# Littell's Living Age/Volume 149
### No. 1920. — April 2, 1881.

Contents.
* Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Blackwood's Magazine
* Don John - Part VIII., by Jean Ingelow, Day of Rest
* Ophelia, by Helena Faucit Martin, Blackwood's Magazine
* The Freres - Part V., by Mrs. Alexander, author of "The Wooing O't", Temple Bar
* The Origin of London, by G. A., Cornhill Magazine
* Recollections of a Highland Census, Chambers' Journal
* The Lesser "Barbarians", Spectator
Poetry.
    Helen in the Wood, by A. Mary F. Robinson, Cornhill Magazine
    Songs of the Sciences – Botany, Punch
    Children and Lovers, by Alfred Percival Graves, Spectator
    Desolation, by H. C. I., Spectator

### No. 1921. — April 9, 1881.

Contents.
* The Unity of Nature - Part VII., by George Campbell, the Duke of Argyll, Contempory Review
* Don John - Part IX., by Jean Ingelow, Day of Rest
* Guizot in Private Life, by Karl Hillebrand, Contemporary Review
* Visited on the Children - Part XIII., All The Year Round
* Autumn Wanderings, by J. A. S., Cornhill Magazine
* Spider-Showers, Chambers' Journal
Poetry.
    Translations from Camoens, by Richard F. Burton, Athanæum
       Em quanto quiz Fortuna que tivesse
       Alma minha gentil, que te partiste
       No mundo poucos annos, e cansados
    Signs of Spring
    The Highland Tartan, by Janetta Manners, Blackwood's Magazine
Miscellany.
    Non-Durability of Pictures, Leisure Hour
    Increased Flax Culture in America

### No. 1922. — April 16, 1881.

Contents.
* Byron, by Matthew Arnold, Macmillan's Magazine
* The Freres - Part VI., by Mrs. Alexander, author of "The Wooing O't", Temple Bar
* Portia, by Helena Faucit Martin, Blackwood's Magazine
* Don John - Part X., by Jean Ingelow, Day of Rest
* Quakerism in Ireland, by E. Bagwell, Temple Bar
* Folgore da San Gemignano, by J. A. Symonds, Fortnightly Review
* Poor Miss Brackenthorpe, by Lady Lindsay (of Balcarres), Temple Bar
* A Turkish Madhouse, Globe
* With Mr. Parnell at M. Victor Hugo's, Pall Mall Gazette
* Movements of Plants, by Charles Darwin, Nature
Poetry.
    "The Children Laughed and Sang", by J. H., Chambers' Journal
    A Christmas Carol, by A. H. Baldwin
    Darkly Now, Day of Rest
    The Tryst, by Susan K. Phillips, Tinsley's Magazine

### No. 1923. — April 23, 1881.

Contents.
* Macaulay, by Ernest Myers, Fraser's Magazine
* The Freres - Part VII., by Mrs. Alexander, author of "The Wooing O't", Temple Bar
* Desdemona, by Helena Faucit Martin, Blackwood's Magazine
* Visited on the Children - Part XIV., All The Year Round
* Lord Campbell, Fraser's Magazine
* A Model Swiss Commune, by Wm. Westall, Spectator
* Health and Mountains, Pall Mall Gazette
* The Iron and Stone Age in South Africa, Times of Natal
Poetry.
    To Chaucer, by R. I. O., Spectator
    Before the Spring, by E. D. S., Spectator
    A Waste of Love
    Naturie Penetralia, by H. C. I., Spectator

### No. 1924. — April 30, 1881.

Contents.
* Sir George Etheredge, by Edmund J. Gosse, Cornhill Magazine
* Visited on the Children - Part XV., All The Year Round
* Autobiography, Cornhill Magazine
* The Freres - Part VIII., by Mrs. Alexander, author of "The Wooing O't", Temple Bar
* Thomas Carlyle, by M. O. W. O., Macmillan's Magazine
* Miss Tytler on Miss Austen, Spectator
Poetry.
    The Bursting of the Monsoon, by H. C. I., Spectator
    The Robins, All The Year Round
    Nightingale and Cuckoo, by Alfred Austin, Cornhill Magazine
    In Memoriam, by Archbishop Trench

