Littell's Living Age/Volume 177

No. 2284. &mdash; April 7, 1888.
Contents.
 * 1) The Study of English Literature, by Edward Dowden, Fortnightly Review
 * 2) A Dead Man's Vengeance, Blackwood's Magazine
 * 3) The Progress of Applied Science in its Effect upon Trade, by Sir Lyon Playfair, Contemporary Review
 * 4) Schopenhauer and his Mother, by Charles Edwards, Temple Bar
 * 5) Ardent Agnosticism, Spectator
 * 6) Mr. Cotter Morison, Saturday Review
 * 7) Rabies among Deer, Nature
 * 8) In a Turkish City - Part I., Chambers' Journal
 * 9) St. Margaret's, Westminster, St. James's Gazette
 * 10) The Secret of Alexander, Spectator
 * 11) To The Bottom of the Channel Tunnel, Chambers' Journal
 * 12) Sir James Paget's Confession on Behalf of Science, Spectator
 * 13) Avalanches on Mount St. Bernard, Standard

Poetry.
 * Born, All The Year Round
 * Bacillus our Bane, Punch
 * If They Knew, by Curtis May, Athenæum

No. 2285. &mdash; April 14, 1888.
Contents.
 * 1) Mystical Pessimism in Russia, by N. Tsakni, Contemporary Review
 * 2) Dulcie, by K. Carmarthen, Longman's Magazine
 * 3) Thomas Moore, by George Saintsbury, Macmillan's Magazine
 * 4) Coryat's Crudities, 1611, by M. S. Dimsdale, National Review
 * 5) The Great Yellow River, by C. F. Gordon Cumming, Leisure Hour


 * 1) A Few Words on French Revolutionary Models, by John Morley, Nineteenth Century
 * 2) William Barnes, by W. S., Leisure Hour
 * 3) The Monsoons, by Ralph Abercromby, Nature
 * 4) Anne Benson Procter, Academy
 * 5) The Dispersion of Seeds and Plants, by D. Morris, Nature

Poetry.
 * The Bird of Dawning, Macmillan's Magazine
 * After Winter, Cornhill Magazine
 * "Though now 'tis neither May nor June", by Richard Crashaw

No. 2286. &mdash; April 21, 1888.
Contents.
 * 1) Mary Stuart in Scotland - Part II., Blackwood's Magazine
 * 2) The Spanish College in the University of Bologna, by E. Armstrong, Macmillan's Magazine
 * 3) Home Rule in the Western Pyrenees, by Wentworth Webster, Fortnightly Review
 * 4) George Gatonby's Return to Hild's Haven - Part I., by Mary Linskill, Good Words
 * 5) Section Life in the North-West, Cornhill Magazine
 * 6) Hans Sachs: the People's Goethe of the Sixteenth Century, by Karl Blind, Westminster Review
 * 7) The Lakes, Temple Bar
 * 8) Domesday Book, by Alex. Charles Ewald, Gentleman's Magazine
 * 9) Swiss Forest Laws, Nature
 * 10) The Needed Complement to Tolerance, Spectator
 * 11) Afghan Chiefs' Impressions of India, Times
 * 12) Genius and Domestic Life, Spectator
 * 13) The Silent Nuns, Daily News
 * 14) Tramways in Damascus, Standard
 * 15) Mr. Punch's Examination Papers for Young People, Punch

Poetry.
 * Arsinoe's Cats, translated from the Greek by Graham R. Tomson, Longman's Magazine
 * The Letter of Frederick III. to Prince Bismarck, by H. D. Rawnsley, Academy
 * Hush, All The Year Round
 * J. W. Inchbold, by John Dennis, Spectator
 * The Recall, by A. C. Swinburne, Athenæum

No. 2287. &mdash; April 28, 1888.
Contents.
 * 1) Mary Stuart in Scotland - Part III., Blackwood's Magazine
 * 2) George Gatonby's Return to Hild's Haven - Part II., by Mary Linskill, Good Words
 * 3) Recollections of Charles Dickens, by Eleanor E. Christian, Temple Bar
 * 4) Frederick III., Contemporary Review
 * 5) Some Recollections of the New Crown-Prince of Germany, by a Former Tutor, Murray's Magazine
 * 6) Poor Mr. Pepys!, by George F. Hooper, Gentleman's Magazine
 * 7) One Day's Sport in India, by J. D. Rees, Nineteenth Century
 * 8) Emin Pasha, All The Year Round
 * 9) In a Turkish City - Part II., Chambers' Journal

Poetry.
 * Only the Other Day, Lotus Leaves
 * Spring, by E. P. F., Spectator
 * "Where's Ramsgate", Punch
 * Roundel, by Charles Sayle, English Illustrated Magazine

