Pickwick abroad; or, the Tour in France ... Illustrated with forty steel engravings by Crowquill, and thirty-three wood cuts

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EE . - ■ ' ' >>/ 7 ■■■'/■■ # , ' r-'Z Jjr^ t J) Zi if v". -> "^.. ■ .III' ■ T PLEA ■ I I ■ i i . r \i .. BE ' "I" vt'EF SO HUMBLE TREBLE LA LE T.I 1 1 MH_)(s".CC(Df PICKWICK ABROAD. OR, THE TOUR IN FRANCE. st GEORGE W. M. REYNOLDS, EDITOR OS TELE ' 3IISCETXAST,' AUTHOR OP ' BOBEBT MlCi-IKE I-> ESaiASD,' ' MYSTERIES OF IOSDOS," BTC ILLUSTRATED WITH FOHTY STEEL E_.""GKAT__S"GS BY CSOWQUILL, AST) THIETY-THI-EE "WOOD CUTS. LONDON: RENBY O. BOHN, YORK STREET, COYENT GARDEN. 1S6L

Preface

. When the publication of this work in Monthly Numbers commenced, the greater portion of the press prophesied for it the most unequivocal success, while the smaller part condemned it to immediate extinction. Setting aside the fact that there are unfortunately many people in the world who are addicted to prophesy of the future according to their own private wishes, I shall content myself with observing that the kind augurs of the favourable portion of the newspapers and periodicals have been amply fulfilled ; and while I proceed to register a few of the encouraging opinions that were passed upon the early Numbers of " Pickwick Abroad," I take the opportunity of returning my most sincere and grateful thanks to those editors who contributed to the success of the work by the record of their sentiments in respect to its merits.

The following are some of the notices to which allusion is here made : Sun. "If 'Pickwick Abroad' were not a work built upon another man's foundation, we should say it was one of the cleverest and most original productions of the modern British Press. We rise from the first Number with the only regret that Charles Dickens himself had not written it." Age. " * Pickwick Abroad is so well done by G. W. M. Reynolds, that we must warn Boz to look to his laurels."*

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. Bell's Life in London. " In ' Pickwick Abroad ' the fun and quaintness of the great original are Admirably depicted." Sunday Times. «• Mr. Reynolds proceeds in his striking imitation of Boz. Would it were not so. The writer has powers that may be more worthily employed in working out an original story (which, to a certain degree, this is,) in an original manner.'' Dublin Pilot. " If the name of G. W. M. Reynolds did not stand upon the title-page, we should be induced to believe that the identical Cid Hamet Benengeli, who introduced us to the immortal club, had taken up his pen again to chronicle their sayings and doings.' Sherwood's Monthly Miscellany "' Pickwick Abroad ' is one of the most faithful pictures of French manners, peculiarities, and customs, ever presented to the English reader."

Weekly Chronicle. " ' Pickwick Abroad ' is presented to us with undiminished spirit, and the variety of character and incident afforded by the sojourn of the Pickwickians at Paris keeps our attention on a perpetual qui vive." Merthyr Guardian. " As all the world read the adventures of Mr. Pickwick in England, so will all the world read the account of his travels in France. In these papers will be found much food for hearty laughter, and much genuine fun and frolic." Doncaster Chronicle. ' Pickwick Abroad ' promises to rival the celebrated ' Pickwick Papers.' " Observer, ui Pickwick Abroad' continues its delineations of character and recital of droll and amusing incidents. By conveying the coterie to France, the author has s-cured that new and vast theatre for the display of their peculiar od dities, and an opportunity of contrasting, in a mirthful way, the notions and manners of the rival nations."

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. V Glasgow Courier. " ' Pickwick Abroad ' is an admirable continuation of Boz's famous Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club,' and promises to become equally popular. The characters are sustained with great spirit and fidelity ; and the scenes and incidents are varied and full of life." Revue Britannique (a French Magazine). Monsieur G.W. M. Reynolds fait voyager en France M. Pickwick, au grand amusement de ses lecteurs. Dans cet ouvrage de M. Reynolds, on remarque avec plaisir que Pailteur tente a' accroitre les sympathies de l'Angleterre pour la France." These are only a small sample of the favourable notices which the greater portion of the press bestowed upon " Pickwick Abroad," when it first made its appearance. Many other works, in a similar strain, and advertised to be published in a similar form, were issued from the press at about the same time : but, in spite of the announcement " that they were to be com pleted in twenty Numbers," they died of pure inanition one after another.

