Littell's Living Age/Volume 128

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 XIII.

FROM THE BEGINNING, VOL. CXXVIII.

JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH,

1876

BOSTON:

LITTELL AND GAY.

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Fifth Series, Volume XIII.

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No. 1647. — January 1, 1876.

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From Beginning Vol. CXXVIII.

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CONTENTS.
I.	France Before the War,	Blackwood's Magazine,	3
II.	How I Won a Wife. Translated for The Living Age from the Platt-Deutsch of Fritz Reuter,		17
III.	German Home Life. By a Lady. Part VIII.,	Fraser's Magazine,	27
IV.	Her Dearest Foe. By the author of "The Wooing O't." Part X.,	Temple Bar,	35
V.	Diversions of a Pedagogue,	Macmillan's Magazine,	42
VI.	A Monk's Daily Life,	Fraser's Magazine,	48
VII.	Misquotation,	Spectator,	57
VIII.	Mr. Story's "Nero",	Examiner,	60
IX.	Pets,	Saturday Review,	62

POETRY.
The Last Wish,	2	Elf-King's Youngest Daughter,	2
Miscellany,			64

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No. 1648. — January 8, 1876.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The True Eastern Question. By Edward A. Freeman,	Fortnightly Review,	67
II.	The Dilemma. Part XVI.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	80
III.	Walt Whitman's Poems. By Peter Bayne,	Contemporary Review,	91
IV.	The Curate in Charge. By Mrs. Oliphant. Part VII.,	Macmillan's Magazine,	103
V.	In a Studio. By W. W. Story. Part VI.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	112
VI.	West-Indian Superstitions,	Contemporary Review,	117
VII.	Hindoo Proverbs,	Globe,	126

POETRY.
A German "Bad",	66	Dust and Ashes,	66
Miscellany,			128

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No. 1649. — January 15, 1876.

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From Beginning Vol. CXXVIII.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Arts, considered as Tidemarks of History,	Church Quarterly Review,	131
II.	Her Dearest Foe. By the author of "The Wooing O't." Part XI.,	Temple Bar,	146
III.	Dutch Guiana. By W. Gifford Palgrave,	Fortnightly Review,	154
IV.	The Dilemma. Part XVII.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	169
V.	The Strange Horse of Loch Suainabhal. By William Black, author of "The Princess of Thule,"	Macmillan's Magazine,	179
VI.	Kisawlee: Life in a Canadian Country Town,	Macmillan's Magazine,	185

POETRY.
Hymnus Responsorius. By Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone,	130	Two Sonnets,	130
Miscellany,			192

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No. 1650. — January 22, 1876.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Prose Works of Wordsworth,	Fortnightly Review,	195
II.	The Curate in Charge. By Mrs. Oliphant. Part VIII.,	Macmillan's Magazine,	208
III.	In a Studio. By W. W. Story. Part VII.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	215
IV.	Lawson's Travels in New Guinea,	Edinburgh's Review,	226
V.	Left-Handed Elsa,	Blackwood's Magazine,	237
VI.	The Limits of Illustration,	Spectator,	247
VII.	Consideration of Others,	Saturday Review,	249
VIII.	Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys,	Academy,	252
IX.	Vesuvius,	Athenæum,	254

POETRY.
Waiting,	194	Winter,	194
Miscellany,			256

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No. 1651. — January 29, 1876.

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CONTENTS.
I.	A Prussian Campaign in Holland,	Edinburgh Review,	259
II.	Left-Handed Elsa. Part II.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	274
III.	Corneille, and the Literary Society of his Age. By the author of "Mirabeau," etc.,	Temple Bar,	281
IV.	The Story of Monique. By Julia Kavanagh,	Argosy,	293
V.	A Neglected Humorist,	Temple Bar,	303
VI.	Good-Will towards Men,	Queen,	313
VII.	Cheese-Factories in America,	Philadelphia Ledger,	315
VIII.	A New Paper-making Material,	Chambers' Journal,	316
IX.	How to Breathe Properly,	Public Health,	318
X.	The Monasteries and the Poor-laws,	Month,	318

POETRY.
Morning Musings.		Come Near to Me,	258
I. — My Heart,	258	The Cynic's Carol,	258
II. — God's Lilies,	258	Silenced and Forgotten. A Monk's Soliloquy,	319
III. — Patience,	258

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No. 1652. — February 5, 1876.

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CONTENTS.
I.	On some Aspects of Science in Relation to Religion,	Church Quarterly Review,	323
II.	The Curate in Charge. By Mrs. Oliphant. Part IX.,	Macmillan's Magazine,	339
III.	In my Study Chair. Part II.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	349
IV.	Her Dearest Foe. By the author of "The Wooing O't." Part XII.,	Temple Bar,	358
V.	German Home Life. By a Lady. Conclusion,	Fraser's Magazine,	373
VI.	What is Flavour?	Gardener's Magazine	384

POETRY.
Dame Poesy's Ways of Love,	322	On the Threshold,	322
Until Death,	322

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No. 1653. — February 12, 1876.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Montenegro,	Macmillan's Magazine,	387
II.	Her Dearest Foe. By the author of "The Wooing O't." Part XIII.,	Temple Bar,	398
III.	A Ramble in Syracuse,	Fortnightly Review,	414
IV.	The Dilemma. Part XVIII.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	422
V.	Wesleyan Methodism, in Wesley's Lifetime and after. By J. Llewelyn Davies	Contemporary Review,	429
VI.	The English Jews,	Spectator,	444
VII.	Conversation with Napoleon at Longwood,	St. James's Magazine,	447

