# Littell's Living Age/Volume 166
### No. 2141. — July 4, 1885.

Contents.
* James Russell Lowell, by G. Barnett Smith, Nineteenth Century
* Mrs. Dymond - Part VI., by Mrs. Ritchie, Macmillan's Magazine
* The Muse of History, by Augustine Birrell, Contemporary Review
* Letters from a Private Soldier in Egypt, by William H. Saunders, G Troop, 19th Hussars, Nineteenth Century
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XXII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* The Liberal Movement in English Literature - Part IV., by William John Courthope, National Review
* The Torpedo Scare, Blackwood's Magazine
* The Queen's Drawing-Room, Saturday Review
* "The Father of German Music." - Johann Sebastian Bach, by James Mason, Leisure Hour
* Lord Beaconsfield's Youth, Spectator
Poetry.
    At the Station on an Autumn Morning, by Giosue Carducci, translated from the Italian by H. Courthope Bowen, Macmillan's Magazine
    Then and Now, by Mary J. Murchie, Chambers' Journal
    Cowper, by Herbert B. Garrod, Spectator
Miscellany.
    Enamelled Glass, Pottery Gazette

### No. 2142. — July 11, 1885.

Contents.
* Genius and Insanity, by James Sully, Nineteenth Century
* Fortune's Wheel - Part V., Blackwood's Magazine
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XXIII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* From Montevideo to Paraguay - Part I., Macmillan's Magazine
* Erckmann-Chatrian, by S. Baring-Gould, Gentleman's Magazine
* Unexplained - Part III., by Louisa Molesworth, Macmillan's Magazine
* Curiosities of Music, by James Mason, Leisure Hour
* A Vigil in Stonehenge, by Carnarvon, National Review
* Curiosities of Taxation, All The Year Round
Poetry.
    Iona, 1885, Good Words
    In Canterbury Cathedral, by Dinah Craik, the author of " John Halifax, Gentleman", English Illustrated Magazine

### No. 2143. — July 18, 1885.

Contents.
* Wyclif and the Bible, by William Milligan, Fortnightly Review
* Fortune's Wheel - Part VI., Blackwood's Magazine
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XXIV., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* The Irish Parliament of 1782, by Henry Jephson, Nineteenth Century
* Prince Bismarck as a Diplomatist, Temple Bar
* A Brother of the Misericordia, by "Luigi Savelli", Chambers' Journal
* The Russian Armament, Temple Bar
* From "Reminiscences of my Life" - Part I., by Mary Howitt, Good Words
* Music and Musicians, All The Year Round
* Eighth Centenary of Gregory VII., Saturday Review
Poetry.
    Summer Evening, by John T. Beer, Sunday Magazine
    Spring's the Time, by M. C. Gillington, Cassell's Magazine
Miscellany.
    Chicory with Coffee

### No. 2144. — July 25, 1885.

Contents.
* The First Epoch in the Italian Renaissance, London Quarterly Review
* Schwartz: a History, by D. Christie Murray, English Illustrated Magazine
* Stuart Pretenders, Scottish Review
* A Passenger from Shanghai, Belgravia
* A Visit to the Temple of Heaven at Peking, by C. F. Gordon Cumming, London Quarterly Review
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XXV., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Marmalade-Making, St. James's Gazette
* The Franco-Chinese Treaty and British Trade, Economist
* Afloat with a Florida Sponger, Field
* The Civilization of Savages, St. James's Gazette
* Nature in London, All The Year Round
* Bee and Ant Phenomena, Chambers' Journal
* The Matchmaker's Euclid, by A. M. Heathcote, Longman's Magazine
Poetry.
    From the Romaic of Soutsos, by Charles L. Graves, Spectator
    "As when some workers, toiling at a loom", by J. E. Panton, Chambers' Journal
    Bed in Summer, by R. L. Stevenson, A Child's Garden of Verses
Miscellany.
    The Great Glacier of Alaska

