137413Littell's Living Age — Volume 1681886

No. 2167. — January 2, 1886. edit

Contents.

  1. Poetry and Politics, by Andrew Lang, Macmillan's Magazine
  2. Mrs. Dymond - Part XII., by Mrs. Ritchie, Macmillan's Magazine
  3. A Visit to Tsusima: an Incident of Russian Aggression, by Laurence Oliphant, Blackwood's Magazine
  4. The Opium-Poppy Cultivation of Bengal, by C. T. Buckland, B.C.S., National Review
  5. A House Divived against Itself - Part XLIVIII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
  6. A Strategical View of Turkey, by Hobart Pasha, Chambers' Journal
  7. Auber, by L. E., Temple Bar
  8. Bulgaria and Servia, by Edward A. Freeman, Contemporary Review
  9. Boy Kings, Spectator
  10. King Thebaw, London Times
  11. The Collapse of Burmah, Spectator

Poetry.

"Science and Politics", by H. M., Spectator
A Winnower's Song to the Winds, by Joachim du Bellay, Blackwood's Magazine
Idylle. - Galatee, by Vauquelin de la Fresney, Blackwood's Magazine
"Two Birds within one Nest", by Dora Greenwell

Miscellany.

On the Square bamboo, by D. J. Macgowan, M.D., Chinese Recorder


No. 2168. — January 9, 1886. edit

Contents.

  1. The Coming Contests of the World, Fortnightly Review
  2. Fortune's Wheel - Part XVII., Blackwood's Magazine
  3. The Origin of the Alphabet, by A. H. Sayce, Contemporary Review
  4. Irish Shootings, Macmillan's Magazine
  5. Leopardi, by Constance Fletcher, Nineteenth Century
  6. A Walk in the Faroes, Macmillan's Magazine
  7. Contemporary Life and Thought in France, by G. Monod, Contemporary Review
  8. C. S. Calverley, Saturday Review

Poetry.

Night, by Victor Hugo, translated by C. E. Meetkerke, Argosy
The Highest Mountain, by S. M. B. Paitt
Good-bye, by G. B. Stuart, Argosy
Remembrance, by A. Mary F. Robinson, Athenæum
In the Winter Twilight, All The Year Round

Miscellany.

The Healthiness of London, Medical Press


No. 2169. — January 16, 1886. edit

Contents.

  1. Poetry, Politics, and Conservatism, by George N. Curson, National Review
  2. Fortune's Wheel - Part XVIII., Blackwood's Magazine
  3. The Story of the Bab, by Mary F. Wilson, Contemporary Review
  4. Old Florence and Modern Tuscany, by Janet Ross, Macmillan's Magazine
  5. Dr. Barrere, by M. Oliphant, English Illustrated Magazine
  6. Germany's Industrial Progress, Saturday Review

Poetry.

A Bird's Song, All The Year Round
Youth and Age, by Michael Field, Contemporary Review
Pastorale, by Vauquelin de la Fresnaye, Blackwood's Magazine
Gorse, by William Allington, Athenæum

Miscellany.

Armstrong's Gun


No. 2170. — January 23, 1886. edit

Contents.

  1. Disestablishment and Disendowment, by Dean Plumptre, Contemporary Review
  2. Oh - Madam! - Part I., Temple Bar
  3. The Poetic Imagination, by Arthur Tilley, Macmillan's Magazine
  4. A Strange Temptation - Part I., Macmillan's Magazine
  5. Reminiscences of an Attache - Part I., Blackwood's Magazine
  6. Frogs, by Phil Robinson, Gentleman's Magazine
  7. Similes, Temple Bar
  8. Ordeals and Oaths, by Douglas M. Ford, Antiquary

Poetry.

"Thought and Sorrow", by John Owen, Academy
On the Threshold, by A. H. Baldwin, Chambers' Journal

Miscellany.

The Palace of Urbino, by Julia Cartwright, Magazine of Art


No. 2171. — January 30, 1886. edit

Contents.

