- July, 1875: Chapters 1 through 4; plates: initial "Y" — the only initial letter that features the novel's heroine — and She Stopped, Like A Clock (facing page 1, Vol. XXXII in The Cornhill Magazine).
- August 1875: Chapters 5 through 9; plates: initial "T" and "Well, What Did You Think of My Poems?" (facing page 233).
- September 1875: Chapters 10 through 15; plates: initial "I" and Round Her, Leaning Against Branches, or Prostrate on the Ground, Were Two or Three Individuals (facing page 257).
- October 1875: Chapters 16 through 21; plates: initial "W" and "Goodness! How Quick You Were!" (facing page 490).
- November 1875: Chapters 22 through 26; plates: initial "L" and It Was A Tender Time (facing page 513).
- December 1875: Chapters 27 through 30; plates: initial "E" and The Harefield Estate (facing page 733).
- January 1876: Chapters 31 through 34; plates: initial "T" and So Ethelberta Went (facing page 1 in Volume XXXIII of The Cornhill Magazine).
- February 1876: Chapters 35 through 38; plates: initial "O" and "Can You Tell Us the Way, Sir, to the Hotel Bold Soldier?" (facing page 230) — the only large plate that does not feature the novel's heroine.
- March 1876: Chapters 39 through 42; plates: initial "H" and "In the Writing of the Composer," Observed Lord Mountclere with Interest (facing page 358).
- April 1876: Chapters 43 through 46; plates: initial "O" and All Before Them Was A Sheet of Whiteness (facing page 385).
- May 1876: Chapters 43 through 46; plates: initial "A" and She Lessened in His Gaze, and Was Soon Out of Sight (facing page 609).
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