Littell's Living Age/Volume 132

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 XVII.

FROM THE BEGINNING, VOL. CXXXII.

JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH,

1877

BOSTON:

LITTELL AND GAY.

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No. 1699. — January 6, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Russia and Turkey. By James Bryce,	Fortnightly Review,	3
II.	What She Came Through. By Sarah Tytler, author of "Lady Bell," etc., Part XXIII.,	Good Words,	12
III.	Colonel Barre and his Times. By Hon. Hugh F. Elliott,	Macmillan's Review,	22
IV.	The Secret Chamber,	Blackwood's Magazine,	35
V.	Abraham Cowley,	Cornhill Magazine,	50
VI.	Mr. Ruskin's Letter to Young Girls,	Spectator,	62

POETRY.
Church Bells,	2	Seaweed,	2
After Life,	2

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No. 1700. — January 13, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Microscope and its Revelations,	London Quarterly Review,	67
II.	What She Came Through. By Sarah Tytler, author of "Lady Bell," etc., Part XXIV.,	Good Words,	81
III.	Our Arctic Voyage. An Unscientific Account. By the Chaplain of the "Discovery",	Fraser's Magazine,	94
IV.	A Peasant Prometheus. Translated from the French of	Emile Souvestre,	121
V.	Poetry and Civilization,	Spectator,	125
VI.	Absence of White Color in Animals,	Chambers' Journal,	128

POETRY.
Let it be,	66	Harvest,	66
Halidon Hill,	66
Miscellany,			128

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No. 1701. — January 20, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Hellenic Factor in the Eastern Problem. By Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone,	Contemporary Review,	131
II.	The Marquis of Lossie. By George Macdonald, author of "Malcolm," etc. Part VII.,	Advance Sheets,	147
III.	Melanchthon: a Chapter in the History of Education,	Fraser's Magazine,	156
IV.	A Winter Reverie,	Blackwood's Magazine,	165
V.	How Russians Meet Death. By Ivan Turguenief, translated by Lady George Hamilton,	Temple Bar,	175
VI.	The Feast of the Roofs. A Christmas Fairy Tale. From the French, by Helen Stanley,	Daily Evening Telegraph,	180
VII.	George Stubbs, R.A.,	Temple Bar,	183

POETRY.
A Doubting Heart,	130	Cæli,	130
A Year Ago,	130	At Sea in 1876. By S. H. M. Byers,	190
Smiles and Tears,	130
Miscellany,			192

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No. 1702. — January 27, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	John Wilson Croker,	Quarterly Review,	195
II.	What She Came Through. By Sarah Tytler, author of "Lady Bell," etc. Conclusion,	Good Words,	218
III.	A German Bath,	Blackwood's Magazine,	224
IV.	Carita. By Mrs. Oliphant, author of "Chronicles of Carlingford," "Zaidee," etc. Part XI.,	Cornhill Magazine,	238
V.	The Jews in the East,	Saturday Review,	252
VI.	The Storm-Wave in Bengal,	Saturday Review,	254

POETRY.
The Farewell of the Old Year,	194	Two Sonnets by Two Sisters
Afternoon,	194	⁠I. — Let the Past be Past,	194
		⁠II. — Will the Past be Past?	194
Miscellany,			256

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Anglo-American Churches of the United States,	London Quarterly Review,	259
II.	The Marquis of Lossie. By George Macdonald, author of "Malcolm," etc. Part VIII.,	Advance Sheets,	274
III.	Fields and Field Sports in Madras,	Fraser's Magazine,	283
IV.	The Shadow of the Door,	Blackwood's Magazine,	293
V.	The Wordsworths at Brinsop Court,	Temple Bar,	302
VI.	Prince Bismarck's Literary Faculty. By Francis Hueffer,	Gentleman's Magazine,	305
VII.	Self-Help In Science,	Good Words,	311
VIII.	Dr. Schliemann's Discoveries at Mycæ,	Nature,	316
IX.	Earldoms,	Pall Mall Gazette,	318
X.	Caprices of the Nile,	Chambers' Journal,	319

POETRY.
My Secret,	258	A Snowy Day,	258
Life-Mosaic,	258

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No. 1704. — February 10, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Arctic Heroes, from Eirek, of Scandinavia, to Captain Nares,	London Quarterly Review,	323
II.	The Shadow of the Door. Conclusion,	Blackwood's Magazine,	334
III.	Charles Kingsley,	Fortnightly Review,	341
IV.	Weariness: a Tale from France. By Rudolph Lindau,	Blackwood's Magazine,	354
V.	Condition of The Larger Planets. By Richard A. Proctor, F.R.A.S.,	Popular Science Review,	362
VI.	The Geographical Aspect of the Eastern Question. By Edward A. Freeman,	Fortnightly Review,	369
VII.	Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black, author of "The Adventures of a Phaeton," "The Princess of Thule," etc.,	Examiner,	378
VIII.	The Mistletoe,	Hardwicke's Science Gossip,	382
IX.	Be What You Are,	Sunday at Home,	383

