# Littell's Living Age/Volume 133

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 XVIII.
FROM THE BEGINNING, VOL. CXXXIII.
APRIL, MAY, JUNE,
1877
BOSTON:
LITTELL AND GAY.
| Fifth Series, Volume XVIII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1712. — April 7, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Fielding's Novels, | Cornhill Magazine, | 3 |
| II. | Carita. By Mrs. Oliphant, author of "Chronicles of Carlingford," "Zaidee," etc., Part XIII., | Cornhill Magazine, | 14 |
| III. | Prussia in the Nineteenth Century. A Historical Retrospect. By John Stuart Blackie, | Contemporary Review, | 28 |
| IV. | Falkland. By Matthew Arnold, | Nineteenth Century, | 34 |
| V. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part VIII., | Examiner, | 43 |
| VI. | The Alps in Winter, | Cornhill Magazine, | 47 |
| VII. | The Letawitza. A Gallician Tale. Translated for The Living Age from the | Revue Des Deux Mondes, | 54 |
| VIII. | The Hypocrisies of Nature, | Spectator, | 56 |
| IX. | My Second School, | All The Year Round, | 58 |
| X. | The Origin of Rank, | Saturday Review, | 61 |
POETRY. :
| George Odger, | 2 | Eight Lines from Propertius, | 2 |
| Sweet Love is Dead, | 2 | | |
| Miscellany, | Miscellany, | Miscellany, | 64 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XVIII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1713. — April 14, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Turkish Invasions of Europe in 1670-83. Sobieski's Letters to his Wife. By F. P. Verney, | Contemporary Review, | 67 |
| II. | The Marquis of Lossie. By George Macdonald, author of "Malcolm," etc. Part XIII., | Advance Sheets, | 82 |
| III. | West Indian Memories: the Lesser Antilles and the "Boiling Lake". By W. Gifford Palgrave, | Macmillan's Magazine, | 90 |
| IV. | Nils Jensen, | Cornhill Magazine, | 101 |
| V. | Turkish Story-Books. By W. R. S. Ralston, | Nineteenth Century, | 118 |
| VI. | Cattle-Herding in the Great West, | Spectator, | 126 |
POETRY. :
| Hæmony, | 66 | Not Yet, | 66 |
| To the Coming Flowers, | 66 | | |
| Fifth Series, Volume XVIII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1714. — April 21, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Spinoza: the Man and the Philosopher, | Contemporary Review, | 131 |
| II. | The Marquis of Lossie. By George Mac Donald, author of "Malcolm," etc. Part XIV., | Advance Sheets, | 151 |
| III. | On the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion. By Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, | Nineteenth Century, | 159 |
| IV. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part IX., | Examiner, | 171 |
| V. | The Gossip of History, | Cornhill Magazine, | 178 |
| VI. | Quartering the Royal Arms, | Pall Mall Gazette, | 187 |
| VII. | News from Jupiter, | Spectator, | 189 |
| VIII. | Mail Coaches, | St. James's Magazine, | 191 |
POETRY. :
| The Dead Violet, | 130 | Charity, | 130 |
| "Post Hoc Exilium", | 130 | A Mother's Heart, | 130 |
| Miscellany, | Miscellany, | Miscellany, | 192 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XVIII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1715. — April 28, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Moliere and his World. By the author of "Mirabeau," etc., | Temple Bar, | 195 |
| II. | Carita. By Mrs. Oliphant, author of "Chronicles of Carlingford," "Zaidee," etc., Part XIV., | Cornhill Magazine, | 207 |
| III. | The Religion of the Great Pyramid. By Richard A. Proctor, | Fraser's Magazine, | 221 |
| IV. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part X., | Examiner, | 230 |
| V. | Natural Religion. Part VIII., | Macmillan's Magazine, | 235 |
| VI. | Walter Bagehot, | Spectator, | 245 |
| VII. | Deronda's Mother. A Literary Parallel, | Temple Bar, | 248 |
| VIII. | Dr. Schliemann on Mycenæ, | Nature, | 250 |
| IX. | Santiago de Compostella, | Academy, | 252 |
| X. | Mr. Cowden Clarke, | Athenæum, | 253 |
| XI. | Rotatory Magnetic Polarization, | Academy, | 254 |
| XII. | Australian Pearl-Fishing, | Gentleman's Magazine, | 255 |
POETRY. :
| April, | 194 | Buried, | 256 |
| Easter Eve, | 194 | | |
