Littell's Living Age/Volume 139

LITTELL'S

LIVING AGE.

E Pluribus Unum.

"These publications of the day should from time to time be winnowed, the wheat carefully preserved, and
the chaff thrown away."

"Made up of every creature's best."

⁠⁠"Various, that the mind
Of desultory man, studious of change,
And pleased with novelty, may be indulged."

FIFTH SERIES, VOLUME XXIV.

FROM THE BEGINNING, VOL. CXXXIX.

OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER,

1878

BOSTON:

LITTELL AND GAY.

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No. 1790. — October 5, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Cyprus. Part II.,	Macmillan's Magazine,	3
II.	An Indiscretion in the Life of an Heiress,	New Quarterly Review,	11
III.	Child's Play,	Cornhill Magazine,	18
IV.	Mr. Froude's "Life and Times of Thomas Becket". By Edward A. Freeman. Part IV.,	Contemporary Review,	32
V.	The Chinese as Colonists,	Nineteenth Century,	50
VI.	The Relation of Memory to Will,	Spectator,	56
VII.	Garden-Parties,	Spectator,	59
VIII.	Invalids,	Spectator,	61

POETRY.
The Creature's Song of Expectation,	2	"Ein Jungling liebt ein Madchen",	2
Lament of Marjory Cockburne,	2	"Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam",	2
Miscellany,			64

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No. 1791. — October 12, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Henri Greville's Sketches of Russian Life. By W. R. S. Ralston,	Nineteenth Century,	67
II.	An Indiscretion in the Life of an Heiress. By Thomas Hardy. Conclusion,	New Quarterly Review,	76
III.	The Public Career and Personal Character of Francis Bacon. By James Rowley,	Fraser's Magazine,	91
IV.	Selling the Soul,	Contemporary Review,	104
V.	A Fetish City,	Blackwood's Magazine,	111
VI.	Sark, and its Caves,	Gentleman's Magazine,	116
VII.	The Habit of Reading,	Saturday Review,	124
VIII.	An American Zollverein,	Pall Mall Gazette,	127

POETRY.
The Spray of Seaweed,	66	"So Wandl' ich wieder den Alten Weg",	66
The Sea-Horse,	66
Miscellany,			128

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No. 1792. — October 19, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Ceremonial Use of Flowers,	Nineteenth Century,	131
II.	Sir Gibbie. By George MacDonald, author of "Malcolm," "The Marquis of Lossie," etc.,	Advance Sheets,	143
III.	French Home Life. The Idea of Home,	Blackwood's Magazine,	152
IV.	Within the Precincts. By Mrs. Oliphant. Part XV.,	Advance Sheets,	161
V.	Holidays in Eastern France,	Fraser's Magazine,	172
VI.	Apologies,	Spectator,	186
VII.	For and Against Norway,	Spectator,	189
VIII.	Decorative Coloring In Freshwater Fleas,	Nature,	192

POETRY.
La Pellegrina Rondinella,	130	Emblem of True Philosophy,	130
"Dein Angesicht, so lieb und schon",	130	"My Wife and Child come close to me",	130
The Woods in Autumn,	130

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No. 1793. — October 26, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Martin Joseph Routh,	Quarterly Review,	195
II.	Macleod of Dare. By William Black. Part XVII.,	Advance Sheets,	216
III.	Among the Burmese. Part III.,	Fraser's Magazine,	232
IV.	Sir Gibbie. By George MacDonald, author of "Malcolm," "The Marquis of Lossie," etc. Part II.,	Advance Sheets,	240
V.	A New Author's Grievance,	Spectator,	250
VI.	The Sorrows of the Slow,	Spectator,	252
VII.	Calculating Boys,	Spectator,	255

POETRY.
My Friend: a Portrait,	194	To the Finest of Fruits,	194
Rain,	194

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No. 1794. — November 2, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Hallucinations of the Senses,	Fortnightly Review,	259
II.	Within the Precincts. By Mrs. Oliphant. Part XVI.,	Advance Sheets,	269
III.	Holidays in Eastern France. Part II.,	Fraser's Magazine,	274
IV.	"Fred": a Tale from Japan,	Blackwood's Magazine,	283
V.	Color in Painting,	Cornhill Magazine,	287
VI.	Sir Walter Scott and the Romantic Reaction,	Contemporary Review,	298
VII.	"Through the Dark Continent" in 1720,	Macmillan's Magazine,	313
VIII.	The Buzzing of Insects,	Public Opinion,	319
IX.	Public Opinion,	Spectator,	320

POETRY.
At Nightfall,	258	True,	258
The Wrong Time,	258	With a Present,	258

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No. 1795. — November 9, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Sixteenth Century Arraigned before the Nineteenth. A Study on the Reformation. By Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone,	Contemporary Review	323
II.	A Doubting Heart. By Miss Keary, author of "Castle Daly," "Oldbury," etc. Part IX.,	Advance Sheets,	343
III.	The Troubles of a Scots Traveller,	Blackwood's Magazine,	359
IV.	Sir Gibbie. By George MacDonald, author of "Malcolm," "The Marquis of Lossie," etc. Part III.,	Advance Sheets,	371
V.	Lighthouses,	Argosy,	377
VI.	Bookworms,	Saturday Review,	381

