No. 1881. — July 3, 1880. edit

Contents.

  1. The Backwoods of Ceylon, by Albert Gray, Fortnightly Review
  2. The "Crooked Meg:" a Story of the Year One - Part V., Fraser's Magazine
  3. On Ants, by Ellice Hopkins, Contemporary Review
  4. Mrs. Pierrepoint - a Sketch in Two Parts, Temple Bar
  5. A Princess of the Seventeenth Century, Temple Bar
  6. Fiction - Fair and Foul, by John Ruskin, Nineteenth Century
  7. The Civil Code of the Jews - Part IX., Pall Mall Gazette
  8. Milk for Republican Babes, Saturday Review
  9. The Decay of Revenge, Pall Mall Gazette
  10. David Garrick, Chambers' Journal

Poetry.

The English Language
Cliff Roses, by F. W. B., Spectator
Ballade of Blue China, by A. Lang

Miscellany.

Speed upon Skates, Field

No. 1882. — July 10, 1880. edit

Contents.

  1. Suicide, Blackwood's Magazine
  2. The "Crooked Meg:" a Story of the Year One - Part VI., Fraser's Magazine
  3. What Shakespeare Learnt at School - Part III., by Thos. S. Baynes, Fraser's Magazine
  4. The Guinea Box, by James Payn, Cornhill Magazine
  5. A Learned Lady of the Sixteenth Century, by M. Creighton, Macmillan's Magazine
  6. The Sculptures on the Facade of St. Mark's, Venice, by Jean Paul Richter, Macmillan's Magazine
  7. College Life, Pall Mall Gazette
  8. The Journey of the Ex-Empress Eugenie, Boston Traveller

Poetry.

By the Sea, by Mary Rowles, Sunday Magazine
I. — Morning
II. — Evening
Ballade of his Choice of a Sepulchre, by A. Lang

No. 1883. — July 17, 1880. edit

Contents.

  1. The Development of Buddhism in India, by J. Ware Edgar, Fortnightly Review
  2. Drunk in the Street, by Alexis Clerc, translated from the French by E. W. Latimer
  3. Diamonds, Natural and Artificial, by Agnes M. Clerke, Fraser's Magazine
  4. Adam and Eve - Part X., by Mrs. Parr, the author of "Dorothy Fox", Advance Sheets
  5. The Reconstruction of Sheepfolds, Blackwood's Magazine
  6. Henry David Thoreau: his Character and Opinions, by R. L. S., Cornhill Magazine
  7. Thoreau's Pity and Humor, by Alex. H. Japp, Spectator
  8. The Empress of Russia, Pall Mall Gazette

Poetry.

Thoughts in A City Church, Spectator
A Song of Spring, by Emily Pfeiffer, Spectator
The Footpath Across the Fields, by Rev. Edward A. Rand


Contents.

  1. The Slavonic Menace to Europe, Quarterly Review
  2. He that will not when he may - Part XX., by Mrs. Oliphant, Advance Sheets
  3. Fishing and Fishing Literature, Blackwood's Magazine
  4. Victor Hugo, the author of "Roman Violets," etc., Temple Bar
  5. Scientific Results of the Howgate Expedition, 1877-78, Nature
  6. Heresy in Science, Pall Mall Gazette
  7. Sir John Lubbock on the Habits of Ants, Nature
  8. The Nature of an Oath, Spectator
  9. Sign-Language among the American Indians, by A. H. Sayce, Nature

Poetry.

Under the Mango, All The Year Round
Ballade of Sleep, by Andrew Lang, Ballades in Blue China

Miscellany.

Lightning Striking a Tree


Contents.

  1. A Few Weeks upon the Continent, by Argyll, Contemporary Review
  2. He that will not when he may - Part XXI., by Mrs. Oliphant, Advance Sheets
  3. Sterne, Cornhill Magazine
  4. Atheism and Repentance - a Familiar Colloquy, by W. H. Mallock, Nineteenth Century
  5. The Position of Quakerism, Spectator

Poetry.

Dropping a Seed, by I. L. Cosham, Sunday Magazine
Fair but Coy, translated from the Arabic by E. H. Palmer
My Jewels, by E. L. M.
Bion, by Andrew Lang, Ballades in Blue China

Miscellany.

Recording the Wind at Greenwich Observatory, Illustrated London News
The Imperial State Crown of Queen Victoria


Contents.

  1. The Sultan's Heirs in Asia, by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, Fortnightly Magazine
  2. He that will not when he may - Part XXII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Advance Sheets
  3. Peasant Life in Bengal, by J. Talboys Wheeler, Macmillan's Magazine
  4. A Stranger in America, by George Jacob Holyoake, Nineteenth Century
  5. A Lay Confessional, Blackwood's Magazine
  6. The Decline of Hypocrisy, Spectator
  7. The Hardening and Tempering of Steel, Popular Science Review
  8. The Swiss Democracy, Spectator

Poetry.

In Town, by C. B., Temple Bar
Sweetbriar, All The Year Round

Miscellany.

Gruyere Cheese, Cowkeeper and Dairyman's Journal
Historic Glass Notes, Pottery Gazette


Contents.