| Miscellany, | Miscellany, | Miscellany, | 256 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XVIII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1716. — May 5, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Across Africa, | British Quarterly Review, | 259 |
| II. | The Marquis of Lossie. By George Mac Donald, author of "Malcolm," etc. Part XV., | Advance Sheets, | 269 |
| III. | On Certain Relations between Plants and Insects. By John Lubbock, | Fortnightly Review, | 278 |
| IV. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XI., | Examiner, | 288 |
| V. | The French Army in 1877, | Blackwood's Magazine, | 291 |
| VI. | Is the Pulpit Losing its Power? | Nineteenth Century, | 304 |
| VII. | The Queen's Gray Hair. From the French of Jules Janin, | Philadelphia Times, | 313 |
| VIII. | Realism in Unbelief, | Spectator, | 318 |
POETRY. :
| Songs from H. Heine's "Buch der Lieder", | 258 | A Pancake-Maker, - in Paris, | 258 |
| Songs from H. Heine's "Buch der Lieder", | 258 | In Absence, | 258 |
| An April Picture, | 258 | An April Shower, | 258 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XVIII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1717. — May 12, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Dr. Carpenter's "Mental Physiology", | Quarterly Review, | 323 |
| II. | The Marquis of Lossie. By George Mac Donald, author of "Malcolm," etc. Part XVI., | Advance Sheets, | 335 |
| III. | Robert Herrick. By F. T. Palgrave, | Macmillan's Magazine, | 349 |
| IV. | Charles Young, | Temple Bar, | 354 |
| V. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XII., | Examiner, | 362 |
| VI. | A Slave Hunt in Borneo, | Gentleman's Magazine, | 365 |
| VII. | Miss Muloch (Mrs. Craik), | Victoria Magazine, | 371 |
| VIII. | The Dove of Holy Saturday, | Macmillan's Magazine, | 373 |
| IX. | Mr. Ruskin's Will, | Spectator, | 376 |
| X. | Microscopic Extravagance, | Spectator, | 378 |
| XI. | Old Oak in an Old Inn, | Spectator, | 381 |
| XII. | The New Asceticism, | Spectator, | 383 |
POETRY. :
| Thy Last Farewell, | 322 | The Late Mrs. Nassau Senior's Work, | 322 |
| "From his Loving Mother", | 322 | The Late Mrs. Nassau Senior's Work, | 322 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XVIII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1718. — May 19, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Mr. Wood's Discoveries at Ephesus, | British Quarterly Review, | 387 |
| II. | The Marquis of Lossie. By George Mac Donald, author of "Malcolm," etc. Part XVII., | Advance Sheets, | 399 |
| III. | Maria Theresa, The Empress Queen, | Temple Bar, | 407 |
| IV. | The Norwegian Lemming and its Migrations. By W. Duppa Crotch, M.A., F.L.S., | Popular Science Review, | 418 |
| V. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XIII., | Examiner, | 422 |
| VI. | The Moral Treatment of Insanity. A Sketch of its Rise and Progress, | Fraser's Magazine, | 425 |
| VII. | "Dark" Dennis and his Grandson. By the author of "Episodes in an Obscure Life", | Sunday Magazine, | 437 |
| VIII. | A Japanese Newspaper, | All The Year Round, | 443 |
| IX. | Children of the Czar, | Pictorial World, | 445 |
| X. | Processionary Caterpillars, | Hardwiche's Science-Gossip, | 446 |
| XI. | Italian, Spanish, and German Comedy, | New Quarterly Magazine, | 447 |
| XII. | Stone Adzes in the Pacific, | Leisure Hour, | 447 |
POETRY. :
| Ephemera, | 386 | The Capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, | 386 |
| Beyond Reach, | 386 | The Capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, | 386 |
| Miscellany, | Miscellany, | Miscellany, | 448 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XVIII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1719. — May 26, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Harriet Martineau's Autobiography, | Quarterly Review, | 451 |
| II. | Carita. By Mrs. Oliphant, author of "Chronicles of Carlingford," "Zaidee," etc., Part XV., | Cornhill Magazine, | 473 |
| III. | Charles Kingsley, | Cornhill Magazine, | 487 |
| IV. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XIV., | Examiner, | 499 |
| V. | A Coming Close Approach of Mars. By Richard A. Proctor, | Gentleman's Magazine, | 502 |
POETRY. :
| Sleep On: A Dirge, | 450 | The Tomb and the Rose, | 450 |
