Household Words - A Weekly Journal - Volume XI (11) Covering 3rd February to 28th July 1955
Charles Dickens
Published by Household Words Office, London, 1855. Volume 11, covering 3rd February to 28th July 1955. Bound in the original green hardcover boards, stamped in blind, gilt titles to the spine. Boards a little scuffed, bumped to the spine ends and corners, edges and spine ends worn. Pages age toned, as expected, prev owner's names to the fep (Barton Wrigley), a few foxing spots, but mainly in keeping with the age of the volume. Good/None. Although novelist Charles Dickens regularly contributed to such periodicals as The Examiner and The Daily News, much of his journalistic writing first appeared in the organs he himself established, Household Words (1850-59) and All the Year Round (1859-70). Despite the fact that it was always dated on Saturday, it was actually published every Wednesday from 27 March 1850 to 28 May 1859 at the offices at 16 Wellington Street North, Strand (Covent Garden), each number costing a mere tuppence.
List of Articles
1855-02-03 Magazine No. 254
1. [p. 1]That Other Public i Charles Dickens i
2. [p. 4]The Secret of the Well i Frederick Bayle St. John i
3. [p. 10]Vails to Servants i Peter Cunningham i
4. [p. 12]SIr John Franklin and His Crews i John Rae i
5. [p. 12]The Lesson of the War i Adelaide Anne Procter i
6. [p. 20]Chip: Pulp i Unknown i
7. [p. 21]Obsolete Cookery i Eliza Lynn Linton i
8. [p. 24]Advertisements i N/A
1855-02-10 Magazine No. 255
1. [p. 25]Gaslight Fairies i Charles Dickens i
2. [p. 28]The Hill of Gold i Edmund Saul Dixon i
3. [p. 36]Fifty-Two, Wriothesley Place i [?] Kay i
4. [p. 39]Vampyres i Edmund Ollier i
5. [p. 43]Mr. Pope's Friend i George Augustus Sala i
6. [p. 48]Supposing [v] i Charles Dickens i
1855-02-17 Magazine No. 256
1. [p. 49]Prince Bull. A Fairy Tale. i Charles Dickens i
2. [p. 51]A Bottle of Champagne i Edmund Saul Dixon i
3. [p. 57]Banoolah i James White i
4. [p. 62]The Black Sea Five Centuries Ago i Frederick Bayle St. John i
5. [p. 67]The Chinese Adam i William Charles Milne i
6. [p. 67]Chip: Long Life of Locusts i John Bate Cardale i
7. [p. 68]Père Panpan i William Duthie i
8. [p. 72]Advertisements i N/A
1855-02-24 Magazine No. 257
1. [p. 73]Very Advisable i James White i
2. [p. 76]An Old Scholar i James Hannay i
3. [p. 82]The Roving Englishman: Very Cold at Bucharest; The Theatre; The Terrible Officer [xlv] i Eustace Clare Grenville Murray i
4. [p. 85]Convicts, English and French i George Augustus Sala i
5. [p. 85]Before Sebastopol i Mary Jane Tomkins i
6. [p. 88]Tinder from a Californian Fire i Henry Morley i
7. [p. 93]My Confession i Eliza Lynn Linton i
1855-03-03 Magazine No. 258
1. [p. 97]Old Ladies i George Augustus Sala i
2. [p. 101]The Board of Trade i [?] Clark i
3. [p. 105]Two French Farmers i [?] Browne or Brown [1] i
4. [p. 108]The Children of the Czar i Edmund Saul Dixon i
5. [p. 108]Aspiration and Duty i Unknown i
6. [p. 114]Ruined by Railways i Samuel Sidney i
7. [p. 119]Back from the Crimea i James Payn i
8. [p. 120]Advertisements i N/A
1855-03-10 Magazine No. 259
1. [p. 121]Gone to the Dogs i Charles Dickens i
