veller's intention "to take to the road
again before another winter sets in." Between that date and the autumn
of 1869, when the last of his detached papers were written, _All the
Year Round_ published seven "New Uncommercial Samples" which have not
yet been collected. Their title's were, i. Aboard ship (which opened, on
the 5th of December 1868, the New Series of _All the Year Round_); ii. A
Small Star in the East; iii. A Little Dinner in an Hour; iv. Mr.
Barlow; v. On an Amateur Beat; vi. A Fly-Leaf in a Life; vii. A Plea for
Total Abstinence. The date of the last was the 5th of June 1869; and on
the 24th of July appeared his last piece of writing for the serial he
had so long conducted, a paper entitled _Landor's Life_.) iii. 247-252;
528.
CHRISTMAS NUMBER of _All the Year Round_. A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA. To
which Dickens contributed nearly all the first, and the whole of the
second and the last chapter: THE VILLAGE, THE MONEY, and THE
RESTITUTION; the two intervening chapters, though also with insertions
from his hand, not being his.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS. By Charles Dickens. Begun in _All the Year Round_ on
the 1st of December, and continued weekly to the close of that year.
1861.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS. By Charles Dickens. Resumed on the 5th of January
and issued in weekly portions, closing on the 3rd of August, when the
complete story was published in three volumes and inscribed to Chauncy
Hare Townshend. In the following year it was published in a single
volume, illustrated by Mr. Marcus Stone. Chapman & Hall. iii. 245; 259;
260 (the words there used "on Great Expectations closing in June 1861"
refer to the time when the Writing of it was closed: it did not close in
the Publication until August, as above stated); 360-369.
CHRISTMAS NUMBER of _All the Year Round_, TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND. To which
Dickens contributed three of the seven chapters. I. PICKING UP SOOT AND
CINDERS; II. PICKING UP MISS KIMMEENS; III. PICKING UP THE TINKER. iii.
245.
1862.
CHRISTMAS NUMBER of _All the Year Round_. SOMEBODY'S LUGGAGE. To which
Dickens contributed four chapters. I. HIS LEAVING IT TILL CALLED FOR;
II. HIS BOOTS; III. HIS BROWN-PAPER PARCEL; IV. HIS WONDERFUL END. To
the chapter of His Umbrella he also contributed a portion. iii. 351;
370.
1863.
CHRISTMAS NUMBER of _All the Year Round_. MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS. To
which Dickens contributed the first and the last chapter. I. HOW MRS.
LIRRIPER CARRIED ON THE
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