death of, iii. 55.

Watson (Sir Thomas), note by, of Dickens's illness in April, 1869,
iii. 457-459;
readings stopped by, iii. 458;
guarded sanction given to additional readings, iii. 458
(and see 466, 531 note);
Dickens's letter to, iii. 459 note.

Watts's Charity at Rochester, iii. 154 note.

Webster (Daniel), Dickens on, i. 308.

Webster (Mr.), ii. 475.

Webster murder at Cambridge (U. S.), iii. 402, 403.

Well-boring at Gadshill, iii. 209.

Weller (Sam) a pre-eminent achievement in literature, i. 131.

Wellington, Duke of, fine trait of, ii. 264.

Wellington House Academy (Hampstead-road), Dickens a day-scholar at,
i. 74-84;
described in _Household Words_, i. 75;
Dickens's schoolfellows at, i. 76-84;
Beverley painting scenes at, i. 84;
revisited after five-and-twenty years, i. 76.

Weyer (M. Van de), ii. 477.

Whig jealousies, i. 250 (and see ii. 261).

Whitechapel workhouse, incident at, iii. 75.

White-conduit-house, reminiscence of, ii. 132.

Whitefriars, a small revolution in, ii. 302.

White (Rev. James), character of, ii. 424-426 (and see ii. 426,
iii. 126).

White (Grant) on the character of Carton in the _Tale of Two Cities_,
iii. 359, 360.

Whitehead (Charles), i. 109.

Whitworth (Mr.), ii. 475.

Wieland the clown, death of, iii. 166 note.

Wig experiences, ii. 380.

Wilkie (Sir David), on the genius of Dickens, i. 178;
death of, i. 252.

Willis (N. P.), fanciful description of Dickens by, i. 107 note.

Wills (W. H.), ii. 453, iii. 256, 493.

Wilson (Professor), i. 259;
sketch of, i. 253, 254;
speeches of, i. 255 note, ii. 136.

Wilson (Mr.) the hair-dresser, fancy sketch of, ii. 379-383.

Wilton (Marie) as Pippo in the _Maid and Magpie_, iii. 236, 237 note.

Women, home for fallen, ii. 488 (and see iii. 286).

Wordsworth, memorable saying of, iii. 381.

Worms, the city of, ii. 223.

YARMOUTH first seen by Dickens, ii. 462.

Yates (Edmund), tales by, in _All the Year Round_, iii. 245;
Dickens's interest in, iii. 495.

Yates (Mr.), acting of, i. 174, ii. 96.

_Yesterdays with Authors_ (Fields'), ii. 42 note.

York, readings at, iii. 231, 454.

Yorkshire, materials gathered in, for _Nickleby_, i. 172.

_Young Gentlemen_ and _Young Couples_,
sketches written by Dickens for Chapman & Hall, i. 149 note.