A Child's Journey with Dickens is a memoir written by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, first published in 1912. The book recounts Wiggin's experiences as a young girl traveling with her family through Europe in the mid-19th century, during which she met and befriended the famous British author, Charles Dickens. The book is divided into three parts, each detailing a different stage of the journey. In the first part, Wiggin describes her family's travels...