A partial feeling of satisfaction and pride cannot therefore be blamed in the author of " Pickwick Abroad," when he contemplates the successful termination of his labours in the Twenty Parts to which no other imitator of the "immortal Boz " has yet attained. The spirited proprietor of the copyright also incurred, at the outset, additional expenses beyond those sustained by any other publisher of a work issued in livraisons of a similar kind. Besides the two steel engravings by an eminent artist, every Number con tained two exquisite wood-cuts representing some of the public buildings or scenes of interest in Paris and its environs. These wood-cuts, which are executed in the first style of the art, alone demanded a very considerable sale of tbe work to defray their cost. It is however hoped that they form no inconsiderable feature in a book, which, by their aid, and on account of the informatioi. it contains, may almost be termed a manual for English travel iers in France.

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. VI It will be seen that there are numerous tales and legends episodically introduced into this work : it is therefore necessary to inform the reader, that they are all purely original, and were composed at the moment before the manuscript was required, save in few instances where acknowledgment is made of a foundation existing in the records of facts. Some of these tales are termed Legends of the buildings in which the principal incident or interest lies, merely to suit a received conventional form, and not to express an adherence to some popular belief, superstition, or tradition. With regard to the numerous songs and other spe cimens ot poetry introduced into the work, the source of those that are not original is invariably mentioned At page 117, there is an anecdote relative to the Duke of Wel lington, which caused, at the time of its appearance in Part IV ot the monthly livraisons, a considerable sensation amongst the admirers of the illustrious warrior.

The Naval and Military Gazette took up the subject in a very warm, but gentlemanly manner ; and in answer to a leader, which appeared in that journal upon the subject, a letter was written to the newspapers. from which it is my incumbent duty to re-publish here the fol lowing extract, in order that the amendment may be found in the same volume with the anecdote that occasioned it : — "The Duke of Wellington did not purposely insult the Marshals of France by proceeding two hours too late to the place of entertainment. He had been detained by the un-anticipated length of a review ; and, in order to keep his hosts waiting as short a time as possible, hastened in his morning garb to the Hotel de Ville. Marshal Macdonald did not give his Grace time to make the .iecessary apology, which the Duke had commenced on his entrance into the banquetting-room, but tendered him his card as a challenge to a duel The English officers at that period had been perpetually provoked to similar extreme measures by the French officers, whose exquisitively superior skill ir. the use of their weapons usually gave them the advantage ; and on this occasion did his Grace take a long-wished-for opportunity of sanctioning the refusal of a cartel upon ridiculous pretences, by rejecting one himself.

Such is the concise summary of the anecdote ; and such are the amendments it was my intention to have made to the tale on a future occasion, as I assured

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. VII Mrs -> a retired British officer, who courteously addressed me upon the subject a few days since. Mr. S 's address is at your disposal, should you be deBirous of proving the veracity of this assertion. It is also necessary to remark, that when I first penned the anecdote, I was of course unaware of the discrepancies just detailed." The Preface to a work is, in the opinion of most authors, the least pleasant of all literary tasks. It is a lucubration in which the writer finds it difficult not to play the part of an egotist, — it is the stage on which one individual stands, with the painful conviction that he alone has to engage the attention of a vast audience. If it be objected to this remark, that the same si_ tuation is filled by the author in his book as well as in his Preface — a decided negative is the rejoinder ; inasmuch as the audience look only to the characters, that come and go one after another in the book; whereas in the Preface, the author is unassisted by any of those interesting creations of his fancy.

