# Littell's Living Age/Volume 134

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 XIX.
FROM THE BEGINNING, VOL. CXXXIV.
JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER,
1877
BOSTON:
LITTELL AND GAY.
| Fifth Series, Volume XIX. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1725. — July 7, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIV. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Life and Times of Thomas Becket. By James Anthony Froude, | Nineteenth Century, | 3 |
| II. | Pauline. By L. B. Walford, author of "Mr. Smith,"etc. Part VI., | Advance Sheets, | 12 |
| III. | Twenty Years of African Travel, | Blackwood's Magazine, | 27 |
| IV. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XIX., | Examiner, | 44 |
| V. | Genius and Vanity, | Cornhill Magazine, | 52 |
| VI. | A Great Sea-Wave, | Spectator, | 61 |
| VII. | North-Country Fishermen, | Pall Mall Gazette, | 63 |
POETRY. :
| Ave Maria. A Breton Legend, | 2 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XIX. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1726. — July 14, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIV. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Pedigrees and Pedigree-Makers. By Edward A. Freeman, | Contemporary Review, | 67 |
| II. | The Marquis of Lossie. By George Mac Donald, author of "Malcolm," etc. Part XX., | Advance Sheets, | 85 |
| III. | Voltaire in the Netherlands. From the Dutch of Jhr. C.A. van Sypesteyn, | Temple Bar, | 97 |
| IV. | Pauline. By L. B. Walford, author of "Mr. Smith," etc. Part VII., | Advance Sheets, | 105 |
| V. | Mordecai: a Protest against the Critics. By a Jew, | Macmillan's Magazine, | 112 |
| VI. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XX., | Examiner, | 121 |
| VII. | Popular Errors, | Pall Mall Gazette, | 124 |
| VIII. | Little Tortures, | Liberal Review, | 126 |
| IX. | William Caxton, | Fireside, | 127 |
| X. | A New Stimulant - Pitury, | Nature, | 128 |
POETRY. :
| Thisbe, | 66 | To Victor Hugo. By Alfred Tennyson | 66 |
| A Hope, | 66 | |
| Fifth Series, Volume XIX. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1727. — July 21, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIV. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Maoris and Kanakas, | Fortnightly Review, | 131 |
| II. | Pauline. By L. B. Walford, author of "Mr. Smith," etc. Part VIII., | Advance Sheets, | 143 |
| III. | Georges D'Amboise, | Temple Bar, | 152 |
| IV. | The Marquis of Lossie. By George Mac Donald, author of "Malcolm," etc. Part XXI., | Advance Sheets, | 164 |
| V. | A Leaf of Eastern History, | Fortnightly Review, | 174 |
| VI. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XXI., | Examiner, | 179 |
| VII. | Crema and the Crucifix, | Cornhill Magazine, | 182 |
| VIII. | The Results of the Invention of the Sewing-Machine, | Economist, | 187 |
| IX. | The Dog of the Barracks, | Leisure Hour, | 190 |
| X. | Japanese Mirrors, | Nature, | 191 |
| XI. | A Dog Aiding in Smuggling, | Leisure Hour, | 192 |
POETRY. :
| No More Sea, | 130 | The Evening Time, | 130 |
| So is the Story Told, | 130 | Lord Justice Mellish, | 130 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XIX. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1728. — July 28, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIV. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | George Sand. By Matthew Arnold, | Fortnightly Review, | 195 |
| II. | The Marquis of Lossie. By George Mac Donald, author of "Malcolm," etc. Conclusion, | Advance Sheets, | 204 |
| III. | Is the Moon Dead? | Cornhill Magazine, | 222 |
| IV. | Carita. By Mrs. Oliphant, author of "Chronicles of Carlingford," "Zaidee," etc. Part XVII., | Cornhill Magazine, | 232 |
| V. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XXII., | Examiner, | 251 |
| POETRY. ||||
| Two Women ||||
| Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (Lady Stirling-Maxwell), | Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (Lady Stirling-Maxwell), | Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (Lady Stirling-Maxwell), | 194 |
| Mary Carpenter, | Mary Carpenter, | Mary Carpenter, | 194 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XIX. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1729. — August 4, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIV. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Pascal and Montaigne. By the late Professor Grote, | Contemporary Review, | 259 |
