Littell's Living Age/Volume 126

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 XI.

FROM THE BEGINNING, VOL. CXXVI.

JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER,

1875

BOSTON:

LITTELL AND GAY.

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No. 1621. — July 3, 1875.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Moral Estimate of Alexander the Great. By F. W. Newman,	Fraser's Magazine,	3
II.	The Marriage of Moira Fergus. Conclusion,	Cornhill Magazine,	17
III.	The Arctic Expedition; Its Scientific Aims. By Robert Brown, M.A., PH.D., F.L.S., F.R.G.S., etc.,	Popular Science Review,	27
IV.	The Arctic Ships,	Spectator,	33
V.	Giannetto. Conclusion,	Blackwood's Magazine,	35
VI.	Life, Past and Future, in Other Worlds,	Cornhill Magazine,	45
VII.	The Influence of the Court,	Spectator,	57
VIII.	Italy and the Pope,	Pall Mall Gazette,	59
IX.	Two Views of Annihilation,	Spectator,	61

POETRY.
To "lhe Ethereat Ruskin,"	2	Ungathered Love,	2
In Memoriam,	2	A Sequence of Analogies,	63

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No. 1622. — July 10, 1875.

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CONTENTS.
I.	William Blake,	Cornhill Magazine,	67
II.	Miss Angel. By Miss Thackeray. Conclusion,	Cornhill Magazine,	77
III.	The Convent of San Marco. V. — The Sperimento,	Macmillan's Magazine,	92
IV.	The Dilemma,	Blackwood's Magazine,	102
V.	German Home Life. By a Lady. Part V.,	Fraser's Magazine,	112
VI.	A Trip into the Interior of Formosa,	Spectator,	122
VII.	The King in England,	Pall Mall Gazette,	124
VIII.	A Geographical Day-Dream,	Spectator,	126

POETRY.
The Creed of the Future,	66	On Seeing a Picture Called "A Winter Gale in the Channel",	66
Hortus Siccus,	66
Darkened Spring,	66
Miscellany,			128

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No. 1623. — July 17, 1875.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Sea Studies. By J. A. Froude,	Fraser's Magazine,	131
II.	The Dilemma. Part II.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	146
III.	Thomas Love Peacock: a Personal Reminiscence. By Robert Buchanan,	New Quarterly Review,	157
IV.	Fated to be Free. By Jean Ingelow. Part VIII.,	Good Words,	165
V.	Peasant Life in North Italy,	Fraser's Magazine,	177
VI.	Sir John Lubbock on Bees and Ants,	Spectator,	189

POETRY.
He Giveth His Beloved Sleep,	130	Only a Woman,	130
Miscellany,			192

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No. 1624. — July 24, 1875.

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CONTENTS.
I.	New Series of Wellington Despatches,	Edinburgh Review,	195
II.	Fated to be Free. By Jean Ingelow. Part IX.,	Good Words,	211
III.	Elementary Education in Italy,	Macmillan's Magazine,	223
IV.	The Dilemma. Part III.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	231
V.	In a Studio. By W. W. Story,	Blackwood's Magazine,	241
VI.	The French Radicals,	Pall Mall Gazette,	251
VII.	Religious Strife on the Continent,	Pall Mall Gazette,	253

POETRY.
A Quartette of Sonnets.		Two Sonnets.
⁠ I. — A Word for the Wind,	194	⁠ I. — Clouds on Whiteface,	194
⁠ II. — A Month of Memories,	194	⁠ II. — Chocorua,	194
⁠ III. — Prisoned Thoughts,	194
⁠ IV. — Early Violets,	194
Miscellany,		255, 256

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No. 1625. — July 31, 1875.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Catherine de Medicis and her Times. By the author of "Mirabeau," etc.,	Temple Bar,	259
II.	Fated to be Free. By Jean Ingelow, Part X.,	Good Words,	269
III.	The Abode of Snow. Conclusion,	Blackwood's Magazine,	283
IV.	The Dilemma. Part IV.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	299
V.	In a Studio. By W. W. Story. Part II.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	306
VI.	Flower-Traps,	Spectator,	316
VII.	Selections from the Hatton Papers,	Academy,	318

POETRY.
A Little While,	258	After Many Days,	258
For a Token,	258
Miscellany,			320

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No. 1626. — August 7, 1875.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse. By Frances Power Cobbe,	New Quarterly Review,	323
II.	The Dilemma. Part V.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	341
III.	In a Studio. By W. W. Story. Part III.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	351
IV.	Fated to be Free. By Jean Ingelow. Part XI.,	Good Words,	362
V.	The Homeric Element in the Poetry of Scott. By Principal Shairp,	Good Words,	373
VI.	Tricks of Speech,	Queen,	381

POETRY.
The Arctic Expedition,	322	The Hour-Glass,	322
A Day of Summer Beauty,	322
Miscellany,			384

