Book 4

, chap. xv.]

CHRISTMAS STORIES FROM "HOUSEHOLD WORDS" AND "ALL THE YEAR ROUND"

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TWENTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS BY E. G. DALZIEL

[Illustration: "I'M ONLY A COMMON SOLDIER, SIR," SAID HE. "IT SIGNIFIES VERY LITTLE WHAT SUCH A POOR BRUTE COMES TO"--_Seven Poor Travellers_, chap. ii.]

[Illustration: AND WHEN THE VISITOR (OPPRESSED WITH PIE) HAD FALLEN ASLEEP, THIS WICKED LANDLORD WOULD LOOK SOFTLY IN WITH A LAMP IN ONE HAND AND A KNIFE IN THE OTHER, WOULD CUT HIS THROAT, &C.--_Holly Tree Inn_, First Branch.]

[Illustration: "MY DEAR CAPTAIN KAVENDER," SAYS HE. "OF ALL THE MEN ON EARTH, I WANTED TO SEE YOU MOST. I WAS ON MY WAY TO YOU"--_The Wreck of the Golden Mary_--The Wreck]

[Illustration: "O CHRISTIAN GEORGE KING SAR BERRY SORRY!" SAYS THE SAMBO VAGABOND--_The Perils of Certain English Prisoners_, chap. i.]

[Illustration: A GRIZZLED PERSONAGE IN VELVETEEN, WITH A FACE SO CUT UP BY VARIETIES OF WEATHER THAT HE LOOKED AS IF HE HAD BEEN TATTOOED, WAS FOUND SMOKING A PIPE AT THE DOOR OF A WOODEN HOUSE ON WHEELS--_Going into Society_]

[Illustration: AN IMPERTURBABLE AND SPEECHLESS MAN, HE HAD SAT AT HIS SUPPER, WITH STREAKER PRESENT IN A SWOON--_The Haunted House_, The Mortals in the House]

[Illustration: "MIGHT YOU BE MARRIED NOW?" ASKED THE CAPTAIN WHEN HE HAD SOME TASK WITH THIS NEW ACQUAINTANCE.... "NOT YET." ... "GOING TO BE?" SAID THE CAPTAIN.... "I HOPE SO"--_A Message from the Sea_, chap. i.]

[Illustration: "WHAT IS YOUR NAME, SIR, AND WHERE DO YOU COME FROM!" ASKED MR. MOPES THE HERMIT--_Tom Tiddler's Ground_, chap. i.]

[Illustration: "BUT IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE THAT YOU ARE A PIG!" RETORTED MADAME BOUCLET--_Somebody's Luggage_, chap. ii.]

[Illustration: "I AM GLAD TO SEE YOU EMPLOYED," SAID MR. TRAVELLER.... "I AM GLAD TO BE EMPLOYED," RETURNED THE TINKER-_Tom Tiddler's Ground_, chap. vii.]

[Illustration: WILLING SOPHY DOWN UPON HER KNEES SCRUBBING EARLY AND LATE AND EVER CHEERFUL BUT ALWAYS SMILING WITH A BLACK FACE--_Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings_, chap. i.]

[Illustration: "COME, SIR! REMOVE ME TO MY VILE DUNGEON. WHERE IS MY MOULDY STRAW!"--_Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy_, chap. i.]

[Illustration: AND AT LAST SITTING DOZING AGAINST A MUDDY CART WHEEL, I COME UPON THE POOR GIRL WHO WAS DEAF AND DUMB--_Dr. Marigold_]

[Illustration: WHILE I WAS SPEAKING TO HIM, I SAW IT OPEN, AND A MAN LOOK IN, WHO VERY EARNESTLY AND MYSTERIOUSLY BECKONED TO ME--_Two Ghost Stories_, I.]

[Illustration: "I TOOK YOU FOR SOME ONE ELSE YESTERDAY EVENING. THAT TROUBLES ME"--_Two Ghost Stories_, II.]

[Illustration: "WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH TWOPENCE, IF I GAVE IT YOU!"... "'PEND IT"--_Mugby Junction_, chap. ii.]

[Illustration: COTCHED THE DECANTER OUT OF HIS HAND, AND SAID "PUT IT DOWN, I WON'T ALLOW THAT!"--_Mugby Junction_, chap. iii.]

[Illustration: "IT'S FROM THE BEST CORNER OF OUR BEST FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD BIN," SAID MR. WILDING.... "THANK YOU, SIR," SAID MR. BINTRY. "IT'S MOST EXCELLENT"--_No Thoroughfare_, Act i.]

[Illustration: "WE ARE FAMOUS FOR THE GROWTH IN THIS VAULT, AREN'T WE!"--_No Thoroughfare_, Act i.]

[Illustration: "IF THERE HAD BEEN A WRESTLE WITH A ROBBER, AS I DREAMED," SAID OBENREIZER, "YOU SEE I WAS STRIPPED FOR IT."... "AND ARMED TOO," SAID VENDALE, GLANCING AT HIS GIRDLE--_No Thoroughfare_, Act iii.]

[Illustration: HE BECAME ROUSED TO THE KNOWLEDGE THAT OBENREIZER HAD SET UPON HIM, AND THAT THEY WERE STRUGGLING DESPERATELY IN THE SNOW--_No Thoroughfare_, Act iii.]

[Illustration: AT THE SIDE DOOR OF THE CHURCH ARE THE SAME TWO MEN FROM THE HOSPICE--_No Thoroughfare_, Act iv.]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD

TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY SIR LUKE FILDES, R.A.

[Illustration: IN THE COURT--Chap. i.]

[Illustration: UNDER THE TREES--Chap. iii.]

[Illustration: AT THE PIANO--Chap. vii.]

[Illustration: ON DANGEROUS GROUND--Chap. viii.]

[Illustration: MR. CRISPARKLE IS OVERPAID--Chap. x.]

[Illustration: DURDLES CAUTIONS MR. SAPSEA AGAINST BOASTING--Chap. xii.]

[Illustration: "GOOD-BYE, ROSEBUD, DARLING!"--Chap. xiii.]

[Illustration: MR. GREWGIOUS HAS HIS SUSPICIONS--Chap. xv.]

[Illustration: JASPER'S SACRIFICES--Chap. xix.]

[Illustration: MR. GREWGIOUS EXPERIENCES A NEW SENSATION--Chap. xx.]

[Illustration: UP THE RIVER--Chap. xxii.]

[Illustration: SLEEPING IT OFF--Chap. xxiii.]

THE LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS

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TWENTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRED BARNARD

[Illustration: IF HE WEAKLY SHOWED THE LEAST DISPOSITION TO HEAR IT, CAPTAIN PORTER, IN A LOUD SONOROUS VOICE, GAVE HIM EVERY WORD OF IT-- Book 1 , chap. ii.]

[Illustration: ONE OF WHOM TOLD US SHE "HAD NO MONEY FOR BEGGAR BOYS"-- Book 1 , chap. iii.]

[Illustration: JACK STRAW'S CASTLE, MEMORABLE FOR MANY HAPPY MEETINGS IN COMING YEARS-- Book 2 , chap. i.]

[Illustration: "IT A'NT A SMOKIN' YOUR WAY, SIR, I SAYS;" HE SAYS, "NO MORE IT IS, COACHMAN, AND AS LONG AS IT SMOKES ANYBODY ELSE'S WAY, IT'S ALL RIGHT AND I'M AGREEABLE"--