Littell's Living Age/Volume 171

No. 2206. — October 2, 1886.

Contents.

1. Sacred Books of the East, Quarterly Review
2. This Man's Wife - Part XIII., by George Manville Fenn, Good Words
3. A Glimpse of America, by Lord Brabazon, Time
4. A Garden of Memories - Part II., by Margaret Valey, English Illustrated Journal
5. A Countryman's Experience of Law, Blackwood 's Magazine
6. An Emigre on Ireland in 1796, Macmillan's Magazine
7. The Recent Volcanic Eruptions in New Zealand, by James Hector, Nature
8. Letters, Spectator
9. The Optimism of Old Age, Spectator

Poetry.

A Broken Sword, by Austin Dobson, Magazine of Art

Restored, by Sarah Doudney, Sunday Magazine

"I Know a Ruin on a Hill", by Mrs. Piatt

Miscellany.

Effects of Force on Solid Bodies Filled with a Liquid

No. 2207. — October 9, 1886.

Contents.

1. Mr. W. E. Forster's Early Career, by F. Seebohm, Contemporary Review
2. This Man's Wife - Part XIV., by George Manville Fenn, Good Words
3. The Present State of Research in Early Church History, by Adolf Harnack, Contemporary Review
4. Coincidences??, Blackwood's Magazine
5. Capping Verses, Macmillan's Magazine
6. A Visit to some Austrian Monasteries, by St. George Mivart, Nineteenth Century
7. Prehistoric Man, Chambers' Journal

Poetry.

Last Year, All The Year Round

Midnight at the Helm, by George Barlow, Belgravia

Waifs of a World, by E. Lee Hamilton, Academy

No. 2208. — October 16, 1886.

Contents.

1. The Scotland of Mary Stewart - Part I., by John Skelton, Blackwood's Magazine
2. Monsieur Gabriel, All The Year Round
3. On A Hilltop, Blackwood's Magazine
4. A Friend of the Family - Part I., by Charles Gibbon, Chambers' Journal
5. Some Notes on Fletcher's "Valentinian", by J. Addington Symonds, Fortnightly Review
6. The Terrific Diction, Macmillan's Magazine
7. Wild Bees and Bee-Hunting, Chambers' Journal
8. Liszt's Life and Works, by A Musical Critic, Fortnightly Review
9. The Influence of Women, National Review

Poetry.

To Horace, St. James's Gazette

None Will Miss Thee, Chambers' Journal

Sir Samuel Ferguson, by Alfred Perceval Graves, Spectator

"What Moveth In The Seed To Make The Flower?", by F. W. B., Leisure Hour

No. 2209. — October 23, 1886.

Contents.

1. Ernest, King of Hanover, Westminster Review
2. A Friend of the Family - Part II., by Charles Gibbon, Chambers' Journal
3. Hero-Worship, Macmillan's Magazine
4. Alexander Hamilton, National Review
5. "Poor Dear Theresa", by Ella Edersheim, Temple Bar
6. Early Newspaper Sketches, by W. F. Nelson, Longman's Magazine
7. Musings without Method, Blackwood's Magazine
8. Geography, by Major-General Sir F. J. Goldsmid, K.C.S.I., C.B., F.R.G.S., Nature

Poetry.

Horace's Patriotic Lament, by Stephen E. de Vere, Spectator

A Song of Rest, by Florence Tyler, Chambers' Journal

Miscellany.

Pharaoh's House

No. 2210. — October 30, 1886.

Contents.

1. Poetry Compared with the other Fine Arts, by F. T. Palgrave, National Review
2. My Success in Literature, Macmillan's Magazine
3. John Bunyan, by Goldwin Smith, Contemporary Review
4. This Man's Wife - Part XV., by George Manville Fenn, Good Words
5. Statesmen of Eastern Europe, Temple Bar
6. Prince Rupert, by H. Greenhough Smith, Gentleman's Magazine
7. A Dartmoor Picnic, by Eden Phillpotts, Belgravia
8. Mr. Tupper's Autobiography, Spectator
9. The Religion of Southern Italy, Saturday Review
10. A Negro Revival, by Vacuus Viator, Spectator

Poetry.

