," by Percy Fitzgerald, 291 Fechter, Mr. Charles, in "The Lady of Lyons," 234, 240; Dickens's admiration of, 240; and see 253, 257, 277, 291; letters to, 244, 254 Fechter, Madame, 254 Felton, Professor, 272; and see Letters Felton, Mrs., 33 Fenian Amnesty, meeting in favour of a, 287, 289 Fields, Mr. James T.; see Letters Fields, Mrs., 252, 260, 291; letter to, 255 Fildes, Mr., 294 Fitzgerald, Mr. Percy, 228, 271 Forster, Mr. John, 9, 10, 13, 30, 35, 36, 39, 41, 54, 60, 86, 89, 101, 113, 117, 127, 133, 154, 188, 207, 227, 260, 292; letters to, 165, 225 Forster, Mrs., letter to, 273 Fox, Mr. W. J., letter to, 84 Frith, R.A., Mr. W. P., letter to, 188 Funeral, the comic side of a, 48 Gad's Hill, descriptions of, 252, 256; Dickens's writing-room at, 256; Longfellow's visit to, 260; and see 276 Gallenga, Monsieur, 192 "Gamp, Mrs.," 56 Gaskell, Mrs., 271; letter to, 159 General Theatrical Fund, the, 88, 102, 296 Gibson, Mrs. Milner, letter to, 205 "Girlhood of Shakespeare's heroines, The," 124 Gladstone, Mr., 258, 294 Glasgow, 270 Gordon, Mrs., 87 "Great Expectations," 198 Greenwich, Dinner to Dickens at, 33 Grew, Mr. Frederick, letter to, 158 Grisi, Madame, 86 Guide Books, 140 Guild of Literature and Art, the, 120, 180; theatricals in aid of, 118-128, 133-135 Hardisty, Mr., 111 Harley, Mr. J. P., 3, 4; letter to, 13 Harness, Rev. W., 269, 291; letter to, 159 Harrison, Mr. James Bower, letters to, 132, 136 Hat, a Leghorn, 157 Hazlett, Mr. William, 259 Higgins, Mr., 165, 166 Hillard, Mr., 42 Hills, Mr., 274 Hodgson, Dr., 97; letters to, 93, 95 Hogarth, Mr., 2 Hogarth, George, 20; letter to, 5 Hogarth, Georgina, 51, 154, 196, 210, 215, 219, 221, 228, 244, 256, 258 Hogarth, Mary, 6-9, 11, 20, 50 Hogarth, Mrs., letters to, 6, 20, 50 Holland House, 178 Home, thoughts of, 29; a welcome to, 255 Hood, Mr. Tom, letter to, 43 House of Commons, the, Dickens's opinion of, 181, 194 Howe, Dr., 33, 37 Hugo, Victor, Dickens's opinion of, 91; and see 283