THE LATE CHARLES DICKENS.; The Funeral to be Private-His Religious Convictions-The "All the Year Round" Left to His Son. Notes on the Death of Dickens. Share full article. June 12, 1870.

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To the Editor of the New-York Times: I trust that the project of placing a monument in the Central Park to the honor of Mr. DICKENS will be carried out soon, and would therefore respectfully ...