hester, readings at, iii. 268, 313.

Chesterton (Mr.), i. 280, ii. 23.

Chicago (U. S.), monomania respecting, iii. 418.

Chigwell, inn at, i. 239.

Children, powers of observation in, i. 23, 27;
mortality of young, in London, iii. 192 note, 293;
old, iii. 292.

Children-farming, Dickens on, iii. 287, 288 note.

_Child's History_, the, finished, iii. 59.

Child's night-lights, wonders of, iii. 172.

Chillon, Castle of, ii. 229, 257, 258.

_Chimes_, a title found for the, ii. 143;
design for, ii. 144;
Dickens hard at work on, ii. 150;
first outline of the, ii. 152-155;
effect of, on Dickens's health, ii. 156, 157;
objections to, ii. 160;
finished, ii. 161;
private readings of, at Lincoln's-inn fields, ii. 162, 174, 175;
Jeffrey's opinion of the, ii. 179.

Chimneys, the smoky, i. 221.

Chinese Junk, ii. 405-408.

Chorley (Henry), iii. 256.

Christmas, Dickens's identity with, ii. 90.

Christmas-eve and day, Dickens's accustomed walk on, iii. 517.

_Christmas Carol_, origin of, ii. 60;
preparation of, ii. 71, 72;
sale and accounts of, ii. 85-87;
Jeffrey and Thackeray on, ii. 89;
message of the, ii. 89;
the story characterized, ii. 91;
dramatized at the Adelphi, ii. 96;
reading of, for the Hospital for Sick Children, iii. 200;
reading of, in Boston (U. S.), iii. 429, 430;
Thackeray's copy of, purchased by her Majesty, iii. 506 note.

_Christmas Sketches_, Dickens's, iii. 370, 371.

Christmas sports, ii. 47 note.

Cicala, the, ii. 118.

Cincinnati (U. S.), i. 378;
described, i. 379, 380;
temperance festival at, i. 383;
bores at, i. 385.

Circumlocution Office, the, iii. 159.

Clay (Henry), i. 348, 349;
on international copyright, i. 323.

Clennam (Mrs.), in _Little Dorrit_, original of, iii. 277.

Cleveland (U. S.), rude reception of mayor of, i. 403.

Coachman, a Paris, ii. 332 note.

Cobham-park, i. 224, 288;
Dickens's last walk in, iii. 540.

Cockburn (Sir Alexander), iii. 126.

Coffee-shops frequented by Dickens, i. 56.

Cogswell (Mr.), ii. 476, 477.

Coincidence, marvels of, iii. 174, 175, 524.

Col de Balme Pass, ii. 253.

Colden (David), i. 315, 316, ii. 192 note, 476.

Colenso (Bishop) and the Bishop of Carlisle, iii. 248 note.

Coleridge (Sara) on Little Nell, iii. 345 note;
on _Chuzzlewit_, iii. 345