Littell's Living Age/Volume 129

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 XIV.

FROM THE BEGINNING, VOL. CXXIX.

APRIL, MAY, JUNE,

1876.

 

BOSTON:

LITTELL AND GAY.

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Fifth Series, Volume XIV.

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No. 1660. — April 1, 1876.

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From Beginning Vol. CXXIX.

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CONTENTS.
I.	A Century of Great Poets, from 1750 Downwards. Alphonse de Lamartine,	Blackwood's Magazine,	3
II.	La Bella Sorrentina,	Cornhill Magazine,	20
III.	The Royal Bengal Tiger. By the Rev. M. G. Watkins, M.A.,	Fraser's Magazine,	35
IV.	An Unimportant Person,	Blackwood's Magazine,	47
V.	Old Q.,	All The Year Round,	54
VI.	Rooks,	Chambers' Journal,	57
VII.	A Sermon of Buddha. Translated from the Pali Version of the Sûtra Pitaka,	Contemporary Review,	60
VIII.	Food in Nervous Diseases,	National Food and Fuel Reformer,	63

POETRY.
His Love will Carry me,	2	The Old Friends,	2
"Violet delicate, sweet",	2	"Rose, in the hedgerow grown",	2
Miscellany,			64

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No. 1661. — April 8, 1876.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Bishop Butler and the Zeit-Geist. By Matthew Arnold,	Contemporary Review,	67
II.	The Dilemma. Part XXIII.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	78
III.	Natural Religion. Part V.,	Macmillan's Magazine,	85
IV.	An Unimportant Person. Part II.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	92
V.	Mr. Thackeray's Sketches,	Blackwood's Magazine,	98
VI.	A Negro Methodist Conference,	Cornhill Magazine,	106
VII.	John Forster. By Blanchard Jerrold,	Gentleman's Magazine,	113
VIII.	Maxims and Reflections. From the German of Goethe,	Fraser's Magazine,	117
IX.	The Tree of Knowledge,	Saturday Review,	125
X.	The Art of Luxury,	Belgravia,	127

POETRY.
Rest in the Grave,	66	Edelweiss,	66
The Face of my Mistress,	66
Miscellany,			128

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No. 1662. — April 15, 1876.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Hebrew Woman. By Constance de Rothschild,	New Quarterly Review,	131
II.	What She Came Through. By Sarah Tytler, author of "Lady Bell," etc.,	Good Words,	141
III.	The Myth of Demeter and Persephone. By Walter H. Pater. Part II.,	Fortnightly Review,	152
IV.	The Dilemma. Part XXIV.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	161
V.	A Glimpse of the Korea. By Cyprian A. G. Bridge,	Fortnightly Review,	168
VI.	The Life and Labours of Francis Deak. 1803-1876. By Karl Blind,	Fraser's Magazine,	173
VII.	Principal Tulloch on Spiritual Evolution,	Spectator,	181
VIII.	The Hurricanes,	Spectator,	183
IX.	"Mysterious Sounds",	Chambers' Journal,	185
X.	In Italics,	Queen,	189
XI.	Landed Property in Prince Edward Island,	Saturday Review,	190

POETRY.
Out of my Hand,	130	To Immortal Music,	130
"My Heart was Heavy",	130	The Primrose,	130
Miscellany,			192

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No. 1663. — April 22, 1876.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Servia,	British Quarterly Review,	195
II.	What She Came Through. By Sarah Tytler, author of "Lady Bell," etc. Part II.,	Good Words,	205
III.	Some Aspects of Friendship,	Blackwood's Magazine,	214
IV.	The Fair of St. Nicodeme. By the author of "Patty," etc.,	Temple Bar,	226
V.	Humour,	Cornhill Magazine,	234
VI.	Little Bobby: a Sketch in Paris,	Blackwood's Magazine,	240
VII.	Heligoland,	Saturday Review,	244
VIII.	The Power of Names,	Spectator,	246
IX.	Affectation,	Saturday Review,	248
X.	Art Needlework,	Pall Mall Gazette,	251
XI.	Going to the Bad,	Liberal Review,	253
XII.	Nelson and Suvorof,	Athenæum,	254

POETRY.
To the Empress,	194	The Latest Grave of the Abbey,	194
One Day out of Seven,	194	At Rest,	194
Miscellany,			255, 256

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No. 1664. — April 29, 1876.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Eton College,	Blackwood's Magazine,	259
II.	The Dilemma. Part XXV.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	272
III.	Mrs. Thrale (Piozzi): the Friend of Dr. Johnson,	Macmillan's Magazine,	281
IV.	What She Came Through. By Sarah Tytler, author of "Lady Bell," etc.Part III.,	Good Words,	290
V.	Norman Macleod. By A. K. H. B.,	Fraser's Magazine,	305
VI.	The Norman Kingdom in Sicily,	Quarterly Review,	312
VII.	A Visit to a Japanese Silver-Mine,	Chambers' Journal,	318

POETRY.
A Holiday,	258	The Old Mill,	258
Sonnet,	258	Michael Angelo,	258
Miscellany,			319, 320

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No. 1665. — May 6, 1876.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Political Changes of Thirty Years,	Contemporary Review,	323
II.	The Dilemma. Conclusion,	Blackwood's Magazine,	333
III.	Madame de Maintenon. Part I.,	Fortnightly Review,	346
IV.	What She Came Through. By Sarah Tytler, author of "Lady Bell," etc. Part IV.,	Good Words,	354
V.	The Pessimist's View of Life,	Cornhill Magazine,	363
VI.	A Literary Friendship of the Fourteenth Century,	Macmillan's Magazine,	372
VII.	Lord Macaulay's Memory,	Spectator,	381

