ssistance to a
stranger in finding his way."

_Southey._

Contents

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INTRODUCTION 11

THE LONDON DICKENS KNEW 20

DICKENS' LITERARY LIFE 47

THE HIGHWAY OF LETTERS 60

DICKENS' CONTEMPORARIES 73

THE LOCALE OF THE NOVELS 99

DISAPPEARING LONDON 119

THE COUNTY OF KENT 139

THE RIVER THAMES 160

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS 181

PAST AND PRESENT 211

THE UNDER WORLD 236

LONDON TOPOGRAPHY 246

A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY 287

INDEX 289

List of Illustrations

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CHARLES DICKENS _Frontispiece_

NO. 8 CRAVEN STREET, STRAND.--MR. TULKINGHORN'S HOUSE 14

DICKENS' HOUSE IN DEVONSHIRE TERRACE.--NO. 48 DOUGHTY
STREET, WHERE DICKENS LIVED 54

THE READING OF "THE CHIMES" AT FORSTER'S HOUSE, IN
LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS 57

CHARLES DICKENS, HIS WIFE, AND SISTER GEORGINA 87

PLAN OF "THE POETS' CORNER" 97

RESIDENCE OF JOHN FORSTER, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS 105

THE (REPUTED) "OLD CURIOSITY SHOP" 127

DICKENS' STUDY AT GAD'S HILL PLACE 148

BILLINGSGATE 172

LONDON BRIDGE 176

"GOING TO THE PANTOMIME" 193

SMITHFIELD MARKET 207

INTERIOR OF ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL DURING THE DUKE OF
WELLINGTON'S FUNERAL 215

LORD MAYOR'S PROCESSION, ASCENDING LUDGATE HILL 221

"THE CITY," LONDON 246

LONDON AT THE TIME OF THE GREAT FIRE 250

THE WARDS OF THE CITY