PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION



  AFTER the Dickens-Dora papers came into
my possession I agreed to allow The Biblio-
phile Society all the rights to print same that I
possessed, with the understanding that, after
the edition had been printed by them for the
members, I should, omitting their titlepage,
print two hundred and fifty copies as a second
edition for my own use, for presentation to
friends who are not members of The Bibliophile
Society, and that the copyrights should be
assigned to me.
  In the introduction and the preface to the
first edition are contained all the facts regarding
this correspondence and the parties connected
with it that I feel at liberty to print. I trust
that the letters may prove as interesting to
other admirers of Charles Dickens as they have
been to those who have read the original letters.
                                     W. K. B.