ation of _Oliver Twist_, i. 154-156,
ii. 347, 348, 350, 351 note (and see autograph letter of
Dickens, ii. 349, 350, and p. vii. of vol. ii.);
fancy sketch of, ii. 379, 381;
Dickens's opinion of his _Bottle_ and _Drunkard's Children_,
ii. 384, 410, 411.

_Cruize on Wheels_ (Charles Collins's), iii, 257.

Cumberland, Dickens's trip in, iii. 170-173.

Cunningham, Peter, character and life, iii. 73, 74.

Curry (Mr.), ii. 125, 158, 172.

Custom-house-officers (continental), ii. 172, 173, 315.

_Daily News_ projected, ii. 203;
misgiving as to, ii. 215-217;
first number of, ii. 218;
Dickens's short editorship, ii. 215-219;
succeeded by author of this book, ii. 220, 302, 303.

Dana (R. H.), i. 304.

Danson (Dr. Henry), recollections by, of Dickens at school,
i. 81-85;
letter from Dickens to, i. 85 note.

Dansons (the), at work, iii. 166.

_David Copperfield_, identity of Dickens with hero of, i. 50-69;
iii. 33-36;
characters and incidents in, iii. 21-40;
original of Dora in, i. 93;
name found for, ii. 422;
dinners in celebration of, ii. 438, 439, 470;
sale of, ii. 447;
titles proposed for, ii. 463-465;
progress of, ii. 483-487;
Lord Lytton on, iii. 21;
popularity of, iii. 22;
original of Miss Moucher in, iii. 23;
original of Mr. Micawber in, iii. 30-32;
_Bleak House_ inferior to, iii. 32;
a proposed opening of, iii. 155;
fac-simile of plan prepared for first number of, iii. 157.

De Foe (Daniel), Dickens's opinion of, iii. 135 note;
his _History of the Devil_, i. 139.

Delane (John), ii. 469.

Denman (Lord), ii. 108.

Devonshire (Duke of) and the Guild of Literature and Art, ii. 397.

Devonshire-terrace, Dickens removes from Doughty-street into,
i. 186;
Maclise's sketch of Dickens's house in, iii. 41.

Dick, a favourite canary, iii. 117.

Dickens (John), family of, i. 22;
small but good library of, i. 29;
money embarrassments of, i. 36, 42;
character of, described by his son, i. 37;
arrested for debt, i. 43;
legacy to, i. 64;
leaves the Marshalsea, i. 66;
on the education of his son, i. 89;
becomes a reporter, i. 90;
Devonshire home of, described, i. 186-189;
death of, ii. 489;
his grave at Highgate, ii. 490;
sayings of, iii. 31, 32;
respect entertained by his son for, iii.