Chapter LIX
SOME SHORT CHRISTMAS STORIES By Charles Dickens
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A Christmas Tree
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What Christmas is as we Grow Older
23
The Poor Relation’s Story
31
The Child’s Story
47
The Schoolboy’s Story
55
Nobody’s Story
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THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH By Charles Dickens Illustrated By George Alfred Williams
CONTENTS Chirp the First 103 Chirp the Second 132 Chirp the Third 165
Mugby Junction By Charles Dickens CONTENTS
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Barbox Brothers.
By Charles Dickens
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Barbox Brothers & Co.
By Charles Dickens
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Main Line: The Boy at Mugby.
By Charles Dickens
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No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman.
By Charles Dickens
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No. 2 Branch Line: The Engine Driver.
By Andrew Halliday
111
No. 3 Branch Line: The Compensation House.
By Charles Collins
125
No. 4 Branch Line: The Travelling Post-Office.
By Hesba Stretton
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No. 5 Branch Line: The Engineer.
By Amelia B. Edwards
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POEMS AND VERSES OF CHARLES DICKENS By Charles Dickens Collected and Edited, with Bibliographical Notes, by F. G. Kitton
CONTENTS PAGE The Village Coquettes (1836), 3 Round. Hail to the merry Autumn days, 7 Lucy’s Song. Love is not a feeling to pass away, 8 Squire Norton’s Song. That very wise head, old Æsop, said, 9 George Edmunds’ Song. Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, 10 Rose’s Song. Some folks who have grown old and sour, 11 Duet (Flam and Rose). ’Tis true I’m caressed by the witty, 12 Squire Norton’s Song. The child and the old man sat alone, 13 Duet (The Squire and Lucy). In rich and lofty station shine, 14 Sestet and Chorus. Turn him from the farm, 15 Quartet. Hear me, when I swear that the farm is your own, 17 [Pg x] Squire Norton’s Song. There’s a charm in Spring, 20 Young Benson’s Song. My fair home is no longer mine, 21 Duet (The Squire and Edmunds). Listen, though I do not fear you, 22 Lucy’s Song. How beautiful at even-tide, 23 Chorus. Join the dance, with step as light, 23 Quintet. No light bound of stag or timid hare, 24
The Lamplighter (1838), 29 Duet (Tom and Betsy). There comes a new moon twelve times a year, 31
The Pickwick Papers (1837), 35, 41, 47, 51 The Ivy Green. Oh, a dainty plant is the Ivy green, 36 A Christmas Carol. I care not for Spring, 42 Gabriel Grub’s Song. Brave lodgings for one, 48 Romance (Sam Weller’s Song). Bold Turpin vunce, on Hounslow Heath, 53
The Examiner (1841), 57 The Fine Old English Gentleman. I’ll sing you a new ballad, 59 The Quack Doctor’s Proclamation. An astonishing doctor has just come to town, 67 Subjects for Painters. To you, Sir Martin, 73
[Pg xi] The Patrician’s Daughter (1842), 79 Prologue. No tale of streaming plumes and harness bright, 81
The Keepsake (1844), 87 A Word in Season. They have a superstition in the East, 89
The Daily News (1846), 93 The British Lion. Oh, p’r’aps you may have heard, 95 The Hymn of the Wiltshire Labourers. Oh God, who by Thy Prophet’s hand, 101
Lines addressed to Mark Lemon (1849), 107 New Song. Lemon is a little hipped, 109
The Lighthouse (1855), 113 Prologue. A story of those rocks where doom’d ships come, 115 The Song of the Wreck. The wind blew high, the waters raved, 119
The Frozen Deep (1856), 125 Prologue. One savage footprint on the lonely shore, 127
The Wreck of the Golden Mary (1856), 131 A Child’s Hymn. Hear my prayer, O! Heavenly Father, 133
THE BATTLE OF LIFE A LOVE STORY ILLUSTRATIONS. Title. Artist. Engraver. Frontispiece D. Maclise, R.A. Thompson. Title D. Maclise, R.A. Thompson. Part the First R. Doyle. Dalziel. War C. Stanfield, R.A. Williams. Peace C. Stanfield, R.A. Williams. The Parting Breakfast J. Leech. Dalziel. Part the Second R. Doyle. Green. Snitchey and Craggs J. Leech. Dalziel. The Secret Interview D. Maclise, R.A. Williams. The Night of the Return J. Leech. Dalziel. Part the Third R. Doyle. Dalziel. The Nutmeg Grater C. Stanfield, R.A. Williams. The Sisters D. Maclise, R.A. Williams.
