# Littell's Living Age/Volume 156
### No. 2011. — January 6, 1883.

Contents.
* Miss Burney's Novels, by Mary Elizabeth Christie, Contemporary Review
* Au Pair, Temple Bar
* Peasant Properties in Auvergne, by F. P. Verney, Contemporary Review
* The Ladies Lindores - Part XVII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Blackwood's Magazine
* The Story of L. E. L., by Percy Fitzgerald, Gentleman's Magazine
* In an Inn Garden, by E. F. Poynter, Temple Bar
* Gainshorough's Letters to William Jackson, Leisure Hour
* Poor Matthias, by Matthew Arnold, Macmillan's Magazine
Poetry.
    Eglantine, All The Year Round
    December, by R. S. W., Golden Hours
    Εις εκείυηυ, by Charles Badham, Temple Bar
    Poor Matthias, by Matthew Arnold, Macmillan's Magazine
Miscellany.
    Ancient Works in Florida
    The Chemical Ingredients of Cigar-smoke, Lancet

### No. 2012. — January 13, 1883.

Contents.
* The Primitive Polity of Islam, by A. M. Fairbairn, Contemporary Review
* No New Things - Part XII., Cornhill Magazine
* Thomas Carlyle's Apprenticeship, Scottish Review
* The Factor's Shooting, Blackwood's Magazine
* Four Months in Morocco, Blackwood's Magazine
* A Relic of Swift and Stella, by Frances Power Cobbe, Temple Bar
* Baboo English, Chambers' Journal
* An Autumn Flood, St. James's Magazine
Poetry.
    Epigrams, by W. W.
    It is Well, by J. H., Chambers' Journal
Miscellany.
    French Presbyterian Congregation

### No. 2013. — January 20, 1883.

Contents.
* Alcwine, by F. H. B., Cornhill Magazine
* The Lady's Walk, by Mrs. Oliphant, Longman's Magazine
* A Little Chat about Mrs. Oliphant, Blackwood's Magazine
* Anthony Trollope, by Edward A. Freeman, Macmillan's Magazine
* The Clergy of the Eighteenth Century, Cornhill Magazine
* From Miss Austen to Mr. Trollope, Spectator
* My Introduction to the Press, St. James's Gazette
* Religious Poverty, Spectator
Poetry.
    Snowdrifts, by Clara Thwaites, Sunday Magazine
    At the Garrick Club, by J. D., Spectator
    The Transit of Venus, by J. D., Spectator

### No. 2014. — January 27, 1883.

Contents.
* Vauban and Modern Sieges, Quarterly Review
* The Ladies Lindores - Part XVIII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Blackwood's Magazine
* Some Points in American Speech and Customs - Part II., by Edward A. Freeman, Longman's Magazine
* No New Things - Part XIII., Cornhill Magazine
* Sketches in the Malay Peninsula - Part I., by Isabella L. Bird, Leisure Hour
* Sketches in the Malay Peninsula, Leisure Hour
* Gertrude, by Anne Followes, Leisure Hour
* The Tale of a Puppy, by Edmund Randolph Jr., Month
* An Adventure at Petra, by Sophia M. Palmer, Macmillan's Magazine
* Road-Making, St. James's Gazette
* Great Bells, Liverpool Mercury
Poetry.
    The Robin, by Edwin Smith, Spectator
    To-Night, All The Year Round
    The Sweet Sad Years, by Canon Bell, Leisure Hour

### No. 2015. — February 3, 1883.

Contents.
* On Some of Shakespeare's Female Characters, by one who has Personated them: Imogen, Princess of Britain, by Helena Faucit Martin, Blackwood's Magazine
* No New Things - Part XIV., Cornhill Magazine
* A Study of Longfellow, by Henry Norman, Fortnightly Review
* The Ladies Lindores - Part XIX., by Mrs. Oliphant, Blackwood's Magazine
* "Other Worlds than Ours", Spectator
* Conservatism in Prussia, Economist
* The Influence of Art in Italy, Academy
Poetry.
    Among the Mountains, by Dinah Craik, the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman", Sunday Magazine
    The Christmas Rose, by Hugh Macmillan, Macmillan's Magazine
    "The Flowers for Sleep Are Sighing", by Mrs. W. K. Clifford, Athanæum
Miscellany.
    The Late Charles Darwin, British Medical Journal

### No. 2016. — February 10, 1883.

Contents.
* The Americans, by Herbert Spencer, Contemporary Review
* The Captain of The "Pole-Star", Blackwood's Magazine
* The Bollandists: the Literary History of a Magnum Opus, by George T. Stokes, Contemporary Review
* A Singular Case - Part I., Blackwood's Magazine
* Puss in Boots, by W. R. S. Ralston, Nineteenth Century
* High Tide in Venice, Pall Mall Gazette
* Wandering Thoughts, St. Jamer's Gazette
* Sayings of Great Men, Spectator
* The Wentworth Papers, Athenæum
* A Burnt Forest, Spectator
* Mr. Gladstone's Ascendency, Economist
Poetry.
    Leon Gambetta, by C. E. Dawkins, Academy
    Sea-Shell Murmurs
    "There was a Captive once at Fenestrel", by E. Lee-Hamilton, Athenæum
Miscellany.
    Roman Carthage, Edinburgh Review

