Identifier: penphotographsof01fiel (find matches)
Title: Pen photographs of Charles Dickens's readings
Year: 1871 (1870s)
Authors: Field, Kate, 1838-1896
Subjects: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 British Novelists, English Oral reading
Publisher: Boston, J. R. Osgood and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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quart measures. The Bagman was undoubtedly-correct in his deduction. There must be a destiny in thesethings and in all things, else Dickens would have gonedown to his grave before being able to decide upon whatselections from The Pickwick Papers to make for hisPteadings. To the mind unillumined by destiny, thereseems no good reason why Mr. Bob Sawyers Partyshould have been preferred to a thousand and one equallygood episodes. In reading the book, this particular partytakes no more hold of our affections than many others.Hence it is safe to conclude that there is a destiny in these-things, and that Dickens was as much born to read Mr.Bob Sawyers Party as he was to create it. After seeinghim at this party, the hypothesis becomes as self-evidentas any axiom in Euclid. WHiat has struck you heretoforeas a diamond no better than its fellows is magically trans-formed into a Kohinoor. And when I say magically transformed, I mean it inall soberness of criticism. ^\Tio ever thought, in reading
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MR. BOB SAWYER AND MR. BEN ALLEN. MR. BOB sawyers PARTY. 93 Pickwick, of giving any special attention to Mrs. Eaddleshousemaid ? Her appearance and disappearance are al-most simultaneous. She is a dirty, slip-shod girl, inblack cotton stockings. That is all. And what does shesay ? Please, Mr. Sawyer, Missis Eaddle wants to speakto yau. Anything else ? Yes. Does Mr. Sawyer Hve here ? mildly inquires Mr,Pickwick at Mrs. Eaddles front door. Sawyer! slowly echoes the Black Stocldngs, whosemental circulation is almost as languid as Einaldo diVelascos physical circulation, 0 yes. Sawyer; he liveshere. Sawyer s the first floor. Its the door straightafore you, when you gets to the top of the stairs. And is this all ? No; there is one more scene. You cant have no warm water, No warm water ? exclaims the horrified host, Bob,No, continues Betsey. Missis Eaddle said youwarnt to have none. Bring up the water instantly, — instantly !No, I cant. Missis Eaddle raked out the kitchenfire afore she we

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