Littell's Living Age/Volume 137

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 XXII.

FROM THE BEGINNING, VOL. CXXXVII.

APRIL, MAY, JUNE,

1878

BOSTON:

LITTELL AND GAY.

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No. 1764. — April 6, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Florence and the Medici. Part II.,	Fortnightly Review,	3
II.	"Only Jean",	Blackwood's Magazine,	15
III.	Spenser's Irish Rivers. By P. W. Joyce, LL.D.,	Fraser's Magazine,	21
IV.	Erica. Part XVII. Translated for The Living Age, from the German of	Frau von Ingersleben,	35
V.	"Il Re Galantuomo". By James Montgomery Stuart,	Macmillan's Magazine,	46
VI.	The Three Cities. By W. G. Palgrave,	Cornhill Magazine,	51
VII.	How Great Men Work,	Cornhill Magazine,	59
VIII.	The Hatred of Individuals for Nations,	Spectator,	62

POETRY.
My Wife, by Frederick Locker	2	Long Ago,	2
In Pall Mall,	2	I Love Thee,	2

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No. 1765. — April 13, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Equality. By Matthew Arnold,	Fortnightly Review,	67
II.	Erica. Part XVIII. Translated for The Living Age, from the German of	Frau von Ingersleben,	80
III.	The English Language as Spoken and Written. By Francis W. Newman,	Contemporary Review,	94
IV.	Within the Precincts. By Mrs. Oliphant. Part V.,	Advance Sheets,	103
V.	On the Decay of Fine Manners,	Cornhill Magazine,	110
VI.	On Teaching English. By Francis W. Newman,	Fraser's Magazine,	115
VII.	Madonna Dunya. By Emily Pfeiffer,	Contemporary Review,	117
VIII.	The Last of the Gases,	Nature,	121
IX.	The Centenary of Voltaire,	Pall Mall Gazette,	123
X.	The Use and Abuse of Princes,	Tatler,	125
XI.	The Green Flag of the Prophet,	Chambers' Journal,	126

POETRY.
Two Cities,	66	Hacia Casa,	66
A Strange Singer,	66	Madonna Dunya,	117
Homeward,	66

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No. 1766. — April 20, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	A Broad-Church Bishop,	Church Quarterly Review,	131
II.	Macleod of Dare. By William Black. Part VI.,	Advance Sheets,	143
III.	Mr. Froude's "Life and Times of Thomas Becket". By Edward A. Freeman,	Contemporary Review,	150
IV.	Erica. Part XIX. Translated for The Living Age, from the German of	Frau von Ingersleben,	164
V.	Story of George Cruirshank,	Chambers' Journal,	178
VI.	The Analogies of Plant and Animal Life,	Nature,	182
VII.	The Tobacco-Tax in Germany,	Spectator,	187
VIII.	The Gardener Bird,	Spectator,	189
IX.	The Legitimate Sphere of Agnosticism,	Spectator,	192

POETRY.
Death's Changed Face,	130	The Explorer,	130

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No. 1767. — April 27, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	England as a Military Power in 1854 and in 1878,	Nineteenth Century,	195
II.	Erica. Part XX. Translated for The Living Age, from the German of	Frau von Ingersleben,	209
III.	Modern Japan,	Fortnightly Magazine,	222
IV.	Macleod of Dare. By William Black. Part VII.,	Advance Sheets,	229
V.	French Home Life. The Influence of Women,	Blackwood's Magazine,	236
VI.	Change-Ringing,	Chambers' Journal,	247
VII.	Our Irresponsible Ambassadors,	Spectator,	250
VIII.	The Loss of the "Eurydice",	Spectator,	252
IX.	The Domestic Sphinx,	Spectator,	254

POETRY.
Lost and Found,	194	Beautiful Things,	194
At the Theatre,	194
Miscellany,			256

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No. 1768. — May 4, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Russia and India,	Nineteenth Century,	259
II.	Within the Precincts. By Mrs. Oliphant. Part VI.,	Advance Sheets,	266
III.	The Political Adventures of Lord Beaconsfield,	Fortnightly Review,	276
IV.	Erica. Conclusion. Translated for The Living Age, from the German of	Frau von Ingersleben,	286
V.	The Gothic Fragments of Ulfilas,	Macmillan's Magazine,	300
VI.	Æs Triplex,	Cornhill Magazine,	307
VII.	A Recollection of the Indian Mutiny. By Thomas Farquhar,	Sunday at Home,	311
VIII.	The Pleasures of Mediocrity,	Saturday Review,	315
IX.	A Fearful Swing,	Chambers' Journal,	317
X.	Japanese Fans,	Chambers' Journal,	319

POETRY.
When we were Children,	258	Love's Calendar,	258
Irish Song,	258	"Lead, Kindly Light",	258
Miscellany,			320

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No. 1769. — May 11, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Mr. Froude's "Life and Times of Thomas Becket". By Edward A. Freeman. Part II.,	Contemporary Review,	323
II.	Second Sight Translated for The Living Age, by	E. W. Latimer,	337
III.	Modern Japan. Part II.,	Fortnightly Magazine,	345
IV.	Note-Deafness,	Mind,	353
V.	Positivism on an Island: the New Paul and Virginia,	Contemporary Review,	358
VI.	Can Jews be Patriots?	Nineteenth Century,	374
VII.	A Romance of the East Coast,	Fraser's Magazine,	380

