Title Information At the Circulating Library

Author and Title: Thomas Hardy. Life's Little Ironies: A Set of Tales with Some Colloquial Sketches Titled A Few Crusted Characters

Serializations:

"A Tragedy of Two Ambitions." The Universal Review, December 1888
"The Melancholy Hussar." York Herald, 22 November-29 November 1890 (weekly)
"For Conscious Sake." The Fortnightly Review, March 1891
"A Few Crusted Characters." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, March-June 1891 (monthly)
"To Please His Wife." Black and White, 27 June 1891
"On the Western Circuit." The English Illustrated Magazine, December 1891
"The Son's Veto." The Illustrated London News, December 1891 (Christmas Number)

First Edition: London: Osgood, McIlvaine, 1894. 1 volume.

References: BL