and her son by a "fine old country gentleman."-XLVIII. The travellers arrive at West minster Bridge just as the crowd of Lord Gordon's adherents are passing over to the city; Barnaby is enticed to join them by Lord George himself; he is recognized by Hugh, and drawn into the ranks. - XLIX. The crowd of Lord George Gordon's followers meet at the house of commons; they are confronted by General Conway and Colonel Gordon; the mob are opposed by the military, and Barnaby strikes down a soldier with his flagstaff.L. Gashford finds Dennis and Hugh at the Boot, and puts them up to greater acts of violence. LI. Mr. Tappertit returns home, boasting of the part he has taken in the disturbance of the day, gives Mrs. Varden a "protection " from Lord George Gordon, and escapes from Mr. Varden, who attempts to detain him; Gabriel destroys his wife's collection-box, and the "protection."-LII. Hugh and Sim Tappertit plan an expedition against Mr. Haredale's house; the rioters despoil churches and dwellings, and make bonfires of the plunder. LIII. Gashford informs Hugh of the reward offered for the ringleaders of the mob; the rioters set out on their expedition to Chigwell.-LIV. Mr. Willet gives the "evidence of his senses" against the reports of the London riots; his cronies start for London to see for themselves; the mob visit the Maypole, despoil the house, bind old John to his chair, and hasten on to the Warren.-LV. After the departure of the mob, a man comes to the inn, and is questioning Willet, when he is startled by the ringing of the bell at the Warren; the mob destroy Mr. Haredale's house, and disperse. - LVI. The Maypole cronies, on the way to London, meet Mr. Haredale on horseback, who takes Daisy up behind him, and hurries on to Chigwell; they find Mr. Willet bound as the mob left him; he informs Mr. Haredale of the call he has received from "a dead man; " Mr. Haredale bastens on to the ruins of his house, follows a shadowy form up the tower-stairs, and grapples with Rudge, the murderer of his brother. LVII. Barnaby, on guard at the Boot, is visited by Lord Gordon and his servant; Grueby excites the anger of Lord George by calling Barnaby mad; a company of soldiers surround the Boot, and Barnaby is taken prisoner. - LVIII. Barnaby notices a one-armed man among his guard; Barnaby is com mitted to Newgate. -LIX. Sim Tappertit, Dennis, and Hugh, having dispersed the rioters, convey Emma Haredale and Dolly Varden in a carriage to London, where they confine them in a miserable cottage, and warn them against any disturbance.- LX. Returning to the Boot, Hugh and his companions find it in possession of the soldiers, and repair to the Fleet Market; a one-armed man brings news of the arrest of Barnaby. - LXI. Mr. Haredale hastens to London with his prisoner, and applies to the lord-mayor for his committal; meeting with no success, he obtains a warrant from Sir John Fielding, and sees the murderer confined in Newgate. - LXII. Stagg visits Rudge in prison, who relates to him the particulars of his crime; Stagg forms a plan for releasing him; the father and son meet in the prison. LXIII. The rioters, carrying out their designs on Newgate, repair to Gabriel Varden's; he refuses to comply with their demand that he shall pick the prison lock; Sim Tappertit orders Miggs to be released, and sends her to join Emma and Dolly. - LXIV. Varden refuses the demands of the mob in front of Newgate, and is rescued from their fury by the one-armed man and another, and conveyed away through the crowd; the rioters burn down the jail-door, and gain entrance to the interior. LXV. Rudge and Barnaby are released by the mob; Dennis visits the criminals condemned to be hung: Hugh releases these criminals against the remonstrances of Dennis.-LXVI. Mr. Haredale seeks his niece without avail; fearing the release of the murderer, he goes to Newgate but is met by Mr. Langdale, who conveys him, in an exhausted condition, to his home; progress of the riot.-LXXII. The rioters, led by Hugh, attack the house of Mr. Langdale; Langdale and Mr. Haredale, escaping by a secret passage, are met by Edward Chester and Joe Willet, who, disguised as rioters, have found this means of rescuing them; Joe Willet proves to be the one-armed man. - LXVIII. Barnaby and his father escape to Clerkenwell, and find shelter in a poor shed; Barnaby rejoins the rioters on Holborn Hill just as Hugh 18 struck down by Edward Chester, rescues Hugh, and carries him to the place where Radge is concealed. - LXIX. Barnaby goes in search of Stagg, with whom he returns: Dennis joins them, and, at a signal from him, a body of soldiers advance, and arrest all but Stagg, who is shot in attempting to escape. - LXX. Dennis goes to the house where Emma and Dolly are confined; Miggs informs him that Miss Haredale is to be removed the next night; and he imparts his scheme for disposing of Dolly. - LXXI. Gashford attempts ta Induce Emma to trust in him, and go with him, when Mr. Haredale and his friends enter,