### No. 1925. — May 7, 1881.

Contents.
* The Unity of Nature - Part VIII., by George Campbell, the Duke of Argyll, Contempory Review
* The Freres - Part IX., by Mrs. Alexander, author of "The Wooing O't", Temple Bar
* A Sunday at Leksand, Temple Bar
* The Court of Hanover, by Oscar Meding, Contemporary Review
* Visited on the Children - Part XVI., All The Year Round
* A Study of Carlyle, by the author of "The Moral Influence of George Eliot", Contemporary Review
* The Eucalyptus in the Roman Campagna, Chambers' Journal
* The Extraordinary Papal Jubilee, Sunday Review
* The St. Petersburg Dynamite Mine, Nature
Poetry.
    Monte Rosa, by Roden Noel
Miscellany.
    The Creosote Plant, British Medical Journal

### No. 1926. — May 14, 1881.

Contents.
* Old Scottish Society, Blackwood's Magazine
* The Beautiful Miss Roche - Part I.Mrs. G. W. GodfreyMrs. G. W. Godfrey,the author of "Dolly," "A Little Bohemian," "Auld Robyn Gray," etc., Temple Bar
* Jewish Home Life, by Helen Zimmern, Fraser's Magazine
* Visited on the Children - Part XVII., All The Year Round
* Winter Nights at Davos, by J. A. S., Cornhill Magazine
* Mrs. Barbauld, by H. Barton Baker, Argosy
* The Use of Relations, Spectator
* Fish-Culture on the United States, Nature
* The Mental Effect of Earthquakes, Spectator
Poetry.
    Timasitheos, by Edmund W. Gosse, Cornhill Magazine
    Spring, by C. C. Fraser-Tytler, Spectator

### No. 1927. — May 21, 1881.

Contents.
* The Rise of the Huguenots, Church Quarterly Review
* The Beautiful Miss Roche - Part II., by Mrs. G. W. Godfrey,the author of "Dolly," "A Little Bohemian," "Auld Robyn Gray," etc., Temple Bar
* The Boers at Home, by J. J. Muskett, Contemporary Review
* Vallombrosa, Blackwood's Magazine
* Visited on the Children - Part XVIII., All The Year Round
* The Youth of Henry the Fifth, by Alex. Charles Ewald, Cornhill Magazine
* Catching Cold, Spectator
* Poets in Active Life, Quarterly Review
Poetry.
    My Violet, by J. T. Burton Wollaston, Golden Hours
    James Spedding, by Ernest Myers, Fraser's Magazine
    Gentle Influences, Chambers' Journal
    Twilight, by Zoe, Spectator
    A Love's Life, by James Ashcroft Noble

### No. 1928. — May 28, 1881.

Contents.
* The Father of Penny Postage, London Quarterly Review
* The Beautiful Miss Roche - Part III., by Mrs. G. W. Godfrey,the author of "Dolly," "A Little Bohemian," "Auld Robyn Gray," etc., Temple Bar
* The Morality of the Profession of Letters, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Fortnightly Review
* The Freres - Part X., by Mrs. Alexander, author of "The Wooing O't", Temple Bar
* William Blake, by Frederick Wedmore, Temple Bar
* A Night on Mount Washington, by Professor W. G. Blaikie, D.D., LL.D., Good Words
* Round Delia's Basket, by Edmund Thew, M.A., Blackwood's Magazine
* Dr. Southey and Thomas Carlyle, Notes and Queries
* Unpublished Letters of Dr. Johnson, Notes and Queries
Poetry.
    Camilla, by G. S. H., Temple Bar
    The Sower, by Dinah Craik, the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman", Sunday Magazine
    Memory's Song, by A. M., Macmillan's Magazine

