characters in, i. 167-171;
opinions of Sydney Smith and Leigh Hunt on, i. 168, 169;
Dickens at work on, i. 172-176;
dinner-celebration of, i. 177, 178;
originals of the Brothers Cheeryble in, i. 181;
proclamation on the eve of publication, ii. 99, 100 note;
effect of, in establishing Dickens, iii. 344 (and see 386).

Nicolson (Sir Frederick), ii. 194.

Nightingales at Gadshill, iii. 212.

_Nobody's Fault_, the title first chosen for _Little Dorrit_,
iii. 155.

No-Popery riots, description of the, i. 246.

Normanby (Lord), ii. 108, 109, 320.

Norton (Charles Eliot), iii. 215, 447.

Norwich, reading at, iii. 262.

_No Thoroughfare_, i. 140.

Novels, real people in, iii. 22-33;
episodes in, iii. 161.

Novelists, old, design for cheap edition of, ii. 385.

Nugent (Lord), ii. 473.

"OCEAN SPECTRE," the, ii. 369 note.

O'Connell (Daniel), ii. 135.

Odeon (Paris), Dickens at the, iii. 128, 129.

Ohio, on the, i. 377.

_Old Curiosity Shop_, original of the Marchioness in, i. 59;
originals of the Garland family, i. 60;
original of the poet in Jarley's wax-work, i. 70;
the story commenced, i. 200;
disadvantages of weekly publication, i. 203;
changes in proofs, i. 206;
Dick Swiveller and the Marchioness, i. 207;
effect of story upon the writer, i. 208;
death of Little Nell, i. 210;
close of the tale, i. 210;
success of, i. 211;
characterized, i. 212-214;
a tribute by Bret Harte, i. 215, 216;
characters in, iii. 345.

_Old Monthly Magazine_, Dickens's first published piece in, i. 97;
other sketches in, i. 104.

_Oliver Twist_, commenced in _Bentley's Miscellany_, i. 121;
characters in, real to Dickens, i. 125, 139;
the story characterized, i. 146, 147, 158, 160;
Dickens at work on, i. 149;
the last chapter of, i. 153;
the Cruikshank illustrations to, 154-157;
reputation of, i. 156;
reply to attacks against, i. 160-162;
teaching of, i. 161;
"adapted" for the stage, i. 174, 175;
noticed in the _Quarterly Review_, i. 184;
copyright of, repurchased, i. 224;
original of Mr. Fang, iii. 25;
character-drawing in, iii. 343;
proposed reading from, iii. 448;
facsimile of portion of MS. of, iii. 469.

Opium-den, an, iii. 528 (and see 464 note).

Osnaburgh-terrace, Dickens in, ii. 106.

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