grims, not only of our
own country, but also from that still "Greater Britain," where "All the
Year Round" the name of Charles Dickens is almost a dearer "Household
Word" than it is with us.

WILLIAM R. HUGHES.

WOOD HOUSE, HANDSWORTH WOOD,
near BIRMINGHAM.
_30th September, 1891._

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE

PREFACE vii

I. INTRODUCTORY 1

II. A PRELIMINARY TRAMP IN LONDON 7

III. ROCHESTER CITY 51

IV. ROCHESTER CASTLE 98

V. ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL 111

VI. RICHARD WATTS'S CHARITY, ROCHESTER 142

VII. AN AFTERNOON AT GAD'S HILL PLACE 161

VIII. CHARLES DICKENS AND STROOD 211

IX. CHATHAM:--ST. MARY'S CHURCH, ORDNANCE TERRACE,
THE HOUSE ON THE BROOK, THE MITRE HOTEL, AND
FORT PITT. LANDPORT:--PORTSEA, HANTS 251

X. AYLESFORD, TOWN MALLING, AND MAIDSTONE 288

XI. BROADSTAIRS, MARGATE, AND CANTERBURY 317

XII. COOLING, CLIFFE, AND HIGHAM 349

XIII. COBHAM PARK AND HALL, THE LEATHER BOTTLE, SHORNE,
CHALK, AND THE DOVER ROAD 376

XIV. A FINAL TRAMP IN ROCHESTER AND LONDON 405

INDEX 427

LIST

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ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE MARSHES, COOLING _Frontispiece_
_F. G. Kitton_ (from a Sketch by _E. L. Meadows_)

HEADPIECE, "HUMOUR" (From two Statuettes of "Mr. Pickwick"
and "Sam Weller" in Crown Derby Ware)
Engraved by _R. Langton_ xvii

THE GOLDEN CROSS _Herbert Railton_ 10

YOUNG DICKENS AT THE BLACKING WAREHOUSE _F. Barnard_ 12

FOUNTAIN COURT, TEMPLE _C. A. Vanderhoof_ 16

STAPLE INN, HOLBORN " " 21

BARNARD'S INN _Herbert Railton_ 23

DICKENS'S HOUSE, FURNIVAL'S