Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-06-15
CHARLES DICKENS

CHARLES DICKENS
This great novelist, whose sudden
death is announced, was born at Ports
mouth, England, February 7, 1872,
making him ffty-eight years old at the
time of his death. He was tie son Of
John Dickens, retired navel pay
master and journalist. Charles was
put to study for an attorney, but at
about twenty one years old he tired of
the drudgery Of his calling aud took
to journalism, being attached at diff
ferent times to the True Sun and the
Horning Chronicle. It was the latter
journal In which appeared those
sk etches of low life in London which
made the nom de plume Of the anthor
=" 30" so popular. His first pub
lished book was collection Of these
BOZ" sketches, in 1886. This was
followed by the other famous works Of
Mr. Dickens, IN the following order;
The Pickwick Papers, 1887.
Oliver Twist, 1888.
Nicholas Nickleby, 1889,
Memoirs Ct Joseph GrimaIdi, 1910.
Old Curiosity Shop, and Barnaby
Rudge, 1871.
American Notes, 1912.
Christmas Carol, 1913.
Martin Chuzzelwit, 1916.
Dombey and Son, 1913.
David Cope. field, 1850.
Child's History Of England, 1852.
Hard FINES, 1854,
Bleak House, 1853.
Little Dorrit 1857.
Our Mutual Friend. 1864.
His new novel--"The Mystery of
Edwin Drood" which has been in
progress Of publication for some weeks
is probably unfinished, and if so, of
course the Mystery" will remain
forever unsolged, to the great dlsap-
polntment of the many people who
have been reading the story as it has
from time to time appeared
"a Tale of Two Cities" "The I'm
commercial Traveller" and "Great
Expectations appeard in AUtbe Year
Round, weekly miscellany which Mr.
Dickens conducted from 1859 to 1859.
Indeed, nearly OF quite every work
from his pen has first appeared in ono
| journal or other, in serial form. Be
sides the periodicals mentioned, lfr
Dickens edited, for a while, the Daily
NeUs, Liberal paper, which was es
tabliShed with him as editor in-chief.
In fact, he has always fraternized cor
| daily with newspaper folks, and was,
in style, instincts and afinities, very
much a journalist.
Nr. Dickens made, in the course of
his life, two voyages to America-the
first in 1912, from which resulted the
American Notes" and the American
pictures and sketches in "Martin Chuz-
zlewit," which have excited so much
unpleasant feeling in certain classes of
minds in this country; but which are
now generally admitted to be "palpable
hits" and by no means as severe in the
way Of satire as some pictures which
Mr.. Dickens has drawn of MS own
countrymen. The second visit, in
1868, will be well remembered by e7-
cry reader Of this notice. It met the
most fattering demonstration which
this country has ever made to any for
eign parsonage since Lafayette.
Charles Dickens was married, and
has son Of his own name, already of
age, and possessed Of a considerable
dramatic talent, it is said. Owing to
nncongeniaIity of temperament, Mr..
Dickens separated from his wife some
ten years ago, after living with her
twenty yeas. The terms of the sep
aration were satisfactory to both parties,
and the cause implies no improper CON
duct on the part Of either. The
deceased author had amassed consider
able wealth by the success of his writ
ings and readings, and lived in elegance
on Gad's Hill, near London (the same
made historical by 8hakespeare's play
of "Henry "" )in the very same
house, of which. when passing it as a
boy be had said, II will have that
house when I am rich" The cause of
his death was paralysis