# Littell's Living Age/Volume 167
### No. 2154. — October 3, 1885.

Contents.
* Vittoria Colonna, by H. Schutz Wilson, Nineteenth Century
* Fortune's Wheel - Part XI., Blackwood's Magazine
* Thibet, by Charles H. Lepper, Nineteenth Century
* L'Affaire Spinks, by Bernard Hastie, Longman's Magazine
* Norway To-day, by William Archer, Fortnightly Review
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XXXV., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Wild-Flowers of Old London, Chambers' Journal
Poetry.
    Guy Fawkes, Spectator
    When Jack is Tall and Twenty, by Frederick Langbridge, Good Words
    "In St. Peter's at High Mass", by Charles Badham, M.D, F.R.S., Temple Bar
Miscellany.
    African Sign Language

### No. 2155. — October 10, 1885.

Contents.
* The Recent Progress of Democracy in Switzerland, by Emile de Laveleye, Nineteenth Century
* Fortune's Wheel - Part XII., Blackwood's Magazine
* Lord Houghton, by T. H. S. Escott, Fortnightly Review
* A Scottish Dame on her Travels, 1756, Blackwood's Magazine
* Rural Roads, Macmillan's Magazine
* Chance Continental Acquaintances, Blackwood's Magazine
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XXXVI., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Dean Church on the Psalms, Spectator
* A Tragic Tale, by John Addington Symonds, Time
* Rest or Recreation?, Spectator
Poetry.
    "Till the Day Break", by Horace G. Grocer, Sunday Magazine
    Promise and Fruition, by A. N., Sunday Magazine
    Life's Chivalry, by Arthur L. Salmon, Chambers' Journal
Miscellany.
    Northmen in Scotland and Ireland, Hightland Magazine

### No. 2156. — October 17, 1885.

Contents.
* The Windward Islands, Macmillan's Magazine
* The Chess-Player, Temple Bar
* An Episode of the Armada, by Ducie, Nineteenth Century
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XXXVII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Founding of the Congo Free State, Scottish Review
* The Krakatoa Eruption - Part V., by Philip Neale, late British chaplain at Batavia, Leisure Hour
* Life in the Bastille, by Henry M. Trollope, Leisure Hour
* Milk Fair, Gentleman's Magazine
* A Prosperous Peasant, Spectator
* An Episode in the Life of the Duchesse d'Angouleme, by Lewis Wingfield, St. Stephen's Review
* The Rescue of Greely, Spectator
* Japanese Ladies and their Hair, Japan Mail
Poetry.
    At the Gate, Chambers' Journal
    Ca Ira, 1810, All The Year Round
    In the Summer Time, by John Dennis, Spectator
    "Soyons comme l'oiseau pose pour un instant", by Victor Hugo, translated by A. P. G., Spectator
Miscellany.
    California Fire Sign, Notes and Queries

### No. 2157. — October 24, 1885.

Contents.
* The Parsees, Westminster Review
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XXXVIII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Anthropology, by Francis Galton, F.R.S., Nature
* Aimee - Part I., by Eleanor A. Towle, the author of "Christina North," "A Golden Bar," etc., Longman's Magazine
* A Dialogue on Novels, by Vernon Lee, Contemporary Review
* From "Reminiscences of my Life" - Part IV., by Mary Howitt, Good Words
* Crossing the Atlantic, by Vacuus Viator, Spectator
* Face-Memory, Spectator
Poetry.
    Singing and Loving, by D. F. B., English Illustrated Magazine
    "Let us be like the bird, one instant lighted", by Victor Hugo, translated by Edwin Arnold, Spectator
    "Be like the bird, which on frail branches balanced", by Victor Hugo, Spectator
Miscellany.
    Woodcocks in London, St. James's Gazette