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No. 1627. — August 14, 1875.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Is the Church of England Worth Preserving? By Hon. W. E. Gladstone,	Contemporary Review,	387
II.	The Dilemma. Part VI.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	403
III.	In a Studio. By W. W. Story. Part IV,	Blackwood's Magazine,	412
IV.	Fated to be Free. By Jean Ingelow. Part XII.,	Good Words,	423
V.	Cherubini. By Ferdinand Hiller,	Macmillan's Magazine,	539

POETRY.
The Praise of Poverty. From the Italian of B. Jacopone da Todi,			386
Miscellany,			448

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No. 1628. — August 21, 1875.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Balloons and Voyages in the Air,	Quarterly Review,	451
II.	A Month in a Japanese Farmhouse,	Temple Bar,	468
III.	A Chapter of University History. By the Rev. Mark Patteson,	Macmillan's Magazine,	481
IV.	Fated to be Free. By Jean Ingelow. Part XIII.,	Good Words,	488
V.	Prof. Cairnes,	Athenæum,	503
VI.	Animal Life in the Polar Regions,	Land and Water,	507
VII.	Scruples,	Saturday Review,	509
VIII.	An Hysterical Fair,	All the Year Round,	511

POETRY.
The Fairy Shell,	450	The Happy Man,	450
Mignonette,	450
Miscellany,			512

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No. 1629. — August 28, 1875.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Lucrezia Borgia,	Edinburgh Review,	515
II.	Fated to be Free. By Jean Ingelow. Part XIV.,	Good Words,	532
III.	Wind Myths,	Contemporary Review,	544
IV.	The Dilemma. Part VII.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	549
V.	A Chapter of University History. By the Rev. Mark Pattison. Part II.,	Macmillan's Magazine,	561
VI.	The Newest African Project,	Spectator,	566
VII.	Retorts Courteous,	Graphic,	568
VIII.	The Mushroom,	National Food and Fuel Reformer,	569
IX.	Unbidden Guests,	Queen,	571
X.	The Late Bishop Thirlwall,	Spectator,	572
XI.	The Swine-herd of Gadara,	Blackwood's Magazine,	574

POETRY.
Pansy,	514	Thou and I,	514
Answered,	514	The Swine-herd of Gadara,	574
Miscellany,			576

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No. 1630. — September 4, 1875.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Memoirs of Count de Segur,	Quarterly Review,	579
II.	Nan. A Summer Scene,	Blackwood's Magazine,	603
III.	German Home Life. By a Lady. Part VI.,	Fraser's Magazine,	613
IV.	Fated to be Free. By Jean Ingelow. Part XV.,	Good Words,	624
V.	The Michael Angelo Celebration,	Academy,	639

POETRY.
Nature and Love,	578	August on the Mountains,	578
The Everlasting Pity,	578	Dying Summer,	578
Miscellany,			640

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No. 1631. — September 11, 1875.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The First Stewart in England,	Quarterly Review,	643
II.	The Dilemma. Part VIII.,	Blackwood's Magazine,	665
III.	The Mediterranean of Japan,	Fortnightly Review,	676
IV.	Fated to be Free. By Jean Ingelow. Part XVI.,	Good Words,	683
V.	Professor Cairnes,	Fortnightly Review,	691
VI.	Thomas Ellwood,	Leisure Hour,	695
VII.	Hans Christian Andersen,	Spectator,	700

POETRY.
Swan Song,	642	The Christian Martyr,	642
Cuckoo Song,	642	θάλασσα! θάλασσα!	703

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No. 1632. — September 18, 1875.

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CONTENTS.
I.	The Inheritance of the Great Mogul,	Contemporary Review,	707
II.	Nan: A Summer Scene. Conclusion,	Blackwood's Magazine,	721
III.	On Animal Instinct: In its Relation to the Mind of Man,	Contemporary Review,	730
IV.	Fated to be Free. By Jean Ingelow. Conclusion,	Good Words,	744
V.	Self-Government in Russia,	Macmillan's Magazine,	753
VI.	Boys at Home,	Saturday Review,	761
VII.	The Rising of the Herzegovina,	Economist,	763
VIII.	Drawing-Room Music,	Saturday Review,	765
IX.	Bishop Thirlwall's Study,	Guardian,	767

POETRY.
The Fisherman's Funeral,	706	Norwich,	706
Miscellany,			768

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No. 1633. — September 25, 1875.

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CONTENTS.
I.	Natural Religion,	Macmillan's Magazine,	771
II.	F'rona!	Temple Bar,	788
III.	The Days of Henri Quatre,	Temple Bar,	796
IV.	Her Dearest Foe,	Temple Bar,	808
V.	The Royal School of Art-Needlework,	All The Year Round,	819
VI.	The Influence of Arctic Cold on Man,	London Medical Record,	823
	⁂ Title and Index to Volume CXXVI.

POETRY.
Song of a Fellow-Worker,			770