Littell's Living Age/Volume 176

No. 2271. — January 7, 1888.

Contents.

1. The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, by Arch. Geikie, Contemporary Review
2. The Magic Fan, by John Strange Winter, author of "Bootle's Baby," "A Siege Baby," etc., English Illustrated Magazine
3. Mohammedanism in Africa, by R. Bosworth Smith, Nineteenth Century
4. Lord Macaulay and Madame d'Arblay, by Coker Adams, National Review
5. A Dramatic Effect, Blackwood's Magazine
6. The Future of the Negro, Spectator
7. Early English Navigators and their Nautical Instruments, St. James's Gazette
8. New Names for New States, Spectator
9. Old Silver, St. James's Gazette

Poetry.

An April Day, by R. L. Binyon, Academy

At Moonrise, by Sidney A. Alexander, English Illustrated Magazine

Carmen Mysticum, Spectator

Love and Death, by Edward F. Strange, Magazine of Art

Miscellany.

Oil Calming a Troubled Sea, Chambers' Journal

Poisonous Colors, English Mechanic

No. 2272. — January 14, 1888.

Contents.

1. Cæsar Borgia - Part I., by Charles Yriarte, Blackwood's Magazine
2. Jims Meg, Murray's Magazine
3. Count Leo Tolstoi, by Matthew Arnold, Fortnightly Review
4. Beethoven, by L. E., Temple Bar
5. Richard Cable, the Lightshipman - Part XXXII., by Sabine Baring-Gould, the author of "Mehalah," "John Herring," "Court Royal," etc., Chambers' Journal
6. Moultrie's Poems, by H. S. Salt, Macmillan's Magazine
7. Slipshod English, by I. G. S., National Review
8. Lindley Murray, All The Year Round
9. An Episode of the Long Vacation, by Roland Graham, Macmillan's Magazine
10. A Panegyric on Sir Walter Scott, Pall Mall Gazette

Poetry.

The Pixies' Garden, by E. Nesbit, Longman's Magazine

The Prisoner, by B. L. Tollemache, Academy

No. 2273. — January 21, 1888.

Contents.

1. Two Bishops Of Manchester, Temple Bar
2. Grey Fur - Part II., by E. Gerard, Longman's Magazine
3. Sir Stafford Northcote, by Lord Coleridge, Macmillan's Magazine
4. Peter Grant's Wooing, by Louisa Parr, Longman's Magazine
5. Some Experiences of an Elephant-Kraal in Ceylon, by S. M. Burrows, Macmillan's Magazine
6. Oysters, by C. Lloyd Morgan, Murray's Magazine
7. The Thames, by Benjamin Ward Richardson, Fortnightly Review
8. Rabbits in Australia, by C. G. N. Lockhart, Blackwood's Magazine
9. Hares, St. James's Gazette
10. Hibernian Imagery, Spectator

Poetry.

The Mirage, by H. T. R., Spectator

After Autumn, Cornhill Magazine

Nature, by Will Foster, Spectator

No. 2274. — January 28, 1888.

Contents.

1. Peasant Properties in France, 1787 - 1887, by F. P. Verney, National Review
2. Cass, Cornhill Magazine
3. The Time it Takes to Think, by J. McK. Cattell, Nineteenth Century
4. Richard Cable, the Lightshipman - Part XXXIII., by Sabine Baring-Gould, the author of "Mehalah," "John Herring," "Court Royal," etc., Chambers' Journal
5. Notes by a Naturalist, Cornhill Magazine
6. Mademoiselle Aisse, by Edmund Gosse, Fortnightly Review
7. The Wreck of the Derry Castle, Chambers' Journal
8. Manxland: its Laws and Customs, Westminster Review
9. Secret Chambers, St. James's Gazette
10. The Attractiveness of London, Spectator
11. An Unvarnished Picture of Peking, St. James's Gazette
12. Philologists versus Critics, by H. D. Traill, English Illustrated Magazine

Poetry.

Matrimony, Temple Bar

Bygones, by Charles Mackay, Temple Bar

A Baby's Epitaph, by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Fortnightly Review

A Rhyme, by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Fortnightly Review

No. 2275. — February 4, 1888.

Contents.

