Chapter II: Preface: vii

I. INTRODUCTORY 1

II. A PRELIMINARY TRAMP IN LONDON 7

III. ROCHESTER CITY 51

IV. ROCHESTER CASTLE 98

V. ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL 111

VI. RICHARD WATTS'S CHARITY, ROCHESTER 142

VII. AN AFTERNOON AT GAD'S HILL PLACE 161

VIII. CHARLES DICKENS AND STROOD 211

IX. CHATHAM:--ST. MARY'S CHURCH, ORDNANCE TERRACE,
THE HOUSE ON THE BROOK, THE MITRE HOTEL, AND
FORT PITT. LANDPORT:--PORTSEA, HANTS 251

X. AYLESFORD, TOWN MALLING, AND MAIDSTONE 288

XI. BROADSTAIRS, MARGATE, AND CANTERBURY 317

XII. COOLING, CLIFFE, AND HIGHAM 349

XIII. COBHAM PARK AND HALL, THE LEATHER BOTTLE, SHORNE,
CHALK, AND THE DOVER ROAD 376

XIV. A FINAL TRAMP IN ROCHESTER AND LONDON 405

INDEX 427

LIST

OF

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

THE MARSHES, COOLING _Frontispiece_
_F. G. Kitton_ (from a Sketch by _E. L. Meadows_)

HEADPIECE, "HUMOUR" (From two Statuettes of "Mr. Pickwick"
and "Sam Weller" in Crown Derby Ware)
Engraved by _R. Langton_ xvii

THE GOLDEN CROSS _Herbert Railton_ 10

YOUNG DICKENS AT THE BLACKING WAREHOUSE _F. Barnard_ 12

FOUNTAIN COURT, TEMPLE _C. A. Vanderhoof_ 16

STAPLE INN, HOLBORN " " 21

BARNARD'S INN _Herbert Railton_ 23

DICKENS'S HOUSE, FURNIVAL'S INN " " 25

NO. 48, DOUGHTY STREET _J. Grego_ 28

TAVISTOCK HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE _J. Liddell_ 30

NO. 141, BAYHAM STREET _F. G. Kitton_ 37

NO. 1, DEVONSHIRE TERRACE _D. Maclise, R.A._ 40

FAC-SIMILE OF LETTER, CHARLES DICKENS 43

APOTHEOSIS OF "GRIP" THE RAVEN _D. Maclise, R.A._ 45

"MY MAGNIFICENT ORDER AT THE PUBLIC HOUSE" _Phiz_ 49

BULL INN, ROCHESTER--"GOOD HOUSE, NICE BEDS" _Herbert Railton_ 56

STAIRCASE AT "THE BULL" _F. G. Kitton_ 58

THE "ELEVATED DEN" IN THE BALL-ROOM, "BULL INN" _F. G. Kitton_ 61

OLD ROCHESTER BRIDGE _Herbert Railton_ 68

THE GUILDHALL, ROCHESTER _F. G. Kitton_ 71

THE "MOON-FACED" CLOCK IN HIGH STREET " " 72

IN HIGH STREET, ROCHESTER " " 73

EASTGATE HOUSE, ROCHESTER " " 74

MR. SAPSEA'S HOUSE, ROCHESTER " " 76

MR. SAPSEA'S FATHER (After sketch by _H. Wickham_) 77

RESTORATION HOUSE, ROCHESTER _F. G. Kitton_ 79

OLD ROCHESTER THEATRE, STAR HILL _W. Hull_ 84

THE CASTLE FROM ROCHESTER BRIDGE _F. G. Kitton_ 99

THE KEEP OF ROCHESTER CASTLE _Herbert Railton_ 101

INTERIOR OF ROCHESTER CASTLE _F. G. Kitton_ 105

ROCHESTER CASTLE AND THE MEDWAY " " 109

ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL " " 112

ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL, INTERIOR " " 115

THE CRYPT, ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL _Phiz_ 118

MINOR CANON ROW, ROCHESTER _F. G. Kitton_ 123

COLLEGE GATE (OR "CHERTSEY'S" GATE), ROCHESTER " " 125

PRIOR'S GATE, ROCHESTER " " 126

DEANERY GATE, ROCHESTER " " 128

THE VINES AND RESTORATION HOUSE, ROCHESTER " " 131

RESTORATION HOUSE, AS IT APPEARED IN DICKENS'S TIME
(Engraved from a Drawing by an Amateur) 133

ST. NICHOLAS' BURYING-GROUND _F. G. Kitton_ 136

MEMORIAL BRASS IN ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL 138

THE "SIX POOR TRAVELLERS" _F. G. Kitton_ 143

RICHARD WATTS'S ALMSHOUSES, ROCHESTER " " 149

FAC-SIMILES OF SIGNATURES OF CHARLES DICKENS AND MARK LEMON 151

THE "SIX POOR TRAVELLERS" FROM THE REAR _F. G. Kitton_ 153

A DORMITORY IN THE "SIX POOR TRAVELLERS": GALLERY LEADING
TO THE DORMITORIES _F. G. Kitton_ 154

SATIS HOUSE (From a Photograph) 156

WATTS'S MONUMENT IN ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL _R. Langton_ 157

