Facino Cane. Under the title of Le Père Canet, this story originally appeared in the Chronique de Paris, 17 March, 1836. In 1844 it was changed from the Études Philosophiques, in which it had been previously placed, and inserted among the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne.
Ecce Homo. Chronique de Paris, 9 June. Subsequently placed among the Études Philosophiques, under the title of Les Martyrs Ignorés, but omitted in the Édition Définitive.
L’Enfant Maudit. Second part. Chronique de Paris, 9 October. In 1846 this work was published complete in the fifth edition of the Études Philosophiques.
La Vieille Fille. La Presse, 23 October, 1836. Under the collective title of Les Rivalités, this tale, together with Le Cabinet des Antiques, reappeared in the third edition of the Scènes de la Vie de Province.
Le Secret des Ruggieri. Chronique de Paris, December, 1836. Subsequently entered the Études Philosophiques.
1837.
Illusions Perdues. Three divisions. The first, Les Deux Poëtes, was originally published in the first edition of the Scènes de la Vie de Province. The second, Un Grand Homme de Province à Paris, was published two years later (1839) by Souverain, in two volumes. The third, Ève et David, was commenced under the title of Les Souffrances d’un Inventeur, in Le Parisien, July, 1843, and completed in L’État, August, same year. United under their collective title, these three divisions were placed among the Scènes de la Vie de Province.
Les Employés. Originally entitled La Femme Supérieure. La Presse, 1-14 July, 1837. Republished in the third edition of the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne.
Gambara. La Gazette Musicale, July, 1837. Subsequently entered the Études Philosophiques.
César Birotteau. Offered by the Figaro, December 27, 1837, as premium to their subscribers. Two volumes in-8. Originally intended for the Études Philosophiques, this work was afterwards placed among the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne.