# Littell's Living Age/Volume 165
### No. 2128. — April 4, 1885.

Contents.
* George Eliot, by R. H. Hutton, Contemporary Review
* A House Divived against Itself - Part IX., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* The Life of George Eliot, by Frederic Harrison, Fortnightly Review
* Plain Frances Mowbray - Part III., Blackwood's Magazine
* Finland: a Rising Nationality, by Prince Kropotkin, Nineteenth Century
* Academic Belles Lettres, Spectator
* The Seventh Centenary of the Temple Church, Saturday Review
* Some Turkish Proverbs, Spectator
* The Dean of Wells on the Future Life, Spectator
* Nursing as a Fine Art, Lancet
* The Trade of Ancient Egypt, Science Monthly
Poetry.
    Daffodils in March, by R. Macaulay Stevenson, Good Words
    "A Memory of May", by Alfred Perceval Graves, Spectator
    Charlton Thrushes, by M. G. Watkins, Academy
    March Evening, by George Milner, Longman's Magazine

### No. 2129. — April 11, 1885.

Contents.
* The Hero of Lepanto and his Times, Blackwood's Magazine
* A House Divived against Itself - Part X., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Organic Nature's Riddle, by St. George Mivart, Fortnightly Review
* Plain Frances Mowbray - Part IV., Blackwood's Magazine
* Some Gossip about Dante, by A. Olivieri, Month
* In Lithuania - Part I., Spectator
* Land Moles and Water Moles, Month
* Chantries, Saturday Review
* Herrings and their Haunts, Field
* Ice Palaces at Montreal, Engineering
Poetry.
    Ballade of Literary Fame, by A. Lang
    The Exile, by C. L. Graves, Spectator
    Lent, by H. R. Haweis, M.A., Good Words
    The Spinet, by A. Lang

### No. 2130. — April 18, 1885.

Contents.
* The Lennox, Scottish Review
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XI., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Native Faiths in the Himalayah, by Charles F. Oldham, Contemporary Review
* The New Manager - Conclusion, by Katherine Saunders, the author of "Gideon's Rock," "The High Mill,"etc., Good Words
* Tasso, by H. Schutz Wilson, Fortnightly Review
* The Diamond Duke, Temple Bar
* Mr. R. L. Stevenson's Verse for Children, Spectator
* A Professional Visit in Persia, St. James's Gazette
* In Lithuania - Part II., Spectator
* A Female La Trappe, Saturday Review
* Hertfordshire, All The Year Round
Poetry.
    A March Midnight, by Horace G. Groser, Leisure Hour
    Laurel, All The Year Round
    Thomas Carlyle, by Coulson Kernahan, Leisure Hour
Miscellany.
    The Bond of the Common Law, Macmillan's Magazine

### No. 2131. — April 25, 1885.

Contents.
* Echoes of the Eighteenth Century, Scottish Review
* The Blue Posts of Chester, by F. M. Wilbraham, Monthly Packet
* On Pattison's Memoirs, by John Morley, Macmillan's Magazine
* Mrs. Dymond - Part II., by Mrs. Ritchie, Macmillan's Magazine
* Sir Henry Taylor's Autobiography, by A. K. H. B., Longman's Magazine
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* March in Magna Græcia, by Janet Ross, Macmillan's Magazine
* Mr. Gladstone's Thoughts, Spectator
Poetry.
    Nirvana, Academy
    "We Salute thee, and Live", Sunday Magazine
    Gordon, by Emily Pfeiffer, Academy
    Awakening, by William Waterfield, Temple Bar
    Orange Blossom: Sonnet, by H., Macmillan's Magazine

### No. 2132. — May 2, 1885.

Contents.
* A Soldier of Fortune, Blackwood's Magazine
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XIII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* The Astrology of Shakespeare, by John Cooke, Macmillan's Magazine
* Mrs. Dymond - Part III., by Mrs. Ritchie, Macmillan's Magazine
* The Black Beath in East-Anglia - Conclusion, by Augustus Jessopp, Nineteenth Century
* On Style in Literature: its Technical Elements, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Contemporary Review
* Arab Courage, Spectator
* Inside a Catholic College, Chambers' Journal
* Some Secrets of the Silk Trade, St. James's Gazette
Poetry.
    Blossoms, by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler, Sunday Magazine
    Spring Song, by Alfred Perceval Graves, Spectator
    Two Sonnets after Bion, by John Addington Symonds, Academy
    Est Honor et Tumulis, by John W. Hales, Longman's Magazine

### No. 2133. — May 9, 1885.

Contents.
* Samuel Johnson and his Age, Quarterly Review
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XIV., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Musings without Method, Blackwood's Magazine
* Fortune's Wheel - Part I., Blackwood's Magazine
* The Sun's Corona, by William Huggins, Nineteenth Century
* The German Abroad, by C. E. Dawkins, National Review
* Reminiscences of Sir Herbert Stewart, by a brother officer, Blackwood's Magazine
* 1853 and 1885, National Review
* The Action of Very Minute Particles on Light, by J. Spear Parker, Nature
Poetry.
    The Dead Christ, by Katherine Tynan, Month
    "It Might have been", Chambers' Journal
    The Virgin in Holman Hunt's New Picture, by W., Spectator
Miscellany.
    A New Hop Country, Maidstone Journal

