endance on Dickens at his last readings, iii. 531
(and see 541).

Beard (Thos.), i. 92. 101, 102, iii. 256.

Beaucourt (M.), described by Dickens, iii. 99-102;
his "Property," iii. 100;
among the Putney market-gardeners, iii. 102;
goodness of, iii. 120 note.

Bedrooms, American, i. 304, 313.

Beecher (Ward), iii. 410;
readings in his church at Brooklyn, iii. 417.

Beer, a dog's fancy for, iii. 217 note.

Beggars, Italian, ii. 183, 184.

Begging-letter writers, i. 228, ii. 106, 107;
in Paris, ii. 327.

Belfast, reading at, iii. 229.

Benedict (Jules), illness of, ii. 466.

Bentley (Mr.), Dickens's early relations with, i. 134, 135, 141,
147, 148, 161, 163, 224, iii. 240;
friendly feeling of Dickens to, in after life, ii 481, iii. 241.

_Bentley's Miscellany_, Dickens editor of, i. 121;
proposal to write _Barnaby Rudge_ in, i. 148;
editorship of, transferred to Mr. Ainsworth, i. 163, 164.

Berwick, Mary (Adelaide Procter), iii. 495

Berwick-on-Tweed, reading at, iii. 266.

Betting-men at Doncaster, iii. 174-176.

Beverley (William), at Wellington-house academy, i. 84.

Birds and low company, iii. 251, 252.

Birmingham, Dickens's promise to read at, iii. 56;
promise fulfilled (first public readings), iii. 59;
another reading at, iii. 311;
Dickens's speeches at Institute at, ii. 94, 95, iii. 527.

Birthday associations, i. 113, 150, iii. 308, 508.

Black (Adam), i. 259.

Black (Charles), ii. 476.

Black (John), i. 100, ii. 104;
early appreciation by, of Dickens, i. 106;
dinner to, ii. 53.

Blacking-warehouse (at Hungerford Stairs), Dickens employed at, i. 50;
described, i. 51 (and see iii. 512 note);
associates of Dickens at, i. 52;
removed to Chandos-street, Covent-garden, i. 67;
Dickens leaves, i. 68;
what became of the business, i. 70.

Blackmore (Edward), Dickens employed as clerk by, i. 87;
his recollections of Dickens, i. 87.

Blackpool, Dickens at, iii. 455.

_Blackwood's Magazine and Little Dorrit_, iii. 163.

Blair (General), iii. 424.

Blanchard (Laman). ii. 162, 175 (and see 187);
a Literary Fund dinner described by, i. 322 note.

_Bleak House_ begun, ii. 441;
originals of Boythorn and Skimpole in, iii. 25-28;
inferior to _Copperfield_, iii. 32;
handling of character in, iii. 40-50;
defects of, iii. 44;