Plays, poems, and miscellanies
By: by Charles Dickens ; [edited by Edwin Percy Whipple] ; illustrated with engravings and etchings.
Series: Writings of Charles Dickens -- v. 28
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin
Published: 1894
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 591
Table of contents: title: INTRODUCTION xi; title: PREFACE AND DEDICATION TO " THE VILLAGE COQUETTES " . . . . xxii; title: CASTS AND COSTUME xxiv; title: PLAYS.; title: THE STRANGE GENTLEMAN 1; title: THE VILLAGE COQUETTES 34; title: Is SHE HIS WIFE ? OR, SOMETHING SINGULAR ! 82; title: POEMS.; title: THE FINE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN. NEW VERSION 10i; title: THE QUACK DOCTOR'S PROCLAMATION 103; title: SUBJECTS FOR PAINTERS (AFTER PETER PINDAR) 104; title: PROLOGUE TO MR. WESTLAND MARSTON'S PLAY OF, "THE PATRI CIAN'S DAUGHTER" 106; title: A WORD IN SEASON 108; title: THE BRITISH LION : A NEW SONG, BUT AN OLD STORY 109; title: THE HYMN OF THE WILTSHIRE LABOURERS 110; title: PROLOGUE TO " THE LIGHTHOUSE " 112; title: THE SONG OF THE WRECK 113; title: CHILD'S HYMN 114; title: PROLOGUE TO " THE FROZEN DEEP " 115; title: THE BLACKSMITH 116; title: MISCELLANIES. SUNDAY UNDER THREE HEADS.; title: DEDICATION 117; title: I. As IT is 118; title: II. As SABBATH BILLS WOULD MAKE IT 127; title: III. As IT MIGHT BE MADE 136; title: THE MUDFOG PAPERS.; title: I. PUBLIC LIFE OF MR. TULRUMBLE, ONCE MAYOR OF MUDFOG . 144; title: II. FULL REPORT OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MUDFOG ASSO CIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EVERYTHING . . . 161; title: III. FULL REPORT OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE MUDFOG AS SOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EVERYTHING . . .181; title: STRAY CHAPTERS BY Boz.; title: I. THE PANTOMIME OF LIFE 204; title: II. SOME PARTICULARS CONCERNING A LION 212; title: MR. ROBERT BOLTON, THE "GENTLEMAN CONNECTED WITH THE PRESS " 217; title: FAMILIAR EPISTLE FROM A PARENT TO A CHILD 222; title: SKETCHES OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN.; title: I. DEDICATION 225; title: II. THE BASHFUL YOUNG GENTLEMAN 226; title: III. THE OUT-AND-OUT YOUNG GENTLEMAN 230; title: IV. THE VERY FRIENDLY YOUNG GENTLEMAN 233; title: V. THE MILITARY YOUNG GENTLEMAN 237; title: VI. THE POLITICAL YOUNG GENTLEMAN 241; title: VII. THE DOMESTIC YOUNG GENTLEMAN 245; title: VIII. THE CENSORIOUS YOUNG GENTLEMAN ......... 248; title: IX. THE FUNNY YOUNG GENTLEMAN 251; title: X. THE THEATRICAL YOUNG GENTLEMAN 254; title: XI. THE POETICAL YOUNG GENTLEMAN 257; title: XII. THE " THROWING-OFF " YOUNG GENTLEMAN 260; title: XIII. THE YOUNG LADIES' YOUNG GENTLEMAN 263; title: XIV. CONCLUSION 268; title: SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES.; title: I. DEDICATION 270; title: II. THE YOUNG COUPLE 272; title: III. THE FORMAL COUPLE 277; title: IV. THE LOVING COUPLE 280; title: V. THE CONTRADICTORY COUPLE 285; title: VI. THE COUPLE WHO DOTE UPON THEIR CHILDREN 288; title: VII. THE COOL COUPLE 293; title: VIII. THE PLAUSIBLE COUPLE 296; title: IX. THE NICE LITTLE COUPLE 300; title: X. THE EGOTISTICAL COUPLE 303; title: XL THE COUPLE WHO CODDLE THEMSELVES 308; title: XII. THE OLD COUPLE 312; title: XIII. CONCLUSION 316; title: PREFACE TO " MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI " 318; title: THREATENING LETTER TO THOMAS HOOD 322; title: PREFACE TO JOHN OVERS'S "EVENINGS OF A WORKING MAN" . . 329; title: PUBLIC EXECUTIONS 334; title: CONTRIBUTIONS TO " HOUSEHOLD WORDS."; title: I. THE BEGGING-LETTER WRITER 341; title: II. A WALK IN A WORKHOUSE 349; title: III. A MONUMENT OF FRENCH FOLLY 356; title: IV. BILL-STICKING 368; title: V. ON DUTY WITH INSPECTOR FIELD 381; title: VI. OUR ENGLISH WATERING-PLACE 395; title: VII. A FLIGHT 404; title: VIII. OUR SCHOOL 415; title: IX. A PLATED ARTICLE 423; title: X. OUR HONOURABLE FRIEND 433; title: XI. OUR VESTRY 439; title: XII. OUR BORE . . 446; title: XIII. LYING AWAKE 454; title: XIV. TRADING IN DEATH 461; title: XV. DOWN WITH THE TIDE 471; title: XVI. THE NOBLE SAVAGE 481; title: XVII. FRAUDS ON THE FAIRIES 488; title: XVIII. THE LONG VOYAGE ... . . .496; title: XIX. THE LATE MR. JUSTICE TALFOURD . 506; title: XX. OUR FRENCH WATERING-PLACE 509; title: XXI. BY RAIL TO PARNASSUS 523; title: XXII. OUT OF TOWN 532; title: XXIII. A NIGHTLY SCENE IN LONDON 539; title: XXIV. PROPOSALS FOR A NATIONAL JEST-BOOK 544; title: XXV. OUT OF THE SEASON 552; title: CONTRIBUTIONS TO " ALL THE YEAR ROUND."; title: I. THE POOR MAN AND HIS BEER 561; title: II. PINCHER ASTRAY 570; title: III. THE LATE MR. STANFIELD 576; title: IN MEMORIAM : WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 578; title: INTRODUCTION TO THE POEMS OF ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTEB . . . 582; title: ON MR. FECHTER'S ACTING 587