Miscellany.
 * Gods of the Aino's of Yezo

No. 2288. &mdash; May 5, 1888.
Contents.
 * 1) A Glimpse of North Africa, by Grant Allen, Contemporary Review
 * 2) Snowed up in Arcady, by Augustus Jessopp, Nineteenth Century
 * 3) Forget me Not - Part I., by Mrs. Parr, Temple Bar
 * 4) Civilization in the United States, by Matthew Arnold, Nineteenth Century
 * 5) A Nun's Love Letters, by Edmund Gosse, Fortnightly Review
 * 6) Artemus Ward, by Geo. J. H. Northcroft, Time
 * 7) "Conversations with the Duke of Wellington", Temple Bar
 * 8) Springtime in Rural Portugal, by Oswald Crawford, Fortnightly Review
 * 9) The Baltic Amber Coast in Prehistoric Times, by Arthur J. Evans, Nature
 * 10) The Language of Animals, Spectator

Poetry.
 * The Tyneside Widow, by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Fortnightly Review
 * Peace, by Herman Merivale, Spectator
 * Xavier's Hymn, by St. Francis Xavier, translated by Alexander Pope, Bookworm

Miscellany.
 * Jews and Inebriety
 * Health of Rome, Medical Press

No. 2289. &mdash; May 12, 1888.
Contents.
 * 1) The Certainties of Chance, by R. A. Proctor, National Review
 * 2) The Discovery of the Solomon Islands, Westminster Review
 * 3) Bradshaw, Cornhill Magazine
 * 4) Caricature, the Fantastic, the Grotesque, by John Addington Symonds, Fortnightly Review
 * 5) To Alncaster, by Owen Balair, Time
 * 6) Century for Century, by Ferdinand Rothschild, Nineteenth Century
 * 7) A Lady's Winter Holiday in Ireland - Part I., by Isabella L. Bird, Murray's Magazine
 * 8) Cold Winds, by Hy Harries, Longman's Magazine
 * 9) In a Turkish City - Part III., Chambers' Journal
 * 10) Rank among the Royalties, Spectator
 * 11) Coleridge Notes, by G. Grove, Athenæum
 * 12) The Eve of St. John, by Gustav Hartwig,  translated by Theodore Martin, Blackwood's Magazine
 * 13) The Akkas, a Pygmy Race from Central Africa, Nature

Poetry.
 * She Forgot Her Wrongs, by Camilla Crosland, Chambers' Journal
 * A Song of Easter, by Walter W. Skeat, Academy
 * "Oh, the Wild Charge he Made!", by Thomas Eaves, Spectator
 * "My Child went forth into my Garden fair", by Mrs. Owen, Spectator
 * The Eve of St. John, by Gustav Hartwig, translated by Theodore Martin, Blackwood's Magazine

Miscellany.
 * Snow Clothing, Science-Gossip

No. 2290. &mdash; May 19, 1888.
Contents.
 * 1) Islam And Civilization, by Malcolm MacColl, Contemporary Review
 * 2) Marino Faliero, Temple Bar
 * 3) Among the Islands of the South Pacific: Fiji, by Coutts Trotter, Blackwood's Magazine
 * 4) The Topographical Instinct in Animals, by Gordon Stables,  C.M.; M.D.; R.N, Leisure Hour
 * 5) The Polruan Ferry-boat, Chambers' Journal
 * 6) Matthew Arnold, Spectator
 * 7) Death of Mr. Matthew Arnold, London Times
 * 8) Boyish Freaks, Chambers' Journal
 * 9) Old Naval Families, St. James's Gazette
 * 10) Ruskin's Forge, by Frederick Hastings, Leisure Hour

Poetry.
 * Matthew Arnold, by Herman Merivale, Spectator
 * Horace, Book II., Ode 17, by Stephen de Vere, Temple Bar

Miscellany.
 * Experiment in the Planting of Waste Saline Tracts, Nature
 * Giant Magnets

No. 2291. &mdash; May 26, 1888.
Contents.
 * 1) Kaspar Hauser, Quarterly Review
 * 2) Elements and Meta-Elements, Times
 * 3) The Hermit of Le Croisic, by H. de Balzac, Temple Bar
 * 4) Reminiscences of Cardinal Mazarin, Westminster Review
 * 5) Dickens's Characters and their Prototypes, by F. G. Kitton, Temple Bar
 * 6) Hymns and Hymnals, by J. B. Selkirk, Blackwood's Magazine
 * 7) Reality and Romance, Spectator
 * 8) Scientific Progress in Elementary Schools, Nature
 * 9) The Cashiering of the Tin Soldier, Spectator
 * 10) Mr. Matthew Arnold's Earliest Publication, by Edmund Gosse, Athenæum

Poetry.
 * Salve, Caput Cruentatum, by John Addington Symonds, Spectator
 * The Quiet Stream, by Stofford Brooke
 * Spring is not Dead, by Alfred Perceval Graves, Spectator