2. [p. 124]The Sister of the Spirits i Frederick Bayle St. John i
3. [p. 129]Potichomania i George Dodd i
4. [p. 132]Chambers in the Temple i George Augustus Sala i
5. [p. 132]Passing Clouds i Adelaide Anne Procter i
6. [p. 140]Chips: Stealing a Calf's Skin i Peter Cunningham i
7. [p. 141]Chips: Prevention Better Than Cure i John Capper i
8. [p. 141]Chips: A Few More Leeches i George Dodd i
9. [p. 142]The Roving Englishman: From Constantinople to Varna [xlvi] i Eustace Clare Grenville Murray i
1855-03-17 Magazine No. 260
1. [p. 145]A Yarn about Young Lions i James White i
2. [p. 149]The Royal Balloon i Edmund Saul Dixon i
3. [p. 153]The Roving Englishman: From Varna to Balaklava [xlvii] i Eustace Clare Grenville Murray i
4. [p. 157]Ralph the Naturalist i Eliza Lynn Linton i
5. [p. 157]One by One i Adelaide Anne Procter i
6. [p. 162]Our Bedfordshire Farmer i Samuel Sidney i
7. [p. 167]Fatalism i George Lumley i
8. [p. 168]Advertisements i N/A
1855-03-24 Magazine No. 261
1. [p. 169]Fast and Loose i Charles Dickens i
2. [p. 170]A Ghost Story i Dinah Maria Mulock i
3. [p. 181]Spring Lights and Shadows i Thomas Miller i
4. [p. 182]Houses in Flats i Henry Morley i
5. [p. 186]Tom D'Urfey i Peter Cunningham i
6. [p. 188]When the Wind Blows i John Capper i
7. [p. 191]The Roving Englishman: A Dinner in Camp [xlviii] i Eustace Clare Grenville Murray i
1855-03-31 Magazine No. 262
1. [p. 193]Frost-Bitten Homes i Henry Morley i
2. [p. 196]A Set of Odd Fellows i Edmund Ollier i
3. [p. 202]The Chinaman's Parson i William Charles Milne i
4. [p. 204]Bright Chanticleer i George Augustus Sala i
5. [p. 204]Honour i Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore i
6. [p. 209]A Very Little Town i Harriet Parr i
7. [p. 213]Starvation of an Alderman i Henry Morley i
1855-04-07 Magazine No. 263
1. [p. 217]Sister Rose [i] i Wilkie Collins i
2. [p. 225]The Camel-Troop Contingent i James Payn i
3. [p. 226]The Unknown Grave i Adelaide Anne Procter i
4. [p. 227]More Children of the Czar i Edmund Saul Dixon i
5. [p. 232]Misprints i Dudley Costello i
6. [p. 238]Birthdays i George Augustus Sala i
1855-04-14 Magazine No. 264
1. [p. 241]Fencing with Humanity i Henry Morley i
2. [p. 244]Sister Rose [ii] i Wilkie Collins i
3. [p. 251]Electric Light i John Capper i
George Dodd i
4. [p. 254] Colonel Grunpeck and Mr. Parkinson i George Augustus Sala i
5. [p. 254]A False Genius i Adelaide Anne Procter i
6. [p. 259]The Chinese Postman i William Charles Milne i
7. [p. 261]Passing Faces i Eliza Lynn Linton i
1855-04-21 Magazine No. 265
1. [p. 265]The Thousand and One Humbugs [i] i Charles Dickens i
2. [p. 267]Sister Rose [iii] i Wilkie Collins i
3. [p. 278]The Soldier's Wife i Henry Morley i
W[illiam] H[enry] Wills i
4. [p. 278]The Flowers' Petition i William Duthie i
5. [p. 280]Gambling i George Augustus Sala i
6. [p. 286]Nothing Like Russia-Leather i Edmund Saul Dixon i
1855-04-28 Magazine No. 266
1. [p. 289]The Thousand and One Humbugs [ii] i Charles Dickens i
2. [p. 292]Sister Rose [iv] i Wilkie Collins i
3. [p. 303]Baby Beatrice i Theodosia Trollope i
4. [p. 304]Physic A-field i [?] MacAdam i