Parted, by D. J. Robertson, Chambers' Journal

Desolation, Academy

The Church Steps, by Geo. T. Coster, Spectator

"Two Minutes and a Half", by A. J. C., Spectator

Strewings, by A. Mary F. Robinson

Miscellany.

Projected Trans-Siberian Railway

No. 2211. — November 6, 1886.

Contents.

1. Prisoners as Witnesses, by J. F. Stephen, Nineteenth Century
2. This Man's Wife - Part XVI., by George Manville Fenn, Good Words
3. Alexander I. of Bulgaria, Contemporary Review
4. Sir Greenhat, by Charles Williams, Temple Bar
5. The Scotland of Mary Stewart - Part II., by John Skelton, Blackwood's Magazine
6. A Week in the Pine Region, Blackwood's Magazine
7. Power of the Irish in American Cities, Times

Poetry.

A Talk with St. Peter, by George MacDonald, Sunday Magazine

The Death of Love, All The Year Round

Lovemaking in Paddy-Land, by Elsa D'Esterre-Keeling, Temple Bar

Roses, by A. P. G., Spectator

Miscellany.

The Fuel of the Future, Iron

No. 2212. — November 13, 1886.

Contents.

1. Manual Instruction, by Sir John Lubbock, Fortnightly Review
2. Only Nature, by the author of "Gideon's Rock," etc., English Illustrated Magazine
3. The Recent Volcanic Eruption in New Zealand, by Dr. Archibald Geikie, Contemporary Review
4. A Cross Old Man - Part I., All The Year Round
5. Denys L'Auxerrois, by Walter Pater, Macmillan's Magazine
6. Les Ecrehous, by Bertram Falle and G. E. Humphreys, National Review
7. Bulgaria, by An Old Resident, Contemporary Review
8. In Old France - Part I., by E., Spectator
9. The Tiger, by Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A., Good Words

Poetry.

Edelweiss, by Oscar Browning, Macmillan's Magazine

A Village Romance (Cheshire), by J. C. Henderson, Spectator

The Secret of the Sea, by M. C. Gillington, Spectator

Miscellany.

Natural History and the Swedish Nobility

No. 2213. — November 20, 1886.

Contents.

1. The Third Invasion of France, Edinburgh Review
2. How Franz Redeemed his Promise, Cornhill Magazine
3. Moss from a Rolling Stone - Part VII., by Laurence Oliphant, Blackwood's Magazine
4. George Fox and the Inward Light, by Henry C. Ewart, Good Words
5. A Warm Day's Work, by V. Lovett Cameron, Gentleman's Magazine
6. England Revisited, by Goldwin Smith, Macmillan's Magazine
7. Old Coach Roads, St. James's Gazette

Poetry.

Autumn Thoughts, All The Year Round

A Sparrow, by R. Steggall

"Drink Deep the Spirit of the Quiet Hills", by F. W. B., Leisure Hour

Miscellany.

Processionary Caterpillars, Chambers' Journal

No. 2214. — November 27, 1886.

Contents.

1. Napoleon's Early Manhood, Westminster Review
2. This Man's Wife - Part XVII., by George Manville Fenn, Good Words
3. The Condition of Kerry, by John Verschoyle, Fortnightly Review
4. A Cross Old Man - Part II., All The Year Round
5. Clerical Incomes, Spectator
6. The New Optical Glass, Nature
7. The Love of Fame, Spectator

Poetry.

Martin the Monk, All The Year Round

An Orchard at Avignon, by A. Mary F. Robinson, Athenæum

Love's Silence, by W. J. Henderson, Longman's Magazine

Miscellany.

The Frisians, Peoples of the World

No. 2215. — December 4, 1886.

Contents.

