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GENERAL INDEX.

Devonshire miniaturists, xi. 209, 273

Devonshire Regiment, history wanted, xii. 490

Devonshire Square and 'House, their history, vi. 168

Devonshire superstitions, xii. 66

Devonshire witchcraft, viii. 127

Dewar (J. C.) on Gamage, ii. 249

Dewelles or Dwelly family, ix. 287

Dew-ponds, origin of the term, xi. 428, 474 ; xii. 17

Dey (Edward Merton), death, xi. 520

Dey (E. Merton) on quotations wanted, iv. 168. Shakespeariana, i. 162 ; iii. 183, 184, 425 ; iv. 284 ; v. 263 ; vii. 144, 145, 301, 302 ; riii. 163, 164, 303, 503 ; ix. 263 ; x. 165, 424 ; xi. 85 ; xii. 463

Dhai (C.) on Davidson clan, x. 7

' Diabo-lady,' key to the poem, ix. 247

' Diaboliad,' by William Combe, key to, ix. 227

Diabolo, formerly lorio, the game, viii. 65, 287, 374 ; ix. 47 ; in China and Japan, xi. 174

Diabread used in May Day celebrations, i. 126, 173

Diadem, use of the word, ii. 65, 135

Diaeresis, its origin, ii. 301

Dialect : Somerset, i. 6 ; viii. 248 ; large number of words still used, ii. 472 ; Yorkshire, iv. 102, 170, 190, 257 ; Cumberland, 169, 294 ; Cheshire, 203, 332, 414; completion of .' Eng. Dialect Diet.,' 381 ; High Peak, 427 ; Kent, viii. 506

Dialect synonyms, dictionary of English, ii. 18

Dials, Seven, comment on removal of the column, vii. 326

Diamond State, name for Delaware, v. 189, 396

Diamonds, produced by artificial processes, iv. 167 i and goat's blood, viii. 270, 356, 456 ; called " fossel," xi. 186, 496 ; xii. 58

Diarmid and Fingal, ii. 87, 152, 277

Diary, Canadian, queries, xii. 188

'Diary illustrative of Times of George IV.,' viii. 387, 455

' Diary of a Modern Dandy,' 1818, curious allu- sions in, vii. 243

Dibdin (Charles), bibliography, i. 463, 502 ; xi. 402, 483 ; his * Tom Tough,' vi. 210, 252, 291

Dibdin (E. Rimbault) on authors wanted, xi. 316. Dibdin bibliography, i. 463, 502 ; xi. 483. Dickens and Thackeray, iii. 132. Dowries for ugly women, iv. 292. Egypt as a place- name, xi. 174. French miniature painter, i. 137. Longmans: the 'Marseillaise,' xi. 92. Pigmies and cranes, iv. 356. Prisoner suckled by his daughter, iv. 432. Sadler's Wells play alluded to by Wordsworth, i. 136. " Sham Abraham," viii. 477. ' She Stoops to Con- quer,' its origin, iv. 317. ' Tom Moody,' ii. 398

Dick (J.) on " O dear, what can the matter be ? " vi. 152

Dick (Sir William), d. 1655, his biography, viii. 61

Dickens (C.), and Scripture, i. 205 ; biblio- graphical notes, iii. 22, 131, 337, 377 ; and London, iv. 35 ; on the Bible, v. 304, 355, 321 ; mistakes about his characters, vi. 327 ; and Scott coincidence, 346, 390 ; and George Eliot, vi. 449 ; vii. 13 ; and Salisbury Plain, vi. 466 ; and Furnival's Inn, vii. 406 ; and Euripides, 406 ; and Homer, 505 ; " Be sure to butter your bread on both sides," viii. 210 ; and the lamplighter's ladder, ix. 389, 430, 471 ; x. 12 ; on half -baptized, x. 29, 90, 135, 256, 294 ; surnames of his characters, 327, 477, 517 ; description of a knife-box, xi. 8, 116, 215 ; and Sir Thomas Browne, 487 ; and plant-names, xii. 28], 333, 411

Dickensiana :

' Barnaby Rudge,' Dolly Varden as a terra

of reproach, ii. 185 ; two slips in, 206 ' Bleak House,' original of Esther, i. 125 ?

