A Child’s History of England, it first appeared in serial form in Household Words, running from 25 January 1851 to 10 December 1853 Dickens also published the work in book form in three volumes: the first volume on 20 December 1851, the second on 25 December 1852 and the third on 24 December 1853 Although the volumes were published in December, each was postdated the following year. Dickens dedicated the book to “My own dear children, whom I hope it may help, bye and bye, to read with interest l ...