| II. | The Little Old Man of the Batignolles. A Chapter from a Detective's Memoir. Translated for The Living Age, from the French of | Emile Gaborain, | 266 |
| III. | The Egyptian Campaign in Abyssinia. From the notes of a Staff-Officer, | Blackwood's Magazine, | 278 |
| IV. | Pauline. By L. B. Walford, author of "Mr. Smith," etc. Part IX., | Advance Sheets, | 287 |
| V. | The Planet of War, | Cornhill Magazine, | 293 |
| VI. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XXIII., | Examiner, | 302 |
| VII. | Miss Mary Carpenter, | Spectator, | 305 |
| VIII. | Notes on the Geographical Distribution of Animals. By W. F. Kirby, | Popular Science Review, | 308 |
| IX. | Japanese Children, | Spectator, | 312 |
| X. | The Debate on the Sale of Livings, | Spectator, | 315 |
| XI. | Parliaments, | Saturday Review, | 317 |
| XII. | A New Zealand Divine on Early Closing, | Otago Daily Times, | 319 |
POETRY. :
| Switzerland, viâ Paris And Neuchatel, | 258 | Spring's Secret, | 258 |
| Miscellany, | Miscellany, | Miscellany, | 320 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XIX. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1730. — August 11, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIV. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Virgil, as a Link between the Ancient and Modern World, | Contemporary Review, | 323 |
| II. | The Little Old Man of the Batignolles. A Chapter from a Detective's Memoir. Translated for The Living Age, from the French of | Emile Gaborain, | 334 |
| III. | Morality in Politics. By the Duke of Argyll, | Contemporary Review, | 345 |
| IV. | Pauline. By L. B. Walford, author of "Mr. Smith," etc. Part X., | Blackwood's Magazine, | 353 |
| V. | Life and Times of Thomas Becket. By James Anthony Froude. Part II., | Nineteenth Century, | 360 |
| VI. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XXIII., | Examiner, | 368 |
| VII. | Dresden China and its Manufactory at Meissen, Saxony, | Blackwood's Magazine, | 372 |
| VIII. | The Peak in Darien: the Riddle of Death. By Frances Power Cobbe, | New Quarterly Review, | 374 |
| IX. | Unsuspected Ways of Earning a Livelihood, | Chambers' Journal, | 379 |
| X. | Famous English Printers, | Globe, | 381 |
| XI. | Good Matches | Truth, | 383 |
| XII. | On the Trees and Shrubs of the South of France which Perish in Severe Winters | Popular Science Review, | 384 |
POETRY. :
| Variations | | The Right Hon. Sir George Mellish, | 322 |
| I. - Outward Bound, | 322 | June, | 322 |
| II. - Spring is here, | 322 | A Woman's "No", | 322 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XIX. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1731. — August 18, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIV. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | The First Lord Abinger and the Bar, | Quarterly Review, | 387 |
| II. | The Duke's Piper: A Story of the West Highlands, | Chambers' Journal, | 411 |
| III. | A Princess's Moonlight Flitting, | Temple Bar, | 425 |
| IV. | An Apology for Idlers, | Cornhill Magazine, | 433 |
| V. | A Peculiar Holiday, | Fraser's Magazine, | 437 |
| VI. | Lux in Tenebris, | Spectator, | 444 |
| VII. | Ancient Modes of Embalming the Dead, | Sunday at Home, | 447 |
| VIII. | Distances of the Stars, | Popular Science Review, | 448 |
POETRY. :
| The Melancholy Ocean, | 386 | A City Weed, | 386 |
| Lenachluten, | 386 | Sleep, | 386 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XIX. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1732. — August 25, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIV. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | The Life and Correspondence of Kleber, | Edinburgh Review, | 451 |
| II. | Fanchette, the Goat of Boulainvilliers. An Episode of the Siege of Paris, | Chambers' Journal, | 467 |
| III. | North-Country Naturalists, | Edinburgh Review, | 470 |
| IV. | Discovery of Lamb's "Poetry for Children", | Gentleman's Magazine, | 485 |
| V. | Bassano, | Fraser's Magazine, | 491 |
| VI. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XXV., | Harper's Bazar, | 499 |
| V. | Diamonds, | Spectator, | 509 |
POETRY. :
| A Protest, | 450 | "Harmony", | 450 |
| A Burial at Highgate, | 450 | | |
| Miscellany, | Miscellany, | Miscellany, | 512 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XIX. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1733. — September 1, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIV. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Venice Defended, | Edinburgh Review, | 515 |
| II. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XXVI., | Harper's Bazar, | 533 |
