Fund dinner, iii. 236.

Ashburton (Lord), i. 329, 387.

Ashley (Lord) and ragged schools, i. 283;
ii. 58, 493, 494.

Astley's, a visit from, iii. 164, 165;
_Mazeppa_ at, iii. 302 note.

_As You Like It_, French version of, iii. 132.
Atlantic, card-playing on the, i. 295, 296.

Auber and Queen Victoria, iii. 135.

Austin (Henry), i. 182;
iii. 244;
secretary to the Sanitary Commission, ii. 385;
death of, iii. 261, 262.

Australia, idea of settling in, entertained by Dickens, iii. 185;
scheme for readings in, iii. 270 note (idea abandoned, iii. 272).

Austrian police, the, iii. 94, 95.

Authors, American, i. 319.

Authorship, disquietudes of, ii. 288, 289.

BABBAGE (CHARLES) ii. 108.

Bagot (Sir Charles), i. 412.

Balloon Club at Twickenham, i. 182 note.

Baltimore (U. S.), women of, iii. 418;
readings at, iii. 418, 419, 427 (and see 441);
white and coloured prisoners in Penitentiary at, iii. 419.

Bancroft (George), i. 305, ii. 467.

Banquets, Emile de Girardin's superb, iii. 139-141.

Bantams, reduced, iii. 251.

Barham (Rev. Mr.), ii. 175, 476.

_Barnaby Rudge_, agreement to write, i. 135 (and see 147, 148,
161-163, 177, 225);
Dickens at work on, i. 186, 232-234, 239-244;
agreement for, transferred to Chapman and Hall, i. 223-226;
the raven in, i. 233-240;
constraints of weekly publication, i. 243;
close of, i. 244;
the story characterised, i. 244-248.

Bartlett (Dr.) on slavery in America, i. 389.

Bath, a fancy about, iii. 451, 452.

Bathing, sea, Dickens's love of, ii. 28, 56, 138.

_Battle of Life_ title suggested for the, ii. 251 (and see 295);
contemplated abandonment of, ii. 289;
writing of, resumed, ii. 293;
finished, ii. 295;
points in the story, 296;
Jeffrey's opinion of the, ii. 303, 304;
sketch of the story, ii. 304, 305;
Dickens's own comments on, ii. 306;
date of the story, 306;
reply to criticism on, ii. 308;
doubts as to third part of, ii. 309;
dedication of, ii. 309;
illustrated by Stanfield and Leech, 310;
grave mistake made by Leech, ii. 311;
dramatized, ii. 323.

Bayham-street, Camden town, Dickens's early life in, i. 30-42.

Beale (Mr.), a proposal from, iii. 196.

Beard (Mr. Carr), ii. 476;
on Dickens's lameness, iii. 455;
readings stopped by, iii. 456;
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