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CALENDAR OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN MRS.
GASKELL’S LIFE xxxiii

I. POETRY 1

Sketches among the Poor. No. 1.

ARTICLES AND SKETCHES 8

Clopton Hall.

A Greek Wedding.

Tenir un Salon.

On Furnishing, Conversation, and Games.

On Books.

French Receptions.

Description of Duncombe (Knutsford).

The Sexton’s Hero.

Advice to a Young Doctor.

The Choice of Odours.

St. Valentine’s Day.

Whit-Monday in Dunham Park.