1. Right and Wrong, by W. S. Lilly, Fortnightly Review
2. Such Pity as a Father hath, Blackwood's Magazine
3. Rome and Malaria, by E. Strachan Morgan, National Review
4. Dr. Johnson's Style, by G. Birkbeck Hill, Macmillan's Magazine
5. William Powell Frith, R.A., Temple Bar
6. The Story of the Assassination of Alexander II., by J. E. Muddock, Gentleman's Magazine
7. Pictures at Sea, by W. Clark Russell, Macmillan's Magazine
8. Centenary of the Times, Times
9. The Explosion at Amoy, by Miss Gordon-Cumming, St. James's Gazette
10. Christmas Island, by W. J. L. Wharton, Nature
11. The Power and Speed of Flight in Birds, St. James's Gazette

Poetry.

Advice to the Girl of the Period, by G. H. W., Temple Bar

Irene, by William Canton, Academy

Somewhere, by H. T. R., Spectator

Miscellany.

Police Law in Russia, Public Opinion

No. 2276. — February 11, 1888.

Contents.

1. Shelley, by Matthew Arnold, Nineteenth Century
2. Souvenirs of an Egoist, by Ernest C. Dowson, Temple Bar
3. Elk-Hunting, by Henry Pottinger, Fortnightly Review
4. Marlitt, by C. Baring Gould, Gentleman's Magazine
5. Richard Cable, the Lightshipman - Part XXXIV., by Sabine Baring-Gould, the author of "Mehalah," "John Herring," "Court Royal," etc., Chambers' Journal
6. A Magyar Musician, by Paul Sylvester, National Review
7. Count Cavour, Westminster Review
8. Perpetual Motion, Nature
9. The Calamity in China, Spectator
10. Professor Bonamy Price, Spectator

Poetry.

George Loveday, by Herman Merivale, Spectator

To Lord Tennyson, by Alfred Austin, Spectator

The Leaf and the Breeze, by Arnault, translated by A. B. E., Academy

Miscellany.

To Find the Day of the Week for any Given Date, by Lewis Carroll, Nature

Epitaphs on Dogs

No. 2277. — February 18, 1888.

Contents.

1. Sidereal Photography, Edinburgh Review
2. A Financial Operation, Cornhill Magazine
3. Cæsar Borgia - Part II., by Charles Yriarte, Blackwood's Magazine
4. The Three Evils of Destiny, by J. Theodore Bent, Scottish Review
5. A River of Ruined Capitals, by W. W. Hunter, Nineteenth Century
6. Dr. Johnson on Ireland, Westminster Review
7. My Uncle's Clock, Macmillan's Magazine
8. Thackeray's Letters, by Walter Sichel, Time
9. Dethroning Tennyson, by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Nineteenth Century
10. Atmospheric Curiosities, Scotsman
11. The Possibility of a Small War in Europe, Economist
12. Ice-Boating in the Gulf of Finland, Manchester Guardian

Poetry.

My Snow Image, by Arthur L. Salmon, Chambers' Journal

The Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman" – In Memoriam, by G., Good Words

The Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman" – In Memoriam, by J. H., Good Words

"Could you ever near me be", by George Gordon Hare, translation of an modern anonymous Greek song, Academy

Miscellany.

The Lily of Scripture, by P. E. Newberry, Notes and Queries

No. 2278. — February 25, 1888.

Contents.

1. Darwin's Life and Letters, Quarterly Review
2. A Tumbler of Milk, Cornhill Magazine
3. Mary Stuart in Scotland - Part I., Blackwood's Magazine
4. Personal Experiences of Bulgaria, by T. W. Legh, National Review
5. A Night in the Jungle, Macmillan's Magazine
6. Some Wiccamical Reminiscences, by Thomas Adolphus Trollope, Temple Bar
7. Thackeray's Brighton, All The Year Round
8. The Last String, by Gustav Hartwig, translated by Theodore Martin, Blackwood 's Magazine

Poetry.

L'Insouciance, by F. M. Sartoris, Temple Bar

Bonamy Price, by J. R. M., Spectator

The Great North Sea, by Florence Peacock, Chambers' Journal

The Dead, All The Year Round

The Frost-Elves, Temple Bar

The Last String, by Gustav Hartwig, translated by Theodore Martin, Blackwood 's Magazine

Miscellany.

Russian Coal

No. 2279. — March 3, 1888.

Contents.

