Show DICKENS TESTIMONIAL Scheme Jor Dickens dUd died dl nt lit M tt had Ind hI he lived d to 10 70 ns as R Thomas Hardy 1 II rh has ham hl done ho he would have died 1104 possessed assessed J IM of n tenfold the wealth he Il left In do 1 7 HiI he h lived 11 to 10 ft FO MS tie H Meredith did Ild he lie would hu lal e seen rin In American RI copyright for which he h e so set eloquently lose less Ip for himself than for his nn II sh 01 feet fart Ho lie did Ild not live 11 to see It Ithe Ith IL he ho h died prematurely aged leaving eight children and earnings that often accrue to a ro I solicitor Today Jolln there Chore survive three Ih children chiden and IT 17 grandchildren r ff or f Charles harles Dirk Dick Dickens onn ens In Homo of or these th 1 hearing bearing his hi name are aro through no nn fault of ot their onn non In which must imm deeply con concern cern Irn not to 10 say Aay M pain In lovers of or Dickens Three are In n receipt lt of 0 trifling civil ch list lint lt pensions It I Is 11 not that say an of ot these complain of nt their let lIt Far Rr from Irom It The Tie Theart fact Irl art that thou they Choy err obliged to earn far a R pre precarious Irl carious livelihood each Ih accepts with rh cheerfulness No It ft I Is I not riot that The question Is II rather what would himself say a were he hI alive AO today verb he h to behold hoM hundreds nf at I thousands of his Ils works rk teeming from the press a m l lions turning to him for comfort nod entertainment and end spiritual refresh h mint laughing nt at his hla fun and weeping over 11 his hi pathos 18 thos enjoying to the full ell all 11 that feast Ila t he bet h so 1 spread Ir bj bt b fore lorf them while those Ibo grandchildren whom he are driven to tt accept nelt nelta a government pension of r per an Rn annum annum num lum Hut lut hero here the Idea Idea of or charity carity mutt must mUl not bo ho entertained U It Is la I not 1101 charity to present the Ih collateral descendants ft of r Lord fA Id Nelson Nelsen Nel n with an annual IK of 1 A Dickens lh thA ea n must bu ha Why h should It I not lint lake t kr k th tb form of or nn an International Df kens test I I it H Is III not charity harllY to In 10 present Irl 11 it 1 friend or nr n a lor with wih w Ith n II puts plies of HOo Why Wh should not these Ih ue who III are ro grateful to tn memory nun 11 wish to paw their tribute contribute nt lit such a In It I could coulot be h dunn dons without nuking any RIY demands of o t 1 a nature without without receiving ally without tiny Rn ton a simple expedient In 10 ti I the poor peter and the well might share harl tn to t gether It Is lint there Ihrl at lit I IM M Copies of If work wok tx x 1 inn for loss In through WAr wea and nd tear Were en It II It every ry 1111 or nr nf n Ion f ont ens of these Ihl volumes volume were to t pep pay Il 2 cents renis nl In 11 super ul rolly royAlty It needs Ittle knowledge of or arithmetic to lo arrive nt at the Ih suns sum UI of 00 Hut nul this Is I Inconceivable Stony Many 01 I IY might hate hl copies of n nn till their I lr shelves and yet t feel fIll I ni nr sense of o per personal lr towards the tho nutter nut r ru Were u n a quarter of the number to la eon cnn cn sent nt that each volume should boor bear Nr a aDl I Dl kens stump certifying that hint a de deferred II royalty of nt 2 cents had been bPI p ld n very Ir large sum might be he h reel real realized rAI Izod without trouble without expense expend e und and without prejudice This Is I the Iho scheme schema which h w Wi we pro propose pr propose pose lO f and which unless sonic some 1 seen eon arises arisen will wi bo be duly dilly dul ear CHI CI sled Into effect In III this Dickens ns stamp tump will wi b b be a n work or of art yet unobtrusive small 1111 simple pimple I and Ind of or n tint lint tn to II suit ull the character of the Ih volume From the tho September Strand |