### No. 2158. — October 31, 1885.

Contents.
* The Uniformity of Nature, by H. Carlisle, Nineteenth Century
* Mrs. Dymond - Part X., by Mrs. Ritchie, Macmillan's Magazine
* The Year 1785; a Retrospect, by A. R. Shilleto, Temple Bar
* Musings without Method, Blackwood's Magazine
* Fortune's Wheel - Part XIII., Blackwood's Magazine
* Havana; from a Tourist's Note-Book, Temple Bar
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XXXIX., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Sixteenth-Century Arithmetic, All The Year Round
* Toledo, by John Fallon, Irish Monthly
Poetry.
    A Crone's Tale, A.D. 1545, by Edward Peacock, Academy
    A Summer Evening, by L. R., Leisure Hour
    By-and-by, Spectator
    At Richmond, by Sarah Doudney, Good Words
Miscellany.
    Happy-go-Lucky, Notes and Queries
    "Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love", Notes and Queries

### No. 2159. — November 7, 1885.

Contents.
* The Novel of Manners, by H. D. Traill, Nineteenth Century
* Fortune's Wheel - Part XIV., Blackwood's Magazine
* John Nelson Darby, by George T. Stokes, Contemporary Review
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XL., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Notes in a Swiss Village, by Murrough O'Brien, Macmillan's Magazine
* The Stupid Couple, Chambers' Journal
* Contemporary Life and Thought in Turkey, by an old resident, Contemporary Review
* The Populace of Paris and London, Spectator
* Faroe Whales, Saturday Review
* The Old and the New Philanthropists, Spectator
Poetry.
    Arcady, by H. C. Bunner, Athenæum
    A Song in October, by W. J. Henderson, Temple Bar

### No. 2160. — November 14, 1885.

Contents.
* Guizot as he Really was, London Quarterly Review
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XLI., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Men and Manners in Constantinople, by Philo-Turk, Fortnightly Review
* A Polish Elias, Blackwood's Magazine
* A Prince of Court Painters, by Walter Pater, Macmillan's Magazine
* On a Kentish Heath, by Phil Robinson, Contemporary Review
* A Day's Trade, All The Year Round
* Wine Manufacturing, Spectator
* A Thracian Fortress, by Robert W. Graves, Gentleman's Magazine
* Beau Brummell, Spectator
Poetry.
    A Paradise of Posies, All The Year Round
    Anthony Ashley Cooper, by Herbert B. Garrod, Spectator
    Aubade Triste, by A. Mary F. Robinson, Belgravia
    Invocations, by A. Mary F. Robinson, Athenæum
Miscellany.
    Echoes and Icebergs

### No. 2161. — November 21, 1885.

Contents.
* Luca della Robbia and his School, Church Quarterly Review
* Dowse, the Gipsy, Temple Bar
* The New Star in the Andromeda Nebula, by Richard A. Proctor, Nineteenth Century
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XLI., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Our Future Masters, by Mary A. Lewis, Fortnightly Review
* Competitive Examinations in China, Blackwood's Magazine
* Tory Prime Ministers. Lord Derby, National Review
* Fifine's Funeral, Cornhill Magazine
* Party Spirit, Spectator
* Prince Alexander, Globe
* The Righteousness of Moderation, Spectator
Poetry.
    The Interpreters, by Algernon Charles Swinburne, English Illustrated Magazine
    From the Italian of Plutarch, on his Lost Love, translated by Alice King, Argosy
    "Oh thou to whom it hath been giv'n to know", by Ena Milman, Argosy
Miscellany.
    A Japanese Custom, Japan Mail

### No. 2162. — November 28, 1885.

Contents.
* Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Edinburgh Review
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XLII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* A Westminster Election a Century Ago, Westminster Review
* Aimee - Part II., by Eleanor A. Towle, the author of "Christina North," "A Golden Bar," etc., Longman's Magazine
* Gouverneur Morris and the French Revolution, Macmillan's Magazine
* Irish Step-Dancing, Chambers' Journal
Poetry.
    The Sorrel Blossoms, Athenæum
    A Starlit Night by the Seashore, by W. Walsham Bedford, Spectator
    In Memoriam - Bishop Fraser, by W. R. H., Spectator
    "Laughing Life cries at the Feast", by Christina Rossetti

