On the origin of Sam Weller
Subtitle: and the real cause of the success of the posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club
By: by a lover of Charles Dickens's works.  Together with a facsimile reprint of The beauties of Pickwick, collected and arranged by Sam Weller.  With an index of contents of nearly two hundred of his sayings issued in 1838.  Embellished with a choice etching of Mr. Samuel Weller composing his love letter, by F. W. Pailthorpe.
Publisher: J. W. Jarvis
Published: 1883
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 15
Subjects: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.; Vale, Samuel, d.1848.; Weller, Sam (Fictitious character)
Notes: The writer considers Sam Vale, the comic actor of the Surrey theatre, as probably the original Sam Weller.