| Spring Showers, | 450 | Sonnet, | 450 |
| Miscellany, | Miscellany, | Miscellany, | 512 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XVIII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1720. — June 2, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Mr. Wallace's "Russia", | Quarterly Review, | 515 |
| II. | Pauline. - Part I. In The Hebrides, | Blackwood's Magazine, | 534 |
| III. | A Dutch Milton, | Examiner, | 550 |
| IV. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XV., | Examiner, | 562 |
| V. | The Anglo-Indian Tongue, | Blackwood's Magazine, | 565 |
| VI. | Social Position, | Whitehall Review, | 573 |
| VII. | Light-Emitting Flowers, | Leisure Hour, | 574 |
| VIII. | The Celts, | The Fireside, | 575 |
POETRY. :
| A May-Day Hymn, | 514 | A Linnet's Song, | 514 |
| Matthias, | 514 | May Memories, | 514 |
| Miscellany, | Miscellany, | Miscellany, | 576 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XVIII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1721. — June 9, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Relation of Mind and Body, | Church Quarterly Review, | 579 |
| II. | Pauline. In The Hebrides. Part II. | Blackwood's Magazine, | 597 |
| III. | Montenegro. A Sketch. By Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, | Nineteenth Century, | 610 |
| IV. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XVI., | Examiner, | 623 |
| V. | Whist at Our Club, | Blackwood's Magazine, | 626 |
| VI. | The Alkaline and Boracic Lakes of California. By J. Arthur Phillips, F.G.S., | Popular Science Review, | 632 |
| VII. | The Storing of Literary Power, | Spectator, | 638 |
POETRY. :
| A Little While, | 578 | Montenegro. By Alfred Tennyson, | 578 |
| Together, | 578 | | |
| Fifth Series, Volume XVIII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1722. — June 16, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Wallace's "Russia", | Edinburgh Review, | 643 |
| II. | The Marquis of Lossie. By George Mac Donald, author of "Malcolm," etc. Part XVIII., | Advance Sheets, | 656 |
| III. | The World of Fiction, | Church Quarterly Review, | 667 |
| IV. | Pauline. In The Hebrides. Part III., | Blackwood's Magazine, | 680 |
| V. | The Income of the Established Church, | Spectator, | 690 |
| VI. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XVII., | Examiner, | 693 |
| VII. | The "Find" in the Land of Midian, | Spectator, | 696 |
| VIII. | Italian Servants versus English, | Examiner, | 699 |
| IX. | A Circassian Scotchman, | Leisure Hour, | 701 |
| X. | The Transvaal, | Economist, | 702 |
| XI. | Kidnapping a Sloth, | Leisure Hour, | 703 |
POETRY. :
| Captive Spring, | 642 | Greece and England, | 642 |
| Miscellany, | Miscellany, | Miscellany, | 704 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XVIII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1723. — June 23, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | The House of Fortescue, | Edinburgh Review, | 707 |
| II. | The Marquis of Lossie. By George Mac Donald, author of "Malcolm," etc. Part XIX., | Advance Sheets, | 725 |
| III. | Mrs. Lucy Hutchinson and Lady Mary Wortley Monyagu. By P. Q. Keegan, LL.D., | Victoria Magazine, | 734 |
| IV. | Pauline. Blundellsaye. Part IV., | Blackwood's Magazine, | 742 |
| V. | The Kitchen and the Cellar, | Quarterly Review, | 752 |
| VI. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XVIII., | Examiner, | 766 |
POETRY. :
| Requiescat in Pace, | 706 | Prayer, | 706 |
| Question, | 706 | | |
| Fifth Series, Volume XVIII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1724. — June 30, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Political Biographies, | Quarterly Review, | 771 |
| II. | Pauline. Blundellsaye. Part V., | Blackwood's Magazine, | 781 |
| III. | Barry Cornwall, | Fortnightly Review, | 791 |
| IV. | How I Caught my First Salmon: A Canadian Sketch, | Blackwood's Magazine, | 798 |
| V. | Recent Science, | Nineteenth Century, | 804 |
| VI. | Carita. By Mrs. Oliphant, author of "Chronicles of Carlingford," "Zaidee," etc., Part XVI., | Cornhill Magazine, | 815 |
| | ⁂ Title and Index to Volume CXXXIII., | | |
POETRY. :
| I'm in the Dark, | 770 | Three Houses, | 770 |
| A Feather, | 770 | | |