ROCHESTER FROM STROOD HILL _C. Marshall_ 162

THE "SIR JOHN FALSTAFF" INN, GAD'S HILL _F. G. Kitton_ 164

GAD'S HILL PLACE " " 166

"THE EMPTY CHAIR." GAD'S HILL, NINTH OF JUNE, 1870
_F. G. Kitton_ (from the Drawing by _S. L. Fildes, R.A._) 170

COUNTERFEIT BOOK-BACKS ON STUDY DOOR _R. Langton_ 172

GAD'S HILL PLACE FROM THE REAR _J. Liddell_ 177

"THE GRAVE OF DICK, THE BEST OF BIRDS" _F. G. Kitton_ 178

THE WELL AT GAD'S HILL PLACE " " 181

THE PORCH, GAD'S HILL PLACE _J. Liddell_ 183

THE CEDARS, GAD'S HILL _E. Hull_ 185

VIEW FROM THE ROOF OF DICKENS'S HOUSE, GAD'S HILL _F. G. Kitton_ 189

FAC-SIMILES OF _GAD'S HILL GAZETTE_ AND FINAL NOTICE 199-203

TEMPLE FARM, STROOD _F. G. Kitton_ 213

AT TEMPLE FARM, STROOD " " 214

CRYPT, TEMPLE FARM " " 215

THE "CRISPIN AND CRISPIANUS," STROOD " " 218

OLD QUARRY HOUSE, STROOD " " 236

FRINDSBURY CHURCH " " 239

ROCHESTER FROM STROOD PIER " " 245

ST. MARY'S CHURCH, CHATHAM _W. Dadson_ 256

NO. 11, ORDNANCE TERRACE, CHATHAM _E. Hull_ 259

THE HOUSE ON THE BROOK, CHATHAM " 260

GILES'S SCHOOL, CHATHAM " 261

MITRE INN, CHATHAM " 263

NAVY-PAY OFFICE, CHATHAM " 275

FORT PITT, CHATHAM _Herbert Railton_ 277

BIRTHPLACE OF CHARLES DICKENS, PORTSEA (From a Photograph) 281

ST. MARY'S CHURCH, PORTSEA _R. Langton_ 285

AYLESFORD _F. G. Kitton_ 289

AYLESFORD BRIDGE " " 291

THE HIGH STREET, TOWN MALLING _Herbert Railton_ 293

COB TREE HALL _F. G. Kitton_ 297

CRICKET GROUND, TOWN MALLING " " 302

THE MEDWAY AT MAIDSTONE " " 307

CHILLINGTON MANOR HOUSE, MAIDSTONE " " 310

KIT'S COTY HOUSE " " 312

KIT'S COTY HOUSE AND "BLUE BELL" " " 315
(From the Painting by Gegan)
HOP-PICKING IN KENT _F. G. Kitton_ 319

"BLEAK HOUSE," BROADSTAIRS " " 328

OLD LOOK-OUT HOUSE, BROADSTAIRS " " 332

THE "FALSTAFF," WESTGATE, CANTERBURY " " 335

THE "DANE JOHN" FROM THE CITY WALL, CANTERBURY " " 337

BELL HARRY TOWER, CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL " " 339

SCENE OF THE MARTYRDOM, CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL " " 341

"BITS" OF OLD CANTERBURY _C. A. Vanderhoof_ 342

"THE LITTLE INN," CANTERBURY _F. G. Kitton_ 345

GRAVES OF THE COMPORT FAMILY, COOLING CHURCHYARD " " 353

COOLING CHURCH _C. A. Vanderhoof_ 355

GATEWAY, COOLING CASTLE _F. G. Kitton_ 359

CLIFFE CHURCH " " 361

COBHAM HALL _Herbert Railton_ 381

DICKENS'S CHALET, NOW IN COBHAM PARK _J. Liddell_ 384

THE "LEATHER BOTTLE," COBHAM _F. G. Kitton_ 387

THE OLD PARLOUR OF THE "LEATHER BOTTLE" _E. Hull_ 389

COBHAM CHURCH _Herbert Railton_ 390

SHORNE CHURCH _F. G. Kitton_ 392

CURIOUS OLD FIGURE OVER THE PORCH, CHALK CHURCH _F. G. Kitton_ 394

"THERE'S MILESTONES ON THE DOVER ROAD" " " 400

DOORWAY, ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL " " 407

FAC-SIMILES OF CHARLES DICKENS'S HANDWRITING 1837, 1850,
1854, 1870 418-20

THE GRAVE IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY _F. G. Kitton_ 425

TAILPIECE, "PATHOS" (From two Plaques of the "Old Man"
and "Little Nell" in Wedgwood Ware) Engraved by _R. Langton_ xx

A WEEK'S TRAMP

IN

DICKENS-LAND.