POETRY.
Cupid Schooled,	322	A Song in the Night,	322
Miscellany,			384

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No. 1705. — February 17, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Julian's Letters,	British Quarterly Review,	387
II.	The Marquis of Lossie. By George Macdonald, author of "Malcolm," etc. Part IX.,	Advance Sheets,	399
III.	Jon Jonsonn's Saga: the Genuine Autobiography of a Modern Icelander. Edited by George Ralph Fitz-Roy Cole, C.E.,	Fraser's Magazine,	407
IV.	Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black, author of "The Adventures of a Phaeton," "The Princess of Thule," etc. Part II.,	Examiner,	431
V.	Agates and Agate-Working. By F. W. Rudler, F.G.S.,	Popular Science Review,	434
VI.	A Polynesian Griselda,	Examiner,	442
VII.	The Old-Fashioned Children's Pictures,	Spectator,	445
VIII.	Scenery in Holland,	Month,	448

POETRY.
Changes,	386	"With Pipe and Flute",	386
A Quiet Night,	386

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No. 1706. — February 24, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Forel on the Ants of Switzerland,	Edinburgh Review,	451
II.	The Marquis of Lossie. By George Macdonald, author of "Malcolm," etc. Part X.,	Advance Sheets,	468
III.	Magazine Literature,	Church Quarterly Review,	476
IV.	Goethe in his Old Age. By Edward Barrington de Foublanque,	New Quarterly Review,	482
V.	The Eastern Polar Basin. By August Petermann,	Macmillan's Magazine,	494
VI.	Mariuccia,	Fraser's Magazine,	500
VII.	Wit in Court,	Leisure Hour,	512

POETRY.
Morbegno,			450

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No. 1707. — March 3, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Mediterranean Deltas,	Edinburgh Review,	515
II.	Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black, author of "The Adventures of a Phaeton," "The Princess of Thule," etc. Part III.,	Examiner,	534
III.	Life of the Prince Consort. By Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone,	Church Quarterly Review,	538
IV.	Weimar under Schiller and Goethe,	Contemporary Review,	550
V.	How it Happened. By Narissa Rosavo, author of "Polly",	Victoria Magazine,	560
VI.	Pig-Sticking,	Land and Water,	574
VII.	The "Dreadful People" who go to Court,	Truth,	575

POETRY.
Will's Widow,	514	The Western Wind,	514
Song of the Carilloneur,	514
Miscellany,			576

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No. 1708. — March 10, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	A French Critic on Milton,	Quarterly Review,	579
II.	Carita. By Mrs. Oliphant, author of "Chronicles of Carlingford," "Zaidee," etc. Part XII.,	Cornhill Magazine,	589
III.	Henrietta Maria,	Contemporary Review,	603
IV.	Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black, author of "The Adventures of a Phaeton," "The Princess of Thule," etc. Part IV.,	Examiner,	619
V.	Wood's Discoveries at Ephesus,	Edinburgh Review,	626
VI.	Dress in France,	Pall Mall Gazette,	638

POETRY.
The Singer's Prize,	578	An Ode of Horace,	578
Two Sonnets,	578
Miscellany,			640

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No. 1709. — March 17, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Geographical and Scientific Results of the Arctic Expedition,	Quarterly Review,	643
II.	Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black, author of "The Adventures of a Phaeton," "The Princess of Thule," etc. Part V.,	Examiner,	665
III.	Edmund Kean,	Temple Bar,	668
IV.	Our Dog Di,	Macmillan's Magazine,	677
V.	Charles Kingsley,	Fraser's Magazine,	683
VI.	The Marquis of Lossie. By George Macdonald, author of "Malcolm," etc. Part XI.,	Advance Sheets,	694
VII.	Lord Derby on Extradition,	Saturday Review,	700
VIII.	The Ideal of Old Age,	Spectator,	702

POETRY.
The Turned Lesson,	642	On a Picture by Giorgione,	642

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No. 1710. — March 24, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Poetry of the Old Testament,	British Quarterly Review,	707
II.	The Marquis of Lossie. By George Macdonald, author of "Malcolm," etc. Part XII.,	Advance Sheets,	728
III.	Old Norse Mirror of Men and Manners,	Quarterly Review,	738
IV.	Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black, author of "The Adventures of a Phaeton," "The Princess of Thule," etc. Part VI.,	Examiner,	755
V.	The Japanese New Year,	Spectator,	762
VI.	Pianist and Martyr,	Examiner,	764
VII.	A Chinese Statesman,	Pall Mall Gazette,	766
VIII.	Bees and Bee-Keeping,	Good Words,	767

POETRY.
Indivisible,	706	In a Child's Album,	706
"Let the Dead Bury the Dead",	706	At the Play,	706
Miscellany,			768

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No. 1711. — March 31, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	A Ramble Round the World,	Quarterly Review,	771
II.	The Russian Peasant's Silver Roubles. Translated for from the French of	Henry Greville	791
III.	The House of Lords,	Fraser's Magazine,	797
IV.	Titian,	Fortnightly Review,	806
V.	Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black, author of "The Adventures of a Phaeton," "The Princess of Thule," etc. Part VII.,	Examiner,	816
VI.	Burns and Washington,	Philadelphia Press,	819
VII.	Americanisms,	Leisure Hour,	821
VIII.	Belief in a Creator,	Gentleman's Magazine,	822
IX.	Fans,	Pall Mall Gazette,	823
	⁂ Title and Index to Volume CXXXII.,

POETRY.
Waiting for Spring,	770	On the Heights,	770
God's Way is Right,	770	My Quest,	824