Littell's Living Age/Volume 139/Issue 1792

LITTELL'S LIVING AGE.

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Fifth Series, Volume XXIV.

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No. 1792. — October 19, 1878.

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From Beginning Vol. CXXXIX.

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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