Littell's Living Age/Volume 171

No. 2206. &mdash; October 2, 1886.
Contents.
 * 1) Sacred Books of the East, Quarterly Review
 * 2) This Man's Wife - Part XIII., by George Manville Fenn, Good Words
 * 3) A Glimpse of America, by Lord Brabazon, Time
 * 4) A Garden of Memories - Part II., by Margaret Valey, English Illustrated Journal
 * 5) A Countryman's Experience of Law, Blackwood 's Magazine
 * 6) An Emigre on Ireland in 1796, Macmillan's Magazine
 * 7) The Recent Volcanic Eruptions in New Zealand, by James Hector, Nature
 * 8) Letters, Spectator
 * 9) The Optimism of Old Age, Spectator

Poetry.
 * A Broken Sword, by Austin Dobson, Magazine of Art
 * Restored, by Sarah Doudney, Sunday Magazine
 * "I Know a Ruin on a Hill", by Mrs. Piatt

Miscellany.
 * Effects of Force on Solid Bodies Filled with a Liquid

No. 2207. &mdash; October 9, 1886.
Contents.
 * 1) Mr. W. E. Forster's Early Career, by F. Seebohm, Contemporary Review
 * 2) This Man's Wife - Part XIV., by George Manville Fenn, Good Words
 * 3) The Present State of Research in Early Church History, by Adolf Harnack, Contemporary Review
 * 4) Coincidences??, Blackwood's Magazine
 * 5) Capping Verses, Macmillan's Magazine
 * 6) A Visit to some Austrian Monasteries, by St. George Mivart, Nineteenth Century
 * 7) Prehistoric Man, Chambers' Journal

Poetry.
 * Last Year, All The Year Round
 * Midnight at the Helm, by George Barlow, Belgravia
 * Waifs of a World, by E. Lee Hamilton, Academy

No. 2208. &mdash; October 16, 1886.
Contents.
 * 1) The Scotland of Mary Stewart - Part I., by John Skelton, Blackwood's Magazine
 * 2) Monsieur Gabriel, All The Year Round
 * 3) On A Hilltop, Blackwood's Magazine
 * 4) A Friend of the Family - Part I., by Charles Gibbon, Chambers' Journal
 * 5) Some Notes on Fletcher's "Valentinian", by J. Addington Symonds, Fortnightly Review
 * 6) The Terrific Diction, Macmillan's Magazine
 * 7) Wild Bees and Bee-Hunting, Chambers' Journal
 * 8) Liszt's Life and Works, by A Musical Critic, Fortnightly Review
 * 9) The Influence of Women, National Review

Poetry.
 * To Horace, St. James's Gazette
 * None Will Miss Thee, Chambers' Journal
 * Sir Samuel Ferguson, by Alfred Perceval Graves, Spectator
 * "What Moveth In The Seed To Make The Flower?", by F. W. B., Leisure Hour

No. 2209. &mdash; October 23, 1886.
Contents.
 * 1) Ernest, King of Hanover, Westminster Review
 * 2) A Friend of the Family - Part II., by Charles Gibbon, Chambers' Journal
 * 3) Hero-Worship, Macmillan's Magazine
 * 4) Alexander Hamilton, National Review
 * 5) "Poor Dear Theresa", by Ella Edersheim, Temple Bar
 * 6) Early Newspaper Sketches, by W. F. Nelson, Longman's Magazine
 * 7) Musings without Method, Blackwood's Magazine
 * 8) Geography, by Major-General Sir F. J. Goldsmid,  K.C.S.I., C.B., F.R.G.S., Nature

Poetry.
 * Horace's Patriotic Lament, by Stephen E. de Vere, Spectator
 * A Song of Rest, by Florence Tyler, Chambers' Journal

Miscellany.
 * Pharaoh's House

No. 2210. &mdash; October 30, 1886.
Contents.
 * 1) Poetry Compared with the other Fine Arts, by F. T. Palgrave, National Review
 * 2) My Success in Literature, Macmillan's Magazine
 * 3) John Bunyan, by Goldwin Smith, Contemporary Review
 * 4) This Man's Wife - Part XV., by George Manville Fenn, Good Words
 * 5) Statesmen of Eastern Europe, Temple Bar
 * 6) Prince Rupert, by H. Greenhough Smith, Gentleman's Magazine
 * 7) A Dartmoor Picnic, by Eden Phillpotts, Belgravia
 * 8) Mr. Tupper's Autobiography, Spectator
 * 9) The Religion of Southern Italy, Saturday Review
 * 10) A Negro Revival, by Vacuus Viator, Spectator

