Chapter X: 1846

Pages 222-243.

A HOME IN SWITZERLAND. AET. 34.

On the Rhine 222
German readers of Dickens 223
Travelling Englishmen 223
A hoaxing-match 224
House-hunting 224
Tempted by a mansion 225
Chooses a cottage 225
Earliest impressions 226
Lausanne described 227
Views from his farm 228
Under his windows 228
A sketch of Rosemont 229
Design as to work 230
The English colony 231
Unaccommodating carriage 232
A death in the lake 232
Boatman's narrative 233
The Theatre 233
The Prison 234
The Blind Institution 235
Interesting cases 235-240
Beginning work 240
First slip of New Novel 241
Sortes Shandyanae 242
The Christmas tale 242