rriet) on American inns, i. 344, 366 note.

_Martin Chuzzlewit_, agreement for, i. 282 (and see ii. 24, 65);
original of Eden in, i. 362, 370;
fancy for opening of, ii. 24 (and see i. 282, 283);
first year of, ii. 40-62;
names first given to, ii. 44;
Sydney Smith's opinion of first number of, ii. 45;
origin of, ii. 45;
original of Mrs. Gamp in, ii. 51;
sale of, less than former books, ii. 63, 64 (and see 447);
unlucky clause in agreement for, ii. 65;
Dickens's own opinion of, ii. 69, 70;
the story characterized, ii. 74-84;
Thackeray's favourite scene in, ii. 79;
intended motto for, ii. 81;
M. Taine on, ii. 78;
christening dinner, ii. 109;
Sara Coleridge on, iii. 345 note.

_Master Humphrey's Clock_, projected, i. 193-199;
first sale of, i. 202;
first number published, i. 222;
original plan abandoned, i. 223;
dinner in celebration of, i. 240;
_Clock_ discontents, i. 281.

Mazzini (Joseph), Dickens's interest in his school, ii. 474.

Mediterranean, sunset on the, ii. 117.

_Memoires du Diable_, a pretty tag to, iii. 133, 134.

Memoranda, extracts from Dickens's book of, iii. 275-297;
available names in, iii. 293-296.

Mendicity Society, the, ii. 106.

Mesmerism, Dickens's interest in, i. 279, 280, 375, ii. 436.

Micawber (Mr.), in _David Copperfield_, original of, iii. 30-32;
comparison between Harold Skimpole and, iii. 32;
Mr. G. H. Lewes on, iii. 338, 348;
on corn, iii. 349.

Middle Temple, Dickens entered at, i. 183, 186.

_Midsummer Night's Dream_ at the Opera Comique, Boulogne,
iii. 103.

Milnes (Monckton), ii. 472.

_Mirror of Parliament_, Dickens reporting for, i. 97.

Mississippi, the, i. 386.

Mitton (Thomas), i. 182, ii. 476.

Moltke (Von) and _Little Dorrit_, iii. 164.

_Money_ (Lord Lytton's), a performance of, at Doncaster,
iii. 175 note.

Mont Blanc, effect of, on Dickens, ii. 254.

Montreal, private theatricals in, i. 414, 417;
facsimile of play-bill at, i. 415.

Moore (George), business qualities and benevolence, iii. 248.

Moore (Thomas), i. 251, 321.

Morgue at Paris, ii. 321;
a tenant of the, ii. 327.

_Morning Chronicle_, Dickens a reporter for the, i. 97;
liberality of proprietors, i. 98;
change of editorship of, ii. 53, 104;
articles by Dickens in the, ii. 104, 105.

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