Dean Ramsay on, iii. 47;
originals of Chancery abuses in, iii. 50;
proposed titles for, iii. 52 note;
completion of, iii. 51;
sale of, iii. 53.

Blessington (Lady), lines written for, ii. 52 note (and see 93).

Blind Institution at Lausanne, inmates of, ii. 235, 240, iii. 78.

Bonchurch, Dickens at, ii. 425-436;
effect of climate of, ii. 431-433;
entertainment at, iii. 111, 112 note.

Books, written and unwritten, hints for, iii. 275-297;
suggested titles in Memoranda for new, iii. 293, 294;
a complete list of Dickens's, iii. 547-560.

Booksellers, invitation to, ii. 100 note.

Boots, absurdity of, i. 314.

Boots, a gentlemanly, at Calais, i. 136;
a patriotic Irish, iii. 227.

_Boots at the Holly-tree Inn_, iii. 154;
reading of, at Boston (U. S.), iii. 410.

Bores, American, i. 375, 376, 383, 384, 385.

Boston (U. S.), first visit to, i. 300-309;
enthusiastic reception at, i. 301;
dinner at, i. 312;
changes in, since 1842, iii. 390;
first reading in, iii. 391;
a remembrance of Christmas at, iii. 399;
walking-match at, iii. 427;
audiences at, iii. 429;
last readings at, iii. 440.

_Bottle_ (Cruikshank's), Dickens's opinion of, ii. 384, 411.

Boulogne, an imaginary dialogue at, ii. 328, 329;
Dickens at, iii. 55, 56, 59, 96-120;
the Pier at, iii. 115;
Dickens's liking for, iii. 56;
M. Beaucourt's "Property" at, iii. 97-106, 115-120;
sketch of M. Beaucourt, iii. 99-103;
prices of provisions at, iii. 102 note;
Shakespearian performance at, iii. 103;
pig-market at, iii. 104;
Thackeray at, iii. 105 note;
camp at, iii. 106, 107, 116;
Prince Albert at, iii. 107, 108;
illuminations at, iii. 109;
epidemic at, iii. 119.

_Boulogne Jest Book_, iii. 65 note.

Bouquets, serviceable, iii. 137.

Bourse, victims of the, iii. 142.

Boxall (William), ii. 475, iii. 126.

Boxing-match, a, ii. 224.

Boyle (Mary), ii. 481, iii. 524.

Boys, a list of Christian names of, iii. 294, 295.

Boz, origin of the word, i. 104;
facsimile of autograph signature, i. 276.

Bradbury & Evans (Messrs.), ii. 66, 67, 68, 105, 250;
a suggestion by, ii. 71;
Dickens's agreements with, ii. 88 (and see 289), iii. 56.

Bradford, Dickens asked to read at, iii. 61 note.

Brighton, Dickens's first visit to, i. 138;
other visits, ii. 421, 422,