“LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS TO: Adams, Mr. H. G., 15, 208 Anonymous, 229 Austin, Mr. Henry, 130 Austin, Mrs., 214 Babbage, Mr. Charles, 69 Baylis, Mr., 212 Blessington, the Countess of, 17, 65, 70, 74, 75, 89 Bowring, Sir John, 193, 295 Boyle, Miss Mary, 220 Browning, Mr. Robert, 227 Buckstone, Mr., 296 Bulwer, Sir Edward Lytton, 62; and see Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer, and Lytton, Lord Chapman, Mr. Edward, 14, 91 Chapman, Mr. Frederic, 294 Chappell, Mr. Tom, 279 Chorley, Mr. Henry F., 190, 213, 216, 222, 231 Clark, Mr. L. Gaylord, 19 Clarke, Mrs. Cowden, 103, 106, 108, 123, 136, 188 Collins, Mr. Wilkie, 171 Dickens, Alfred, 299 Dickens, Mrs. Charles, 142, 145, 149, 153, 154 Eden, the Hon. Miss, 128 Fechter, Mr. Charles, 244, 254 Felton, Professor, 24, 28, 32, 35, 38, 46, 52, 59 Fields, Mr. James T., 232, 236, 249, 252, 260, 268, 270, 290 Fields, Mrs. James T., 255 Forster, Mr. John, 165, 225 Forster, Mrs. John, 273 Fox, Mr. W. J., 84 Frith, R.A., Mr. W. P., 188 Gaskell, Mrs., 159 Gibson, Mrs. Milner, 205 Grew, Mr. Frederick, 158 Harley, Mr. J. P., 13 Harness, Rev. W., 159 Harrison, Mr. James Bower, 132, 136 Hodgson, Dr., 93, 95 Hogarth, Mr. George, 5 Hogarth, Mrs., 6, 20, 50 Hood, Mr. Tom, 43 Hullah, Mr. John, 1-3 Ireland, Mr. Alexander, 97-99, 104, 112, 259 Irving, Mr. Washington, 21, 27, 178 Jolly, Miss Emily, 173, 175, 181, 183, 283 Jones, Mr. Ebenezer, 68 Kenny, Mr. J., and Ross, Mr. T., 177 King, Mr. Joseph C., 109 King, Miss, 162, 164 Knowles, Mr. James Sheridan, 92 Lanman, Mr. Charles, 247 Layard, Mr. Austen Henry, 132, 194, 274, 290 Lytton, Hon. Robert, 230, 281, 286 Lytton, Lord, 228, 234, 240, 241, 293; see also Bulwer, Sir Edward Lytton, and Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer, 88, 102, 107, 113, 114, 116, 117, 121, 122, 125, 133, 180, 198-200, 204, 207, 209-211, 220; see also Bulwer, Sir Edward Lytton, and Lytton, Lord Mackay, Mr. Charles, 295 Malleson, Mrs., 197 Millais, R.A., Mr. J. E., 263 Mitton, Mr., 125 Morgan, Captain, 176, 195 Napier, Mr. Macvey, 43, 57, 78, 83 Olliffe, Lady, 205 Olliffe, Miss, 275 Pease, Mrs., 248 Phillips, Mr. Henry W., 231 Procter, Mr. B. W., 208 Procter, Mrs., 223 Robinson, Rev. Thomas, 16 Ross, Mr. R. M., 226 Rusden, Mr., 228, 265, 278, 281, 287, 289, 297 Rye, Mr. W. B., 224 Sammins, Mr. W. L., 12 Serle, Mr., 263 Smith, Mr. Albert, 186 Smith, Mr. Arthur, 187 Smith, Mr. H. P., 82 Stone, Mr. Frank, 129, 179 Sturgis, Mr. Russell, 267, 272 Thackeray, Mr. W. M., 165 Thompson, Mr., 16, 64, 66, 67, 81, 85 Thornbury, Mr. Walter, 239 White, Rev. James, 141, 160 Wills, Mr. W. H., 137, 140, 161, 218, 219 Winter, Mrs., 167, 170”
A cook of roughly the same moment, setting down the same dish.
1291. INGREDIENTS.--3/4 lb of suet-crust No. 1215, 3/4 lb. of any kind of jam. _Mode_.--Make a nice light suet-crust by recipe No. 1215, and roll it out to the thickness of about 1/2 inch. Spread the jam equally over it, leaving a small margin of paste without any, where the pudding joins. Roll it up, fasten the ends securely, and tie it in a floured cloth; put the pudding into boiling water, and boil for 2 hours. Mincemeat or marmalade may be substituted for the jam, and makes excellent puddings. _Time_.--2 hours. _Average cost_, 9d. _Sufficient_ for 5 or 6 persons. _Seasonable_.--Suitable for winter puddings, when fresh fruit is not obtainable.
Sources: The passage is from Charles Dickens, The Letters of Charles Dickens. Vol. 3, 1836-1870, free to read in full at Project Gutenberg. The recipe is from Beeton, The Book of Household Management of 1861, also free in full. Both are in the public domain in the United States. The binding above is ours — ochre cloth, amphora stamp.