Miscellany.
 * Dr. Johnson and Oats, by G. H. Thompson, Notes and Queries

No. 2292. &mdash; June 2, 1888.
Contents.
 * 1) Prince Bismarck in the German Reichstag, Temple Bar
 * 2) Mary Stuart in Scotland - Part IV., Blackwood's Magazine
 * 3) Forget me Not - Part II., by Mrs. Parr, Temple Bar
 * 4) In the Bahamas, by Edith Bernal Blake, Nineteenth Century
 * 5) Matthew Arnold, by Frederic W. H. Myers, Fortnightly Review
 * 6) The Monasteries in the Air, by J. Theodore Bent, Gentleman's Magazine
 * 7) The Old Emperor and the New, by Karl Blind, Gentleman's Magazine
 * 8) Berthold Auerbach, by Helen Zimmern, National Review
 * 9) In a Turkish City - Part IV., Chambers' Journal
 * 10) Curiosities of Oxford Life in the Seventeenth Century, Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

Poetry.
 * Matthew Arnold, by William Derry and Raphoe, Spectator
 * Matthew Arnold, by Richard le Gallienne, Academy
 * A Song of the Lost Season, Punch
 * Nocturne, by J. S. Mills, Chambers' Journal

No. 2293. &mdash; June 9, 1888.
Contents.
 * 1) Francis Parkman, by F. H. Underwood, Contemporary Review
 * 2) Mr. Sandford - Part I., Cornhill Magazine
 * 3) The Disenchantment of France, by Frederick W. H. Myers, Nineteenth Century
 * 4) A Lady's Winter Holiday in Ireland - Part II., by Isabella L. Bird, Murray's Magazine
 * 5) Italy in England, by A. Gallenga, National Review
 * 6) In the Dales Sixty Years Since, by F. P. Verney, Macmillan's Magazine
 * 7) Solomon Maimon, Spectator
 * 8) A Bull-Fight at Barcelona, Spectator
 * 9) A Novel Ascent, Chambers' Journal

Poetry.
 * The Winter Sea, by Fred J. Cox, Spectator
 * Fair Flow'rs of May, by Madame Collet, translated by Charlotte Swift,
 * Beyond the Mist, by John W. Hales, Academy
 * The Bird's Faith, by Victor Hugo, translated by E. R. Chapman,

No. 2294. &mdash; June 16, 1888.
Contents.
 * 1) Antagonism, Nature
 * 2) Mr. Sandford - Part II., Cornhill Magazine
 * 3) Wanderings and Wild Sport beyond the Himalayas, Blackwood's Magazine
 * 4) Tramps, Medæval and Modern, Westminster Review
 * 5) The Pygmy Races of Men, by Professor Flower,  C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., Nature
 * 6) The Next Armada, Punch
 * 7) Nature's Weather-Prophets, St. James's Gazette

Poetry.
 * An April Love, by Alfred Austin, Spectator
 * Queen Polly, by Frederick Langbridge, Good Words
 * A Plea for Poor "Goldie", Punch
 * Ad Emeritum, by Σ, Time

Miscellany.
 * John Gibson Lockhart, by F. G., Athenæum

No. 2295. &mdash; June 23, 1888.
Contents.
 * 1) The Dislocations of Industry, by Wm. Smart, Contemporary Review
 * 2) Mr. Max Muller's "Science of Thought", by J. F. Stephen, Nineteenth Century
 * 3) Notes from a Prosperous Agricultural Country, by Frances Mary de Borring, Fortnightly Review
 * 4) Eton: 1836 to 1841, Longman's Magazine
 * 5) Scratched Out, Time
 * 6) Down Goyden Pot, Chambers' Journal
 * 7) The Lost Conscience, by M. Wright, Longman's Magazine
 * 8) The Position of Women in Ancient Rome, by James Donaldson, Contemporary Review
 * 9) The Character of the Devil in the Middle Ages, by A. C. Champneys, National Review

Poetry.
 * A Song of Spring, by Clement Scott, English Illustrated Magazine
 * May at St. Moritz, by B. L. Tollemache, Academy
 * Villanelle, by Walter W. Skeat, Academy

Miscellany.
 * Walking Manners, Daily News
 * The Rings of Saturn, Science Gossip

No. 2296. &mdash; June 30, 1888.
Contents. Poetry.
 * 1) Emerson, the Thinker, by George Stewart, Jun., Scottish Review
 * 2) Sydney Smith, by George Saintsbury, Macmillan's Magazine
 * 3) The Story of a Duel, by E. F. P., Temple Bar
 * 4) Among the Islands of the South Pacific: Tonga and Samoa, by Coutts Trotter, Blackwood's Magazine
 * 5) Physical Peculiarities of Great Men, by W. H. Davenport Adams, Gentleman's Magazine
 * 6) Summer-Time in Rural Portugal, by Oswald Crawford, Fortnightly Review
 * 7) Effects of Mental Overwork, Lancet
 * In Memoriam, Spectator
 * In Capri, by W. Wordsworth, Macmillan's Magazine
 * "After Many Days", by M. M. M., Macmillan's Magazine

Miscellany.
 * Unfathomed Quicksands