FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION. BY CHARLES DICKENS. WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY C. STANFIELD, R.A. LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, 186, STRAND. MDCOOL. I DEDICATE THIS, BOOK TO THOSE FRIENDS OF MINE IN AMERICA WHO, GIVING ME A WELCOME I MUST EVER GRATEFULLY AND PROUDLY REMEMBER, LEFT MY JUDGMENT FREE; AND WHO, LOVING THEIR COUNTRY, CAN BEAR THE TRUTH, WHEN IT IS TOLD GOOD HUMOUREDLY, AND IN A KIND SPIRIT. |