Prompted by these considerations, I shall no longer intrude upon the notice of the public in the shape of a Preface ; but shall wind up these few, but necessary observations with the hope that the contents of the ensuing pages will help to clear away from the minds of -my untravelled fellow-countrymen, a few of those prejudices, in reference to the French, which are still so tenaciously adhered to, and place the character of our great and gallant neighbours — and, thank God ! present and sure allies — in a new and better light than they have ever yet been viewed in. From my own personal experience, resulting from nearly a ten years' residence amongst the French, I can answer for their hospitality, their kindness to foreigners, and the advantages which an Englishman may enjoy from procuring from the government autnorised letters of domiciliation in the country : and I venture to assert, without fear of contradiction, that there is no nation in the universe where a citizen or a foreigner enjoys more real liberty than in France, provided political pursuits be not allowed to form a portion of his avocations. The English have generally formed their opinions of the French after a very su-

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. perficial glance at their institutions, manners, commerce, literature, morals, &c. ; but I sincerely hope, that, as inter national relations progress between tbe two nations, com parisons may be instituted for purposes of utility and not of disparagement, and that my fellow-countrymen will learn to appreciate the value of an alliance wliich promises to insure peace to Europe and au increase of civilization to tbe whole world. GEORGE W. M. REYNOLDS.

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TO THE SECOND EDITION. On perusing the work, preparatory to tbe issue of the present edition, I see nothing that I regret having written, or that I have thought it prudent to omit. The ensuing pages are, then, a faithful reprint of the original edition, without the slightest abridgment : the plates accompanying it are also those which were designed expressely for the work, by Alfred Crowquill and Mr. Phillips. With these few words do I introduce the new edition of "Pickwick Abroad," to the public — sincerely hoping that its cheapness will have the effect of multiplying a hun dred-fold the number of its readers. GEORGE W. M. REYNOLDS. CONTENTS. LIST OF THE CHAPTERS. I A considerable Sensation on the Quay at Calais : its Cause ; and other particulars :ntimately connected with certain Illustrious Characters.

II. Mr. Samuel Wcller's Opinion on Divers Matters connected with the French, and the particulars of a French Luncheon, or Dejeuner-a-la Fourchette. III. Mr. Wellcr's Letter to his Wife. — The Reader is introduced to ? Young Gentleman who is well acquainted with the World. — Mr. Weller's Adventure at the Theatre. IV. A variety of Adventures through which Mr. Weller passes ; and the highly satisfactory, as well as truly novel and original manner, in which he accounts for them. V. Mr. Weller is extricated from his Difficulties. — The handsome Conduct of the Commissary of Police. — Mr. Crashem instructs Mr. Winkle in a cheap and innocent Morning's Amusement. The Travellers commence their French Tour. — The Interior of a Dili- VI. gence. — A Table-d'hote, at which an extraordinary degree of Piety is manifested by Mr. Pickwick. — The Gendarme.

The Gendarme's Tale. — His early Reminiscence. — Hector Dumont. — The Prefect of Police. — How he becomes a Gendarme. VII. via. Mr. Snodgrass proves himself to be a Poet. — Particulars related in Mr. Pickwick's Journal. — Meurice's Hotel in Paris. — Mr. Tims and Mr. Sugden. An elegant Patomime, vulgarly called "a Lark,'' got up and enacted by Mr. Adolphus Crashem and Mr. Tims. — A party of Gentlemen obligingly supply Mr. Crashem with Lodgings gratis. Mr. Samuel Weller is nominated Ambassador Plenipotentiary between Mr. Pickwick and M. Cailliez. — Mr. Tupman and Mr. Boozie visit the Palais Royal. — i^ove at First Sight. — A Breach between two Great Men. IX. x A few comments on the Breach mentioned in the last Chapter. — The Table-d'hote at Meurice's Hotel in Paris. — Mr. Pickwick, accompanied by Mr. Winkle and Mr. Boozie, visits Mr. Adolphus Crashem in his New Quarters. — Mr. Lipman and Mr. Jopling.

Mr. Tracy Tupman forms an Acquaintance with a Systematic Gentle man, often quoted in modern times, but never before introduced to the Reader in any Publication. — The Soiree and its consequences. An Interesting Means of Diversion is proposed by Mr. Hook Walker — Mr. Weller's Anecdote.— The Obstinacy of French Horses. — The Gendarme is again introduced. The Pont Neuf, a Tale.— Mysterious Occurrence. — St. Leon. — The Catastrophe. An Evening at the Ambassador's. — The Absent Man. — Discrepancies between the Usages of French and English Society. — Anecdotes connected with two Illustrious Personages. — A Deadly Feud, in which Mr. Pickwick is unexpectedly involved. Mr. Weller's Opinion of Mr. Adolphus Crashem. — A Morning'* Debauch, and the Way to Discount a Bill. — The Degradation of a Soldier on the Place Vendome. — The Marseillaise. — A Communication from M. Dumont. — French Politeness.

