REPRINTED PIECES

By Charles Dickens




CONTENTS

 

 

PAGE

The Long Voyage

309

The Begging-letter Writer

317

A Child’s Dream of a Star

324

Our English Watering-place

327

Our French Watering-place

335

Bill-sticking

346

BirthsMrs. Meek, of a Son

357

Lying Awake

361

The Ghost of Art

367

Out of Town

373

Out of the Season

379

A Poor Man’s Tale of a Patent

386

The Noble Savage

391

A Flight

397

The Detective Police

406

ThreeDetectiveAnecdotes

422

 

I.—The Pair of Gloves

 

 

II.—The Artful Touch

 

 

III.—The Sofa

 

On Duty with Inspector Field

430

Down with the Tide

442

A Walk in a Workhouse

451

Prince BullA Fairy Tale

457

A Plated Article

462

Our Honourable Friend

470

Our School

475

Our Vestry

481

Our Bore

487

A Monument of French Folly

494






OUR MUTUAL FRIEND

Charles Dickens




CONTENTS

BOOK THE FIRST THE CUP AND THE LIP
Chapter 1 - ON THE LOOK OUT
Chapter 2 - THE MAN FROM SOMEWHERE
Chapter 3 - ANOTHER MAN
Chapter 4 - THE R. WILFER FAMILY
Chapter 5 - BOFFIN'S BOWER
Chapter 6 - CUT ADRIFT
Chapter 7 - MR WEGG LOOKS AFTER HIMSELF
Chapter 8 - MR BOFFIN IN CONSULTATION
Chapter 9 - MR AND MRS BOFFIN IN CONSULTATION
Chapter 10 A MARRIAGE CONTRACT
Chapter 11 PODSNAPPERY
Chapter 12 THE SWEAT OF AN HONEST MAN'S BROW
Chapter 13 TRACKING THE BIRD OF PREY
Chapter 14 THE BIRD OF PREY BROUGHT DOWN
Chapter 15 TWO NEW SERVANTS
Chapter 16 MINDERS AND RE-MINDERS
Chapter 17 A DISMAL SWAMP
BOOK THE SECOND BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Chapter 1 - OF AN EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER
Chapter 2 - STILL EDUCATIONAL
Chapter 3 - A PIECE OF WORK
Chapter 4 - CUPID PROMPTED
Chapter 5 - MERCURY PROMPTING
Chapter 6 - A RIDDLE WITHOUT AN ANSWER
Chapter 7 - IN WHICH A FRIENDLY MOVE IS ORIGINATED
Chapter 8 IN WHICH AN INNOCENT ELOPEMENT OCCURS
Chapter 9 IN WHICH THE ORPHAN MAKES HIS WILL
Chapter 10 A SUCCESSOR
Chapter 11 SOME AFFAIRS OF THE HEART
Chapter 12 MORE BIRDS OF PREY
Chapter 13 A SOLO AND A DUETT
Chapter 14 STRONG OF PURPOSE
Chapter 15 THE WHOLE CASE SO FAR
Chapter 16 AN ANNIVERSARY OCCASION
BOOK THE THIRD A LONG LANE
Chapter 1 - LODGERS IN QUEER STREET
Chapter 2 - A RESPECTED FRIEND IN A NEW ASPECT
Chapter 3 - THE SAME RESPECTED FRIEND IN MORE ASPECTS THAN ONE
Chapter 4 - A HAPPY RETURN OF THE DAY
Chapter 5 - THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY
Chapter 6 - THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO WORSE COMPANY
Chapter 7 - THE FRIENDLY MOVE TAKES UP A STRONG POSITION
Chapter 8 - THE END OF A LONG JOURNEY
Chapter 9 - SOMEBODY BECOMES THE SUBJECT OF A PREDICTION
Chapter 10 SCOUTS OUT
Chapter 11 IN THE DARK
Chapter 12 MEANING MISCHIEF
Chapter 13 GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM
Chapter 14 MR WEGG PREPARES A GRINDSTONE FOR MR BOFFIN'S NOSE
Chapter 15 THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN AT HIS WORST
Chapter 16 THE FEAST OF THE THREE HOBGOBLINS
Chapter 17 A SOCIAL CHORUS
BOOK THE FOURTH A TURNING
Chapter 1 - SETTING TRAPS
Chapter 2 - THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN RISES A LITTLE
Chapter 3 -
Chapter 4 - A RUNAWAY MATCH
Chapter 5 - CONCERNING THE MENDICANT'S BRIDE
Chapter 6 - A CRY FOR HELP
Chapter 7 - BETTER TO BE ABEL THAN CAIN
Chapter 8 - A FEW GRAINS OF PEPPER
Chapter 9 - TWO PLACES VACATED
Chapter 10 THE DOLLS' DRESSMAKER DISCOVERS A WORD
Chapter 11 EFFECT IS GIVEN TO THE DOLLS' DRESSMAKER'S DISCOVERY
Chapter 12 THE PASSING SHADOW
Chapter 13 SHOWING HOW THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN HELPED TO SCATTER DUST
Chapter 14 CHECKMATE TO THE FRIENDLY MOVE
Chapter 15 WHAT WAS CAUGHT IN THE TRAPS THAT WERE SET
Chapter 16 PERSONS AND THINGS IN GENERAL
Chapter 17 THE VOICE OF SOCIETY