1. Cabot's Life of Emerson, Quarterly Review
2. The Five Horseshoes, Temple Bar
3. The Romance of History, Temple Bar
4. Home Rule in Norway, by Theodore von Bunsen, Nineteenth Century
5. The Evolution of Humor, by H. D. Traill, National Review
6. A Jacobean Courtier, by Arthur Benson, Fortnightly Review
7. Unser Fritz, by One who knows him, Time
8. The Peace-loving Mennonites, Public Opinion

Poetry.

England to Ireland, by William Watson, Spectator

The Beauty of Winter, by John Hutton, Sunday Magazine

On A Picture, by Stephen Temple, Time

Miscellany.

Curious Observations on the Growth of the Heart, Knowledge

No. 2280. — March 10, 1888.

Contents.

1. Islam and Christianity in India, Contemporary Review
2. "That Girl in Black" - Part I., by Mrs. Molesworth, English Illustrated Magazine
3. Cæsar Borgia - Part III., by Charles Yriarte, Blackwood's Magazine
4. Jean Siffrein Maury, by Lady Jackson, Temple Bar
5. Mrs. Oliphant on Venice, Blackwood's Magazine
6. Charles Darwin and Agnosticism, by Frederic W. H. Myers, Fortnightly Review
7. Burford, Macmillan's Magazine
8. Dolls, Chambers' Journal
9. Crown Windfalls, 1887, by Sidney H. Preston, Public Opinion

Poetry.

Jesus of Nazareth Passing by, Churchman

Virgil, by Joseph John Murphy, Spectator

On The Seashore, by F. H. Bowman, Good Words

Miscellany.

Jews in Morocco, Jewish World

No. 2281. — March 17, 1888.

Contents.

1. The Swiss Constitution, Westminster Review
2. "That Girl in Black" - Part II., by Mrs. Molesworth, English Illustrated Magazine
3. Contemporary Life and Thought In France, by G. Monod, Contemporary Review
4. The Waiting Supper - Part I., by Thomas Hardy, author of "The Woodlanders," etc., Murray's Magazine
5. The Faroe Isles, by Charles Edwards, Gentleman's Magazine
6. Orchids, by Frederick Boyle, Longman's Magazine
7. The Camel, Saturday Review
8. Home Colonization, Spectator
9. Mary Howitt, by A. M., Times
10. Anecdotes of John Wilkes, Life and Times of John Wilkes
11. The Kaiser's Day's Work, St. James's Gazette

Poetry.

Lux in Tenebris, by Erimus, Chamber's Journal

To his Love, by Amelia B. Edwards, Academy

Companionship, Cornhill Magazine

The Lighthouse, Biarritz, by B. L. Tollemache, Academy

No. 2282. — March 24, 1888.

Contents.

1. The Culture of the Horrible: Mr. Haggard's Stories, Church Quarterly Review
2. The Waiting Supper - Part II., by Thomas Hardy, author of "The Woodlanders," etc., Murray's Magazine
3. The Death of Abdul Aziz and of Turkish Reform, by Sir Henry Elliot, Nineteenth Century
4. Horace Walpole and Madame du Deffand, Temple Bar
5. Beauty, Composition, Expression, Characterization, by John Addington Symonds, Fortnightly Review
6. Nationality, by J. Westlake, Contemporary Review
7. Poor General Wolfe!, by Hubert Hull, Gentleman's Magazine
8. Musicians as Musical Critics,, St. James's Gazette

Poetry.

The Broidered Bodice, translated from the French by Graham R. Tomson, Longman's Magazine

Thou art not Near, by Frederick E, Weatherky, Cassell's Magazine

Questioning, by Mrs. Owen, Spectator

Lincoln: Midnight, by Paget Toynbee, Academy

If you were Here, by P. W. Roose, Chambers' Journal

No. 2283. — March 31, 1888.

Contents.

1. The Swarming of Men, by Leonard Courtney, Nineteenth Century
2. Monsieur le Cure, by Mabel E. Wotton, Temple Bar
3. Garibaldi's Memoirs, by Karl Blind, Contemporary Review
4. Some Clerical Reminiscences, Cornhill Magazine
5. Ostrich-Farming in South Africa, Saturday Review
6. Fires in Cotton, Economist
7. Our Neighbors the Moors, Times of Morocco

Poetry.

Lament for a Mocking-Bird, by Fanny Kremble, Temple Bar

The Hollow, by auteur, All The Year Round

The Violets, by auteur, St. James's Gazette

Miscellany.

The Young Pretender

Nautical Epitaph, Notes and Queries