# Littell's Living Age/Volume 127

LITTELL'S
LIVING AGE.
E Pluribus Unum.
"These publications of the day should from time to time be winnowed, the wheat carefully preserved, and the chaff thrown away."
"Made up of every creature's best."
"Various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, may be indulged."
FIFTH SERIES, VOLUME XII.
FROM THE BEGINNING, VOL. CXXVII.
OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER,
1875
BOSTON:
LITTELL AND GAY.
| Fifth Series, Volume XII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1634. — October 2, 1875. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXVII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Ocean-Circulation. Researches in the "Challenger" and "Tuscarora." By Dr. W. B. Carpenter, | Contemporary Review, | 3 |
| II. | The Dilemma. Part IX., | Blackwood's Magazine, | 17 |
| III. | The Planets put in Leverrier's Balance, | Cornhill Magazine, | 27 |
| IV. | Her Dearest Foe. By the author of "The Wooing O't." Part II., | Temple Bar, | 36 |
| V. | Richard Baxter. By Dean Stanley, | Macmillan's Magazine, | 46 |
| VI. | The Clockmakers of the Schwarzwald, | Spectator, | 56 |
| VII. | Country Towns, | Saturday Review, | 58 |
| VIII. | Character Connoisseurs, | Saturday Review, | 60 |
| IX. | Amber, | Cope's Tobacco Plant, | 63 |
POETRY. :
| The Children's Bed-time, | 2 | A Song of Summer, | 2 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1635. — October 9, 1875. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXVII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Natural Religion. Part II., | Macmillan's Magazine, | 67 |
| II. | Her Dearest Foe. By the author of "The Wooing O't." Part III., | Temple Bar, | 76 |
| III. | In a Studio. By W. W. Story. Part V., | Blackwood's Magazine, | 88 |
| IV. | The Dilemma. Part X., | Blackwood's Magazine, | 102 |
| V. | Torquato Tasso: His Life and Works, | Macmillan's Magazine, | 110 |
| VI. | Some Account of a German Boarding-School, | Fraser's Magazine, | 116 |
| VII. | Coleridge, | Gentleman's Magazine, | 124 |
| VIII. | Chateaubriand, | Spectator, | 126 |
POETRY. :
| Rest, | 66 | My Voice Shalt Thou Hear in the Morning, | |
| Whithersoever, | 66 | My Voice Shalt Thou Hear in the Morning, | 66 |
| Question, | 66 | Change of Seasons, | 66 |
| Miscellany, | Miscellany, | Miscellany, | 128 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1636. — October 16, 1875. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXVII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Geikie's Life of Murchison, | Edinburgh Review, | 131 |
| II. | Her Dearest Foe. By the author of "The Wooing O't." Part IV., | Temple Bar, | 147 |
| III. | The Convent of San Marco. VI. — The Prophet's End, | Macmillan's Magazine, | 157 |
| IV. | Monsieur Bedeau, | Cornhill Magazine, | 164 |
| V. | The Zuider Zee, | Chambers' Journal, | 172 |
| VI. | In my Study Chair, | Blackwood's Magazine, | 177 |
| VII. | Cowper, | Athenæum, | 187 |
| VIII. | The Thriftlessness of Professional Men, | Spectator, | 188 |
| IX. | The Big Tortoise, | Spectator, | 190 |
POETRY. :
| Birds of Passage, | 130 | Death as the King's Courtier, | 130 |
| Not To Be, | 130 | | |
| Fifth Series, Volume XII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1637. — October 23, 1875. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXVII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | The History of a Pavement, | Fortnightly Review, | 195 |
| II. | Her Dearest Foe. By the author of "The Wooing O't." Part V., | Temple Bar, | 208 |
| III. | Elegies, | Blackwood's Magazine, | 219 |
| IV. | Monsieur Bedeau. Conclusion, | Cornhill Magazine, | 235 |
| V. | Strafford, | Temple Bar, | 243 |
| VI. | Russian Nihilism, | Saturday Review, | 254 |
POETRY. :
| Passage Birds, | 194 | The Little Church by the Sea, | 194 |
| Birds of Passage, | 194 | | |
| Fifth Series, Volume XII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1638. — October 30, 1875. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXVII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | The Physiological Influence of Alcohol, | Edinburgh Review, | 259 |