| III. | Life and Times of Thomas Becket. By James Anthony Froude. Part III., | Nineteenth Century, | 540 |
| IV. | Carita. By Mrs. Oliphant, author of "Chronicles of Carlingford," "Zaidee," etc.Conclusion, | Cornhill Magazine, | 543 |
| V. | A Scottish "Elia", | Macmillan's Magazine, | 561 |
| VI. | King John of Ethiopia, | Spectator, | 570 |
| VII. | An Obsolete Virtue, | Examiner, | 574 |
| VIII. | About Bees, | Ladies' Treasury, | 576 |
POETRY. :
| Regained, | 514 | Sonnet, | 514 |
| Died Happy, | 514 | To the Empress of India, | 514 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XIX. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1734. — September 8, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIV. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | The England of Elizabeth, | Edinburgh Review, | 579 |
| II. | Pauline. By L. B. Walford, author of "Mr. Smith," etc. Part XI., | Blackwood's Magazine, | 593 |
| III. | Nelson in the Bay of Naples, | Blackwood's Magazine, | 602 |
| IV. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XXVII., | Harper's Bazar, | 611 |
| V. | Harriet Martineau, | Nineteenth Century, | 617 |
| VI. | Norway and the Maelstrom, | Spectator, | 627 |
| VII. | General Impressions, | Saturday Review, | 630 |
| VIII. | Mr. Pongo, | Spectator, | 633 |
| IX. | The Mongoose, | Chambers' Journal, | 636 |
| X. | Mushroom Cultivation in Japan, | Chambers' Journal, | 639 |
| XI. | The Protection of Iron against Rust, | Popular Science Review, | 640 |
POETRY. :
| A Sylvan Reverie, | 578 | Morning-Glory. | 578 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XIX. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1735. — September 15, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIV. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | A Chapter on the French Renaissance, | Contemporary Review, | 643 |
| II. | Pauline. By L. B. Walford, author of "Mr. Smith," etc., Part XII., | Advance Sheets, | 652 |
| III. | Murat as King of Naples, | Blackwood's Magazine, | 659 |
| IV. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XXVIII., | Harper's Bazar, | 672 |
| V. | John and Sarah Kemble, | Temple Bar, | 675 |
| VI. | Concerning the Longest Day, | Fraser's Magazine, | 684 |
| VII. | Pictures in Holland, on and off Canvas, | Contemporary Review, | 689 |
| VIII. | Electricity in War, | Nature, | 700 |
| IX. | A Lonely Bit of England, | Spectator, | 703 |
POETRY. :
| To the Blue Gentian on a High Alp, | 642 | Sunshine, | 642 |
| Patience, | 642 | Near Shore, | 642 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XIX. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1736. — September 22, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIV. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | Oxford Gossip in the Seventeenth Century, | Quarterly Review, | 707 |
| II. | Pauline. By L. B. Walford, author of "Mr. Smith," etc. Part XIII., | Advance Sheets, | 721 |
| III. | The Trial of Jesus Christ, | Contemporary Review, | 729 |
| IV. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly - Part XXVII. By William Black. Part XXIX., | Harper's Bazar, | 741 |
| V. | A Plea for a Rational Education, | Fortnightly Review, | 745 |
| VI. | Money-Orders, | Spectator, | 759 |
| VII. | Impressions of a Meeting-House, | Spectator, | 761 |
| VIII. | An Algerian Inland Sea, | Nature, | 764 |
| IX. | The Future of England, | Spectator, | 767 |
POETRY. :
| Loaded Wains, | 706 | When the Grass shall Cover Me. | 706 |
| A Windy Evening, | 706 |
| Fifth Series, Volume XIX. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | No. 1737. — September 29, 1877. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | From Beginning Vol. CXXXIV. |
CONTENTS. :
| I. | The Sibylline Books, | Edinburgh Review, | 771 |
| II. | Pauline. By L. B. Walford, author of "Mr. Smith," etc. Conclusion, | Advance Sheets, | 790 |
| III. | Lucian, | Cornhill Magazine, | 796 |
| IV. | Green Pastures and Piccadilly. By William Black. Part XXX., | Harper's Bazar, | 807 |
| V. | Spanish Barracks and Hospitals, | Temple Bar, | 810 |
| VI. | The Colorado Beetle, | Spectator, | 818 |
| VII. | The Pace of Mind, | Spectator, | 821 |
| VIII. | The Changes of Color in the Chameleon, | Chambers' Journal, | 822 |
| IX. | Supposition that Sunlight can be Condensed, | Popular Science Review, | 824 |
| | ⁂ Title and Index to Volume CXXXIV., | | |
POETRY. :
| Random Chords, | | Alpine Heights. | 770 |
| Alone, | 770 | To Hermione, | 770 |
| "Requiescat", | 770 | Siesta, | 770 |