# Littell's Living Age/Volume 163
### No. 2102. — October 4, 1884.

Contents.
* The Liberal Movement in English Literature - Part II., by William John Courthope, National Review
* Beauty and the Beast - Part XIV., by Sarah Tytler, author of "Citoyenne Jacqueline," "Lady Bell," etc., Good Words
* Concerning Chili, by Cochrane, Fortnightly Review
* Mitchelhurst Place - Part VIII., Macmillan's Magazine
* The Dawn of the New Italy, by F. Nobili-Vitelleschi, Nineteenth Century
* Pictures from an Island; or, a Summer on the Baltic, by M. B. E., Temple Bar
* Mount Carmel - Part II., by Laurence Oliphant, Sunday Magazine
* Byron's Newstead - Part II., Athenæum
* Landscape Gardening in the Parks, St. James's Gazette
Poetry.
    Evening on the Lake, Chambers' Journal
    An Epistle to Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes on his Seventy-fifth Birthday, by Edmund Gosse, Athenæum
    Song of the Sea, by Sydney Grey, Leisure Hour

### No. 2103. — October 11, 1884.

Contents.
* Science and Religion, by William Barry, D.D., Contemporary Review
* Mitchelhurst Place - Part IX., Macmillan's Magazine
* The Purgatorio of Dante, by E. H. Plumptre, Contemporary Review
* Abdoolah, by Percy White, Belgravia
* The Burning of Bristol, by G. Lathom Browne, National Review
* Voltaire's Last Visit to Paris, by Charles Hervey, Belgravia
* Life in St. Petersburg, by C. R. C., Temple Bar
* Migration of Fish, Daily Telegraph
* The Finest City in the World, Spectator
Poetry.
    The Old Story, by Nora C. Usher, Public Opinion
    Autumn, by H. G. Keene, Academy
    Good-Bye, Sweetheart, All The Year Round

### No. 2104. — October 18, 1884.

Contents.
* The Younger Pitt as an Orator, by C. F. Keary, National Review
* Mr. Pudster's Return, Chambers' Journal
* Sport and Travel in Norway, by C. N. Jackson, Fortnightly Review
* The Darwinian Theory of Instinct, by G. J. Romanes, Nineteenth Century
* At Any Cost - Part I., by Edward Garrett, author of "Occupations of a Retired Life," "The Crust and the Cake,"etc., Sunday Magazine
* Ralph Bernal Osborne, Temple Bar
* Modern Cathedrals, St. James's Gazette
* Bookselling in Russia, Spectator
* A Small-pox Camp, St. James's Gazette
* Raphael as an Architect, by J. P. Richter, Academy
* Gambling on Atlantic Boats, by D., St. James's Gazette
Poetry.
    A Bihari Mill-Song, by Edwin Arnold, Contemporary Review

### No. 2105. — October 25, 1884.

Contents.
* The Philosophy of John Inglesant, by H. Schutz Wilson, Modern Review
* The Hermit of Saint-Eugene, by W. E. Norris, Longman's Magazine
* Lord Lyndhurst, London Quarterly Review
* At Any Cost - Part II., by Edward Garrett, Sunday Magazine
* The Sanatorium of the Southern Ocean, Cornhill Magazine
* On the Reading of Books, Temple Bar
* Moorish Ambassador in Spain, Athenæum
* Curious Newspapers, Chambers' Journal
Poetry.
    Two Devonshire Sonnets, by M. G. Watkins, Academy
       The Otter Marshes
       Beer Head
    September, by F. W. B., Spectator
    Together, All The Year Round
Miscellany.
    An Approaching Star, Gentleman's Magazine