POETRY.
Sailed To-Day,	322	Any Poet to his Mistress,	322
In Church,	322	Spring is Coming,	322
Miscellany,			384

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No. 1666. — May 13, 1876.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Christian Populations in Turkey,	London Quarterly Review,	387
II.	1895,	Blackwood's Magazine,	398
III.	Dutch Guiana. By W. Gifford Palgrave. Part IV.,	Fortnightly Review,	409
IV.	What She Came Through. By Sarah Tytler, author of "Lady Bell," etc. Part V.,	Good Words,	421
V.	Russian Idylls,	Contemporary Review,	429
VI.	The Literary Maltreatment of Music,	Macmillan's Magazine,	438
VII.	A Message from St. Kilda to Lord J. Manners,	Spectator,	444
VIII.	Getting Over It,	Queen,	447

POETRY.
We Were Children Once,	386	Once,	386

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No. 1667. — May 20, 1876.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Rousselet's Travels in India,	Westminster Review,	451
II.	1895. Conclusion,	Blackwood's Magazine,	472
III.	Macaulay,	Fortnightly Review,	482
IV.	What She Came Through. By Sarah Tytler, author of "Lady Bell," etc. Part VI.,	Good Words,	494
V.	Life, Letters, and Journals of George Ticknor,	Athenæum,	504
VI.	My Easter Holiday,	Pall Mall Budget,	508
VII.	Neighbours,	Liberal Review,	510
VIII.	Lord Palmerston at Broadlands,	Month,	511

POETRY.
Morning-Glories,	450	On Hearing The Chiff-Chaff,	450
Miscellany,			512

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No. 1668. — May 27, 1876.

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From Beginning Vol. CXXIX.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay,	Edinburgh Review,	515
II.	Justin Vitali's Client: a French "Cause Celebre",	Cornhill Magazine,	535
III.	Sunday-School and Lending-Library Literature,	Good Words,	550
IV.	What She Came Through. By Sarah Tytler, author of "Lady Bell," etc. Part VII.,	Church Quarterly Review,	564
V.	Furnishing,	Saturday Review,	572
VI.	Soul-Traps,	Sunday at Home,	574
VII.	A Frenchman on French Women,	Standard,	575

POETRY.
Twilight Voices,	514	A Song of Land at Sea,	514
Grapes, Wine, and Vinegar,	514	April: a Sonnet,	514

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No. 1669. — June 3, 1876.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Recent Scotch Novels,	Edinburgh Review,	579
II.	What She Came Through. By Sarah Tytler, author of "Lady Bell," etc. Part VIII.,	Good Words,	598
III.	Mrs. Thrale (Piozzi): the Friend of Dr. Johnson. Part II.,	Macmillan's Magazine,	609
IV.	The Lady Candidate,	Blackwood's Magazine,	618
V.	T'other Side o' the Water. By One who Knows this Side,	Temple Bar,	630
VI.	The National Antipathies of Individuals,	Spectator,	634
VII.	The Conditions of Business Success,	Spectator,	637
VIII.	Incidents of African Travel,	New Quarterly Magazine,	638

POETRY.
April Days,	578	The Grafin von Rosenau,	578
Miscellany,			640

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No. 1670. — June 10, 1876.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Sir William and Caroline Herschel,	Quarterly Review,	643
II.	Janet Mason's Troubles. A Story of Town and Country,	Sunday Magazine,	659
III.	Society,	Blackwood's Magazine,	668
IV.	Whittlebridge,	Blackwood's Magazine,	679
V.	Madame de Maintenon,	Fortnightly Review,	686
VI.	For Pity's Sake. By the author of "Robert Holt's Illusion," etc.,	Sunday Magazine,	694
VII.	The Pantheon, Paris,	Our Own Fireside,	703

POETRY.
Primroses,	642	Dawn in the Mountains of the Tropics,	642
A Rhyme of One,	642
Comfort,	642	Spring Song,	704

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No. 1671. — June 17, 1876.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Clarendon,	Contemporary Review,	707
II.	Whittlebridge. Part II.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	722
III.	Spelling,	Cornhill Magazine,	730
IV.	For Pity's Sake. By the author of "Robert Holt's Illusion," etc. Part II.,	Sunday Magazine,	739
V.	Social, Representative, and Rambling Plants,	Macmillan's Magazine,	748
VI.	Janet Mason's Troubles. A Story of Town and Country. Part II.,	Sunday Magazine,	753
VII.	Coca,	Chambers' Journal,	764

POETRY.
Hymn,	706	Revolutionary Ballads,
Winter Song,	706	General Wolfe,	766
The Empty Place,	706	Montgomery,	766
		The Queen's Lamentation,	767
		Vain Britons, boast no longer,	767
		The Junta,	768

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No. 1672. — June 24, 1876.

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From Beginning Vol. CXXIX.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Keppels: Fifty Years of my Life, by the Earl of Albemarle,	Quarterly Review,	771
II.	Janet Mason's Troubles. A Story of Town and Country. Part III.,	Sunday Magazine,	793
III.	Macaulay,	Cornhill Magazine,	805
IV.	For Pity's Sake - Part III. By the author of "Robert Holt's Illusion," etc.,	Sunday Magazine,	817
V.	Our Cakes,	Queen,	822
	⁂ Title and Index to Volume CXXIX.

POETRY.
A Song of the Country,	770	First Fruits,	770
Then,	770	Spring's Gifts,	770
Miscellany,			824