Littell's Living Age/Volume 168

No. 2167. — January 2, 1886.

Contents.

1. Poetry and Politics, by Andrew Lang, Macmillan's Magazine
2. Mrs. Dymond - Part XII., by Mrs. Ritchie, Macmillan's Magazine
3. A Visit to Tsusima: an Incident of Russian Aggression, by Laurence Oliphant, Blackwood's Magazine
4. The Opium-Poppy Cultivation of Bengal, by C. T. Buckland, B.C.S., National Review
5. A House Divived against Itself - Part XLIVIII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
6. A Strategical View of Turkey, by Hobart Pasha, Chambers' Journal
7. Auber, by L. E., Temple Bar
8. Bulgaria and Servia, by Edward A. Freeman, Contemporary Review
9. Boy Kings, Spectator
10. King Thebaw, London Times
11. The Collapse of Burmah, Spectator

Poetry.

"Science and Politics", by H. M., Spectator

A Winnower's Song to the Winds, by Joachim du Bellay, Blackwood's Magazine

Idylle. - Galatee, by Vauquelin de la Fresney, Blackwood's Magazine

"Two Birds within one Nest", by Dora Greenwell

Miscellany.

On the Square bamboo, by D. J. Macgowan, M.D., Chinese Recorder

No. 2168. — January 9, 1886.

Contents.

1. The Coming Contests of the World, Fortnightly Review
2. Fortune's Wheel - Part XVII., Blackwood's Magazine
3. The Origin of the Alphabet, by A. H. Sayce, Contemporary Review
4. Irish Shootings, Macmillan's Magazine
5. Leopardi, by Constance Fletcher, Nineteenth Century
6. A Walk in the Faroes, Macmillan's Magazine
7. Contemporary Life and Thought in France, by G. Monod, Contemporary Review
8. C. S. Calverley, Saturday Review

Poetry.

Night, by Victor Hugo, translated by C. E. Meetkerke, Argosy

The Highest Mountain, by S. M. B. Paitt

Good-bye, by G. B. Stuart, Argosy

Remembrance, by A. Mary F. Robinson, Athenæum

In the Winter Twilight, All The Year Round

Miscellany.

The Healthiness of London, Medical Press

No. 2169. — January 16, 1886.

Contents.

1. Poetry, Politics, and Conservatism, by George N. Curson, National Review
2. Fortune's Wheel - Part XVIII., Blackwood's Magazine
3. The Story of the Bab, by Mary F. Wilson, Contemporary Review
4. Old Florence and Modern Tuscany, by Janet Ross, Macmillan's Magazine
5. Dr. Barrere, by M. Oliphant, English Illustrated Magazine
6. Germany's Industrial Progress, Saturday Review

Poetry.

A Bird's Song, All The Year Round

Youth and Age, by Michael Field, Contemporary Review

Pastorale, by Vauquelin de la Fresnaye, Blackwood's Magazine

Gorse, by William Allington, Athenæum

Miscellany.

Armstrong's Gun

No. 2170. — January 23, 1886.

Contents.

1. Disestablishment and Disendowment, by Dean Plumptre, Contemporary Review
2. Oh - Madam! - Part I., Temple Bar
3. The Poetic Imagination, by Arthur Tilley, Macmillan's Magazine
4. A Strange Temptation - Part I., Macmillan's Magazine
5. Reminiscences of an Attache - Part I., Blackwood's Magazine
6. Frogs, by Phil Robinson, Gentleman's Magazine
7. Similes, Temple Bar
8. Ordeals and Oaths, by Douglas M. Ford, Antiquary

Poetry.

"Thought and Sorrow", by John Owen, Academy

On the Threshold, by A. H. Baldwin, Chambers' Journal

Miscellany.

The Palace of Urbino, by Julia Cartwright, Magazine of Art

No. 2171. — January 30, 1886.

Contents.

