i. 18, 23;
by Frith, ii. 84, 93;
by Ary Scheffer, i. 414, 434;
by John Watkins, ii. 148;
a caricature, ii. 146

Postman, an Albaro, i. 112, 117

Power, Miss, i. 442; ii. 82, 293, 300;
and see Letters

Power, Nelly, i. 443

Power, Mrs., letter to, ii. 300

Presence of mind of Dickens, ii. 161, 224, 230

Press, the, freedom of, i. 49;
in America, i. 97;
taxation of the, i. 274

Procter, Adelaide, i. 341; ii. 238;
letter to, i. 374

Procter, B. W., i. 341; ii. 83, 91;
and see Letters

Procter, Mrs., letter to, ii. 226, 238

Publishing system, how to improve the, i. 86

Purse, the power of the, i. 88

Putnam, Mr., ii. 312

Queen, the, Dickens's theatrical performance before, i. 239;
his feeling for, ii. 168;
his interview with, ii. 432

Rae, Dr., i. 373

Railways, ii. 242

Reade, Charles, ii. 188;
letter to, ii. 206

Reader, Charles Dickens as a, ii. 437

Readings, Dickens's public, for charities, i. 297, 341, 377; ii. 4,
169, 170;
first reading for his own benefit, ii. 39;
at Paris, ii. 187, 189, 192;
in America, ii. 267;
farewell series of readings in England, ii. 326, 404, 405;
trial reading of "The Murder" from "Oliver Twist," ii. 326;
reading to the actors, ii. 407, 418;
farewell reading, ii. 431;
effects of "The Murder" reading on Dickens, ii. 434;
books of the, ii. 438;
letters concerning the readings in England, Scotland, and Ireland,
i. 344, 348, 369, 371, 379, 382, 388, 413, 424; ii. 20, 49,
51-67, 70-80, 87, 103, 145, 147, 151-168, 174, 178, 197, 200,
251-258, 272-286;
letters concerning American, ii. 83, 85, 290, 294, 298, 299,
306-382;
letters concerning the farewell series of, ii. 391, 392, 395-400,
412-421

Reform, Dickens speaks on Administrative, i. 377, 399;
association for, i. 399;
Dickens on Parliamentary, ii. 87, 269

Refreshment rooms, i. 424

Regnier, M., i. 298;
and see Letters

Reynolds, Dr. Russell, ii. 448

Richardson, Samuel, Dickens's opinion of, i. 175

"Rivals, The," a scene from, rewritten, i. 345

Roberts, David, i. 214; ii. 75;
letters to, i. 215, 246, 248, 389

"Robinson Crusoe," Dickens on, i. 443

Robson, F., i. 451

Roche, Dickens's courier, i. 95, 122-126, 139

Rochester Cathedral, proposed burial of Dickens in, i