# Littell's Living Age/Volume 179
### No. 2310. — October 6, 1888.

Contents.
* Chaucer and the Italian Renaissance, by F. T. Palgrave, Nineteenth Century
* My Treasure, Blackwood's Magazine
* A Winter in Syria - Part I., by Mountstuart E. Grant Duff, Contemporary Review
* John Ward, Preacher, by Archdeacon Farrar, Longman's Magazine
* Mr. Forster and Ireland, Blackwood's Magazine
* The Services of Catholic Missionaries in the East to Natural Science, Nature
Poetry.
    Sonnets in my Library - Part III., by William Derry and Raphoe, Spectator
    The Potato Harvest, by C. G. D. Roberts
    She Hath Grown Cold, by A. P. G., Spectator
Miscellany.
    A Story of the Late Emperor, Manchester Guardian

### No. 2311. — October 13, 1888.

Contents.
* Applied Geography, by J. Scott Keltie, Contemporary Review
* A Chapter on Proposals - Part II., Temple Bar
* "Robert Elsmere" and the Battle of Belief", by W. E. Gladstone, Nineteenth Century
* A Great Yorkshire Vicar, by Rev. George Huntington, Temple Bar
* The Place of Music in Culture, by J. F. Rowbotham, National Review
* Pages from a Work-Girl's Diary, by Beatrice Potter, Nineteenth Century
* The President's Address to the British Association, Saturday Review
* General Prejevalsky, the Russian Explorer, Morning Post
* Piracy and Hidden Treasure, Japan Weekly Mail
* The Production of Caviar in Russia, St. James's Gazette
Poetry.
    Muriel, by Herman Merivale, Spectator
    Garden Memories, by Janet Ross, Temple Bar

### No. 2312. — October 20, 1888.

Contents.
* Shakespeare's Wisdom of Life, by Edward Dowden, Fortnightly Review
* Griselda, by Amy Levy, the author of "Between Two Stools," "The New School of American Fiction," etc., Temple Bar
* Literary Immortality, by J. R. Seely, Contemporary Review
* Jean-Francois Millet, by Julia Ady, Nineteenth Century
* Story-Telling in the East, by A. H. Sayce, National Review
* Sketches in Tenerife - Part I., All The Year Round
* Working Princes, Cornhill Magazine
* Commercial Hydraulics, Spectator
Poetry.,
    On a Blind and Captive Nightingale, by Charles L. Graves, Temple Bar
    In Sight o' Land, by W. F. E. I., Chamber's Journal
    Helen, by F. P., Academy

### No. 2313. — October 27, 1888.

Contents.
* State Socialism - Part II., by John Rea, Contemporary Review
* Poor Harry, by W. E. Norris, Longman's Magazine
* Impressions of Petersburg, by W. T. Stead, Contemporary Review
* Under Canvas in a Proclaimed District, by F. Noel Paton, Blackwood's Magazine
* The Savile Letters. 1660-1689, by Julia Cartwright, Macmillan's Magazine
* The Australian Dingo at Home, Chambers' Journal
* Bishop Ken, by Archdeacon Farrar, Good Words
* An Adventure in the Flooded Theiss, Chambers' Journal
* "The First-Born Son of Death", by Edward Clifford, Nineteenth Century
Poetry.
    To Cynthia, Five Years Old, by George J. Young, Spectator
    Mist, by Joseph John Murray, Spectator
    Gleaners of Fame, by Alfred Austin, Spectator

### No. 2314. — November 3, 1888.

Contents.
* Our Diplomatists, Temple Bar
* Aut Diabolus, aut Nihil, Blackwood's Magazine
* A Winter in Syria - Part II., by Mountstuart E. Grant Duff, Contemporary Review
* The Great American Language, Cornhill Magazine
* Shakespeare Unawares, by Arthur Gaye, Macmillan's Magazine
* The Emperor Frederick's Diary, Spectator
* An Autumn Evening in Whitechapel, Daily News
* Savage versus Brute, by George J. Romanes, Times
* Mental Laziness, Spectator
* The Centenary of the Calcutta Botanic Garden, Nature
Poetry.
    Love, by A. M, Macmillan's Magazine
    The Lion among the Flowers, Temple Bar
    Milton and Beethoven, by Charles MacCay, Temple Bar
    Autumn, World