### No. 2106. — November 1, 1884.

Contents.
* Daily Life in a Modern Monastery, by Elphege G. Cody, O.S.B., Nineteenth Century
* Mitchelhurst Place - Part X., Macmillan's Magazine
* Mark Pattison, by Jas. Cotter Morison, Macmillan's Magazine
* Mechanical Modes of Worship, by C. F. Gordon Cumming, Contemporary Review
* At Any Cost - Part III., by Edward Garrett, Sunday Magazine
* Gloves, by Ellis Schreiber, Month
* The Solar Corona, Times
* Hibernicisms, by M., Spectator
* German Tramps, Saturday Review
* Langdale Linen, by M. H., Spectator
Poetry.
    The Tower of Bottreaux, by Robert Stephen Hawker
    "Let Love Abide", by Sarah Doudney, Good Words
Miscellany.
    Extracts of Tea and Coffee as Substitutes for Coca and Guarana, British Medical Journal

### No. 2107. — November 8, 1884.

Contents.
* Is England a Great European Power?, Fortnightly Review
* Beauty and the Beast - Part XV., by Sarah Tytler, author of "Citoyenne Jacqueline," "Lady Bell," etc., Good Words
* Goethe - Part II., by J. R. Seeley, Contemporary Review
* At Any Cost - Part IV., by Edward Garrett, author of "Occupations of a Retired Life," "The Crust and the Cake,"etc., Sunday Magazine
* Bernal Osborne, by T. H. S. Escott, Fortnightly Review
* On Flying and Balloon Steering, by Henry Coxwell, Contemporary Review
* Life in Texas, by Vacuus Viator, Spectator
* Essential Oils, Spectator
* Mr. Lowell on the Coming King, Spectator
* The Connection between Chinese Music, Weights, and Measures, Nature
* Laou-Tsze and the Taou-Teh King, Progress
* The First Balloon Ascent in England, Pall Mall Gazette
Poetry.
    Spliced, by I. F. Mayo, Leisure Hour
    The Stray Blossom, by F. E. S., Chambers' Journal
    Epitaph
Miscellany.
    Poor French Cooking, Ladies' Gazette of Fashion

### No. 2108. — November 15, 1884.

Contents.
* Pascal's "Pensees", by C. Kegan Paul, British Quarterly Review
* Beauty and the Beast - Part XVI., by Sarah Tytler, author of "Citoyenne Jacqueline," "Lady Bell," etc., Good Words
* Modern Quakerism, by Alx. Gordon, Modern Review
* At Any Cost - Part V., by Edward Garrett, author of "Occupations of a Retired Life," "The Crust and the Cake,"etc., Sunday Magazine
* Has the Newest World the Oldest Population?, London Quarterly Review
* Coleridge's Intellectual Influence, Spectator
* Queen Margerie, Chambers' Journal
* Changes in Diet and Medicine, Spectator
* Italian Summers - a Praise of Indolence, Saturday Review
* Carlyle on Religious Cant, Spectator
* The Place of Art in History, Spectator
Poetry.
    Over the Sea, by J. T. Burton Wollaston, Argosy
    Passing Morven, by John Macleod, Good Words
    To King Humbert of Italy, by Henry Herbert, National Review
Miscellany.
    Taming Wild Humming-Birds

### No. 2109. — November 22, 1884.

Contents.
* Memoirs of the Earl of Malmesbury, Edinburgh Review
* "Tommy", Blackwood's Magazine
* The Nature of Democracy, Quarterly Review
* Checco, by Katherine S. Macquoid, Belgravia
* Carlyle in London, Athenæum
* Wolf-Hunting In England, Antiquary
Poetry.
    From Love's Ashes, All The Year Round
    An Autumn Night in Orkney, by D. W. R., English Illustrated Magazine
Miscellany.
    An Epitaph, Spectator
    Shaft-Sinking in Quicksands

### No. 2110. — November 29, 1884.

Contents.
* The Works of Alexander Pope - Part I., Edinburgh Review
* Alexander Nesbitt, Ex-Schoolmaster, Blackwood's Magazine
* Mrs. Montagu, Temple Bar
* Beauty and the Beast - Part XVII., by Sarah Tytler, author of "Citoyenne Jacqueline," "Lady Bell," etc., Good Words
* Country Life, Quarterly Review
* A Marshal's Training, All The Year Round
Poetry.
    Fainthearted, by Katharine Tynan, Month
    "Pasce Verbo, Pasce Vita", by W. W. B., Spectator
    Submission, by Helen M. Winslow, Transcript
Miscellany.
    The Proposed Bridge at the Tower