XI. XII. XIII. XIV, XV X CONTENTS. XVII. Mr. Pickwick forms the acquaintance of a Poet. — The Chorus of the Four Winds. — Mr. Boozie. — A visit to a celebrated Frenchman, and its consequences. XVIII. The Visit to St. Cloud.— The German Courier.— Mr. Pickwick, though himself a Tory, enters upon an excellent understanding with a Wig. — The Consequence of so Dangerous a Partnership. XIX. This is a short Chapter, in which certain Particulars relative to Mr Crashem are succinctly detailed. XX. Mr. Scuttle and Mr. Walker are introduced at one and the same time. — Berenger's celebrated National Air. — The Royal Academy of Music. — Something Marvellously Interesting is left for the next Chapter. XXI. The Public Accuser, a Tale. — Marguerite d'Ermanville. — The Rendezvous. — The Event. XXII. Mr. Tupman encounters an old Acquaintance. — Mr. Adolphus Crashem again cuts a conspicuous Figure in these Memoirs. — Pecuniary Embarrassments, and the truly Laughable Adventure they engender. — Mr. Tupman adopts a Novel Costume.

XXIII. Mr. Pickwick and Mr. Winkle are informed of Mr. Tupman's Departure. — Mrs. Weston's Soiree. — The truly edifying Conversation, in which Mr. Pickwick engages with Mr. Scuttle and Mr Septimus Chitty. — The Supper, and other equally Amusing Incidents. — Mr. Weller's Anecdote. XXIV. The hundred days of the Pickwick æra. — The Supper Party. — Messieurs Peacock and Brandenbergh. — The Repast in the English Fashion. — Something is left for the next Chapter. XXV. The Gambler. — A Tale — The Lost Letter. — A Gaming-house in the Palais Royal — Emilie d'Arley — The Desperate Attempt. — M. Vidocq.— The Result. XXVI. Mr. Winkle's Mistake, and its immediate Consequences. — The Jealous Cousin, and the Sojourn in the Cupboard. — Embarrassed Circumstances of Madame de 1'Amour. — Conversation between Mr. Tupman and Mr. Winkle. — Mr. Lipman's Song XXVII.

A singular conversation that takes place in a Pastry-cook's Shop. — Mr. Tupman's reception at the abode of Madame de 1' Amour. — The Arrival of an old Acquaintance. — Mr. Winkle interrupts ae agreeable discourse. — Mr. Weller's Anecdote. XXVIII The Chevalier.— A Legend of St. Sulpice.— Eugenie.— The Lan . guage of Flowers. — The inauspicious Marriage, and the mysterious conduct of the young Priest. — Suspicions. — The Confessional-box. XXIX. Visit to the Louvre.— Mr. Hook Walker confers an Antiquarian Relic upon Mr. Pickwick, and requests a slight service in return. — The White Great-coat, &c— Victor Hugo's "World in Miniature." XXX. Franconi's Circus in the Champs Elysees. — Messieurs Brandenbergh and Peacock again introduced to the Reader. — Mr. Weller's visit to the Office of the English Consul, and the impressions he there received.

XXXI. Mr. Pickwick's visit to Mr. Septimus Chitty.— The drive to Surene, with various edifying and amusing conversations. — Mr. Nassau Siffkin.— Man, the Lord of the Creation. XXXII. The Election.— The convenience of Seats in an Arbour, and of an Arbour in a Garden.— A Song — An accident which leads to a series of unparalleled adventures. XXXIII. Another racy Anecdote by Mr. Samuel Weller.— A visit to a learned Professor, and that learned Professor's System of Demonstration. — Mr. Coghlan's Manuals for Travellers are not always efficient. CONTENTS. XI XXXIV. The Self-devoted, a Tale, Part I.— The Family Curse.— The Lovers. The Avowal . — Resolution . — Departure. XXXV. The Self-devoted, a Tale, Part IL— The Noble Sacrifice of the Self-devoted.— The Supplications of a Father.— The Church ot Saint Etienne Du Mont. — Sequel.