### No. 2145. — August 1, 1885.

Contents.
* Sir William Napier, by T. R. E. Holmes, National Review
* Mrs. Dymond - Part VII., by Mrs. Ritchie, Macmillan's Magazine
* Mr. J. R. Lowell, Fortnightly Review
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XXVI., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* From Montevideo to Paraguay - Part II., Macmillan's Magazine
* A Paris Suburb, All The Year Round
* An Afghan Jailer, by Rev. T. P. Hughes, B.D., late of Peshawar, Leisure Hour
* The March of the White Man, Spectator
* The Measure of Fidget, by F. G., Nature
* The Biblical Brotherhood, Spectator
* The Musical Pitch Question, Spectator
Poetry.
    The Old Home, by Sarah Doudney, Good Words
    "O Faces Pitiful and Pale", Spectator
Miscellany.
    The National Anthem in India, Academy

### No. 2146. — August 8, 1885.

Contents.
* Victor Hugo, by M. O. W. Oliphant, Contemporary Review
* Fortune's Wheel - Part VII., Blackwood's Magazine
* Modern Catholics and Scientific Freedom, by St. George Mivart, Nineteenth Century
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XXVII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Local Government and Ireland, Fortnightly Review
* A Walking Tour in the Landes - Part I., Macmillan's Magazine
* The International Sanitary Conference in Rome, Nature
* Leo XIII. as Ultramontane, Spectator
* The Lyons Silk Trade, Saturday Review
Poetry.
    Frowendienst, by Francis Earle, Academy
    Ego and Non-Ego; or, All my I, Punch
    Gower, in June, by Herbert New, Spectator
    Cressy, Spectator

### No. 2147. — August 15, 1885.

Contents.
* The Electress Sophia, Quarterly Review
* Fortune's Wheel - Part VIII., Blackwood's Magazine
* The Work of Victor Hugo, by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Nineteenth Century
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XXVIII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Life in Patagonia, by W. H. Hudson, Gentleman's Magazine
* A Swain of Arcady, by Augustus Jessopp, Nineteenth Century
* Eugene Bodichon: a Republican of 1830, Temple Bar
* An Actress's Love-Letters, St. James's Gazette
* A Maori "Last Day", by H. M. B., St. James's Gazette
Poetry.
    To a Thrush, All The Year Round
    An Obermannic Epilogue, Spectator
    The Dead Soldier at Mt. McGregor, by Charles Noble Gregory, Milwaukee Sunday Sentinel

### No. 2148. — August 22, 1885.

Contents.
* Winifred, Countess of Nithsdaill, Scottish Review
* The Great Keinplatz Experiment, by A. Conan Doyle, Belgravia
* Parliamentary Manners, by Henry W. Lucy, Nineteenth Century
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XXIX., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Marlborough, by A. G. Bradley, Macmillan's Magazine
* An Unknown Colony, Blackwood's Magazine
* Samuel Foote. The English Aristophanes, Temple Bar
* The Poet of Elegy, Spectator
* A Chinese Ascot, Cornhill Magazine
Poetry.
    A Rowland for an Oliver, Punch
    Shipwreck Wood, All The Year Round
    Answers, by Sarah Doudney, Sunday Magazine
    On the Death of the Princess Mary of Portugal, by Camoens
Miscellany.
    Sandwich, Our Own Country

### No. 2149. — August 29, 1885.

Contents.
* The Huguenot Reformation in the Norman Isles, London Quarterly Review
* Johnnie's Diary - from London to New York, Tinsley's Magazine
* Footprints, Blackwood's Magazine
* Morning Calls in the West Country, by F. J. Tristram, Belgravia
* The Crown Diamonds of France, All The Year Round
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XXX., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* From "Reminiscences of my Life" - Part II., by Mary Howitt, Good Words
* The Krakatoa Eruption - Part I., by Philip Neale, late British chaplain at Batavia, Leisure Hour
* An Appeal to Men of Wealth, by Lord Brabazon, National Review
* Ground-Rents and the Abolition of Leaseholds, Estates' Gazette
Poetry.
    In a Hammock, Punch
    Kalanos to Alexander, by A. Werner, Academy
    A Waif, by D. J. R., Chambers' Journal