### No. 2111. — December 6, 1884.

Contents.
* The Croker Papers, Quarterly Review
* Beauty and the Beast - Part XVIII., by Sarah Tytler, author of "Citoyenne Jacqueline," "Lady Bell," etc., Good Words
* The Works of Alexander Pope - Part II., Edinburgh Review
* Some Lessons from Carlyle's Life, by Alfred Austin, National Review
* Artificial Jewels, Chambers' Journal
* "Quiet Weather", Spectator
* Chinese Horticulture, All The Year Round
Poetry.
    A Ballade of Contentment, by C., St. James's Gazette
    The Galway Mare, by Charles L. Graves, Spectator
    The First Snow, by W. D., Pall Mall Gazette
Miscellany.
    How the Coldstreams got their Motto, London Society
    Fuel on Russian Railways

### No. 2112. — December 13, 1884.

Contents.
* Mr. Gladstone, Fortnightly Review
* At Any Cost - Part VI., by Edward Garrett, author of "Occupations of a Retired Life," "The Crust and the Cake,"etc., Sunday Magazine
* An Artist's Autobiography, Blackwood's Magazine
* The Memoirs of Madame de Tourzel, by Catherine Mary Phillimore, National Review
* Barbados, Macmillan's Magazine
* The Death of Mr. Fawcett, Times
* Mr. Fawcett's Heroism, Spectator
* A Chapter of Blunders, All The Year Round
Poetry.
    A Love-Thought, by H. Ernest Nichol, Chambers' Journal
    Are all the Children in?, Transcript
    An Autumn Rhyme, by B. Nichols, Academy
    Henry Fawcett, by Michael Field, Spectator
Miscellany.
    Chinese Notions of Immortality

### No. 2113. — December 20, 1884.

Contents.
* Aristotle's History of Animals, Edinburgh Review
* At Any Cost - Part VII., by Edward Garrett, author of "Occupations of a Retired Life," "The Crust and the Cake,"etc., Sunday Magazine
* Goethe - Part III., by J. R. Seeley, Contemporary Review
* Borroughdale of Borroughdale, Macmillan's Magazine
* Among the Trappists, Good Words
* Karlsbad: the Queen of Bohemian Watering-Places, by W. Fraser Rae, Nineteenth Century
* Curiosities of the Bank of England, Chambers' Journal
* Edmund Yates, Athenæum
* A Solitary Island, Chambers' Journal
Poetry.
    A Dublin Street Dance, by A. F. G., Spectator
    In Memory of the Right Hon. H. Fawcett, M.P., by Philip Bourke Marston, Athenæum
    A Holiday Invitation, by J. R., Spectator
    The Autumn Crocus, by W. D., St. James's Gazette
    To Delia, St. James's Gazette

### No. 2114. — December 27, 1884.

Contents.
* John de Witt, Quarterly Review
* Beauty and the Beast - Part XIX., by Sarah Tytler, author of "Citoyenne Jacqueline," "Lady Bell," etc., Good Words
* Samuel Johnson, by Edmund Gosse, Fortnightly Review
* A Faithless World, by Frances Power Cobbe, Contemporary Review
* Mr. Fawcett and the Blind, Saturday Review
* An Inland Sea for Africa, All The Year Round
* Thackeray's Autographs, Saturday Review
Poetry.
    A Day in Early Summer, by J. C. H., Chambers' Journal
    Hope on, Hope ever, Chambers' Journal
    "Hours, Weeks, and Days bring round the Golden Moon", by J. A. Symonds
    The Chorister, by J. A. Symonds
Miscellany.
    The Marble Hall at Hatfield, Magazine of Art
    Superstition in Shetland, Good Words