### No. 2134. — May 16, 1885.

Contents.
* Archæological Frauds in Palestine, by G. F. Browne, National Review
* Fortune's Wheel - Part II., Blackwood's Magazine
* Shakespeare's Portraiture of Women, by Edward Dowden, Contemporary Review
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XV., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Since 1880, by Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, M.P., Nineteenth Century
* An Appeal to Men of Leisure, by Brabazon, National Review
* Gordon at Gravesend: a Personal Reminiscence, by Arthur Stannard, Nineteenth Century
* Irish Loyalty, Spectator
* The Most Powerful Man in Persia, St. James's Gazette
* Talmudic Proverbs, Spectator
* At an Eastern Dinner Party, Chambers' Journal
* Ponds, Saturday Review
* The Colors of Arctic Animals, Nature
Poetry.
    Ballade of Middle Age, by A. Lang, Athenæum
    Man and the Ascidian, by A. Lang, Athenæum
    Amor in Excelsis, by Pakenham Beatty, Spectator
    Song, by Pakenham Beatty, Spectator

### No. 2135. — May 23, 1885.

Contents.
* General Gordon's Life and Letters, Quarterly Review
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XVI., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* The American Loyalists, Scottish Review
* Macpherson's Love Story, by C. H. D. Stocker, Leisure Hour
* Shakespeare's Fugues, by John G. Dow, Fortnightly Review
* Osla's Wedding. A Shetland Sketch, Chambers' Journal
* Concerning Some Strange Historic Doubts, Leisure Hour
* The Despised Sparrow, St. James's Gazette
Poetry.
    In a Theatre, by A. Werner, Academy
    The Flowering Almond, St. James's Gazette
    Lib. III., Od. 18, by Horace, translated by Henry Herbert, National Review
    "Come, let us go into the Lane", by Alfred Austin, Athenæum

### No. 2136. — May 30, 1885.

Contents.
* The Ottoman Turks in Europe, Westminster Review
* Fortune's Wheel - Part III., Blackwood's Magazine
* Mr. Ruskin's Museum at Sheffield, by E. S. P., National Review
* Mrs. Dymond - Part IV., by Mrs. Ritchie, Macmillan's Magazine
* The Red Man, by J. H. McNaughton, Nineteenth Century
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XVII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* The South African Salt Lakes, by W. E. Montague, Gentleman's Magazine
* The Youth of Prince Bismarck, Temple Bar
* The Language of Signs, Saturday Review
* Lady Beaconsfield, by Francis Hitchman, St. Stephen's Review
* How Persians Die and are Buried, St. James's Gazette
* A Visit to the Amazons of Dahomey, Pall Mall Gazette
Poetry.
    Gordon. In Memoriam, by Ernst Myers, Fortnightly Review
    Primroses, by William Allingham, Athenæum

### No. 2137. — June 6, 1885.

Contents.
* Modern Geneva, Quarterly Review
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XVIII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Count Cavour's Letters, by E. Martinengo Cesaresco, British Quarterly Review
* Mrs. Dymond - Part V., by Mrs. Ritchie, Macmillan's Magazine
* How the Blind Dream, by B. G. Johns, National Review
* French Views on English Writers, by M. A. W., Macmillan's Magazine
* A Summer Day at Stratford-on-Avon, by E. Poingdestre, Temple Bar
* Dr. Liddon on Progress, Spectator
* The Huguenot Society, Saturday Review
Poetry.
    In April, by F. W. B., Spectator
    The Land of Story-Books, by R. L. Stevenson, A Child's Garden of Verses
    The Land of Counterpane, by R. L. Stevenson, A Child's Garden of Verses
    "I Leave you (dear my life)! And as I leave", by Camoens
    Rome, by A. D. G., Spectator

### No. 2138. — June 13, 1885.

Contents.
* Gainsborough, London Quarterly Review
* Fortune's Wheel - Part IV., Blackwood's Magazine
* The Duke of Wellington as Prime Minister, by T. E. Kebbel, National Review
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XIX., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* London in May, Blackwood's Magazine
* In the Florida Pine-Woods - Part I., All The Year Round
* The Dangers of the Indian Jungle, by J. H. B., Chambers' Journal
* Death of Lord Dudley, Daily Telegraph
* An Indigo Plantation in Bengal, by W. S., Field
* Chinese Insect White Wax, Nature
* Glass in China and Japan, by M. A. Wallace-Dunlop, Pottery Gazette
Poetry.
    The Girl that Lost Things, by George MacDonald, LL.D., Sunday Magazine
    My Bed is a Boat, by R. L. Stevenson

### No. 2139. — June 20, 1885.

Contents.
* Prince Bismarck Sketched by his Secretary, Edinburgh Review
* The Light on the Seine, by Katherine S. Macquoid, Belgravia
* A Scarce Book, by Hugh E. Egerton, National Review
* Unexplained - Part I., by Louisa Molesworth, Macmillan's Magazine
* Sully-Prudhomme, Temple Bar
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XX., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* A Visit to Goa, by J. H. Pollen, All The Year Round
* In the Florida Pine-Woods - Part II., All The Year Round
Poetry.
    The Centenary of the Bells, All The Year Round
    Portrait of a Lady, by J. S. B., Blackwood's Magazine
    The Parting Sigh, by Eric S. Robertson, Academy

### No. 2140. — June 27, 1885.

Contents.
* The Royal Mail, Blackwood's Magazine
* Unexplained - Part II., by Louisa Molesworth, Macmillan's Magazine
* Memoirs of M. De Vitrolles, Edinburgh Review
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XXI., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Diet in Relation to Age and Activity, by Sir Henry Thompson, Nineteenth Century
Poetry.
    Pillow Lace, by Clara Thwaites, Sunday Magazine
    Spring under Cypresses, by A. Mary F. Robinson, Athenæum