POETRY.
Two Songs,	386	Hemlocks,	386
Shepherd's Song,	386
Miscellany,			448

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No. 1654. — February 19, 1876.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Wesleyan Methodism, in Wesley's Lifetime and after. By J. Llewelyn Davies. Part II.,	Contemporary Review,	451
II.	Her Dearest Foe. By the author of "The Wooing O't." Part XIV.,	Temple Bar,	467
III.	The Myth of Demeter and Persephone,	Fortnightly Review,	480
IV.	The Dilemma. Part XIX.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	488
V.	A Week among the Maoris of Lake Taupo,	Cornhill Magazine,	495
VI.	The Curate in Charge. By Mrs. Oliphant. Conclusion,	Macmillan's Magazine,	501
VII.	The Intellectual Qualifications for Chess,	Spectator,	507
VIII.	Spelling,	Saturday Review,	509
IX.	Hops,	Gardener's Chronicle,	511

POETRY.
Lines on Leap-Year,	450	Dream of a Spelling-Bee,	450
To M. A. T.,	450	Christmas,	450
The Forgotten Grave,	450
Miscellany,			512

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No. 1655. — February 26, 1876.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Forster's Life of Swift,	Quarterly Review,	515
II.	Her Dearest Foe. By the author of "The Wooing O't." Part XV.,	Temple Bar,	536
III.	Goethe and Minna Herzlieb,	Contemporary Review,	554
IV.	Left-Handed Elsa. Part III.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	567
V.	Rational Excitement,	Saturday Review,	572
VI.	"Pigeon English",	Pall Mall Gazette,	575

POETRY.
From Moschus,	514	The Lesson of the Leaves,	514
To Charles Sumner,	514	Jubilate,	514
The Tides,	514

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No. 1656. — March 4, 1876.

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From Beginning Vol. CXXVIII.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Scottish Statesmen of the Revolution: The Dalrymples,	Edinburgh Review,	579
II.	Her Dearest Foe By the author of "The Wooing O't." Part XVI.,	Temple Bar,	598
III.	A Tribe of Toymakers. By Margaret Howitt,	Leisure Hour,	618
IV.	Left-Handed Elsa. Conclusion,	Blackwood's Magazine,	625
V.	Prince Bismarck and his Master,	Spectator,	637
VI.	The Low Value of Silver, and its Effect on India,	Economist,	639

POETRY.
The New Year,	578	The Seasons,	578
Home,	578
Miscellany,			640

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No. 1657. — March 11, 1876.

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From Beginning Vol. CXXVIII.

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CONTENTS.
I.	On the Border Territory between the Animal and the Vegetable Kingdoms. By T. H. Huxley,	Macmillan's Magazine,	643
II.	Her Dearest Foe. By the author of "The Wooing O't." Conclusion,	Temple Bar,	652
III.	On National Education as a National Duty. By Professor Max Müller	Contemporary Review,	676
IV.	The Dilemma. - Part XX.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	681
V.	Dutch Guiana. By W. Gifford Palgrave. Part II.,	Fortnightly Review,	687
VI.	Self-Esteem and Self-Estimation,	Cornhill Magazine,	692
VII.	Tyndall on the Air and Organic Life,	Lancet,	701
VIII.	Hosts and Hostesses,	Queen,	702

POETRY.
Changing Guides,	642	The Years,	642
Under the Apple-Tree,	642	The Best Use,	704
Miscellany,			704

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No. 1658. — March 18, 1876.

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From Beginning Vol. CXXVIII.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Modern English Prose. By George Saintsbury,	Fortnightly Review,	707
II.	Bee or Beatrix,	Blackwood's Magazine,	717
III.	Dutch Guiana. By W. Gifford Palgrave. Part III.,	Fortnightly Review,	726
IV.	The Dilemma. Part XXI.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	732
V.	The Pope and Magna Charta. By Cardinal Manning,	Contemporary Review,	741
VI.	Mazarin. By the author of "Mirabeau," etc.,	Temple Bar,	752
VII.	George Eliot's Heroines,	Spectator,	761
VIII.	The Quaker's Hat,	Saturday Review,	763
IX.	The Drainage of the Zuyder-Zee,	Nature,	767

POETRY.
The Nymph of Arcadie,	706	Rondel,	706
Life,	706	Transfiguration,	706
Miscellany,			768

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No. 1659. — March 25, 1876.

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From Beginning Vol. CXXVIII.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Two Amperes,	Edinburgh Review,	771
II.	Bee or Beatrix. Conclusion,	Blackwood's Magazine,	786
III.	Matthew Prior,	Cornhill Magazine,	794
IV.	The Dilemma. Part XXII.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	805
V.	Some Traits of Composers,	Macmillan's Magazine,	810
VI.	Caroline Herschel,	Temple Bar,	816
VII.	A Winter Morning's Ride,	Macmillan's Magazine,	820
VIII.	Samuel Pepys and his Poor Relations,	Academy,	823
	⁂ Title and Index to Volume CXXVIII.

POETRY.
Memories,	770	The Shadow,	770
My Song,	770
Miscellany,			824