# Household words, No. 23, August 31, 1850

Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 [Editor]

Genre: English literature -- Periodicals

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78193

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Household+words%2C+No.+23%2C+August+31%2C+1850+Dickens&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Down at Dartford in Kent, on a fine bright day, I strolled through the pleasant green lanes, on my way to a Paper-Mill. Accustomed, mainly, to associate Dartford with Gunpowder Mills, and formidable tin canisters, illustrated in copper-plate, with the outpourings of a generous cornucopia of dead game, I found it pleasant to think, on a summer morning when all living creatures were enjoying life, that it was only paper in my mind—not powder.

## Chapters

- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-23-august-31-1850-78193/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-23-august-31-1850-78193/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-23-august-31-1850-78193/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-23-august-31-1850-78193/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-23-august-31-1850-78193/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-23-august-31-1850-78193/chapters/6/index.md)