31.

Dickens (Fanny), ii. 206, 456, 459;
elected a pupil to the Royal Academy of Music, i. 39;
obtains a prize thereat, i. 66;
illness of, ii. 319, 320;
death of, ii. 460;
her funeral, i. 67.

Dickens (Alfred), i. 223, 288; death of, iii. 258.

Dickens, Augustus, (died in America), ii. 385.

Dickens (Frederick), i. 182, 261, 288 (and see ii. 476);
narrow escape from drowning in the bay at Genoa, ii. 137;
death of, iii. 450.

DICKENS, CHARLES, birth of, at Portsea, i. 21.
reminiscences of childhood at Chatham, i. 23-36.
relation of David Copperfield to, i. 28, 48, 92; iii. 33-35.
his wish that his biography should be written by the author of
this book, i. 40 note.
first efforts at description, i. 42.
account by himself of his boyhood, i. 50-69
(and see ii. 205-207; iii. 247).
illnesses of, i. 60, 130, 244, 288; ii. 216, 297, 312 note;
iii. 304, 305, 306, 311, 312, 313, 315, 321, 355, 375, 404,
410, 412, 416, 426, 427, 437, 441, 450.
clerk in an attorney's office, i. 87.
hopeless love of, i. 92, 93.
employed as a parliamentary reporter, i. 96
(and see iii. 512 note).
his first attempts in literature, i. 97.
his marriage, i. 108.
writes for the stage, i. 116 (and see 140, 183).
predominant impression of his life, i. 120, 405; ii. 147-150;
iii. 524, 525.
personal habits of, i. 132, 133, 224, 368, 376, 377, 400;
ii. 216, 225, 324; iii. 215-218, 513.
relations of, with his illustrators, i. 154-156; ii. 347, 348.
portraits of, i. 178 note; iii. 148-150, 238.
curious epithets given by, to his children, i. 182 note;
ii. 248 note, 266 note, 314, 315, 324 note;
iii. 100 (and see i. 261, 306, 331, 356, 418).
his ravens, i. 233-239; ii. 215.
adventures in the Highlands, i. 263-276.
first visit to the United States, i. 284.
domestic griefs of, i. 289.
an old malady of, i. 288; iii. 314, 534.
an admirable stage manager, i. 414-417; ii. 210, 212-214,
370, 371, 393 note, 400, 401.
his dogs, ii. 24, 25, 134 note; iii. 144 note, 217-220, 222.
his Will, ii. 59, 60 (and see iii. 561).
his accompaniments of work, ii. 48, 121, 240; iii. 211, 212 note.
religious views of, ii. 59, 60, 147-150; iii. 484-486.
turning-point of his career, ii. 72.
writing in the _Chronicle_, ii. 105.
fancy sketch of his biographer,