Poetry.
 * Parted, by D. J. Robertson, Chambers' Journal
 * Desolation, Academy
 * The Church Steps, by Geo. T. Coster, Spectator
 * "Two Minutes and a Half", by A. J. C., Spectator
 * Strewings, by A. Mary F. Robinson

Miscellany.
 * Projected Trans-Siberian Railway

No. 2211. &mdash; November 6, 1886.
Contents.
 * 1) Prisoners as Witnesses, by J. F. Stephen, Nineteenth Century
 * 2) This Man's Wife - Part XVI., by George Manville Fenn, Good Words
 * 3) Alexander I. of Bulgaria, Contemporary Review
 * 4) Sir Greenhat, by Charles Williams, Temple Bar
 * 5) The Scotland of Mary Stewart - Part II., by John Skelton, Blackwood's Magazine
 * 6) A Week in the Pine Region, Blackwood's Magazine
 * 7) Power of the Irish in American Cities, Times

Poetry.
 * A Talk with St. Peter, by George MacDonald, Sunday Magazine
 * The Death of Love, All The Year Round
 * Lovemaking in Paddy-Land, by Elsa D'Esterre-Keeling, Temple Bar
 * Roses, by A. P. G., Spectator

Miscellany.
 * The Fuel of the Future, Iron

No. 2212. &mdash; November 13, 1886.
Contents.
 * 1) Manual Instruction, by Sir John Lubbock, Fortnightly Review
 * 2) Only Nature, by the author of "Gideon's Rock," etc., English Illustrated Magazine
 * 3) The Recent Volcanic Eruption in New Zealand, by Dr. Archibald Geikie, Contemporary Review
 * 4) A Cross Old Man - Part I., All The Year Round
 * 5) Denys L'Auxerrois, by Walter Pater, Macmillan's Magazine
 * 6) Les Ecrehous, by Bertram Falle and G. E. Humphreys, National Review
 * 7) Bulgaria, by An Old Resident, Contemporary Review
 * 8) In Old France - Part I., by E., Spectator
 * 9) The Tiger, by Rev. J. G. Wood,  M.A., Good Words

Poetry.
 * Edelweiss, by Oscar Browning, Macmillan's Magazine
 * A Village Romance (Cheshire), by J. C. Henderson, Spectator
 * The Secret of the Sea, by M. C. Gillington, Spectator

Miscellany.
 * Natural History and the Swedish Nobility

No. 2213. &mdash; November 20, 1886.
Contents.
 * 1) The Third Invasion of France, Edinburgh Review
 * 2) How Franz Redeemed his Promise, Cornhill Magazine
 * 3) Moss from a Rolling Stone - Part VII., by Laurence Oliphant, Blackwood's Magazine
 * 4) George Fox and the Inward Light, by Henry C. Ewart, Good Words
 * 5) A Warm Day's Work, by V. Lovett Cameron, Gentleman's Magazine
 * 6) England Revisited, by Goldwin Smith, Macmillan's Magazine
 * 7) Old Coach Roads, St. James's Gazette

Poetry.
 * Autumn Thoughts, All The Year Round
 * A Sparrow, by R. Steggall
 * "Drink Deep the Spirit of the Quiet Hills", by F. W. B., Leisure Hour

Miscellany.
 * Processionary Caterpillars, Chambers' Journal

No. 2214. &mdash; November 27, 1886.
Contents.
 * 1) Napoleon's Early Manhood, Westminster Review
 * 2) This Man's Wife - Part XVII., by George Manville Fenn, Good Words
 * 3) The Condition of Kerry, by John Verschoyle, Fortnightly Review
 * 4) A Cross Old Man - Part II., All The Year Round
 * 5) Clerical Incomes, Spectator
 * 6) The New Optical Glass, Nature
 * 7) The Love of Fame, Spectator

Poetry.
 * Martin the Monk, All The Year Round
 * An Orchard at Avignon, by A. Mary F. Robinson, Athenæum
 * Love's Silence, by W. J. Henderson, Longman's Magazine