| II. | Her Dearest Foe. By the author of "The Wooing O't." Part VI., | Temple Bar, | 274 |
| III. | Robert Herrick, | Cornhill Magazine, | 285 |
| IV. | The Sceptic: a Tale of Married Life, | Cornhill Magazine, | 294 |
| V. | The Dilemma. Part XI., | Blackwood's Magazine, | 305 |
| VI. | The American Heroine, | Macmillan's Magazine, | 313 |
| VII. | Clever People, | Liberal Review, | 319 |
POETRY. :
| My Birthday, | 258 | Literature versus Science, | 258 |
| Miscellany, | Miscellany, | Miscellany, | 320 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1639. — November 6, 1875. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXVII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Cowper and Rousseau, | Cornhill Magazine, | 323 |
| II. | Wrecked off the Riff Coast, | Blackwood's Magazine, | 335 |
| III. | Money, | Blackwood's Magazine, | 353 |
| IV. | A Dead Man, | Macmillan's Magazine, | 365 |
| V. | Torquato Tasso: His Life and Works. Part II., | Macmillan's Magazine, | 367 |
| VI. | Miss Austen's Country, | Spectator, | 376 |
| VII. | Old China, | Fraser's Magazine, | 379 |
| VIII. | A Quaint Epitaph, | Spectator, | 383 |
POETRY. :
| When Roses Blow, | 322 | Snowdrops, | 322 |
| Love and Death, | 322 | The Poet's Last Song, | 322 |
| In the Lane, | 322 | | |
| Miscellany, | Miscellany, | Miscellany, | 384 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1640. — November 13, 1875. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXVII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | The Atomic Theory of Lucretius Contrasted with Modern Theories of Atoms, the Constitution of Matter, and the Origination of Life, | British Quarterly Review, | 387 |
| II. | The Dilemma. Part XII. | Blackwood's Magazine, | 407 |
| III. | A Schoolmaster of the Renaissance. Vittorino da Feltre, | Macmillan's Magazine, | 416 |
| IV. | The Curate in Charge. By Mrs. Oliphant, | Macmillan's Magazine, | 425 |
| V. | Two Danes, | Temple Bar, | 431 |
| VI. | Lauzun, | Temple Bar, | 438 |
| VII. | Naturalness of Character, | Saturday Review, | 442 |
| VIII. | Philip Stanhope, | Athenæum, | 445 |
POETRY. :
| Between the Lights, | 386 | Song, | 386 |
| A Buried Love, | 386 | The Prayer of the Swine to Circe, | 447 |
| Forget-me-not, | 386 | | |
| Miscellany, | Miscellany, | Miscellany, | 448 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1641. — November 20, 1875. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXVII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Michael Angelo, | Blackwood's Magazine, | 451 |
| II. | The Curate in Charge. By Mrs. Oliphant. Part II., | Macmillan's Magazine, | 466 |
| III. | Natural Religion. Part III., | Macmillan's Magazine, | 475 |
| IV. | Her Dearest Foe. By the author of "The Wooing O't." Part VII., | Temple Bar, | 482 |
| V. | Sacrificial Medicine, | Cornhill Magazine, | 490 |
| VI. | Recent Discoveries in Photography. By J. Traill Taylor, | Popular Science Review, | 498 |
| VII. | The Astronomy of the Babylonians, | Nature, | 502 |
| VIII. | M. Thiers' Last Speech, | Spectator, | 505 |
| IX. | Commodore Goodenough, | Saturday Review, | 507 |
| X. | Pitcher-Plants, | Spectator, | 510 |
POETRY. :
| Autumn Hedges, | 450 | Singing, | 450 |
| Love's Whisper, | 450 | Dusk, | 512 |
| Miscellany, | Miscellany, | Miscellany, | 512 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1642. — November 27, 1875. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXVII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Memoirs of Saint-Simon, | Quarterly Review, | 515 |
| II. | Her Dearest Foe. By the author of "The Wooing O't." Part VIII., | Temple Bar, | 538 |
| III. | The Place of Geography in Physical Science, | Fortnightly Review, | 552 |
| IV. | The Dilemma. Part XIII., | Blackwood's Magazine, | 561 |
| V. | Natural Religion. Part IV., | Macmillan's Magazine, | 567 |
| VI. | Geographical Expeditions, | Spectator, | 573 |