  1. George Borrow, by George Saintsbury, Macmillan's Magazine
  2. Oh - Madam! - Part II., Temple Bar
  3. Moss from a Rolling Stone - Part I., by Laurence Oliphant, Blackwood's Magazine
  4. Frederi Mistral, by Arthur Symons, National Review
  5. Fortune's Wheel - Part XIX., Blackwood's Magazine
  6. Suns and Meteors, by Richard A. Proctor, Longman's Magazine
  7. An Irish Wit, Temple Bar
  8. Thibet and its Trade, Pall Mall Gazette
  9. Reading to Kill Time, Spectator
  10. Oil-Wells of the Caucasus, St. James's Gazette
  11. The Primate of all Ireland, Saturday Review
  12. Nautch Girls, St. James's Gazette
  13. Arctic Relics, Times

Poetry.

The Song of the Poplars, by Ruth Brindley
Christmas, by A. G. B., Spectator
Beloved, by Michael Field, Contemporary Review


No. 2172. — February 6, 1886. edit

Contents.

  1. Oaths: Parliamentary and Judicial, by William Connor Magee, the Bishop of Peterborough, Contemporary Review
  2. A Strange Temptation - Part II., Macmillan's Magazine
  3. My Contested Election, Fortnightly Review
  4. The Little Ones and the Land, by Augustus Jessopp, Nineteenth Century
  5. Samanala and its Shadow, by J. Theodore Bent, Cornhill Magazine
  6. My Strange Mother-in-Law, Longman's Magazine
  7. Reminiscences of an Attache - Part II., Blackwood's Magazine
  8. South American Bird-Music, Nature
  9. Cheerfulness in Life and Art, by W. H. Hudson, St. James's Gazette
  10. Snow-Tracks, St. James's Gazette
  11. Job to Ecclesiastes: a Sermonette, St. James's Gazette

Poetry.

A Midnight Ascent of the Schwartzhorn, by John Addington Symonds, Academy
A Deserted Garden, Chambers' Journal

No. 2173. — February 13, 1886. edit

Contents.

  1. Jane Taylor, Blackwood's Magazine
  2. The Grateful Ghosts - Part I., Blackwood's Magazine
  3. The Little Prophets of the Cevennes, by Richard Heath, Contemporary Review
  4. Colonial Governors, by William Greswell, National Review
  5. Wild-boar Shooting near the Heathen Wall of the Vosges, Blackwood's Magazine
  6. A New Year's Gift, by Charles Hervey, Argosy
  7. Two Evenings with Bismarck - Part II., Chamber's Journal
  8. Two Days with the Kachyens, by Shway Yoe, St. James's Gazette
  9. In the Catacombs at Kiev, St. James's Gazette
  10. Thawing a Village, St. James's Gazette
  11. The Crossbill, St. James's Gazette

Poetry.

Sea-Spells, by D. J. Robertson, Longman's Magazine
My Letter, All The Year Round


No. 2174. — February 20, 1886. edit

Contents.

  1. Darwinism and Democracy, by W. S. Lilly, Fortnightly Review
  2. Miss Jollibert's Proposal, by the author of "Adonais, Q.C.", Argosy
  3. My Election Experiences, by Lady John Manners, National Review
  4. The Grateful Ghosts - Part II., Blackwood's Magazine
  5. The Country Banker, Quarterly Review
  6. Life, Art, and Nature in Bruges, by Henry Quilter, Contemporary Review
  7. Goethe as an Actor, by H. Schutz Wilson, Gentleman's Magazine
  8. London in the Snow, All The Year Round
  9. Canvas-Backs, Saturday Review
  10. Grasse, and the Manufacture of Scent, Spectator

Poetry.

In Westminster Abbey, by Charles Noble Gregory, Milwaukee Sentinel
"Though Many Cry", by Harold B. Harrison, Spectator
On Last Looking into Smiles' "Self-Help", by J. R. Mozley

Miscellany.

Water Wolves, Saturday Review
Cremation
Consilidation a New Embankment, Nature


No. 2175. — February 27, 1886. edit

Contents.

  1. The Earl of Shaftesbury, London Quarterly Review
  2. Her Brother Ephraim, Cassell's Magazine
  3. A Pilgrimage to Sinai - Part I., by Isabella Bird Bishop, author of "Unknown Tracks in Japan," "A Lady's Ride in the Rocky Mountains," etc., Leisure Hour
  4. Small Talk and Statesmen, by T. H. S. Escott, Fortnightly Review
  5. Valentina, Argosy
  6. Home Rule in Austria-Hungary, by David Kay, Nineteenth Century
  7. Alternative Policies in Ireland, by James Bryce, Nineteenth Century
  8. Hereditary Stature, Nature
  9. Winter in Florence, Saturday Review
  10. The New German and Slav Quarrel, Spectator

Poetry.

