_The Quack Doctor's Proclamation._ An astonishing doctor has just come to town, 67 About the year 1834, when the earliest of the _Sketches by Boz_ were appearing in print, a young composer named John Hullah set to music a portion of an opera called _The Gondolier_, which he thought might prove successful on the stage. Twelve months later Hullah became acquainted with Charles Dickens, whose name was then unknown to those outside his own immediate circle, and it occurred to him that he and 'Boz' might combine their forces by converting _The Gondolier_ into a popular play. Dickens, who always entertained a passion for the theatre, entered into the project at once, and informed Hullah that he h…
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