POETRY.
Commissioned,	322	We Well to Mourn?	322
Holyday,	322
Miscellany,			384

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No. 1796. — November 16, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Brothers Chambers,	London Quarterly Review,	387
II.	Sir Gibbie. By George MacDonald, author of "Malcolm," "The Marquis of Lossie," etc. Part IV.,	Advance Sheets,	400
III.	Faith and Verification. By W. H. Mallock,	Nineteenth Century,	410
IV.	Within the Precincts. By Mrs. Oliphant. Part XVII.,	Advance Sheets,	423
V.	The Things We Have Not,	Saturday Review,	432
VI.	The North American Indians,	London Times,	434
VII.	The Art of Going Away,	Saturday Review,	438
VIII.	Social Hypocrites,	Saturday Review,	440
IX.	Character and Position,	Spectator,	442
IX.	Weather Prophecies,	Spectator,	445
X.	Endurance and Fatalism,	Spectator,	447

POETRY.
In Harvest Day,	386	The Unburied Church,	386
"Aus Alten Marchen winkt es",	386

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No. 1797. — November 23, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Australian Colonies,	Westminster Review,	451
II.	Macleod of Dare. By William Black. Part XVIII.,	Advance Sheets,	472
III.	Among the Burmese. Part IV.,	Fraser's Magazine,	490
IV.	A Doubting Heart. By Miss Keary, author of "Castle Daly," "Oldbury," etc. Part X.,	Advance Sheets,	497
V.	General Oglethorpe,	Temple Bar,	504
VI.	A Spanish Bull-Fight,	Spectator,	511

POETRY.
Lost Eileen,			450
Miscellany,			512

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No. 1798. — November 30, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Eighteenth Century,	Cornhill Magazine,	515
II.	Within the Precincts. By Mrs. Oliphant. Part XVIII.,	Advance Sheets,	527
III.	The Character of the Humorist. By Charles Lamb,	Fortnightly Review,	533
IV.	Robert E. Cooper, Jr., a French Sketch of an English Business Man. Translated for The Living Age,	Rudolph Lindau,	538
V.	Originality of the Character of Christ,	Contemporary Review,	544
VI.	Chrysanthema Gathered from the Greek Anthology,	Nineteenth Century,	554
VII.	A Chinese in Philadelphia,	Academy,	564
VIII.	The Old Bed of the Oxus,	Pall Mall Gazette,	567
IX.	Hans Hendrik,	Academy,	570
IX.	The Various Causes of Scepticism,	Spectator,	573
X.	Lichens,	Sunday Magazine,	576

POETRY.
Hymn by St. Columba,	514	Leith Hill,	514

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No. 1799. — December 7, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	John Dryden,	Quarterly Review,	579
II.	Sir Gibbie. By George MacDonald, author of "Malcolm," "The Marquis of Lossie," etc. Part V.,	Advance Sheets,	602
III.	The Fear of Death,	Cornhill Magazine,	619
IV.	The Fear of Death,	Spectator,	623
V.	Soldiers of Fortune,	Saturday Review,	626
VI.	Frances Ann Kemble,	Athenæum,	628
VII.	Prince Bismarck,	Saturday Review,	633
VIII.	Pottery at the Paris Exhibition,	Nature,	635
IX.	Memoirs of Mrs. Jameson,	Saturday Review,	636

POETRY.
A Fragment,	578	Prayer,	578
At Nightfall,	578
Miscellany,			640

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No. 1800. — December 14, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	What is Going on at the Vatican. A Voice from Rome,	Contemporary Review,	643
II.	Sir Gibbie. By George MacDonald, author of "Malcolm," "The Marquis of Lossie," etc. Part VI.,	Advance Sheets,	653
III.	Holidays in Eastern France. Part III.,	Fraser's Magazine,	666
IV.	Macleod of Dare. By William Black. Part XIX.,	Advance Sheets,	677
V.	Miss Ferrier's Novels,	Temple Bar,	693

POETRY.
Love and Loss,			642

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No. 1801. — December 21, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Epping Forest. By Alfred Russell Wallace,	Fortnightly Review,	707
II.	Within the Precincts. By Mrs. Oliphant. Part XIX.,	Advance Sheets,	717
III.	Among the Burmese. Part V.,	Fraser's Magazine,	734
IV.	Racine and his Works. By the author of "Mirabeau," etc.,	Temple Bar,	740
V.	A New Method of Social Evolution,	Blackwood's Magazine,	750
VI.	The Undefinable in Art,	Cornhill Magazine,	760

POETRY.
Aberglaube,	706	Stanzas,	706
Olden Times and Present,	706

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No. 1802. — October 5, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Petrarch,	Quarterly Review,	771
II.	Bianca. By W. E. Norris,	Belgravia,	787
III.	A Red-Cross Ride through Snow and Death,	Temple Bar,	798
IV.	The Cottage by the River,	Blackwood's Magazine,	803
V.	The Sorrows of Lord Penzance,	Spectator,	819
VI.	Clerical Self-Conceit,	Spectator,	821
VII.	A Rajput Chief of the Old School. By A. C. Lyall,	Fortnightly Review,	823
	⁂ Title and Index to Volume CXXXIX.

POETRY.
"Baby's Dead",	770	Cardinal-Flowers,	770
After the Concert,	770	A Rajput Chief of the Old School,	823