Littell's Living Age/Volume 135

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 XX.

FROM THE BEGINNING, VOL. CXXXV.

OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER,

1877

BOSTON:

LITTELL AND GAY.

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No. 1738. — October 6, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Scientific Movement and Literature,	Contempory Review,	3
II.	The Princess Paolini,	Cornhill Magazine,	15
III.	Life and Times of Thomas Becket. By James Anthony Froude. Part IV.,	Nineteenth Century,	32
IV.	Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XXXI.,	Harper's Bazar,	39
V.	A Study of Lower Life,	Cornhill Magazine,	43
VI.	German Society Forty Years Since,	Macmillan's Magazine,	53
VII.	The Poetry of September,	Cornhill Magazine,	58
VIII.	Quiet People,	Saturday Review,	62

POETRY.
The Old Fish-Pond,	2	My Sweetheart,	2
The Smile and the Sigh,	2	A Conceit,	2

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No. 1739. — October 13, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Colors of Animals and Plants,	Macmillan's Magazine,	67
II.	Doris Barugh. A Yorkshire Story. By the author of "Patty,"	Good Words,	87
III.	Samuel Warren,	Blackwood's Magazine,	104
IV.	French Chateaux of the Renaissance (1460-1547). By Mrs. Mark Pattison,	Contemporary Review,	111
V.	Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XXXII.,	Harper's Bazar,	122
VI.	Interesting People,	Saturday Review,	125
VII.	The Chemical Composition of the Flesh of the Halibut,	American Journal of Science,	128

POETRY.
In Memoriam,	66	September,	66

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No. 1740. — October 20, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Lord Falkland and his Modern Critics,	Church Quarterly Review,	131
II.	Doris Barugh. A Yorkshire Story. By the author of "Patty." Part II.,	Good Words,	144
III.	Prussian History,	Macmillan's Magazine,	162
IV.	Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XXXIII.,	Harper's Bazar,	174
V.	Commodore Goodenough, R.N.,	Good Words,	178
VI.	Africa "Translated,"	Spectator,	182
VII.	A Hidden Life,	Good Words,	185
VIII.	M. Thiers as an Historian,	Academy,	189
IX.	M. Thiers' Will,	Academy,	190

POETRY.
The Flight of the Swallows,	130	Hymn,	130
A Contrast,	130	Love's Arrows,	191
Miscellany,			192

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Science of Electricity as Applied in Peace and War,	Quarterly Review,	195
II.	Doris Barugh. A Yorkshire Story. By the author of "Patty." Part III.,	Good Words,	217
III.	On the Discovery of Oxygen in the Sun. By Richard A. Proctor,	Contemporary Review,	240
IV.	Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XXXIV.,	Harper's Bazar,	251
V.	Glamor,	Queen,	255

POETRY.
Translations from Heine. By Theodore Martin
⁠"Mein Kind, wir waren Kinder",	194
⁠ "Und wüssten's die Blumen, die Kleinen",	194
⁠ "Sie haben heut' Abend Gesellschaft",	194
⁠ "Die Jahre kommen und gehen",	194
Lines to a Teacup,	194

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No. 1742. — November 3, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Trial of Jesus Christ. II. - The Roman Trial,	Contemporary Review,	259
II.	Doris Barugh. A Yorkshire Story. By the author of "Patty." Part IV.,	Good Words,	272
III.	Massinger,	Cornhill Magazine,	288
IV.	Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XXXV.,	Harper's Bazar,	301
V.	The Irony of Life,	Blackwood's Magazine,	304
VI.	La Grande Dame de L'Ancien Regime,	Macmillan's Magazine,	310
VII.	Great Men at Play,	Globe,	319

POETRY.
A Mother's Thoughts by her Child,	258	The Frigid Zone,	258
Loch Carron, Western Highlands,	258	October,	258

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No. 1743. — November 10, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Color-Sense. By Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone,	Nineteenth Century,	323
II.	Doris Barugh. A Yorkshire Story. By the author of "Patty." Part V.,	Good Words,	337
III.	The Colors of Animals and Plants. By Alfred R. Wallace. II. - The Colors of Plants,	Macmillan's Magazine,	352
IV.	Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XXXVI.,	Harper's Bazar,	358
V.	The School of Giorgione,	Fortnightly Review,	362
VI.	The Supernatural Element in Shakespeare,	Westminster Review,	369
VII.	Mr. Ruskin's Unique Dogmatism,	Spectator,	376
VIII.	Lost in Magellan's Straits,	Chambers' Journal,	379
IX.	The Scenery and the People of Lewis,	Spectator,	381
X.	The Electric Conductivity of Water,	Popular Science Review,	384

POETRY.
The Song of Patience,	322	Sweet Love and I,	322
Miscellany,			384

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No. 1744. — November 17, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Walter Bagehot,	Fortnightly Review,	387
II.	Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XXXVII.,	Harper's Bazar,	406
III.	The Murder of Thomas Becket. By James Anthony Froude. Part V.,	Nineteenth Century,	410
IV.	Da Capo. By Miss Thackeray,	Advance Sheets,	422
V.	On the Comparative Stupidity of Politicians,	Fraser's Magazine,	427
VI.	Doris Barugh. A Yorkshire Story. By the author of "Patty." Part VI.,	Good Words,	431
VII.	Mr. Bryce's Ascent of Mount Ararat,	Spectator,	443
VIII.	Convalescence,	Saturday Review,	446