XXXVI. How Mr. Adolphus Crashem, alias Mr. William Sugden, applies to be Whitewashed at the Insolvent Debtors' Court, Portugal Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields.— Messieurs Stickemin and Nagsflesh oppose him. XXXVII. Mr. Kallaway's Cottage in the environs of Paris.— Mr. Kallaway gives a Supper Party.— Mr. Tupman meets with a Ludicrous Adventure. — Mr. Scuttle and Mr. Kallaway's Discourse, with various other interesting particulars. XXXVIII. A Chapter which is exceedingly necessary to these Memoirs, and in which the Reader will probably find some Amusement. XXXIX. The Arrival of another celebrated Personage in France. — The Count Boloski of BoIosk, ana Mademoiselle Loveminski. — Conversation, a Song, and other Intellectual Amusements and Pastimes. XL. The Honesty of the Landlord at the Principal Hotel in Amiens. — A most edifying Conversation, in the course of which Mr. Snodgrass receives considerable Instruction. — The Exchange of Titles. — Lawson's Hotel.

XLI. Mr. Snodgrass receives a little comfortable and refreshing Information relative to certain Matters in which he was more or less interested, and which the Integrity of his Fellow Travellers was intimately connected with. — The Gendarme. XLI! Mr. Kallaway, being in a Situation in which many Fashionable Young English Gentlemen find themselves every evening, seeks a Bed at a Hotel. — Mr. Kallaway has many very curious Dreams, which lead to as many Extraordinary Results. XLIII A Mysterious Visitor. — Mr. Weller regales his Master and that Gentleman's Friends with two highly edifying Characteristic Sketches relative to an Advertisement- Collector for a London Paper. XLIV. Rose Sevigne-, a Tale. — Tho Heroine and her Father. — Eugene Archambault. — The Letter. — Interview in the Cathedral of Notre Dame.— The Stranger.— The Bridal.— The Lottery Ticket.— The Event.

XLV. The Hostile proceedings of Mr. Nassau Siffkin against Mr. Hook Walker. — The Trial that takes place in consequence. — Mr. Pickwick and Mr. Snodgrass get out of a Cabriolet into a Scrape. XLVI. A most interesting Chapter, in which certain Particulars and Discourses, which it would be impossible to detail at the head, are very properly and lucidly presented to the Reader. XLVII. The Visit of Mr. Tracy Tupman to a very extraordinary Professional Gentleman. — An Odd Encounter brought about in a very Odd Manner. — Mr. Tupman's heart melted by lovely Woman's tears. XLVIII. The Infamous Conduct of Messrs. Halfmaine and Lovegrove, Inn- Keepers, of Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London. — Mr. Weller's Anecdote. — A Carnival Masquerade, its particulars and results. XLIX. Mr. Adolphus Crashem, alias Mr. William Sugden, alias Count Boloski of Bolosk, alias Captain Horatio Clarence Walsingham, founds an Institution which promises to benefit mankind, if mankind could only be persuaded of that and other similar facts.

L. The Execution of Fieschi, Pepin, and Morey. — An Appropriate Ode. LI. The memorable Interview between Captain Horatio Clarence Walsingham and Mr. Peter Muggins. — Establishment of the Company LII. The particulars of a Public Meeting holden in Paris. — -Resolutions and Anecdotes. — Mr. Scuttle receives a Letter from his Niece. COXTENTS. XII LIII. Saint Aubvn, a Tale.-Angele Florville.— The Priest.— The Fatal Boudoir.— Second Visit to Pere la Chaise.— The Interview. LIV A Chanter entirely devoted to things Dramatic and Theatrical ; but ' one which, it is nevertheless hoped, will not fail to divert the LV. The Blind Beauty of Montaigle : a Tale.-The Arrival of Amand Saint Cvr at the Castle.— Blanche, the Blind Girl.— The Chevalier Georges— The Seventh Night.— The Combat.— Mysterious Disappearance.— The Denouement.