Jarndyce v. Jarndyce, v. 166 ' Dombey and Son,' original of Capt. Cuttle r i. 166, 217, 274 ; " monster of the iron road," 228 ; Capt. Cuttle's hook, viii. 467 " r ' hands in his pockets," ix. 331 ; valentine lines, xi. 209, ^57 ; automaton dancers,. 289, 357 ; xii. 58 ; " overfed Mephisto- pheles," xi. 448

'Edwin Drood,' continuation, i. 37, 331 ' Great Expectations,' brazen bijou in, i..

369, 455

'Holly Tree Inn,' Angel at, ix. 488 ' Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices,' iii..

207, 278 ; iv. 255 ' Little Dorrit,' Affery Flintwinch, iv. 466 ;.

v. 32, 78 'Martin Chuzzlewit,' " a black surplice " in..

i. 44 ; Tamaroo, 228, 272, 431 ' Nicholas Nickleby,' errors in, i. 166 ; iv, 455 ; v. 14, 71 ; and the " Infant Phe- nomenon," iv. 507 ; and Yorkshire schools,. . vi. 244, 373 ; " Saracen's Head," xii. 65,.

131, 195

' Old Curiosity Shop,' Dick Swiveller anti- cipated, ix. 46 ; original of Mrs. Jarley's- waxworks, 325 ; fictitious "Old Curiosity Shop," 346, 395
 * Oliver Twist,' Mrs. Corney, i. 5 ; error in,.

v. 127

' Our Mutual Friend,' railway lights in, ix~

87, 154 ; Podsnap and his prototype, xi.186

' Pickwick,' " through the button -hole ' in,.

i. 228, 272, 298; Pickwick c. 1280, iii,

447 ; ghost story in, v. 149, 178 ; Mr,

Winkle's duel, vi. 466 ; Bill Stumps hi&

mark, vii. 489 ; Pickwick surname, xi. 7 ?

Mr. Pickwick and the cabriolet, xii. 385,

514 ; the Temperance meeting, 427

' Sketches by Boz,' private theatricals in,

v. 72

' Tale of Two Cities,' Bastille prisoner, xi. 8 Dickens. See Guy dickens.

Dickensian London, illustrations of, ii. 49 ; iii. 453 Dickinson (H. W.) on Delmer, v. 433. Ealing-

hearth, xi. 87

Dickinson (William), British mezzotinter, ii. 522 Dickisson (W. J.) on Trafalgar, iv. 431 Dickson (D.), 1647, first of the name, i. 518. See-

Dixon. Dickson (Ellen), musical composer, her biography,.

i. 177

Dickson (T. S.) on Caroline Fry, ix. 351 Dictionary, German-English, ii. 9 ; French, for the blind, v. 247 ; Lithuanian etymological,. 248,313 ; Norwegian, 384 ; early Latin-English- Basque, viii. 16

' Dictionary of National Biography,' notes and corrections, i. 144, 146, 151, 184, 224, 287, 307 r 327, 328, 366, 417 ; ii. 65, 146, 208, 225, 244,, 246, 324, 362, 425, 519 ; iii. 43, 85, 86, 103, 205,. 221, 223, 247, 267, 276, 306, 393, 441, 447, 461, 462, 492; iv. 21, 66, 86, 101, 104, 125, 131, 141, 154, 166, 182, 190, 227, 244, 281, 314, 362, 364, 491 ; v. 22, 27, 122, 189, 284, 305, 362 ;. vi. 2, 104, 203 ; vii. 122, 381, 490 ; viii. 367, 407 ; ix. 182, 231, 272, 313, 372, 409, 410, 473 r 482, 516 ; x. 58, 114, 366, 407, 426, 454 ; xi. 365, 433 ; xii. 24, 124, 262, 282, 402, 447 ; its-