University of Virginia Library

TO
SAMUEL ROGERS, ESQUIRE.

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MY DEAR SIR,
Let me have my Pleasures of Memory in connexion with this book, by dedicating it to a Poet whose writings (as all the world knos) are replete with generous and earnest feeling; and to a Man whose daily life (as all the world does not know) is one of active sympathy with the poorest and humblest of his kind.

Your faithful friend,
CHARLES DICKENS.