LVf. A Conversation between Mr. Pickwick and Mr Weller that leads to a series of very interesting Adventures. — Messrs. .Porrett ana Knackers —Mr. Winkle exhibits some amiable traits of character. LVII A Pic-Nic Party to Romanville Wood.— Mr. Tupman and the Peasant Girl.— The Newspaper.— The Dinner, the Dance, and other interesting particulars. . . LVIII. Mr. Muggins gives a grand Ball to celebrate an anticipated event which promises to make a considerable change in his Family, and in the fortunes of a certain eminent Individual. — The Adventures of the Evening. LIX. Mr. Pickwick is introduced to another eminent Traveller. — The way to concoct a Book of Travels.— Mr. Wegsworth Muffley's ancestors. — The Circassian Ladies. LX. Mr. Samuel Weller encounters several Friends. — A conversation at the English Chop House in the Place des Italiens.

LXI. she Fair Stranger, a Tale ; Part I.— The Notary.— The House at Auteuil. — The Stranger in the cloak. — Frederick follows the Carriage. LaII. The Fair Stranger, a Tale ; Part II.— Frederick applies for leave.— An encounter in the Tuileries. — The Notary. — The conclusion. LXIII. The particulars of the Ramble of Mr. Tony and Mr. Samuel Weller, accompanied by Messrs. Porrett aud Knackers, through a small portion of Paris, are succinctly related in this Chapter. LXIV. This is a short Chapter consisting chiefly of Conversation, but concluding with an announcement which may lead to something Interesting hereafter. LXV. The Office of a Commissary of Police. — The Dissatisfied Husoand. A Gentleman and a Donkey. — A Religious and Hard-working Boy. — Mr. Benjamin Juddery and the Love Letter. — An inebriate Gentleman. — Mademoiselle Anastasie.

LXVI. A Visit to Mademoiselle Anastasie in an uncomfortable place. — A Conversation in a Prison. — A Conversation out of a Prison. LXVII. The History of Anastasie de Volage. — Alphonse. — The Count. — The Sage-femmes House. — Other Adventures, Artifices, Frauds, Amours, Tricks, and Villanies. LXVIII. Captain Horatio Clarence Walsingham teaches the young idea how to shoot. — A Visit to the Sutherland Arms Inn. — Songs, Lines, &c. — An old Acquaintance. LXIX. A Resolution to which Mr. Pickwick, solicited by Mr. Tupman, comes. — Mr. Samuel Weller invites his Friends to a Farewell Dinner. — Mr. Pickwick does the same. LXX. The Tower of Saint Jacques, a Tale. — The Chifonnier. — Visits to the Old Tower. — Mystery upon Mystery. — The Tall Stranger.— The Disclosure. LXXl. Pickwick Abroad. LXXII. The Dinner at Beauvais.— The Hashed Rabbit.— The Mashed Potatoes. — Mr. Winkle's Night's Rest is disturbed in a most extraordinary manner.

LXXIII. Pickwick at Home. Conclusion. CONTENTS. XIII LIST OF THE TALES. 1. The Gendarme's Tale . . . 4g 2. The Pont Neuf . . . t , 105 S. The Public Accuser ' j q L ... The Gambler .... . 20. ?. The Chevalier . . . t 032 6 Tlie Self-Devoted Part I. . . . ' _, _ o83 Part II. . . .2sg 7. Rose Sevigne . . . . _, 35^ 8. St. Aubyn . 43^ 9. The Blind Beauty of Montaigle . . . .457 10. The Fair Stranger Part I. . . . . . .519 Part II. . . . . . . 525 11. The History of Anastasie de Volage . . . 060 12 The Tower of St. Jacques . . . .593 LIST OF THE POEMS, SONGS, &c. Page 1. Mr. Snodgrass's Address . . . . .54 2. La Parisienne . . . . . .92 3. Letter from Mr. Snodgrass . . • 100 4. La Marseillaise . . . . . 1 24 5, The Origin oi Hair Trunks . . . .133 3. Reminiscences of the Pcop.e . . - .155 7. Song ...... 171 8.

