Book the First: Sowing  
Chapters 1 - 3
Household Words No. 210
    Saturday, April 1, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 1, Chapter 2 & Chapter 3
      "Oranges And Lemons"
      "Sharpening The Scythe"
      "Our Coachman"
      "Where Are They?"
      "Rights And Wrongs Of Women"
      "Chips - The Bottle at Sea"
      "The Girl I Left Behind Me"
Chapters 4 - 5
Household Words No. 211
    Saturday, April 8, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 4 & Chapter 5
      "Goblin Life"
      "A Call Upon Sophy"
      "Sonnet In A Spring Grove"
      "From California"
      "Patchwork"
      "Love And Self-Love"
      "Behind The Louvre"
   
Chapter 6
Household Words No. 212
    Saturday, April 15, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 6
      "Out In The Desert" | Commentary
      "Idiots Again" | Commentary
      "Gradation" | Commentary
      "The Quiet Poor" | Commentary
      "The Roving Englishman" | Commentary
      "Legs" | Commentary
Chapters 7 - 8
Household Words No. 213
    Saturday, April 22, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 7 & Chapter 8
      "Wire-Drawing"
      "Modern Ancients"
      "Ground In The Mill"
      "Missing, A Married Gentleman"
      "A Marvellous Journey With The Old Geographer"
      "A Syrian Legend"
   
Chapters 9 - 10
Household Words No. 214
    Saturday, April 29, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 9 & Chapter 10
      "Busy With The Photograph" - incomplete
      Unknown Article - incomplete
      "Chips"
      "The Roving Englishman"
      "One Of Our Legal Fictions"
     
Chapters 11 - 12
Household Words No. 215
    Saturday, May 6, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 11 & Chapter 12
      "Troops And Jobs In Malta"
      "A Manchester Warehouse"
      "Words Upon The Waters"
      "The Green Ring And The Gold Ring"
      "Last Moments Of An English King"
      "Doctor Pablo"
   
Chapters 13 - 14
Household Words No. 216
    Saturday, May 13, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 13 & Chapter 14
      "The True Story of the Nuns of Minsk"
      "The Art Of Boreing"
      "Treasures"
      "Tattyboys Rents"
      "Nature's Changes Of Dress"
      "My Canvass And I"
Chapters 15 - 16
Household Words No. 217
    Saturday, May 20, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 15 & Chapter 16
      "The Cankered Rose Of Tivoli"
      "Three Graces Of Christian Science"
      "A True Knight"
      "The Roving Englishman"
      "Company Manners" 
      "Broken Language"
   
Book the Second: Reaping  
Chapter 17
Household Words No. 218
    Saturday, May 27, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 17
      "John Dunton Was A Citizen"
      "An Old Offender"
      "Brother Mieth And His Brothers"
      "The Roving Englishman"
      "Revolvers"
     
Chapters 18 - 19
Household Words No. 219
    Saturday, June 3, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 18 & Chapter 19
      "The Roving Englishman"
      "Basque Blood"
      "Invocation"
      "Under Canvas"
      "Chips"
      "Strollers At Dumbledown-Deary"
   
Chapters 20 - 21
Household Words No. 220
    Saturday, June 10, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 20 & Chapter 21
      "British Phenomena"
      "Waste"
      "The Sailor"
      "The Little Flower"
      "Chips"
      "Death's Doors"
      "The Roving Englishman"
Chapter 22
Household Words No. 221
    Saturday, June 17, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 22
      "Man As A Monster"
      "Turks Under Arms"
      "Miss Furbey"
      "Blindness"
      "Doing Business In France"

    
   
Chapter 23
Household Words No. 222
    Saturday, June 24, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 23
      "French Domesticity"
      "Done To A Jelly"
      "Exiled"
      "The Ruined Potter"
      "Turks At Sea"
      "The War With Fever"
      "General And Mrs. Delormo"
Chapter 24
Household Words No. 223
    Saturday, July 1, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 24
      "The Learned Sailor"
      "The Roving Englishman"
      "Progress"
      "Smoke Or No Smoke"
      "Tattyboys Renters"
      "Our Sister"
      "The Incomplete Letter-Writer"
   
Chapters 25 - 26
Household Words No. 224
    Saturday, July 8, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 25 & Chapter 26
      "Her Majesty's Consular Service"
      "Illusion"
      "Barbara's Nuptials"
      "A Good Brushing"
      "A Tour In Bohemia"
Chapters 27 - 28
Household Words No. 225
    Saturday, July 15, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 27 & Chapter 28
      "Sea Views"
      "The Roving Englishman"
      "Recollections"
      "The Last Howley Of Killowen"
      "Rabbit-Skins"
      "Some Amenities Of War"
   
Book the Third: Garnering
Chapters 29 - 30
Household Words No. 226
    Saturday, July 22, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 29 & Chapter 30
      "Called To the Salvage Bar"
      "A Bundle Of Crotchets"
      "Shining Stars"
      "Freedom, Or Slavery!"
      "The Roving Englishman"
      "Left Behind" - incomplete
      "The French Waiter"
Chapters 31 - 32
Household Words No. 227
    Saturday, July 29, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 31 & Chapter 32
      "The Roving Englishman"
      "Herb Gardens"
      "Mary"
      "The Musical World"
      "Lobsters"
      "An Old Portrait From The Hague"
    
   
Chapters 33 - 34
Household Words No. 228
    Saturday, August 5, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 33 & Chapter 34
      "Imitation"
      "The Poetry of Finland"
      "The Faculty"
      "Heroes Afloat"

Chapters 35 - 37
Household Words No. 229
    Saturday, August 12, 1854
       
Contents:
      Hard Times, Chapter 35, Chapter 36 & Chapter 37
      "The Roving Englishman"
      "Mine Host"
      "Flying Coaches"
      "Near The Pantheon"
     
    
   

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