5. [p. 307]The Roving Englishman: From Varna to Rustchuk [xlix] i Eustace Clare Grenville Murray i
6. [p. 308]The Muse in Livery i Peter Cunningham i
1855-05-05 Magazine No. 267
1. [p. 313]The Thousand and One Humbugs [iii] i Charles Dickens i
2. [p. 316]Plagues of London i [?] Browne or Brown [2] i
3. [p. 319]Yadacé i George Augustus Sala i
4. [p. 319]God's Gift i Adelaide Anne Procter i
5. [p. 323]Trade i John Capper i
6. [p. 326]Bread Cast on the Waters i James White i
7. [p. 335]The Roving Englishman: A Bulgarian Post-House [l] iEustace Clare Grenville Murray i
1855-05-12 Magazine No. 268
1. [p. 337]Death's Cyphering-Book i Henry Morley i
2. [p. 341]Mother and Step-Mother [i] i Louisa King i
3. [p. 348]Boots and Corns i Dudley Costello i
4. [p. 354]Embarkation i James Payn i
5. [p. 356]An Old Picture of Justice i Henry Morley i
1855-05-19 Magazine No. 269
1. [p. 361]Cognac i Edmund Saul Dixon i
2. [p. 367]Mother and Step-Mother, chaps. vi-viii i Louisa King i
3. [p. 376]Important Rubbish i John Capper i
4. [p. 376]A First Sorrow i Adelaide Anne Procter i
5. [p. 379]Chips: The Scale of Promotion i John Capper i
6. [p. 379]Chips: A River Picture in Summer i [?] Blackborne i
7. [p. 380]What It Is to Have Forefathers i James White i
1855-05-26 Magazine No. 270
1. [p. 385]The Toady Tree i Charles Dickens i
2. [p. 387]Mother and Step-Mother [iii] i Louisa King i
3. [p. 398]Chip: Brimstone i W[illiam] H[enry] Wills i
4. [p. 399]Poultry Abroad i Edmund Saul Dixon i
5. [p. 402]The Story of a King i Frederick Bayle St. John i
6. [p. 406]A Leviathon Indeed i John Capper i
1855-06-02 Magazine No. 271
1. [p. 409]Mechanics in Uniform i Henry Morley i
2. [p. 414]Poetry on the Railway i George Augustus Sala i
3. [p. 418]What My Lordlord Believed i William Duthie i
4. [p. 420]Australian Carriers i Samuel Rinder i
5. [p. 420]The Wind i Adelaide Anne Procter i
6. [p. 427]The Roving Englishman: Rustchuk [li] i Eustace Clare Grenville Murray i
7. [p. 429]Doctor Dubois i Frederick Bayle St. John i
1855-06-09 Magazine No. 272
1. [p. 433]Cheap Patriotism i Charles Dickens i
2. [p. 435]Vesuvius in Eruption i Henry G. Wreford i
3. [p. 439]Strictly Financial i John Capper i
4. [p. 442]French Love i Eliza Lynn Linton i
5. [p. 446]India Pickle i John Capper i
Samuel Sidney i
6. [p. 446]Strive, Wait and Pray i Adelaide Anne Procter i
7. [p. 453]Petition Extraordinary i James White i
1855-06-16 Magazine No. 273
1. [p. 457]Specimens of the Alchemists [i] i Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury i
2. [p. 465]The Roving Englishman: The Passage of the Danube [lii] i Eustace Clare Grenville Murray i
3. [p. 468]The First Death i Edmund Ollier i
4. [p. 470]A Very Little House i Harriet Parr i
5. [p. 474]Quite Revolutionary i Edmund Saul Dixon i
6. [p. 477]By Rail to Parnassus i Henry Morley i
1855-06-23 Magazine No. 274
1. [p. 481]Smuggled Relations i Charles Dickens i
2. [p. 483]French Soldiers in Camp i Edmund Saul Dixon i
George Augustus Sala i
3. [p. 488]Specimens of the Alchemist [ii] i Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury i
4. [p. 492]Fiend Fancy i John Oxenford i
5. [p. 494]Chips: Deadly Shafts i Henry Morley i
6. [p. 495]Curiosities of London i George Augustus Sala i
