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Title: The history and progress of the world
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Sanderson, Edgar, d. 1907 Lamberton, John Porter, 1839-1917, joint author Morris, Charles, 1833-1922, joint author
Subjects: World history Philosophers Women Statesmen Statesmen Literature
Publisher: Philadelphia, T. Nolan
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s as he pleased.With all his love of fun, he wished to be a social reformer,and in novel after novel, rapidly composed, he attackedwith potent ridicule some glaring evil of that land.Thus Oliver Twist reveals the woes of orphans in theparish work-house and throws a flood of light on thehaunts of crime in London. In Nicholas Nickleby thedreadful mismanagement of private boarding-schoolswas exposed in Do-the-boys Hall, conducted by Wack-ford Squeers. Old Curiosity Shop blends patheticpictures of Little Nell and her grandfather with thegayety of the Marchioness and the boisterousness ofDick Swiveller, while the hideous Quilp supplies themalevolence. Barnaby Rudge is in part a historicalromance, depicting in sombre colors the Lord GeorgeGordon riots of 1780 and their sudden collapse. In 1841 Dickens, tired of incessant weekly labor,visited America, and was received with enthusiasm.Accustomed to the snug inns of England, he was shockedwith the rawness of the new country and the rude accom-
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ENGLISH 73 modatlons and rough company on his travels. HisAmerican Notes for General Circulation, by their caus-tic comment and depreciatory tone, provoked severeretorts from those who had shown him hospitality. Buthis next novel, Martin Chuzzlewit, repeated the offensein aggravated form. Yet Americans have since admittedthat much of the satire and ridicule was deserved,though a cheerful philosopher might have beenexpected to find better things deserving of notice.Dickens did labor to promote cheerful views of life,and one of his ways was in his Christmas stories, of whichthe Carol was issued in 1843. The Chimes, TheCricket on the Hearth, and Marleys Ghost followedin successive years, overflowing with good cheer andcharity. After a years residence in Italy, which furn-ished the descriptive papers called Pictures fromItaly, Dickens issued Dombey and Son in monthlynumbers. It satirized the pompous pride of the Britishmerchant and contrasted his disappointment in foundinga family with th

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