### No. 2163. — December 5, 1885.

Contents.
* Dualism in Austria-Hungary, by Arthur J. Patterson, Fortnightly Review
* Mrs. Dymond - Part XI., by Mrs. Ritchie, Macmillan's Magazine
* Dawn of Creation and of Worship, by Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Nineteenth Century
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XLIII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* A Retrospect, by E. Lynn Linton, Fortnightly Review
* The Wesleys at Epworth, by J. H. Overton, Longman's Magazine
* The Great Lama Temple at Peking, by C. F. Gordon Cumming, Gentleman's Magazine
* Grace, Spectator
* A Dangerous Point on the East Coast of Africa, Chambers' Journal
Poetry.
    "Oh, three little birds on a bramble spray!", by Philip Thyne, Chambers' Journal
    Daughters, All The Year Round
    From the Latin of Statius, translated by Herman Merivale, Spectator
    Singular Epitaph, Notes and Queries
Miscellany.
    The Passion for Notoriety, Leeds Mercury

### No. 2164. — December 12, 1885.

Contents.
* Culture and Science, Macmillan's Magazine
* Fortune's Wheel - Part XV., Blackwood's Magazine
* A Scotch Physician, Blackwood's Magazine
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XLIV., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Rambles in Canton, by C. F. Gordon Cumming, Belgravia
* Some American Notes, Macmillan's Magazine
* Hydrophobia, Nature
* The Duke of Newcastle, St. Stephen's Review
Poetry.
    The Bird and the Shadow, by F. W. B., Spectator
    The Madonna di San Sisto, by Herbert B. Garrod, Spectator
    "This Kiss, - Take It Quickly", Blackwood's Magazine
    Caritas, by W. H. Savile, Spectator
    The Roses, All The Year Round
    Chrysanthemum, by William Allingham, Athenæum
Miscellany.
    Proportional Diurnal Muscular Strength, Lancet

### No. 2165. — December 19, 1885.

Contents.
* The Channel Islands, Quarterly Review
* Master Bruin, by Marie Orm, Argosy
* Foreign Opinions on Peasant Properties, by J. P. Verney, Nineteenth Century
* Fortune's Wheel - Part XVI., Blackwood's Magazine
* Two Women of Letters of the Last Century, by H. Barton Baker, Argosy
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XLIVI., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* On Classic Ground, Macmillan's Magazine
* An Anglo-Saxon Alliance, by John Redpath Dougall, Contemporary Review
* Whalers and Whaling, Standard
Poetry.
    Selkirk after Flodden, by J. B. Selkirk, Blackwood's Magazine
    Idylle. - Leucothee, by Jean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye, Blackwood's Magazine

### No. 2166. — December 26, 1885.

Contents.
* Austria's Policy in the East, Macmillan's Magazine
* My Deserter, Cornhill Magazine
* The Peasant Proprietor of the South, by Frances Mary de Borring, National Review
* Daniel Fosque, Blackwood's Magazine
* An Indian Village, Macmillan's Magazine
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XLIVII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* An Adventure in Afghanistan, by M. Laing Meason, English Illustrated Magazine
* Timbuctoo, Chambers' Journal
* The Prospects of Medical Women in India, by E. M. Beal, Good Words
Poetry.
    The Highland Widow's Lament, by Emily Pfeiffer, Academy
    "When I have Said my Quiet Say", by Dora Greenwell
    "O vent plaisant, qui d'haleine odorante", by Jean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye, Blackwood's Magazine
    Idylle. - Francette, by Jean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye, Blackwood's Magazine
Miscellany.
    The Courtesies of Doffing the Hat, Hatter's Magazine