The Dickens Student and Collector : A List of Writings Relating to Charles Dickens and His Works, 1836-1945.

Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm, xii, 351 pp. Approximately 3,250 entries. From the introduction: "The chief object of the undertaking is to supply a complete list of all Dickensiana, arranged by subjects for easy reference and comprising books devoted to the novelist, books containing chapters devoted to his life and works, magazine articles, plays, poems, songs, plagiarisms, music, etc., published up to the present time.The titles under each subject are arranged in chronological order as far as possible."With an author index. Contents: Introduction; I. Personal : Writings mainly of a biographical character relating to Charles Dickens and his works; II. Critical (A): Writings mainly of an appreciative and depreciative character relating to Charles Dickens and his works; III. Critical (B) Reviews of the individual works of Charles Dickens; IV. Critical (C) Reviews of Forster's Life of Charles Dickens; V. Critical (D) Reviews of The Letters of Charles Dickens; VI. POETICAL: Poetical tributes and memorial verses to Charles Dickens, and poems on his characters; VIL Dramatic : Plays, operettas, farces, sketches, and other dramatic representations; VIIL Musical: Songs and other musical compositions founded on or suggested by the works of Charles Dickens or incidents therein; IX. Anthological: Works containing selections from, and adaptations of, the writings of Charles Dickens; X. Plagiaristic: Parodies, sequels, attempts at elucidation, and other works having titular connection with the writings of Charles Dickens; XI. Topographical: Books and articles dealing with the places mentioned in the works, or associated with the life, of Charles Dickens; XII. Blbliographical: Works devoted to recording the writings of Charles Dickens and the Ana relating thereto; Index. Top edge duststained. minor marks to covers, otherwise Good. errata slip tipped-in.…