A study of past editions of Dickens and their illustrations, together with a Prospectus for the Nonesuch edition. Arthur Waugh’s essay, Charles Dickens and His Illustrators describes the close working relationship between Dickens and his illustrators and the sad neglect of those illustrations in editions of Dickens’ work. Also included is a bibliographical list of the original illustrations, being those made under Dickens’ supervision, compiled by Thomas Hatton, a Retrospectus of Dickens editions including exact reproductions of pages from each of them, and a prospectus of the Nonesuch Dickens.