1. Sir Philip Sidney, by Edmund Gosse, Contemporary Review
2. This Man's Wife - Part XVIII., by George Manville Fenn, Good Words
3. The Rulers of the Balkans, Temple Bar
4. The Domesday Commemoration, by E. C. Thomas, Time
5. The Protectorate of Porcolongu, by H. D. Traill, Macmillan's Magazine
6. Hobart Pasha, by J. K. Laughton, Longman's Magazine
7. The Philosophy of Dancing, Macmillan's Magazine
8. Colonization in South America, Spectator
9. "Hybrid" Wheat, by H. E., Nature

Poetry.

Vox Populi, by Alfred Ewen Fletcher, Time

The Song of Lynceus, The Tower-Watcher, at Sight of Helen, translated by Sir Theodore Martin,

Mother to Babe, by George Meredith, English Illustrated Magazine

Miscellany.

British Soldiers of Fortune, Broad Arrow

No. 2216. — December 11, 1886.

Contents.

1. The Byzantine Empire, by Demetrios Bikelas, Scottish Review
2. Cicely Chrystal, by Sheldon Clarke, Belgravia
3. Contemporary Life and Thought in France, by Gabriel Monod, Contemporary Review
4. A Secret Inheritance - Part I., by B. L. Farjeon, English Illustrated Magazine
5. The Relation of Women to the State in Past Times, by Helen Blackburn, National Review
6. A Talk beside Ulleswater, Blackwood's Magazine
7. Desultory Reading, Leeds Mercury
8. An Irish Priest of the Old School, Spectator

Poetry.

The Rosary, All The Year Round

Three Thoughts, by Sir Samuel Ferguson

King Apollo, by Michael Field, Academy

No. 2217. — December 18, 1886.

Contents.

1. The Building up of a University, by Dr. Augustus Jessopp, Nineteenth Century
2. A Secret Inheritance - Part II., by B. L. Farjeon, English Illustrated Magazine
3. The Use of Higher Education to Women, by Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Contemporary Review
4. The Case of Mr. Notary Lebrun, Gentleman's Magazine
5. The Convent of Helfta, by A. Mary F. Robinson, Fortnightly Review
6. The Humors of Kerry, Spectator
7. The Similarities in the Physical Geography of the Great Oceans, Nature
8. Fancy Pigeons, All The Year Round
9. Mr. Matthew Arnold's Retirement, Spectator
10. At Dinner with a Persian Prince, St. James's Gazette
11. Souvenirs of a Diplomatist, Public Opinion
12. At Home in the North a Hundred Years Ago, St. James's Gazette
13. In Old France - Part II., by E., Spectator
14. Andy Byrne, by Fabian Holmes, Spectator

Poetry.

A Nurse, by E. M. C., Chambers' Journal

Dreams, Macmillan's Magazine

Voices, by F. E. Weatherly, Temple Bar

Late Autumn, by M. G. Watkins, Academy

Andy Byrne, by Fabian Holmes, Spectator

Miscellany.

The Hessian Fly, Farm and Home

No. 2218. — December 25, 1886.

Contents.

1. Metaphor as a Mode of Abstraction, by F. Max Muller, Fortnightly Review
2. Extracts From the Diary of a Young Lady - Part I., Argosy
3. The Scotland of Mary Stewart - Part III., by John Skelton, Blackwood's Magazine
4. Miss Masterman's Discovery, Chambers' Journal
5. Our Grandmothers, by the Countess of Jersey, National Review
6. About Waiters, All The Year Round
7. Material Progress in Syria, Spectator
8. Exploration of the North Sea, by J. M., Nature
9. More Kerry Humors, Spectator
10. An Extinct Skipper, St. James's Gazette
11. A German View of London, Deutsche Zeitung

Poetry.

Evening, by Mary Geoghegan, Time

Inde Spes, by J. M. Scott-Moncrieff, English Illustrated Magazine

A Concord Love Song

Our Stream, by Alfred Perceval Graves, Spectator

Love and Death, by Michael Field, Academy

Miscellany.

Optical Glass