194
Chapters on Chambers 194
Gog and Magog Relaxations 194
Savage Chronicles 195
Others as well as himself to write 195
Travels to Ireland and America in view 195
Stipulation as to property and payments 196
Great hopes of success 197
Assent of his publishers 197
No planned story 197
Terms of agreement 197
Notion for his hero 198
A name hit upon 199
Sanguine of the issue 199

CHAPTER XII. 1840-1841.

Pages 200-216.

THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP. AET. 28-29.

Visit to Walter Landor 200
First thought of Little Nell 200
Hopeful of Master Humphrey 201
A title for the child-story 202
First sale of _Master Humphrey's Clock_ 202
Its original plan abandoned 203
Reasons for this 203
To be limited to one story 203
Disadvantages of weekly publication 204
A favorite description 204
In Bevis Marks for Sampson Brass 205
At Lawn House, Broadstairs 205
Dedication of his first volume to Rogers 205
Chapters 43-45 206
Dick Swiveller and the Marchioness 207
Masterpiece of kindly fun 207
Closing of the tale 208
Effect upon the writer 208
Making-believe very much 209
The end approaching 209
The realities of fiction 209
Death of Little Nell 210
My share in the close 211
A suggestion adopted by him 21