1. George Borrow, by George Saintsbury, Macmillan's Magazine
2. Oh - Madam! - Part II., Temple Bar
3. Moss from a Rolling Stone - Part I., by Laurence Oliphant, Blackwood's Magazine
4. Frederi Mistral, by Arthur Symons, National Review
5. Fortune's Wheel - Part XIX., Blackwood's Magazine
6. Suns and Meteors, by Richard A. Proctor, Longman's Magazine
7. An Irish Wit, Temple Bar
8. Thibet and its Trade, Pall Mall Gazette
9. Reading to Kill Time, Spectator
10. Oil-Wells of the Caucasus, St. James's Gazette
11. The Primate of all Ireland, Saturday Review
12. Nautch Girls, St. James's Gazette
13. Arctic Relics, Times

Poetry.

The Song of the Poplars, by Ruth Brindley

Christmas, by A. G. B., Spectator

Beloved, by Michael Field, Contemporary Review

No. 2172. — February 6, 1886.

Contents.

1. Oaths: Parliamentary and Judicial, by William Connor Magee, the Bishop of Peterborough, Contemporary Review
2. A Strange Temptation - Part II., Macmillan's Magazine
3. My Contested Election, Fortnightly Review
4. The Little Ones and the Land, by Augustus Jessopp, Nineteenth Century
5. Samanala and its Shadow, by J. Theodore Bent, Cornhill Magazine
6. My Strange Mother-in-Law, Longman's Magazine
7. Reminiscences of an Attache - Part II., Blackwood's Magazine
8. South American Bird-Music, Nature
9. Cheerfulness in Life and Art, by W. H. Hudson, St. James's Gazette
10. Snow-Tracks, St. James's Gazette
11. Job to Ecclesiastes: a Sermonette, St. James's Gazette

Poetry.

A Midnight Ascent of the Schwartzhorn, by John Addington Symonds, Academy

A Deserted Garden, Chambers' Journal

No. 2173. — February 13, 1886.

Contents.

1. Jane Taylor, Blackwood's Magazine
2. The Grateful Ghosts - Part I., Blackwood's Magazine
3. The Little Prophets of the Cevennes, by Richard Heath, Contemporary Review
4. Colonial Governors, by William Greswell, National Review
5. Wild-boar Shooting near the Heathen Wall of the Vosges, Blackwood's Magazine
6. A New Year's Gift, by Charles Hervey, Argosy
7. Two Evenings with Bismarck - Part II., Chamber's Journal
8. Two Days with the Kachyens, by Shway Yoe, St. James's Gazette
9. In the Catacombs at Kiev, St. James's Gazette
10. Thawing a Village, St. James's Gazette
11. The Crossbill, St. James's Gazette

Poetry.

Sea-Spells, by D. J. Robertson, Longman's Magazine

My Letter, All The Year Round

No. 2174. — February 20, 1886.

Contents.

1. Darwinism and Democracy, by W. S. Lilly, Fortnightly Review
2. Miss Jollibert's Proposal, by the author of "Adonais, Q.C.", Argosy
3. My Election Experiences, by Lady John Manners, National Review
4. The Grateful Ghosts - Part II., Blackwood's Magazine
5. The Country Banker, Quarterly Review
6. Life, Art, and Nature in Bruges, by Henry Quilter, Contemporary Review
7. Goethe as an Actor, by H. Schutz Wilson, Gentleman's Magazine
8. London in the Snow, All The Year Round
9. Canvas-Backs, Saturday Review
10. Grasse, and the Manufacture of Scent, Spectator

Poetry.

In Westminster Abbey, by Charles Noble Gregory, Milwaukee Sentinel

"Though Many Cry", by Harold B. Harrison, Spectator

On Last Looking into Smiles' "Self-Help", by J. R. Mozley

Miscellany.

Water Wolves, Saturday Review

Cremation

Consilidation a New Embankment, Nature

No. 2175. — February 27, 1886.

Contents.

1. The Earl of Shaftesbury, London Quarterly Review
2. Her Brother Ephraim, Cassell's Magazine
3. A Pilgrimage to Sinai - Part I., by Isabella Bird Bishop, author of "Unknown Tracks in Japan," "A Lady's Ride in the Rocky Mountains," etc., Leisure Hour
4. Small Talk and Statesmen, by T. H. S. Escott, Fortnightly Review
5. Valentina, Argosy
6. Home Rule in Austria-Hungary, by David Kay, Nineteenth Century
7. Alternative Policies in Ireland, by James Bryce, Nineteenth Century
8. Hereditary Stature, Nature
9. Winter in Florence, Saturday Review
10. The New German and Slav Quarrel, Spectator

Poetry.