Life's Philosophy. - 1886, by A. G. B., Spectator
"O Golden Sun", by J. R. Mozley
To a Plum-Pudding, by J. S. D., Spectator
January, 1886, Sunday Magazine

No. 2176. — March 6, 1886. edit

Contents.

  1. William Cobbett, by Charles Milnes Gaskell, Nineteenth Century
  2. Fortune's Wheel - Part XX., Blackwood's Magazine
  3. On the Pleasure of Reading, Contemporary Review
  4. Long Odds, by H. Rider Haggard, Macmillan's Magazine
  5. On a Far-off Island, Blackwood's Magazine
  6. Bishop Thirlwall, Temple Bar
  7. Try the Bahamas, by Henry Arthut Blake, Fortnightly Review
  8. A Faroe Fete Day - Part I., All The Year Round
  9. The Bannatyne Club, Chambers' Journal

Poetry.

Carn-Gluze (The Grey Rock), by C. G. Fagan, Academy
Snowdrop, All The Year Round
"I, who have lived as if the blessed light", by F. D. Blomfield, Academy
"Desultory Reading", by F. M. P.


No. 2177. — March 13, 1886. edit

Contents.

  1. What Boys Read, by G. Salmon, Fortnightly Review
  2. Harry's Inheritance, by Grant Allen, English Illustrated Magazine
  3. Some Aspects of Home Rule, by Edward A. Freeman, Contemporary Review
  4. Moss from a Rolling Stone - Part II., by Laurence Oliphant, Blackwood's Magazine
  5. The Babylonians at Home, by G. Bertin, Contemporary Review
  6. Henry Fawcett as a Man, by Alex. H. Japp, Gentleman's Magazine
  7. Poor Piluquesne, by John Coleman, Longman's Magazine
  8. A Faroe Fete Day - Part II., All The Year Round
  9. Two Evenings with Bismarck - Part II., Chamber's Journal
  10. What Boys Should Read, Saturday Review
  11. The No-Police Riots, Saturday Review
  12. Mahwa Flowers, by A. H. Church, Nature

Poetry.

Nobody - Somebody, by A. G. B., Spectator
After the Fall of Troy, by Florence Peacock, Academy
"When acorns fall and swallows troop for flight", by Alfred Austin, Athenæum


No. 2178. — March 20, 1886. edit

Contents.

  1. The Laws Relating to Land, by Sir James F. Stephen, National Review
  2. The Bewitched House, All The Year Round
  3. Lord Melbourne, Temple Bar
  4. A Champion of her Sex, by W. Minto, Macmillan's Magazine
  5. Through the States, by Theodore Child, Fortnightly Review
  6. This Man's Wife - Part I., by George Manville Fenn, Good Words
  7. The Sense of Touch and the Teaching of the Blind, Spectator
  8. The Synagogue in Bevis Marks, St. James's Gazette
  9. Mr. Ruskin's Early Theatre-going and Love-Making, St. James's Gazette

Poetry.

A Classic Landscape, by A. Mary F. Robinson, Athenæum
Footprints, Macmillan's Magazine
Winter, All The Year Round

Miscellany.

King Edward the Confessor
Early Years of Queen Victoria's Reign
Electric Lights on Locomotives, Nature


No. 2179. — March 27, 1886. edit

Contents.

  1. Grattan, and the Irish Parliament, by W. J. O'N. Daunt, Westminster Review
  2. This Man's Wife - Part II., by George Manville Fenn, Good Words
  3. A Diary at Valladolid in the Time of Cervantes, by John Ormsby, Blackwood's Magazine
  4. Caroline, by Clementia Black, Belgravia

Poetry.

Casale Rotondo, by B. H. H., Spectator
Death Undisguised, by Frank T. Marzials, Academy
February Filldyke, Macmillan's Magazine
Le Papillon, by J. P. M., Blackwood's Magazine

Miscellany.

Rural England Now and Then, by William Cobbett