### No. 1929. — June 4, 1881.

Contents.
* Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle, Blackwood's Magazine
* The Freres - Part XI., by Mrs. Alexander, author of "The Wooing O't", Temple Bar
* The Unity of Nature - Part IX., by George Campbell, the Duke of Argyll, Contempory Review
* Visited on the Children - Part XIX., All The Year Round
* Mr. Thrale, by T. E. Kebbel, Fraser's Magazine
* Science in China, Nature
* The Hippopotamus, Seven Years in South Africa
* Porpoise-Shooting, San Francisco News-Letter
* From the "Iliad of India", by Edwin Arnold, Contemporary Review
Poetry.
    A Swan's Song, by G. B. Stuart, Argosy
    To April, by J. S. D., Spectator
    Thomas Carlyle, by John Nichol
    "If Life should a Well-Order'd Poem be", by Cowley
    From the "Iliad of India", by Edwin Arnold, Contemporary Review
Miscellany.
    The Great Bell of St. Paul's, City Press

### No. 1930. — June 11, 1881.

Contents.
* Carlyle's Lectures on the Periods of European Culture, by Edward Dowden, Nineteenth Century
* A Bishop's Confession, Cornhill Magazine
* Law Reform in the Days of Justinian, by Thomas Hodgkin, Contemporary Review
* Lost, Macmillan's Magazine
* One Year in a German Cookery School, by E. H., Cornhill Magazine
* Visited on the Children - Part XX., All The Year Round
* Hobbies, Spectator
* The Industrial Ideal of Life, Spectator
* The Ethnology of Eyes, Standard
Poetry.
    Seeking Rest, by Frederick Langbridge, Good Words
    "O my Dove! What doth Befall her", by Passerat
    "Sweet April, Pride of the Ways", by Remy Belleau
    The Deaths of Thomas Carlyle and George Eliot, by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Athanæum
Miscellany.
    A Parcels' Post, Economist
    The Jews and Slavery, Jewish Chronicle

### No. 1931. — June 18, 1881.

Contents.
* The Sword, Blackwood's Magazine
* Autobiography of an Agnostic, by B. Thomas, Fraser's Magazine
* A Dialogue on Poetic Morality, by Vernon Lee, Contemporary Review
* A Lancashire Poets' Corner, by J. A. Noble, Fraser's Magazine
* The "Silver Streak", by Admiral Lord Dunsany, Nineteenth Century
* The Revised New Testament, Spectator
* A Giant Calamary, Cassell's Natural History
Poetry.
    Autumn Leaves, by Victor Hugo
    "My Daughter, Hence and Pray! See, Night is Stealing o'er us", by Victor Hugo
    "My Heart Before the God of Innocence I lay me", by Gilbert
    "Hope, Child! To-Morrow", by Victor Hugo

### No. 1932. — June 25, 1881.

Contents.
* Statius, by Alfred Church, Fortnightly Review
* A French Speculation, Blackwood's Magazine
* George Eliot, by Edith Simcox, Nineteenth Century
* The Freres - Part XII., by Mrs. Alexander, author of "The Wooing O't", Temple Bar
* Spring Wanderings, by J. A. Symonds, Cornhill Magazine
* Molly: a Sketch in Three Tones, Argosy
* Refugees, St. James's Gazette
Poetry.
    Carlyle, by John Stuart Blackie
    "Among the Lily Flowers, To-Day", by Vauquelin de la Fresnaye
    "Ye Ladies, and Each Gentle Maiden", by Alain Chartier, A.D. 1450
    Soon as, with Neighbor Hinds I've Led", by Vauquelin de la Fresnaye
    "The Year has Laid his Mantle by", by Charles d'Orleans
    "When the Violet Breaks to Flower", A.D. 1160
    "Go Forth, my Song! thy Goal Remember"