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esident of the evening, and upon him devolved the duty of inaugurating proceedings by an address of welcome to the distinguished guest.
People who sat near me whispered, He'll break down—he always does.
Mr. Irving rose, and uttered a sentence or two.
His friends interrupted him by applause which was intended to encourage him, but which entirely overthrew his self-possession.
He hesitated, stammered, and sat down, saying, I cannot go on.
It was an embarrassing and painful moment, but Mr. John Duer, an eminent lawyer, came to his friend's assistance, and with suitable remarks proposed the health of Charles Dickens, to which Mr. Dickens promptly responded.
This he did in his happiest manner, covering Mr. Irving's defeat by a glowing eulogy of his literary merits.
Whose books do I take to bed with me, night after night?
Washington Irving's! as one who is present can testify.
This one was evidently Mrs. Dickens, who was seated beside me. Mr. Dickens proceeded to speak of interna
ork for the insane, 88.
Don Giovanni, its libretto, 24; admired by Charles Sumner, 176.
Dore, Gustave, the artist, his studio and work, 416-419.
Douglas, Stephen A., 178. Downing Letters, those of C. A. Davis, 25.
Dresel, Otto, musical critic and teacher, 438; tribute to his memory, 439.
Dress, in the thirties, 30, 31; at Mrs. Astor's dinner, 64, 65; at Samuel Ward's wedding, 65; at Lansdowne House, 102, 103; at the ball at Almack's, 106.
Dublin, the Howes in, 112-114.
Duer, John, at the Dickens dinner, 26.
Dwight, John S., translates Goethe and Schiller, 147; tries to teach Theodore Parker to sing, 162, 163; Henry James reads a paper at the house of, 324; admires Athanase Coquerel's sermon at Newport, 342; Dana's estimate of, 435; his Journal of Music, 436; his kindness to Mrs. Howe's children, 437; Dr. Holmes's remark at his funeral, 438.
Eames, Charles, 223, 224.
Eames, Mrs., Charles, her kindness to Count Gurowski, 223-226; invites Mrs. Howe to dinner, 3