rescue the captives, and all repair to the Black Lion.-LXXII. Mr. Willet makes up his mind that Joe's arm has "been took off;" interview between Dolly and Joe. - LXXIII. Dispersion of the rioters; interview between Barnaby and his mother in his dungeon; Mrs. Rudge makes a vain attempt to move her husband to repentance. - LXXIV. Dennis's terror of Hugh on being confined in the same cell with him; Hugh tells Dennis of his mother's fate, — LXXV. Gabriel Varden calls upon Sir John Chester, informs him that he believes Hugh to be his son, and begs Sir John to see him, and attempt to rouse in him a sense of his guilt; Sir John's callousness. - LXXVI. The execution of Rudge; agony of Dennis at his approaching fate. - LXXVII. Hugh and Dennis are led out to execution, and Hugh pleads for Barnaby. - LXXVIII. Dolly seeks out Joe Willet, and declares her affec. tion for him. LXXIX. Mr. Haredale and Edward Chester meet at Mr. Varden's house; Mr. Haredale now approves of Edward's attachment to his niece, and blesses their union; Gal riel is brought home in triumph by the crowd, accompanied by Barnaby, for whom they have obtained a pardon. - LXXX. Happiness of the locksmith and his family; Miggs receives her discharge from Mrs. Varden; Mr. Haredale visits the ruins of the Warren, where he encounters Sir John Chester, with whom he has an altercation, ending in a duel, In which Sir John is killed. — LXXXI. Subsequent career of the principal characters.

A Christmas Carol.

IN PROSE.

BEING A GHOST-STORY OF CHRISTMAS.

THIS work was "printed and published for the author by Messrs. Bradbury and Evans, in December, 1843, in one volume, 12mo, with four colored etchings on steel by John Leech." In the Preface to the edition of the Christmas books published in 1850, Mr. Dickens said of this, as well as of the others, "My purpose was, in a whimsical kind of mask, which the good humor of the season justified, to awaken some loving and forbearing thoughts, never out of season in a Christian land." Lord Jeffrey wrote to the author respecting the present tale, "You may be sure you have done more good, and not only fastened more kindly feelings, but prompted more positive acts of benevolence, by this little publication, than can be traced to all the pulpits and confessionals since Christmas, 1842."

Belle.

CHARACTERS INTRODUCED.

A comely matron, whom the Ghost of Christmas Past shows to Scrooge, and in whom he recognizes an old sweetheart. (Stave ii.)

Caroline. Wife of one of Scrooge's debtors, shown to him in a dream by the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. (Stave iv.) Cratchit, Bob. Clerk to Scrooge. He works in a dismal little cell, - -a sort of tank leading out of Scrooge's counting-room (Stave i, iii, iv, v.) See SCROOGE.

Cratchit, Mrs. His wife. (Stave iii, iv.)

Cratchit, Belinda. Their second daughter. (Stave iii, iv.) Cratchit, Martha. Their eldest daughter. (Stave iii, iv.) Cratchit, Master Peter. One of their sons. (Stave iii, iv.) Cratchit, Tim, called TINY TIM. Their youngest son, a cripple (Stave iii.) See Scrooge.

Dilber, Mrs. A laundress whom the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come shows to Scrooge. (Stave iv.)

Fan. A little girl, Scrooge's sister (afterwards the mother of Fred, his nephew), whom the Ghost of Christmas Past shows to Scrooge in a dream. (Stave ii.)

Fezziwig, Mr. A kind-hearted, jolly old merchant to whom Scrooge was a 'prentice when a young man, and whom the Ghost of Christmas Past brings before him in a vision when he has become an old man and a miser. (Stave ii.)

Fezziwig, Mrs. His wife, "worthy to be his partner in every sense of the term." At the ball which her husband gave to his work-people on Christmas Eve, and which the Ghost of Christmas Past shows to old Scrooge, "in came Mrs. Fezziwig, one vast, substantial smile." (Stave ii.)

Fezziwigs, The three Miss. Their daughters, beaming and lovable, with six young followers, whose hearts they break. (Stave ii.)

Fred. Scrooge's nephew. (Stave i, iii, v.)

Ghost of Christmas Past. A phantom that shows Scrooge "shadows of things that have been" in his past life. (Stave ii.) Ghost of Christmas Present. A jolly spirit, glorious to see, of a kind, generous, hearty nature, who invisibly conducts old Scrooge through various scenes on Christmas Eve. (Stave iii.)

Much they saw, and far they went, and many homes they visited, but always with a happy end. The spirit stood beside sick-beds, and they were cheerful; on foreign lands, and they were close at home; by struggling men, and they were patient in their greater hope; by poverty, and it was rich. In almshouse, hospital, and jail, in misery's every refuge, where vain man, in his little brief authority, had not made fast the door, and barred the spirit out, he left his blessing, and taught Scrooge his precepts.

Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. An apparition which shows Scrooge "shadows of things that have not happened," but which may happen in the time before him. (Stave iv.)

Joe. A junk-dealer, and a receiver of stolen goods, shown to ole Scrooge by the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. (Stave iv.)