Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-18

a vacant chair by window in the home at Gads HILL
1t the of picture that touched the heart and
for long time after the who had occupied 1t had
passed the demand for copies exhausted the sup
ply in the art stores.
Not only because of his books is Dickens kindly
membered in the United States. Some of his people
here and made this country their home. Here
they engaged in business married reared children and
here some of them are buried.
A Younger brother of Charles Dickens Augustus
n. Dickens. He distinguished himself in the Crimea.
When he quit the army he went back to London, and
there married Miss Bertha Phillips, whose father
member of the House of Commons.
The couple to this country visit because of
the interest the novelist had in the United States They
liked well that they remained They settled in Am
boy Illinois, and there the Dickens instinct to write
evnced itself in Augustus. He established the first
newspaper published in the town. In addition to be-
coming an editor he became merchant His wife
proficient music and on account OF her voice and
other attanment, she became social favorite.
Augustus Dickens had commercial bent He ac
cepted responsible place in the offices of the Illinois
Central Railroad Company and moved to Chicago. He
held the position with credit until he died in 1867
Three chdren-Bertram, Adrian, and Anywhere
born to the couple: The first, born in Amboy, is now
minister in Plainfeld Illinois. Adrian still living in
Chicago the service of the company that employed his
father until the latters death. The sister married
Charles w. Rowland, civil engineer. Their home is
at Rockand Massachusetts, place noted for its output
of granite well as for its attractions resort
If you have been Gloucester, you have been
beautiful and resfu Annisquam, and from Annisquam
to Rockand is forty minute ride by trolley, along the
No one who ever made the trip can forget 1t.
Augustus Dickens and his wife died in Chicago, and
there they were buried in Graceland cemetery. After
the death of the parents, the children returned to
Amboy and there completed their education.
Amy Dickens Rowland is the mother of four daugh
ters The minister Bertram, is father of five children,
and SO is Adrian Thus there seventeen of the
Dickens family living in the country that the novelist
to like well, in spite of some things he saw
here that prompted him to write in different way.
When Charles Dickens made his last visit to the
United States he was the guest of Augustus in Chicago
for short time. They were devoted brothers. Wher
the novelist went he sent back such letters he
knew well how to write.
Many of the authors children and grandchildren liv
ing abroad have not Jared well their American
cousins and the hundredth anniversary of Dickens
birth is to be commemorated with Centennial Testi-
monial stamp, really beautiful bookplate bearing
Dickens portrait and facsimile signature designed to
be pasted into the fronspece of each volume of Dickens
works They sold at each or in sheets of
twelve in centenary enveop for twenty-five cents.
Lord Rosebry is chairman of the committee in charge
of this sale, and F. A. Jones, 81 Sprucest New York
city, is honorary secretary for the United States