Chapter Ii. 1853-1855.

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HOME INCIDENTS AND HARD TIMES. ÆT. 41-43.

Titles proposed for Bleak House 52 Restlessness 52 Tavistock House 53 Last child born 54 A young stage aspirant 54 Deaths of friends 55 At Boulogne 55 Publishing agreements 56 At Birmingham 56 Self-changes 57 Employments in Boulogne 59 First reading in public 60 Argument against paid readings 61 Children's theatricals 62 Mr. H. in Tom Thumb 62 Dickens in Fortunio 63 Titles for a new story 65 Difficulties of weekly parts 66 Mr. Ruskin on Hard Times 67 Truths enforced 68 Early experiences 69 Strike at Preston 69 Speaking at Drury Lane 70 Stanfield scenes 71 Tavistock House theatricals 71 Peter Cunningham 73 Incident of a November night 74 Degrees in misery 75