POETRY.
Spring Songs,	322	To Ethel,	322
Wind and Weather,	322
Miscellany,			384

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No. 1770. — May 18, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Popular Buddhism According to the Chinese Canon,	Westminster Review,	387
II.	Second Sight. Conclusion. Translated for The Living Age, by	E. W. Latimer,	402
III.	The Poetry of Doubt - Arnold and Clough,	Church Quarterly Review,	410
IV.	Macleod of Dare. By William Black. Part VIII.,	Advance Sheets,	421
V.	Thomas Arnold, D.D.,	Macmillan's Magazine,	428
VI.	The China-Clay Industry of Cornwall and Devon. By J. H. Collins, F.G.S., Secretary of the Royal Institution of Cornwall,	Popular Science Review,	434
VII.	Flowers of Anglo-Indian Literature,	St. James's Magazine,	438
VIII.	The Luxury of Reading Old Novels,	Spectator,	442
IX.	Courtesy at Home,	Saturday Review,	444
X.	The Chinese Reconquest of Eastern Turkestan,	Spectator,	446

POETRY.
Two Sonnets,	386	In a Meadow,	386
A Child's Heart,	386	A Room,	386
Miscellany,			448

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No. 1771. — May 25, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Lecky's "History of England in the Eighteenth Century",	Quarterly Review,	451
II.	Macleod of Dare. By William Black. Part IX.,	Advance Sheets,	471
III.	From the Quirinal to the Vatican,	Macmillan's Magazine,	479
IV.	The Comet,	Argosy,	488
V.	The Apollo Belvedere,	New Quarterly Review,	496
VI.	Canossa,	Cornhill Magazine,	504
VII.	Retrospective Sympathy,	Saturday Review,	510

POETRY.
Sorrow on the Sea,	450	Sunset,	450

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No. 1772. — June 1, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Crown and the Constitution,	Quarterly Review,	515
II.	Within the Precincts. By Mrs. Oliphant. Part VII.,	Advance Sheets,	543
III.	The Coming Total Solar Eclipse. By J. Norman Lockyer,	Nature,	557
IV.	On Keeping Silence from Good Words,	Fraser's Magazine,	565
V.	Lower Life in the Tropics,	Spectator,	568
VI.	Amateur Librarians,	Spectator,	571
VII.	Advice to the Late Lord Macaulay, on Entering Life,	Lord Brougham,	574
VIII.	Buddhism,	Public Opinion,	575
IX.	The Goorkhas,	Globe,	576

POETRY.
The Cure's Progress,	514	The Good Great Man,	514
Butterflies,	514	Some Answer,	514

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No. 1773. — June 8, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Constantinople,	British Quarterly Review,	579
II.	Count Waldemar,	Cornhill Magazine,	595
III.	Thurot. A Biographical Sketch,	Fraser's Magazine,	613
IV.	Russian Court Life in the Eighteenth Century. Catherine Alexiewna I. and Anne Ivanowna,	Temple Bar,	626
V.	Conceit,	Examiner,	636
VI.	Holidays,	Vanity Fair,	638
VII.	The Yeoman's Story,	Temple Bar,	639

POETRY.
Translation from Heine,	578	A May-Song,	578
An April Wood,	578	The Yeoman's Story,	639

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No. 1774. — June 15, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Greatness of the Romans. By Goldwin Smith,	Contemporary Review,	643
II.	The Death of the Duke de M——. From "The Nabob," by E. Daudet. Translated from the French,	Temple Bar,	653
III.	The Political Adventures of Lord Beaconsfield. Part II. From 1826 to 1837,	Fortnightly Review,	657
IV.	The Azores,	Fraser's Magazine,	668
V.	Macleod of Dare. By William Black. Part X.,	Advance Sheets,	677
VI.	Illustrations of the Acts from Recent Discoveries. By Canon Lightfoot,	Contemporary Review,	685
VII.	The House across the Street,	All The Year Round,	691
VIII.	How to Live on a Reduced Income,	Good Words,	699
IX.	The Letter "H": a Historical Conjecture,	Examiner,	703

POETRY.
Our Future Home: an Easter Hymn. By Dean Stanley,	642

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No. 1775. — June 22, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Scepticism in Geology,	Edinburgh Review,	707
II.	Macleod of Dare. By William Black. Part XI.,	Advance Sheets,	724
III.	Diderot at Saint Petersburg,	Fortnightly Review,	732
IV.	Within the Precincts. By Mrs. Oliphant. Part VIII.,	Advance Sheets,	744
V.	Basque Customs,	Fraser's Magazine,	749
VI.	Pictures and Dress,	Spectator,	760
VII.	Turkish Wives,	Pall Mall Gazette,	762
VIII.	The Microphone,	Spectator,	764
IX.	The Feast of Lanterns at Canton,	Japan Times,	765
X.	Tibet,	Spectator,	766

POETRY.
Adieu, Mon Cœur! Eighteenth Century,			706

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No. 1776. — June 29, 1878.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Three Scottish Teachers,	Edinburgh Review,	771
II.	Within the Precincts. By Mrs. Oliphant. Part IX.,	Advance Sheets,	783
III.	Louis Borne,	Fraser's Magazine,	793
IV.	A Doubting Heart. By Miss Keary, author of "Castle Daly," "Oldbury," etc.	Advance Sheets,	804
V.	Idyllic Poetry,	Macmillan's Magazine,	816
VI.	Talking at the Play,	Theatre,	823
	⁂ Title and Index to Volume CXXXVII.

POETRY.
Translation from Heine,	770	A Ballad of May,	770
Apple-Blossoms,	770