Prologue ..... 178 9. The Veteran Corporal . . . . .183 10. The Housebreaker's Song . . , .223 11. The World in Miniature .... 249 12. Evening ...... 20"8 13. Song . . . . .314 14. Song . . . . . .315 15. Song . . . - . .332 16. Lines . . . . . .352 1 7. Wonderful Fact . . ' - . . 370 IS. Ode on th? Execution of Fieschi .... CONTENTS. XIV 19. Songs of the Winds . - « • • • 351 20. Song . . • • • • .490 21. Song 502 22. The Prisoner's Chant. . • • • - 55o 23. Lines . . • - • ■ • 5™ 24. Song . . • • • • 25. A Dialogue . . • • " • .5*3 26. Lines on Edmund Burke . - • • .584 27. Valentine . . . ■ • ■ .585 28. Before and after Marriage . - • « .616 29. Poetry by Mr. Snodgrass _ • • - . o"J5 LIST OF STEEL EXGRA.VI.fIGS. 1. Vignette Title. To face Page 2. Mr. Pickwick's Triumphal Entry ini" Earis . . .9 S. Mr. Crashem introducing himself to Mr. Pickwick . . .17 4.

The agitation of Dumont ou discovering the Emperor . .49 5, Mr. Tupman and Mademoiselle Anastasie . . .78 6. Mr. Crashem's Room in St. Pelagie . . . . .So 7. The Execution of the Parricide .... 109 8. The Ambassador's Ball . ... . . 112 9. Mr. Pickwick and the Poet . . . . .129 10. The Interpreter's Donkey ..... 144 II. The Public Accuser. ..... 162 12. A Disagreeable Encounter . . . . .179 13. The Gambler . . . . ' . • .214 14. Mr. Winkle in a Dilemma . . . . .219 15. A Denouncement . - . . . .229 1G. Mr. Pickwick's Philanthropy . . . . - 246 17. Man, the Lord of the Creation ..... 263 18. A Seme . . . . . .272 19. The Insolvent Debtors' Court, London .... 300 tQ. Mr Tupman caught in a Trap ..... &12 21. Mr. Pickwick and the Lettei ..... 325 22. Mr. Snodgrass and the Polish Count . . • - S29 23.

The Matrimonial Advocate .... CONTENTS. XV To face P»go 24. The Chastisement _ ..... 371 25. Mr. Tupman in Search of a Wife . . . .390 26. Preparing for the Masquerade .... 396 27. The Meeting at tlie Library . . . . .425 28. Saint Aubyn . . . . . .441 29. Blanche, the Blind Girl . . . .471 30. A Scene with Prize Fighters . . i . .479 31. A Pic Nic Party . . . . . .4*4 32. Recognition of an Old Acquaintance .... 498 33. Mr. Weller Senior in Paris . ■ . . .515 34. A Scene in the Yard of the Diligence Office . . .536 35. A Police Office . . • • . .545 36. A Visit to a Prison . . . • • .554 37. The Sunderland Arms . . • • . 5S6 38. The Tower of St. Jaques . . . • .601 39. A Night at Beauvais ...••• 612 40. A Scene at the Ship at Dover . . . • ,619 LIST OF WOOD ENGRAVINGS. rose 1. The Chamber of Deputies . . . • • 62 2.

Front of the Palais Royal . . . • .74 3. English Ambassador's Residence . . « .111 4. Water Works at St. Cloud . _ . • .139 6. French Opera . . . • • . lo9 6. Place Louis XV . . • • • 1G~ 7. Place Vendome • . . • • . 1S9 8. Interior of the Palais Royal . . • • .288 9. The Morgue. . . • • • 2U 10. Church of St. Sulplce ..-•*• 23i Oil 11. Interior of the Louvre. . • * • ■ _ 12. Great Diligence Office . . • • .2,0 13. Hospital of Salpetriere . . • • ' ioi 14. Church of St. Etienne Du Mont . • • .291 15. Rue de Castiglione . • ■ • • " „ 16. Porte Saint Denis . • • • * . oS8 17. Rue de Rivoli . . • • • .346 18. Cathedral of Notre Dame . • • • .362 £72 K, Palace of Justice . • • • • C0MTI~XT3. Page 20. The Bourse (Exchange) "'. . • • 3S? 21. The Hotel-de-Ville . . . • • 39? 22. Paris from Tere la Chaise . 43° 23.