Life's Philosophy. - 1886, by A. G. B., Spectator

"O Golden Sun", by J. R. Mozley

To a Plum-Pudding, by J. S. D., Spectator

January, 1886, Sunday Magazine

No. 2176. — March 6, 1886.

Contents.

1. William Cobbett, by Charles Milnes Gaskell, Nineteenth Century
2. Fortune's Wheel - Part XX., Blackwood's Magazine
3. On the Pleasure of Reading, Contemporary Review
4. Long Odds, by H. Rider Haggard, Macmillan's Magazine
5. On a Far-off Island, Blackwood's Magazine
6. Bishop Thirlwall, Temple Bar
7. Try the Bahamas, by Henry Arthut Blake, Fortnightly Review
8. A Faroe Fete Day - Part I., All The Year Round
9. The Bannatyne Club, Chambers' Journal

Poetry.

Carn-Gluze (The Grey Rock), by C. G. Fagan, Academy

Snowdrop, All The Year Round

"I, who have lived as if the blessed light", by F. D. Blomfield, Academy

"Desultory Reading", by F. M. P.

No. 2177. — March 13, 1886.

Contents.

1. What Boys Read, by G. Salmon, Fortnightly Review
2. Harry's Inheritance, by Grant Allen, English Illustrated Magazine
3. Some Aspects of Home Rule, by Edward A. Freeman, Contemporary Review
4. Moss from a Rolling Stone - Part II., by Laurence Oliphant, Blackwood's Magazine
5. The Babylonians at Home, by G. Bertin, Contemporary Review
6. Henry Fawcett as a Man, by Alex. H. Japp, Gentleman's Magazine
7. Poor Piluquesne, by John Coleman, Longman's Magazine
8. A Faroe Fete Day - Part II., All The Year Round
9. Two Evenings with Bismarck - Part II., Chamber's Journal
10. What Boys Should Read, Saturday Review
11. The No-Police Riots, Saturday Review
12. Mahwa Flowers, by A. H. Church, Nature

Poetry.

Nobody - Somebody, by A. G. B., Spectator

After the Fall of Troy, by Florence Peacock, Academy

"When acorns fall and swallows troop for flight", by Alfred Austin, Athenæum

No. 2178. — March 20, 1886.

Contents.

1. The Laws Relating to Land, by Sir James F. Stephen, National Review
2. The Bewitched House, All The Year Round
3. Lord Melbourne, Temple Bar
4. A Champion of her Sex, by W. Minto, Macmillan's Magazine
5. Through the States, by Theodore Child, Fortnightly Review
6. This Man's Wife - Part I., by George Manville Fenn, Good Words
7. The Sense of Touch and the Teaching of the Blind, Spectator
8. The Synagogue in Bevis Marks, St. James's Gazette
9. Mr. Ruskin's Early Theatre-going and Love-Making, St. James's Gazette

Poetry.

A Classic Landscape, by A. Mary F. Robinson, Athenæum

Footprints, Macmillan's Magazine

Winter, All The Year Round

Miscellany.

King Edward the Confessor

Early Years of Queen Victoria's Reign

Electric Lights on Locomotives, Nature

No. 2179. — March 27, 1886.

Contents.

1. Grattan, and the Irish Parliament, by W. J. O'N. Daunt, Westminster Review
2. This Man's Wife - Part II., by George Manville Fenn, Good Words
3. A Diary at Valladolid in the Time of Cervantes, by John Ormsby, Blackwood's Magazine
4. Caroline, by Clementia Black, Belgravia

Poetry.

Casale Rotondo, by B. H. H., Spectator

Death Undisguised, by Frank T. Marzials, Academy

February Filldyke, Macmillan's Magazine

Le Papillon, by J. P. M., Blackwood's Magazine

Miscellany.

Rural England Now and Then, by William Cobbett