POETRY.
The Deserted Garden,			386

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No. 1745. — November 24, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Pre-Christian Dispensaries and Hospitals,	Westminster Review,	451
II.	Da Capo. By Miss Thackeray. Part II.	Advance Sheets,	462
III.	Lord Chancellors and Chief Justices since Lord Campbell. By Rev. F. Arnold,	New Quarterly Review,	469
IV.	Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XXXVIII.	Harper's Bazar,	486
V.	The Restoration of the Ancient System of tank Irrigation in Ceylon,	Nature,	489
VI.	Erica. Translated for The Living Age from the German of	Frau von Ingersleben,	495
VII.	The Black Museum,	Spectator,	501
VIII.	William and Mary Howitt,	Leisure Hour,	504
VII.	A Female Detective,	European Mail,	510
VIII.	The Mennonite Communists,	Pall Mall Gazette,	512

POETRY.
The Angels' Greeting,	450	Bide a Wee, and Dinna Fret,	450
Dead, yet Speaking. By the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman,"	450	Gathered Roses. By F. W. Bourdillon,	450

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No. 1746. — December 1, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Sir John Bowring,	Westminster Review,	515
II.	Doris Barugh. A Yorkshire Story. By the author of "Patty." Part VII.	Good Words,	536
III.	The Story of an Indian Life,	Edinburgh Review,	551
IV.	Erica. Part II. Translated for The Living Age from the German of	Frau von Ingersleben,	569
V.	A Glimpse of Adrianople,	Pall Mall Gazette,	575
VI.	On the Coming Winter,	Nature,	576

POETRY.
Between the Lines,	514	The Fall of the Year,	514

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No. 1747. — December 8, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Court of the Grand Monarque, the author of "Mirabeau," etc.,	Temple Bar,	579
II.	Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XXXIX.,	Harper's Bazar,	589
III.	The Marshalate: a Chapter of French History. May 1873 - October 1877,	Nineteenth Century,	600
IV.	Doris Barugh. By Katharine S. MacQuoid, author of "Patty", Part VIII.,	Good Words,	613
V.	Prince Bismarck's Mother,	Tinsley's Magazine,	626
VI.	Erica. Part III. Translated for The Living Age from the German of	Frau von Ingersleben,	634
VII.	Singing Mice,	Nature,	640

POETRY.
Purgatory, from the French of Marie Jeuna	578	At the Last,	578
		Villanelle,	578

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No. 1748. — December 15, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Russians, the Turks, and the Bulgarians. At the Theatre of War,	Nineteenth Century,	643
II.	Erica. Part IV. Translated for The Living Age from the German of	Frau von Ingersleben,	656
III.	M. Thiers: a Sketch From Life, by an English Pencil,	Macmillan's Bazar,	664
IV.	Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XL.,	Harper's Bazar,	688
V.	Budhist Schools in Burmah. By the Director of Public Instruction in British Burmah,	Fraser's Magazine,	692
VI.	Da Capo. By Miss Thackeray. Part III.,	Advance Sheets,	699
VII.	The Motion of "Cirrus" Clouds,	Acadamy,	704

POETRY.
Sunflowers,	642	Before the Winter,	642
Adrift,	642
Miscellany,			704

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No. 1749. — December 22, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Some Sonnets of Campanella,	Cornhill Magazine,	707
II.	Erica. Part V. Translated for The Living Age from the German of	Frau von Ingersleben,	717
III.	Life and Times of Thomas Becket. By James Anthony Froude. Part VI.,	Nineteenth Century,	723
IV.	Da Capo. By Miss Thackeray. Conclusion,	Advance Sheets,	736
V.	The Case of Lord Dundonald,	Gentleman's Magazine,	746
VI.	Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Conclusion,	Harper's Bazar,	752
VII.	A Mighty Sea-Wave,	Cornhill Magazine,	758
VIII.	The Sun's Distance,	Nature,	766

POETRY.
A Wail for the Whale,	706	A Ballad of the "Thuner-See",	706
A Cry,	706

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No. 1750. — December 29, 1877.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Books and Critics,	Fortnightly Review,	771
II.	Doris Barugh. A Yorkshire Story. By Katharine S. MacQuoid, the author of "Patty." Part IX.,	Good Words,	783
III.	Three Weeks with the Hop-Pickers,	Fraser's Magazine,	789
IV.	Erica. Part VI. Translated for The Living Age from the German of	Frau von Ingersleben,	799
V.	Andersen's Friendships. By Annie Wood,	Temple Bar,	807
VI.	The Czar's Clemency; a Polish Priest's Story,	Cornhill Magazine,	812
VII.	Lawful English,	Examiner,	821
VIII.	The Causes of the English Worship of Success,	Spectator,	822
	⁂ Title and Index to Volume CXXXV.

POETRY.
A Picture,	770	Homeward,	770
My Flower,	770	Indian Summer,	770