  1. The Austrian Power, by Edward A. Freeman, Fraser's Magazine
  2. The Romance of Chinese Social Life, Temple Bar
  3. The Northern Shepherd, by Gilfrid Hartley, Macmillan's Magazine
  4. Story-Telling, by James Payn, Nineteenth Century
  5. A Forgotten Crime, Argosy
  6. Brantome, Temple Bar
  7. Artificial Diamonds, Nature
  8. "Wanted - a Groom", Graphic
  9. The Caribbean Sea, Nature
  10. Haymaking, Saturday Review

Poetry.

The Voices of the Flowers, by Alexander Anderson, Good Words
The Aftermath, by James Hendry, Good Words
The Artist, by A. B., Fraser's Magazine

Miscellany.

What we have Done for India, Cornhill Magazine
Death of Carl Petersen

No. 1888. — August 21, 1880. edit

Contents.

  1. Recent and Future Arctic Voyages, Quarterly Review
  2. Adam and Eve - Part XI., by Mrs. Parr, the author of "Dorothy Fox", Advance Sheets
  3. A New Study of Tennyson - Part I., by J. C. C., Cornhill Magazine
  4. The Strange Story of Kitty Canham, Temple Bar
  5. On the Sources of German Discontent, by Karl Hillebrand, Contemporary Review
  6. Street Nuisances, Saturday Review
  7. About Cats, Queen
  8. Nature's Hygiene, Nature

Poetry.

Before and After, by Astley H. Baldwin, Chambers' Journal
We have dark, lovely Looks on Shores where the Spanish, Athenæum
Some go smiling through the gray Time, by Alfred Graves

Miscellany.

Balloon Accident at Le Mans, Nature

No. 1889. — August 28, 1880. edit

Contents.

  1. Thomas Chatterton, Quarterly Review
  2. Bush-Life in Queensland - Part VIII., Blackwood's Magazine
  3. A New Study of Tennyson - Part II., by J. C. C., Cornhill Magazine
  4. Harry Martin's Wife, Argosy
  5. Climbing Plants, by Francis Darwin, F.L.S., Popular Science Review
  6. Country Life in Portugal, Blackwood's Magazine

Poetry.

Homeward Bound, All The Year Round
A Change, All The Year Round

Miscellany.

The Horror's of Music, Cornhill Magazine

No. 1890. — September 4, 1880. edit

Contents.

  1. Marie-Antoinette, Quarterly Review
  2. A Reindeer Ride through Lapland, Blackwood's Magazine
  3. The Portrait of a Painter by Himself - Part I., by Lady Pollock, Temple Bar
  4. Minuets, Cornhill Magazine
  5. Aristotle On Free-Will, Spectator
  6. Morocco, Good Words
  7. Early Friendships, Globe

Poetry.

Wood Anemones, All The Year Round
A Maiden's Message, by L. G. M., Good Words
Epitaph on Sir John Franklin, from the Monument in Westminster Abbey, by Tennyson, translated by A. J. C., Spectator

No. 1891. — September 11, 1880. edit

Contents.

  1. The Place of Socrates in Greek Philosophy, Westminster Review
  2. A Trip: and what Followed, Temple Bar
  3. Annie Keary, by Stanley Lane-Poole, Macmillan's Magazine
  4. "The Ship of Fools", Cornhill Magazine
  5. Edgar Allan Poe, by William Minto, Fortnightly Review
  6. A Scotch Tutor, Spectator
  7. Cannes, Spectator

Poetry.

At Sea, by F. H. Doyle, Macmillan's Magazine

Miscellany.

The late Mr. Charles Dickens on the Opening of Parliament, by Robert Rawlinson, Esq.

No. 1892. — September 18, 1880. edit

Contents.

  1. Mind in the Lower Animals, Edinburgh Review
  2. Adam and Eve - Part XII., by Mrs. Parr, the author of "Dorothy Fox", Advance Sheets
  3. A Forgotten Empire in Asia Minor, by A. H. Sayce, Fraser's Magazine
  4. A Talk about Sonnets, Blackwood's Magazine
  5. The Portrait of a Painter by Himself - Part II., by Lady Pollock, Temple Bar
  6. Spectacles, Temple Bar
  7. Colors in Art, Saturday Review
  8. Æsthetic Teas, Nature
  9. L. F. de Pourtales, by Alexander Agassiz, Nature

Poetry.

Fancies, Good Words
To my Wife, All The Year Round

Miscellany.

Effect of Cold on the Natives of the Tropics, Chamber's Journal

No. 1893. — September 25, 1880. edit

Contents.

  1. The Deccan, by David Wedderburn, Fortnightly Review
  2. Bush-Life in Queensland - Part IX., Blackwood's Magazine
  3. A Special Assize under Louis XIV., by Henry Leach, Macmillan's Magazine
  4. In Memoriam, Tom Taylor, by Thos. Hughes, Macmillan's Magazine
  5. The Pavilion on the Links, by R. L. S., Cornhill Magazine
  6. Aldines and Elzevirs, Saturday Review
  7. A Bather's Ideal, by Ernest Meyer, Fraser's Magazine
  8. Why our Poor are Ugly, Cornhill Magazine
  9. Celluloid, by M. M. P. M., Nature

Poetry.

The Blackbird, by W. W. S., Blackwood's Magazine
Ballade of Cleopatra's Needle, by Andrew Lang, Ballades in Blue China
Ubi Miser, Ibi Christus, by M. W. M., Spectator