7. [p. 495]Chips: The Right Man in the Right Place i N/A
8. [p. 502]Under the Sea i James Payn i
1855-06-30 Magazine No. 275
1. [p. 505]A Dear Cup of Coffee i Edmund Saul Dixon i
2. [p. 509]The School of the Fairies i Henry Morley i
3. [p. 513]Latest Intelligence from Spirits i Henry Morley i
4. [p. 515]A Vision of Hours i Adelaide Anne Procter i
5. [p. 516]Cats and Dogs i George Augustus Sala i
6. [p. 519]Back at Trinity i James Payn i
7. [p. 522] Rice i John Capper i
8. [p. 526]Two Nephews i William Arthur Brown Lunn i
1855-07-07 Magazine No. 276
1. [p. 529]The Yellow Mask [i] i Wilkie Collins i
2. [p. 539]Whittington in Servia i John Oxenford i
3. [p. 540]More Alchemy i Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury i
4. [p. 540]The Angel i Adelaide Anne Procter i
5. [p. 543]The Audit Board i [?] Clark or Clarke i
Henry Morley i
6. [p. 546]The Old Boar's Head i Thomas Miller i
7. [p. 550]Routine i Joseph Gostick i
1855-07-14Magazine No. 277
1. [p. 553]Mr. Philip Stubbes i George Augustus Sala i
2. [p. 558]The Roving Englishman: From Giurgevo to Bucharest [liii] i Eustace Clare Grenville Murray i
3. [p. 561]A Dip in the Brine i George Dodd i
4. [p. 565]The Yellow Mask [ii] i Wilkie Collins i
5. [p. 565]Time's Cure i Adelaide Anne Procter i
6. [p. 573]Alexander the First i James White i
7. [p. 573]Chip: Pensioners i W[illiam] H[enry] Wills i
1855-07-21 Magazine No. 278
1. [p. 577] Infant Gardens i Henry Morley i
2. [p. 582]Unfortunate James Daley i George Augustus Sala i
3. [p. 584]Sardinian Forests and Fisheries i Samuel Sidney i
4. [p. 587]The Yellow Mask [iii] i Wilkie Collins i
5. [p. 598]A Legal Fiction i W[illiam] H[enry] Wills i
6. [p. 599]County Guy - George Augustus Sala i
7. [p. 600] Advertisements i N/A
1855-07-28 Magazine No. 279
1. [p. 601]My Garden Walks i Edmund Saul Dixon i
2. [p. 605]More Grist to the Mill i Henry Morley i
3. [p. 606]Cries from the Past i George Augustus Sala i
4. [p. 609]The Yellow Mask [iv] i Wilkie Collins i
5. [p. 609]A Poet's Home i Richard Blackmore i
6. [p. 619]Wigs i [?] Browne or Brown
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Although novelist Charles Dickens regularly contributed to such periodicals as The Examiner and The Daily News, much of his journalistic writing first appeared in the organs he himself established, Household Words (1850-59) and All the Year Round (1859-70). The magazine was launched to widespread publicity on 30 March 1850. Its sub-editor was W. H Wills, a former assistant editor of Chambers’s Journal, to which the new publication was typographically similar: two columns of small type on relatively thin, acidic paper (quad crown 12mo), no advertisements or illustrations, and the legend ‘Conducted by ¦ Charles Dickens’ as a running header on every spread of its 24 pages. Household Words was nevertheless something of a hybrid, available in 9d. monthly numbers with wrappers and handsome bi-annual volumes, aimed at affluent middle-class families and people of influence, no less than at working-class readers interested in bettering themselves.
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