Miscellany.
 * The Frisians, Peoples of the World

No. 2215. &mdash; December 4, 1886.
Contents.
 * 1) Sir Philip Sidney, by Edmund Gosse, Contemporary Review
 * 2) This Man's Wife - Part XVIII., by George Manville Fenn, Good Words
 * 3) The Rulers of the Balkans, Temple Bar
 * 4) The Domesday Commemoration, by E. C. Thomas, Time
 * 5) The Protectorate of Porcolongu, by H. D. Traill, Macmillan's Magazine
 * 6) Hobart Pasha, by J. K. Laughton, Longman's Magazine
 * 7) The Philosophy of Dancing, Macmillan's Magazine
 * 8) Colonization in South America, Spectator
 * 9) "Hybrid" Wheat, by H. E., Nature

Poetry.
 * Vox Populi, by Alfred Ewen Fletcher, Time
 * The Song of Lynceus, The Tower-Watcher, at Sight of Helen, translated by Sir Theodore Martin,
 * Mother to Babe, by George Meredith, English Illustrated Magazine

Miscellany.
 * British Soldiers of Fortune, Broad Arrow

No. 2216. &mdash; December 11, 1886.
Contents.
 * 1) The Byzantine Empire, by Demetrios Bikelas, Scottish Review
 * 2) Cicely Chrystal, by Sheldon Clarke, Belgravia
 * 3) Contemporary Life and Thought in France, by Gabriel Monod, Contemporary Review
 * 4) A Secret Inheritance - Part I., by B. L. Farjeon, English Illustrated Magazine
 * 5) The Relation of Women to the State in Past Times, by Helen Blackburn, National Review
 * 6) A Talk beside Ulleswater, Blackwood's Magazine
 * 7) Desultory Reading, Leeds Mercury
 * 8) An Irish Priest of the Old School, Spectator

Poetry.
 * The Rosary, All The Year Round
 * Three Thoughts, by Sir Samuel Ferguson
 * King Apollo, by Michael Field, Academy

No. 2217. &mdash; December 18, 1886.
Contents.
 * 1) The Building up of a University, by Dr. Augustus Jessopp, Nineteenth Century
 * 2) A Secret Inheritance - Part II., by B. L. Farjeon, English Illustrated Magazine
 * 3) The Use of Higher Education to Women, by Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Contemporary Review
 * 4) The Case of Mr. Notary Lebrun, Gentleman's Magazine
 * 5) The Convent of Helfta, by A. Mary F. Robinson, Fortnightly Review
 * 6) The Humors of Kerry, Spectator
 * 7) The Similarities in the Physical Geography of the Great Oceans, Nature
 * 8) Fancy Pigeons, All The Year Round
 * 9) Mr. Matthew Arnold's Retirement, Spectator
 * 10) At Dinner with a Persian Prince, St. James's Gazette
 * 11) Souvenirs of a Diplomatist, Public Opinion
 * 12) At Home in the North a Hundred Years Ago, St. James's Gazette
 * 13) In Old France - Part II., by E., Spectator
 * 14) Andy Byrne, by Fabian Holmes, Spectator

Poetry.
 * A Nurse, by E. M. C., Chambers' Journal
 * Dreams, Macmillan's Magazine
 * Voices, by F. E. Weatherly, Temple Bar
 * Late Autumn, by M. G. Watkins, Academy
 * Andy Byrne, by Fabian Holmes, Spectator

Miscellany.
 * The Hessian Fly, Farm and Home

No. 2218. &mdash; December 25, 1886.
Contents.
 * 1) Metaphor as a Mode of Abstraction, by F. Max Muller, Fortnightly Review
 * 2) Extracts From the Diary of a Young Lady - Part I., Argosy
 * 3) The Scotland of Mary Stewart - Part III., by John Skelton, Blackwood's Magazine
 * 4) Miss Masterman's Discovery, Chambers' Journal
 * 5) Our Grandmothers, by the Countess of Jersey, National Review
 * 6) About Waiters, All The Year Round
 * 7) Material Progress in Syria, Spectator
 * 8) Exploration of the North Sea, by J. M., Nature
 * 9) More Kerry Humors, Spectator
 * 10) An Extinct Skipper, St. James's Gazette
 * 11) A German View of London, Deutsche Zeitung

Poetry.
 * Evening, by Mary Geoghegan, Time
 * Inde Spes, by J. M. Scott-Moncrieff, English Illustrated Magazine
 * A Concord Love Song
 * Our Stream, by Alfred Perceval Graves, Spectator
 * Love and Death, by Michael Field, Academy

Miscellany.
 * Optical Glass