# Littell's Living Age/Volume 172
### No. 2219. — January 1, 1887.

Contents.
* Mobs and Revolutions, by W. W. Knollys, Fortnightly Review
* A Secret Inheritance - Part III., by B. L. Farjeon, English Illustrated Magazine
* Mrs. John Taylor, of Norwich, by Anne Ritchie, Macmillan's Magazine
* A Siege Baby, by J. S. Winter, the author of "Bootle's Baby," etc., English Illustrated Magazine
* France as it is and was: Government and Society, by a Parisian, National Review
* Mohammedanism in Central Africa, by Joseph Thomson, Contemporary Review
* A Pilgrimage to Selborne, by Henry Waring Kidd, Leisure Hour
Poetry.
    November at the Lakes, by H. D. Rawnsley, Spectator
Miscellany.
    Autumn Song, by Alfred Perceval Graves, Spectator
    Left Behind, All The Year Round
    To Sleep, by Patrick Proctor Alexander

### No. 2220. — January 8, 1887.

Contents.
* Sea Phrases, by W. Clark Russell, Contemporary Review
* "Unstable as Water", by Amy Layard, Temple Bar
* History in Punch - Part II, by F. C. Burnand and Arthur A. Beckett, Fortnightly Review
* Extracts From the Diary of a Young Lady - Part II, Argosy
* Canon Kingsley as a Naturalist and Country Clergyman, by bis, National Review
* Life in the Alleghany Mountains, Macmillan's Magazine
* The Modern English Post-Office, by Archibald Granger Bowie, Time
* The Late Master of Trinity, by J. S. P., Temple Bar
* Napoleon in Tor Bay, Chambers' Journal
* Domesday, St. James's Gazette
Poetry.
    A Bright Day in November, by J. H., Chambers' Journal
    Departed Glory, by Genevieve Irons, Sunday Magazine
    A Memory, by Arthur G. Wright, Time
    Keepsakes, Macmillan's Magazine
Miscellany.
    Epitaph, Notes and Queries
    Hours of Labor in Germany, Economist
    Jewish and Christian Butchers, Jewish Chronicle

### No. 2221. — January 15, 1887.

Contents.
* Domesday Survivals, by Isaac Taylor, Contemporary Review
* Nancy Dedman, Macmillan's Magazine
* Fred. Archer, by Alfred Allison, Time
* The Boss of Barangaroo, by A. Werner, Temple Bar
* Life at the Scottish Universities, by J. Leys, National Review
* Loyalty of the Indian Mohammedans, by W. H. Gregory, Nineteenth Century
* Madame Geoffrin, Temple Bar
* Dante; Dean Plumptre's Translation, by W. B. Ripon, Contemporary Review
* Marie Antoinette at Trianon, by Charles Hervey, Gentleman's Magazine
* Just Before Winter, by Richard Jefferies, author of "The Gamekeeper at Home," etc., Chambers' Journal
* The Humors of Cork, Spectator
* The Palissy of Calico-Printing, by T. E. Thorpe, Nature
Poetry.
    The Lingering Look of Love, by Alexander Lamont, Sunday Magazine
    Rondeau, by Arthur G. Wright, Time
    Autumn, by H. G. Keene
    Latet Anguis, by F. W. B., Spectator
    "If this poor name of mine", Macmillan's Magazine
    After Horace, by Harold A. Perry, National Review
Miscellany.
    How Lightning is Kindled, Science for All

### No. 2222. — January 22, 1887.

Contents.
* The Aurora Borealis, Edinburgh Review
* A Secret Inheritance - Part IV., by B. L. Farjeon, English Illustrated Magazine
* Lady Duff Gordon, Temple Bar
* The Letters of Charles Lamb, by Alfred Ainger, Macmillan's Magazine
* Irish Characteristics, Spectator
* South-Italian Courtship, Saturday Review
* Incidents of Rent-Collection in Ireland, Chambers' Journal
* The Caravanserai in Persia, St. James's Gazette
* Foreign Ministers and Foreign Languages, by Anti-Gallicus, London Times
Poetry.
    The Lover's Reasoning, Temple Bar
    "When thou must home to shades of underground", by Campion, Elizabethan Songs
    After Reading "Sir Percival", Spectator
    The Two Seas, by J. B. S., Chambers' Journal
    "Were I a king, I might command content", by Edward Vere, Elizabethan Songs
    "The love of change hath changed the world throughout", by R. Carlton, Elizabethan Songs
Miscellany.
    A Picture of Ancient Babylon