A CHILD’S DREAM OF A STAR By Charles Dickens With Illustrations By Hammatt Billings LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Engraved by W. J. Linton Page I. These Two used to wonder 5 II. One clear shining Star 6 III. The Sister drooped 7 IV. A little Grave 8 V. A great World of Light 9 VI. “Is my Brother come?” 10 VII. The Company of Angels 11 VIII. “Thy Mother is no more” 12 IX. A Man, whose Hair was turning Gray 13 X. “I see the Star!” 14 XI. It shines upon his Grave 15
OLIVER TWIST, Or, The Parish Boy’s Progress By Charles Dickens Illustrated by George Cruikshank
CONTENTS
## CHAPTER I — TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN AND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING HIS BIRTH
## CHAPTER II — TREATS OF OLIVER TWIST’S GROWTH, EDUCATION, AND BOARD
## CHAPTER III — RELATES HOW OLIVER TWIST WAS VERY NEAR GETTING A PLACE WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SINECURE
## CHAPTER IV — OLIVER, BEING OFFERED ANOTHER PLACE, MAKES HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PUBLIC LIFE
## CHAPTER V — OLIVER MINGLES WITH NEW ASSOCIATES. GOING TO A FUNERAL FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE FORMS AN UNFAVOURABLE NOTION OF HIS MASTER’S BUSINESS
## CHAPTER VI — OLIVER, BEING GOADED BY THE TAUNTS OF NOAH, ROUSES INTO ACTION, AND RATHER ASTONISHES HIM
## CHAPTER VII — OLIVER CONTINUES REFRACTORY
## CHAPTER VIII — OLIVER WALKS TO LONDON. HE ENCOUNTERS ON THE ROAD A STRANGE SORT OF YOUNG GENTLEMAN
## CHAPTER IX — CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE PLEASANT OLD GENTLEMAN, AND HIS HOPEFUL PUPILS
## CHAPTER X — OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHARACTERS OF HIS NEW ASSOCIATES; AND PURCHASES EXPERIENCE AT A HIGH PRICE. BEING A SHORT, BUT VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER, IN THIS HISTORY
## CHAPTER XI — TREATS OF MR. FANG THE POLICE MAGISTRATE; AND FURNISHES A SLIGHT SPECIMEN OF HIS MODE OF ADMINISTERING JUSTICE
## CHAPTER XII — IN WHICH OLIVER IS TAKEN BETTER CARE OF THAN HE EVER WAS BEFORE. AND IN WHICH THE NARRATIVE REVERTS TO THE MERRY OLD GENTLEMAN AND HIS YOUTHFUL FRIENDS.
## CHAPTER XIII — SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES ARE INTRODUCED TO THE INTELLIGENT READER, CONNECTED WITH WHOM VARIOUS PLEASANT MATTERS ARE RELATED, APPERTAINING TO THIS HISTORY
## CHAPTER XIV — COMPRISING FURTHER PARTICULARS OF OLIVER’S STAY AT MR. BROWNLOW’S, WITH THE REMARKABLE PREDICTION WHICH ONE MR. GRIMWIG UTTERED CONCERNING HIM, WHEN HE WENT OUT ON AN ERRAND
## CHAPTER XV — SHOWING HOW VERY FOND OF OLIVER TWIST, THE MERRY OLD JEW AND MISS NANCY WERE
## CHAPTER XVI — RELATES WHAT BECAME OF OLIVER TWIST, AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLAIMED BY NANCY
## CHAPTER XVII — OLIVER’S DESTINY CONTINUING UNPROPITIOUS, BRINGS A GREAT MAN TO LONDON TO INJURE HIS REPUTATION
## CHAPTER XVIII — HOW OLIVER PASSED HIS TIME IN THE IMPROVING SOCIETY OF HIS REPUTABLE FRIENDS
## CHAPTER XIX — IN WHICH A NOTABLE PLAN IS DISCUSSED AND DETERMINED ON
## CHAPTER XX — WHEREIN OLIVER IS DELIVERED OVER TO MR. WILLIAM SIKES
## CHAPTER XXI — THE EXPEDITION
## CHAPTER XXII — THE BURGLARY
## CHAPTER XXIII — WHICH CONTAINS THE SUBSTANCE OF A PLEASANT CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR. BUMBLE AND A LADY; AND SHOWS THAT EVEN A BEADLE MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE ON SOME POINTS
## CHAPTER XXIV — TREATS ON A VERY POOR SUBJECT. BUT IS A SHORT ONE, AND MAY BE FOUND OF IMPORTANCE IN THIS HISTORY
## CHAPTER XXV — WHEREIN THIS HISTORY REVERTS TO MR. FAGIN AND COMPANY
## CHAPTER XXVI — IN WHICH A MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER APPEARS UPON THE SCENE; AND MANY THINGS, INSEPARABLE FROM THIS HISTORY, ARE DONE AND PERFORMED
## CHAPTER XXVII — ATONES FOR THE UNPOLITENESS OF A FORMER CHAPTER; WHICH DESERTED A LADY, MOST UNCEREMONIOUSLY
## CHAPTER XXVIII — LOOKS AFTER OLIVER, AND PROCEEDS WITH HIS ADVENTURES
## CHAPTER XXIX — HAS AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE INMATES OF THE HOUSE, TO WHICH OLIVER RESORTED
## CHAPTER XXX — RELATES WHAT OLIVER’S NEW VISITORS THOUGHT OF HIM
## CHAPTER XXXI — INVOLVES A CRITICAL POSITION
## CHAPTER XXXII — OF THE HAPPY LIFE OLIVER BEGAN TO LEAD WITH HIS KIND FRIENDS
## CHAPTER XXXIII — WHEREIN THE HAPPINESS OF OLIVER AND HIS FRIENDS, EXPERIENCES A SUDDEN CHECK
## CHAPTER XXXIV — CONTAINS SOME INTRODUCTORY PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO NOW ARRIVES UPON THE SCENE; AND A NEW ADVENTURE WHICH HAPPENED TO OLIVER
## CHAPTER XXXV — CONTAINING THE UNSATISFACTORY RESULT OF OLIVER’S ADVENTURE; AND A CONVERSATION OF SOME IMPORTANCE BETWEEN HARRY MAYLIE AND ROSE
## CHAPTER XXXVI — IS A VERY SHORT ONE, AND MAY APPEAR OF NO GREAT IMPORTANCE IN ITS PLACE, BUT IT SHOULD BE READ NOTWITHSTANDING, AS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST, AND A KEY TO ONE THAT WILL FOLLOW WHEN ITS
## CHAPTER XXXVII — IN WHICH THE READER MAY PERCEIVE A CONTRAST, NOT UNCOMMON IN MATRIMONIAL CASES
## CHAPTER XXXVIII — CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. BUMBLE, AND MR. MONKS, AT THEIR NOCTURNAL INTERVIEW
## CHAPTER XXXIX — INTRODUCES SOME RESPECTABLE CHARACTERS WITH WHOM THE READER IS ALREADY ACQUAINTED, AND SHOWS HOW MONKS AND THE JEW LAID THEIR WORTHY HEADS TOGETHER
## CHAPTER XL — A STRANGE INTERVIEW, WHICH IS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST CHAMBER
## CHAPTER XLI — CONTAINING FRESH DISCOVERIES, AND SHOWING THAT SUPRISES, LIKE MISFORTUNES, SELDOM COME ALONE
## CHAPTER XLII — AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE OF OLIVER’S, EXHIBITING DECIDED MARKS OF GENIUS, BECOMES A PUBLIC CHARACTER IN THE METROPOLIS
## CHAPTER XLIII — WHEREIN IS SHOWN HOW THE ARTFUL DODGER GOT INTO TROUBLE
## CHAPTER XLIV — THE TIME ARRIVES FOR NANCY TO REDEEM HER PLEDGE TO ROSE MAYLIE. SHE FAILS.
## CHAPTER XLV — NOAH CLAYPOLE IS EMPLOYED BY FAGIN ON A SECRET MISSION
## CHAPTER XLVI — THE APPOINTMENT KEPT
## CHAPTER XLVII — FATAL CONSEQUENCES
## CHAPTER XLVIII — THE FLIGHT OF SIKES
## CHAPTER XLIX — MONKS AND MR. BROWNLOW AT LENGTH MEET. THEIR CONVERSATION, AND THE INTELLIGENCE THAT INTERRUPTS IT
## CHAPTER L — THE PURSUIT AND ESCAPE
## CHAPTER LI — AFFORDING AN EXPLANATION OF MORE MYSTERIES THAN ONE, AND COMPREHENDING A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE WITH NO WORD OF SETTLEMENT OR PIN-MONEY
## CHAPTER LII — FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE
## CHAPTER LIII — AND LAST
THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB By Charles Dickens Illustrated By Cecil Aldin VOLUME THE SECOND CONTENTS
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