Note to Reader

All inconsistencies of spelling and punctuation in the First Edition have been retained by the Publishers. The portions of manuscript reproduced on pages 38, 42, 56, 58, 70, 92 and 136 appeared originally on the verso of the facing manuscript page.

/Title/

A Christmas Carol

In Prose

Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

By Charles Dickens

The Illustrations by John Leech

Chapman and Hall 186 Strand

MDCCCXLIII

/My own, and only, MS of the Book/

Charles Dickens