POETRY. :
| The Golden Ladder, | 514 | Happy and Whole, | 514 |
| Silence and the Voices of Men, | 514 | | |
| Miscellany, | Miscellany, | Miscellany, | 576 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1643. — December 4, 1875. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXVII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | William Borlase, St. Aubyn, and Pope, | Quarterly Review, | 579 |
| II. | The Curate in Charge. By Mrs. Oliphant. Part III., | Macmillan's Magazine, | 595 |
| III. | The Dutch and their Dead Cities, | Blackwood's Magazine, | 610 |
| IV. | The Dilemma. Part XIV., | Blackwood's Magazine, | 622 |
| V. | German Home Life. By a Lady. Part VII., | Fraser's Magazine, | 630 |
| VI. | Ostrich-Farming in Africa, | Chambers' Journal, | 638 |
POETRY. :
| The Deaf Musician, | 578 | The Joy of Incompleteness, | 578 |
| The Dying Year, | 578 | | |
| Miscellany, | Miscellany, | Miscellany, | 640 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1644. — December 11, 1875. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXVII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Bosnia in 1875, | Victoria Magazine, | 643 |
| II. | The Curate in Charge. By Mrs. Oliphant. Part IV., | Macmillan's Magazine, | 651 |
| III. | Richelieu. By the author of "Mirabeau," etc., | Temple Bar, | 661 |
| IV. | Her Dearest Foe. By the author of "The Wooing O't." Part IX., | Temple Bar, | 672 |
| V. | John Knox and his Relations to Women, | Macmillan's Magazine, | 682 |
| VI. | Vintaging in Tuscany, | Macmillan's Magazine, | 691 |
| VII. | The History of Twins, as a Criterion of the Relative Powers of Nature and Nurture. By Francis Galton, F.R.S., | Fraser's Magazine, | 695 |
| VIII. | The Sea and the Sahara, | Pall Mall Gazette, | 702 |
POETRY. :
| Notes on the Firth. | | A Roman "Round-Robin", | 642 |
| I. — From a Fourth-pair Window, | 642 | | |
| II. — At Queensferry, | 642 | | |
| III. — Rain, | 642 | | |
| Miscellany, | Miscellany, | Miscellany, | 704 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1645. — December 18, 1875. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXVII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | The Reresby Memoirs, | Edinburgh Review, | 707 |
| II. | The Curate in Charge. By Mrs. Oliphant. Part V., | Macmillan's Magazine, | 727 |
| III. | A Wanderer's Letter, | Blackwood's Magazine, | 738 |
| IV. | The Dilemma. Part XV., | Blackwood's Magazine, | 749 |
| V. | Virgil and Tennyson, | Macmillan's Magazine, | 756 |
| VI. | The Autobiography of Anne Lady Halkett, | Academy, | 762 |
| VII. | Recent History of the Pitcairn Islanders. | Chambers' Journal, | 764 |
| VIII. | Mr. Ruskin on Women and War, | Peace Society's Papers, | 767 |
| IX. | The Mock Pearls of History, | Russell's Library Notes, | 767 |
POETRY. :
| Notes on the Firth., | | A Song for Galatea, | 706 |
| IV. — Twilight, | 706 | An Unspoken Question, | 706 |
| Miscellany, | Miscellany, | Miscellany, | 768 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XII. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1646. — December 25, 1875. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXVII. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Weather, | Blackwood's Magazine, | 771 |
| II. | The Curate in Charge. By Mrs. Oliphant. Part VI., | Macmillan's Magazine, | 783 |
| III. | John Knox and his Relations to Women. Part II., | Macmillan's Magazine, | 794 |
| IV. | The Musician's Marriage, | Temple Bar, | 804 |
| V. | The Military Future of Germany. By Col. Chas. C. Chesney, | Macmillan's Magazine, | 811 |
| VI. | The Life and Journals of John Wesley, | Spectator, | 819 |
| VII. | Football. By an Observant Foreigner, | Chambers' Journal, | 822 |
| | ⁂ Title and Index to Volume CXXVII. | | |
POETRY. :
| The Stranger's Grave, | 770 | The Answer of Q. Horatius Flaccus to a Roman "Round-Robin", | |
| Similitudes, | 770 | The Answer of Q. Horatius Flaccus to a Roman "Round-Robin", | 770 |
| Miscellany, | Miscellany, | Miscellany, | 824 |