### No. 2017. — February 17, 1883.

Contents.
* Panislamism and the Caliphate, Contemporary Review
* A Singular Case - Part II., Blackwood's Magazine
* Charity in the Early Church, London Quarterly Review
* Escapes and Imprisonments of Latude, by Mrs. E. W. Latimer
* For Himself Alone - Part I., by T. W. Speight, Chamber's Journal
* Thomas Carlyle, by James Cotter Morison, Macmillan's Magazine
Poetry.
    Mind-Stuff, by Charles W. Stubbs, Spectator
    Gambetta and Chanzy - States Man and Soldier, Punch
Miscellany.
    Colors of Low-growing Wood-Flowers

### No. 2018. — February 24, 1883.

Contents.
* Sir Archibald Alison's Autobiography, Quarterly Review
* A Singular Case - Part III., Blackwood's Magazine
* England, France, and Madagascar, by James Sibree Jr., Contemporary Review
* For Himself Alone - Part II., by T. W. Speight, Chamber's Journal
* Sketches in the Malay Peninsula - Part II., by Isabella L. Bird, Leisure Hour
* Anthony Trollope, by Mrs. Oliphant, Good Words
* The Dawn of the Spring, St. James's Gazette
* The Sponge Trade of the Bahamas, Oil, Paint, and Drug Reporter
Poetry.
    At Evening-Time, by C. M. Steedman, Sunday Magazine
    Colinette, by Edward Byron Nicholson, Academy
    Still Life: England and Italy, by I. O. L., Academy
    Welcome, by J. M. Elton, Spectator

### No. 2019. — March 3, 1883.

Contents.
* The Brothers Henry and Thomas Erskine, Westminster Review
* A Singular Case - Part IV., Blackwood's Magazine
* The Primacy of Archbishop Tait, British Quarterly Review
* In Alsace, by Madame Guizot de Witt, translated by Dinah Craik, Leisure Hour
* Mr. Gladstone at Hawarden, Leisure Hour
* A Farewell Appearance, by F. Anstey, Longman's Magazine
Poetry.
    Robin and I, by C. B., Good Words
    An English Lane, by Mary A. M. Hoppus, Leisure Hour
Miscellany.
    Courtship among the Choctaws, Times

### No. 2020. — March 10, 1883.

Contents.
* Dr. John Brown of Edinburgh, by David Masson, Macmillan's Magazine
* No New Things - Part XV., Cornhill Magazine
* Mr. Gladstone's Schooldays, by James Brinsley Richards, Temple Bar
* For Himself Alone - Part III., by T. W. Speight, Chamber's Journal
* Some Curious Commissions, All The Year Round
* Churchyard Poetry, by F. Bayford Harrison, Macmillan's Magazine
* The Humors of Examinations, Chambers' Journal
* The First of the White Month, by J. G., Leisure Hour
* A Reminiscence of Sir Walter Scott, by Alexander Ireland, Chambers' Journal
Poetry.
    Nepenthe, by A. J. C., Spectator
    The Broken Toy, by J. H., Chambers' Journal
    A Christmas Hymn, by A. C. S, Sunday Magazine
    Nightfall, Good Words
    Armenia, 1883, Academy

### No. 2021. — March 17, 1883.

Contents.
* Village Life in Norfolk Six Hundred Years Ago, by Augustus Jessopp, Nineteenth Century
* The Ladies Lindores - Part XX., by Mrs. Oliphant, Blackwood's Magazine
* Gambetta, by Gabriel Monod, Contemporary Review
* For Himself Alone - Part IV., by T. W. Speight, Chamber's Journal
* A New Winter Resort, Blackwood's Magazine
* Miss Austen, Temple Bar
* Dislike, Spectator
* Medicine as Practised by Animals, British Medical Journal
Poetry.
    A Winter Picture, All The Year Round
    Treasure-Seekers, Good Works
Miscellany.
    The Life of Icebergs, Colonies and India

### No. 2022. — March 24, 1883.

Contents.
* Archbishop Tait and the Primacy, Quarterly Review
* The Ladies Lindores - Part XXi., by Mrs. Oliphant, Blackwood's Magazine
* Memories of Leon Gambetta, Cornhill Magazine
* For Himself Alone - Part V., by T. W. Speight, Chamber's Journal
* Samuel Wilberforce, by G. W. Dasent, Fortnightly Review
* Poets and Nightingales, by C. J. Billson, Cornhill Magazine
* The Secret Motive of Secret Societies, Spectator
* Whimsical Notices and Inscriptions, Chambers' Journal
* The Pains of Exile, Spectator
Poetry.
    One February Day, by Mary M. Hayward, Sunday Magazine
    Incomplete, by Herriet Kendall, Chambers' Journal
    A Rainy Evening, by E. W., Chambers' Journal
Miscellany.
    The Last Days of Charles Dickens
    An Australian Natural History Puzzle, Times

### No. 2023. — March 31, 1883.

Contents.
* Corea, Quarterly Review
* No New Things - Part XVI., Cornhill Magazine
* Le Marquis de Grignan, by M. F. Domvile, Cornhill Magazine
* The Ladies Lindores - Part XXiI., by Mrs. Oliphant, Blackwood's Magazine
* The Vulgar Tongue, by Godfrey Turner, Macmillan's Magazine
* Francis Lieber, St. James's Magazine
* Spoiling the Lakes, Blackwood's Magazine
Poetry.
    The Sea Calls, by J. A. Symonds, Cornhill Magazine
Miscellany.
    Great Works in Olden Times, Pottery Gazette