### No. 2223. — January 29, 1887.

Contents.
* Emin Bey: Gordon's Lieutenant, by J. T. Wills, Fortnightly Review
* The Philosopher's Window, by Lady Lindsay, Temple Bar
* A Plea for an Old Friend, Temple Bar
* Major and Minor - Part I., by W. E. Norris, Good Words
* Convicts in Parliament, by E. Strachan Morgan, Time
* Sunderland and Sacharissa, Macmillan's Magazine
* "Locksley Hall" and the Jubilee, by the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Nineteenth Century
Poetry.
    Snow, St. James's Gazette
    A City Courtship, by Frederick Langbridge, Spectator
    "Brown is my love, but graceful", Songs from Elizabethan Song-Book

### No. 2224. — February 5, 1887.

Contents.
* The Zenith of Conservatism, by Matthew Arnold, Nineteenth Century
* The Land of Darkness - Part I., Blackwood's Magazine
* Benvenuto Cellini's Character, by J. Addington Symonds, Fortnightly Review
* Rural Life in Russia, by F. P Verney, Nineteenth Century
* The Strange Story of Margaret Beauchamp - Part I., by George Fleming, Macmillan's Magazine
* The Seventh Earl of Shafterbury: Incidents in his Life and Labors - Part I., Leisure Hour
* French Finance, Spectator
* An Ancestor of the Czar, St. James's Gazette
* Pio Nono's Will, Spectator
* The Excavation of the Great Sphinx, Times
* On a Jury, Globe
Poetry.
    The Children's Week, by J. C. B., Academy
    A Christmas Sonnet, by H. D. Rawnsley, Spectator
    "I saw my lady weep", by John Dowland, Elizabethan Songs

### No. 2225. — February 12, 1887.

Contents.
* The Present Position of European Politics - Part I., Fortnightly Review
* The Land of Darkness - Part II., Blackwood's Magazine
* China, by Marquis Tseng, Asiatic Quarterly Review
* Some Recollections of Charles Stuart Calverley, Temple Bar
* Richard Cable, the Lightshipman - Part I., by Sabine Baring-Gould, the author of "Mehalah," "John Herring," "Court Royal," etc., Chambers' Journal
* Jubilee Reigns in England, by Arthur Burney, National Review
* Some Narrow Escapes, All The Year Round
* Lord Iddesleigh, Spectator
* Farm Life in the North a Century Ago, St. James's Gazette
* The Progress of Savage Races, Spectator
* Ipecacuanha Cultivation in India, Nature
Poetry.
    A Frosty Sunrise, by F. A. Prideaux, Spectator
    "Reparabit Cornua Phœbe", by James Wilkie, Chambers' Journal
    The Old Cottage, Good Words
    Among the Tombs, by Michael Field, Academy
    Epitaph on Agnes Jones; Buried in Fahan Churchyard, by Bishop Alexander,

### No. 2226. — February 19, 1887.

Contents.
* The Greeks in Asia, by C. W. Wilson, Asiatic Quarterly Review
* Jack and Minory: a Tale of Christmas-Tide, Blackwood's Magazine
* Last Words with General Gordon, by Gerald Graham, Fortnightly Review
* Le Nomme W., by Stanley J. Weyman, Macmillan's Magazine
* The Indian Bourbons, by W. Kincaid, Asiatic Quarterly Review
* The Highlands of San Paulo, by M. Mulhall, Month
* A Few Manchester Worthies, by Rev. George Huntington, Temple Bar
* The "Man-Eating Elephant of Mundla", Chambers' Journal
* The Pilgrimage to Kerbela, St. James's Gazette
* How General Gordon Saved my Life, by A Free Lance, Pall Mall Gazette
Poetry.
    Killed on the Telegraph-Wire, Chambers' Journal
    Lord Iddesleigh, Punch
    "Lead, Kindly Light," Latine Redditum, by J. P. M., Blackwood's Magazine

