Un Début dans la Vie. La Législature, July, September, 1842. This work was originally entitled Le Danger des Mystifications. It now forms part of the Scènes de la Vie Privée. La Chine et les Chinois. La Législature, October, 1842. Avant-Propos de la Comédie Humaine. Dated July, 1842. 1843. Tony Sans-Soin. Published in the Livre des Petits Enfants. One volume. Hetzel. Honorine. La Presse, 17-27 March. Now contained in the Scènes de la Vie Privée. Monographie de la Presse Parisienne. Two volumes in-8. Mareseg. Paméla Giraud. Drama in five acts. Represented at the Gaité, 26 September, 1843. La Muse du Département. Originally entitled Dinah Piedefer, this romance first appeared in Le Messager, March, April, 1843. Several portions of it are extracts from other works of Balzac not comprised in the Comédie Humaine. It now forms part of the Scènes de la Vie de Province. 1844. Modeste Mignon. Journal des Débats, April, July, 1844. Now contained in the Scènes de la Vie Privée. Gaudissart II. La Presse, 12 October, 1844. Now contained in the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne. Les Paysans. The first part, Qui Terre a Guerre a, appeared in La Presse, December, 1844. The second part, in which it is supposed Mme. de Balzac collaborated, was published after Balzac’s death in the Revue de Paris, June, 1855. Les Paysans is now contained in the Scènes de la Vie de Campagne. Les Comédiens sans le Savoir. Le Courrier Français, April, 1844. Now contained in the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne. Histoire et Physiologie des Boulevards de Paris. Published in Le Diable à Paris. Two volumes in-8. Hetzel. Ce Qui Disparaît de Paris. Same publication. 1845. Une Rue de Paris et son Habitant. Le Siècle, 28 July, 1845. Un Homme d’Affaires. Le Siècle, 10 September. Now contained in the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne. Petites Misères de la Vie Conjugale. A collection of fragments published at different times. Chlendowski, 1845. Now contained in the Études Analytiques. Une Prédiction. L’Almanach du Jour de l’An. 1846. Les Parents Pauvres. Comprising La Cousine Bette and Le Cousin Pons. Appeared in Le Constitutionnel, October, December, 1846, and March, May, 1847. For these works Le Constitutionnel paid 22,074 francs, of which 12,836 was paid for Cousine Bette, and 9,238 for Cousin Pons. Les Parents Pauvres is now contained in the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne. 1847. Le Député d’Arcis. The first division of this work, and the only one which is by Balzac, originally appeared in L’Union Monarchique, April, May, 1847. The other divisions are by Charles Rabou, and were published in the Constitutionnel after Balzac’s death. The Député d’Arcis is now contained in the Scènes de la Vie Politique. 1848. Profession de Foi Politique. Le Constitutionnel, 19 April.