Dombey and Son.

Marcella had taken unusual pains in its preparation, bringing with her two volumes of the author from which to read at the right moment the deaths of Little Nell and Paul Dombey.

But that was for thinking of poor little Paul Dombey.

Among them will be found several of the most popular of the creations of Dickens, notably, The Marchioness, Little Nell, Jenny Wren, and Florence Dombey, and it is hoped that in this presentation as simple stories of girlhood, their classic form and beauty may arouse in the young people of our day a new interest in the novels from which they are taken.

FLORENCE DOMBEY.

Of Florence he took little notice; girls never seemed to him to be of any special use in the world, but Paul was the light of his eyes, his pride and joy, and in the delicate child with his refined features and dreamy eyes, Mr. Dombey saw the future representative of the firm, and his heir as well; and he could not do enough for the boy who was to perpetuate the name of Dombey after him.

It seemed to Mr. Dombey that any one so fortunate as to be born his son could not but thrive in return for so great a favour.

Dombey so erect and solemn, gazing at the blaze; Paul with an old, old face peering into the red perspective with the fixed and rapt attention of a sage, the two so much alike and yet so monstrously contrasted.

The abrupt question took Mr. Dombey by surprise.

!" said Mr. Dombey, settling his neckcloth.

" The limp and careless little hand, that Mr. Dombey took in his, was singularly out of keeping with the wistful little face.

"How much of your Latin Grammar do you know, Dombey?" said Miss Blimber.

"Yes," returned Miss Blimber; "and Mr. Feeder will look you out some more very soon if you are as studious as I expect you will be, Dombey.

"Now, don't lose time, Dombey," continued Miss Blimber, "for you have none to spare, but take them downstairs and begin directly.

" "Nonsense, Dombey," said Miss Blimber, "I couldn't hear of it; and now take away the top book, if you please, Dombey, and return when you are master of the theme.

This analysis, you see, Dombey," Miss Blimber continued, "is going to be sent home to your respected parent.

R. HERDMAN DERBLAY (MADAME) STOPS THE DUEL......EMILE BAYARD DIDO ON THE FUNERAL PYRE.............E. KELLER DOMBEY (PAUL AND FLORENCE)..........

The major has a covert kindness for Miss Tox, and is jealous of Mr. Dombey.

C. Dickens, Dombey and Son (1846).

Paul Dombey, a delicate lad, succumbed to this strong mental pressure.

C. Dickens, Dombey and Son (1846).

"It made us what we were, sir," said Major Bagstock to Mr. Dombey; "we were iron, sir, and it forged us."

"It's like Miss Tox, in Dombey and Son, you know, who, when Dombey asked her if the school she recommended was select, said, 'It's exclusion itself!'

"It's like Miss Tox, in Dombey and Son, you know, who, when Dombey asked her if the school she recommended was select, said, 'It's exclusion itself!'

It is recorded Harte that at seven years of age he had read "Dombey & Son," and so, as one of his biographers, Henry Childs Merwin, observes, "began his acquaintance with that author who was to influence him far more than any other."