A Curious Dance round a Curious Tree
By: By Charles Dickens.
Contributors: Willis, William Henry, 1810-1880, supposed author.; London (England). St. Luke's hospital (Founded 1751)
Publisher: St. Luke's Hospital
Published: 1860
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: St. Luke's hospital (London, England)
Notes: Cover title.
The first of two issues published by St. Luke's hospital in London in 1860.  The entire pamphlet has been attributed to W. H. Wills, but the discovery of the original manuscript, containing more than half of the lines of the first sketch in Dicken's handwriting, proves he wrote at least the greater part of it.  c.f. Eckel, J. C.  The first editions of the writings of Charles Dickens and their values.
Table of contents: title: A curious dance round a curious tree; reprinted from "Household Words," Jan. 17, 1852.; title: Ball at St. Luke's hospital; reprinted from the "Times," Jan. 1860.; title: Contrast between 1852 and 1860.