THE MUDFOG AND OTHER SKETCHES

By Charles Dickens

CONTENTS

 

PAGE

Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble

495

Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association for the Advancement of Everything

513

 

Section A.  Zoology and Botany

 

 

Section B.  Anatomy and Medicine

 

 

Section C.  Statistics

 

 

Section D.  Mechanical Science

 

Full Report of the Second Meeting of the Mudfog Association for the Advancement of Everything

531

 

Section A.  Zoology and Botany

 

 

Section B.  Display of Models and Mechanical Science

 

 

Section C.  Anatomy and Medicine

 

 

Section D.  Statistics

 

 

Supplementary Section, E.  Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics

 

The Pantomime of Life

551

Some Particulars Concerning a Lion

558

Mr. Robert Bolton

563

Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child

567






THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER

By Charles Dickens




CONTENTS

THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER

I

His General Line of Business

1

II

The Shipwreck

2

III

Wapping Workhouse

14

IV

Two Views of a Cheap Theatre

23

V

Poor Mercantile Jack

31

VI

Refreshments for Travellers

42

VII

Travelling Abroad

49

VIII

The Great Tasmania’s Cargo

59

IX

City of London Churches

67

X

Shy Neighbourhoods

75

XI

Tramps

84

XII

Dullborough Town

94

XIII

Night Walks

102

XIV

Chambers

110

XV

Nurse’s Stories

120

XVI

Arcadian London

129

XVII

The Italian Prisoner

137

XVIII

The Calais Night Mail

145

XIX

Some Recollections of Mortality

152

XX

Birthday Celebrations

160

XXI

The Short-Timers

168

XXII

Bound for the Great Salt Lake

178

XXIII

The City of the Absent

188

XXIV

An Old Stage-coaching House

195

XXV

The Boiled Beef of New England

202

XXVI

Chatham Dockyard

210

XXVII

In the French-Flemish Country

217

XXVIII

Medicine Men of Civilisation

227

XXIX

Titbull’s Alms-Houses

234

XXX

The Ruffian

253

XXXI

Aboard Ship

249

XXXII

A Small Star in the East

258

XXXIII

A Little Dinner in an Hour

267

XXXIV

Mr. Barlow

273

XXXV

On an Amateur Beat

278

XXXVI

A Fly-Leaf in a Life

284

XXXVII

A Plea for Total Abstinence

288

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER

Time and his Wife

Frontispiece

A Cheap Theatre

24

The City Personage

72

Titbull’s Alms-Houses

242






SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES

By Charles Dickens

CONTENTS

 

PAGE

An Urgent Remonstrance, &c.

447

The Young Couple

451

The Formal Couple

455

The Loving Couple

458

The Contradictory Couple

463

The Couple Who Dote Upon Their Children

466

The Cool Couple

471

The Plausible Couple

474

The Nice Little Couple

478

The Egotistical Couple

481

The Couple Who Coddle Themselves

485

The Old Couple

489

Conclusion

493