### No. 2150. — September 5, 1885.

Contents.
* The French in North America, Edinburgh Review
* Mrs. Dymond - Part VIII., by Mrs. Ritchie, Macmillan's Magazine
* The Princesse de Lamballe, Temple Bar
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XXXI., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* A Walking Tour in the Landes - Part II., Macmillan's Magazine
* A Margate Grotto, by Marie Corelli, Temple Bar
Poetry.
    The Best Wine Last, by Henry Burton, Good Words
    A Jersey Summer Day, by S. H. C., Spectator
    Llanmadoc, by Herbert New, Spectator
    Love's Sleep, by J. Williams, Chambers' Journal
    Ethics of the Dust, Spectator

### No. 2151. — September 12, 1885.

Contents.
* The Paris Newspaper Press, by Theodore Child, Fortnightly Review
* Fortune's Wheel - Part IX., Blackwood's Magazine
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XXXII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Memoirs of Count Pasolini, Edinburgh Review
* Constance Alfieri, Marquise D'Azeglio, by E. Martinengo-Cesaresco, Temple Bar
* The Krakatoa Eruption - Part II., by Philip Neale, late British chaplain at Batavia, Leisure Hour
* Midsummer in the Soudan, by Henry Brackenbury, Fortnightly Review
* An Old London Gardener, Spectator
* Recent Pyramid-Work, Chambers' Journal
* Modern Prettiness v. Art, Temple Bar
Poetry.
    My Old Home, Athenæum
    Horace. Book II., Ode 16, by Stephen de Vere, Spectator
    An Invitation, St. James's Gazette

### No. 2152. — September 19, 1885.

Contents.
* What Can History Teach Us?, by W. S. Lilly, Contemporary Review
* Fortune's Wheel - Part X., Blackwood's Magazine
* "The Metaphysical Society", by R. H. Hutton, Nineteenth Century
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XXXIII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* Lord Peterborough, by Ribblesdale, Fortnightly Review
* The Krakatoa Eruption - Part III., by Philip Neale, late British chaplain at Batavia, Leisure Hour
* Unparliamentary Boroughs, Cornhill Magazine
* Anarchism in Switzerland - Part I., Spectator
* English History in Danish Archives, Globe
* On a House-Boat, St. James's Gazette
Poetry.
    Cardinal Newman and General Gordon, by M. A. E. H., Spectator
    "The morning lights sleep softly on this hill", by John Hoghen, Spectator
    A very Hot Day in July: an Inland Scene, by Rev. Henry Badham
    Scratches, by C. B., Temple Bar
    "When Omar Died, the Rose did Weep", by Mrs. Herbert Hills, Spectator
Miscellany.
    The Wolf Note, by W. H. Patterson, Notes and Queries

### No. 2153. — September 26, 1885.

Contents.
* A Jesuit Reformer and Poet, by Rev. Father Ryder, Nineteenth Century
* A House Divived against Itself - Part XXXIV., by Mrs. Oliphant, Chambers' Journal
* The Liberal Movement in English Literature - Part V., by William John Courthope, National Review
* Mrs. Dymond - Part IX., by Mrs. Ritchie, Macmillan's Magazine
* From "Reminiscences of my Life" - Part II., by Mary Howitt, Good Words
* The Krakatoa Eruption - Part IV., by Philip Neale, late British chaplain at Batavia, Leisure Hour
* Anarchism in Switzerland - Part II., Spectator
* Lord Houghton, Spectator
* A Scotch Porson, Spectator
* The Caitiff Catfish, Saturday Review
Poetry.
    Horace. Book III., Ode 29, by Stephen de Vere, Spectator
    If I were You, by G. Clifton Bingham, Chambers' Journal