### No. 2227. — February 26, 1887.

Contents.
* Lord Shaftesbury's Life and Work, Quarterly Review
* The Robbers' Cave, Argosy
* Moss from a Rolling Stone - Part VIII., by Laurence Oliphant, Blackwood's Magazine
* The Wellesleys in India, Asiatic Quarterly Review
* Richard Cable, the Lightshipman - Part II., by Sabine Baring-Gould, the author of "Mehalah," "John Herring," "Court Royal," etc., Chambers' Journal
* A Belgian Christmas Eve, All The Year Round
* Pirates Present and Past, Daily Telegraph
* Amateur Art in the Seventeenth Century, Spectator
* Robbing a Train in Texas, Daily Telegraph
Poetry.
    At Rest, Daily News
    By the North Sea, English Illustrated Magazine
    An Epitaph to E. W. Godwin, by W. G. Wills, Athenæum
    The Owl, Spectator
Miscellany.
    Hailstones as Large as Cricket Balls
    A Baboo Coming to Cut a Figure in the World

### No. 2228. — March 5, 1887.

Contents.
* The House of Douglas, Edinburgh Review
* Major and Minor - Part II., by W. E. Norris, Good Words
* Among the Transylvanian Saxons, Blackwood's Magazine
* The Strange Story of Margaret Beauchamp - Part II., by George Fleming, Macmillan's Magazine
* The Seventh Earl of Shafterbury: Incidents in his Life and Labors - Part II., Leisure Hour
* A Lover of Leisure, Temple Bar
* An Old Couple, by Michael Field, Contemporary Review
Poetry.
    The Ship of Dreams, Longman's Magazine
    A Mile and a Bittock, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Leisure Hour
    She is my Lady, O She is my Love, Academy
    January, by Mary Rowles, Leisure Hour
    "Lo, the day begins to rise", by Joseph Skipsey

### No. 2229. — March 12, 1887.

Contents.
* Robert Southey, National Review
* A Secret Inheritance - Part V., by B. L. Farjeon, English Illustrated Magazine
* About Fiction, by H. Rider Haggard, Contemporary Review
* Richard Cable, the Lightshipman - Part III., by Sabine Baring-Gould, the author of "Mehalah," "John Herring," "Court Royal," etc., Chambers' Journal
* The Evangelical Revival of the Eighteenth Century, by George C. Brodrick, Macmillan's Magazine
* Wit and Wits, Temple Bar
* The Doctor: an Old Virginia Foxhunter, by A. G. Bradley, Blackwood's Magazine
* The Dead Cities of Belgium, by Percy Fitzgerald, Gentleman's Magazine
* An Obscure Archipelago, Leisure Hour
Poetry.
    February Filldyke, by Edmund Ollier, Temple Bar
    "The King of Love my Shepherd is," Latine Redditum, by J. P. M., Blackwood's Magazine
    The Violet and the Rose, by Joseph Skipsey
    Roses, Temple Bar
Miscellany.
    Date of the End of the World

### No. 2230. — March 19, 1887.

Contents.
* The Present Position of European Politics - Part II., Fortnightly Review
* Richard Cable, the Lightshipman - Part IV., by Sabine Baring-Gould, the author of "Mehalah," "John Herring," "Court Royal," etc., Chambers' Journal
* Earthquakes, by G. H. Darwin, Fortnightly Review
* A Social Difficulty, Cornhill Magazine
* Mary, Countess Cowper, Temple Bar
* The Cannings, All The Year Round
* Some Odd Advertisements, Chambers' Journal
* Rhymes on Panes, Chambers' Journal
Poetry.
    Bring out the wine, cupbearer!, by Hafiz, translated from the Persian by E. S., Spectator
    At Cana of Galilee, by L. F. Field, Spectator
    How the King Came Home, by Florence Tylee, Chambers' Journal
    Stafford Henry Northcote, by Alfred Austin

### No. 2231. — March 26, 1887.

Contents.
* Notes and Queries on the Irish Demand, by Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Nineteenth Century
* Richard Cable, the Lightshipman - Part V., by Sabine Baring-Gould, the author of "Mehalah," "John Herring," "Court Royal," etc., Chambers' Journal
* William Barnes and his Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect, by F. T. Palgrave, National Review
* Major and Minor - Part III., by W. E. Norris, Good Words
* Philip Bourke Marston, by Theodore Watts, Athenæum
* A Bundle of Letters: 1603-1607, St. James's Gazette
* The French Soldier at Home, St. James's Gazette
Poetry.
    "Fiery Honey", by A. Nairne, Chambers' Journal
    Going, All The Year Round
    Sleep - a Sonnet, by Rose Howard, Chambers' Journal
    Hope, Macmillan's Magazine