### No. 2315. — November 10, 1888.

Contents.
* Montaigne - Part I., Temple Bar
* Quin Lough, by Emily Lawless, Murray's Magazine
* Sketches of Indian Life, Cornhill Magazine
* A Dip in Criticism, by Andrew Lang, Contemporary Review
* Reminiscences of the Lakes in 1844, by George Butler, Longman's Magazine
* The Late Dean Burgon, by F. Arnold, Murray's Magazine
* A Modern Pilgrimage, by S. M. Burrows, Macmillan's Magazine
* Sketches in Tenerife - Part II., All The Year Round
* Mr. W. Gifford Palgrave, Athenæum
Poetry.
    In the Commonwealth, All The Year Round
    A Halcyon Day in Summer, by F. T. Palgrave, Macmillan's Magazine
    Holidays, by Isabella Fyvie Mayo, Good Words
Miscellany.
    A Pope's Gift to a Queen, Science and Arts

### No. 2316. — November 17, 1888.

Contents.
* The Apocrypha, London Quarterly Review
* The Last of the Costellos, by George H. Jessop, Longman's Magazine
* Montaigne - Part II., Temple Bar
* My Predecessors, by F. Max Muller, Contemporary Review
* Cruising and Dredging, London Quarterly Review
* Mr. Ruskin as a Society Man, St. James's Gazette
* The Hervey Isles and the British Protectorate, Standard
* Mr. Balfour's Sermon, Spectator
* The Prison of Bokhara, Times
* Recent Discoveries in Egypt, Chambers' Journal
* Krakatoa, Spectator
* Assamese Opium-Drinkers, St. James's Gazette
* Corsican Women, Queen
Poetry.
    The Swallow, by M. R. Weld, Academy
    A Song of the Sea, by David R. Williamson, Blackwood's Magazine
    After Rain, by S. A. A., Macmillan's Magazine
Miscellany.
    Electric Sunstroke, British Medical Journal

### No. 2317. — November 24, 1888.

Contents.
* The English Peasantry, by T. E. Kebbel, Blackwood's Magazine
* The Phantom Piquet, Cornhill Magazine
* The Reign of the "Nouvelles Couches" in France, by Frederick Marshall, Nineteenth Century
* Among the North-Sea Trawlers, by James Runciman, Contemporary Review
* Sir Herbert Edwardes, by T. R. E. Holmes, National Review
* Pathos, by A. C. Benson, Murray's Magazine
* Wardour-Street English, by Archibald Ballantine, Longman's Magazine
* "Not Understanded of the People", Cornhill Magazine
* Empiricism versus Science, Nature
* The Toad in the Rock, Illustrated London News
Poetry.
    Autumn Bloom, by Marion, Chambers' Journal
    Dead, by Paul Walsh, Chambers' Journal
    Loss and Gain, Good Words

### No. 2318. — December 1, 1888.

Contents.
* Nonsense as a Fine Art, Quarterly Review
* Barbara, by May Kendall, Longman's Magazine
* The Income of a University, and How it is Spent, by G. F. Browne, National Review
* Boswell and his Editors, Church Quarterly Review
* Recent Advances in Surgery and Medicine, Edinburgh Review
* Francis Turner Palgrave, Sunday Magazine
* Roman Catholics on Agnosticism, Spectator
* Professor Huxley's Advice to Public Speakers, Pall Mall Gazette
* Up the Feeder, by E., Spectator
* Dutch Independence, Times
* Some Customs of Inns of Court, Cassell's Saturday Journal
Poetry.
    Thorwaldsen's Last Work, by Joseph John Murphey, Spectator
    The Wind has Blawn my Plaid awa', Jacobite Song
    The Meadows of Long Ago, by E. Nesbit, Argosy
    Autumn Woods, by Frances Nicholson

### No. 2319. — December 8, 1888.

Contents.
* Palmyra: Past and Present, by Compton, Fortnightly Review
* On the Dark Mountains, Blackwood's Magazine
* Gray, by Arthur Benson, Macmillan's Magazine
* Mud-Larking in Bohemia, Temple Bar
* Hamdi Bey, by J. Theodore Bent, Contemporary Review
* Richmond Palace and its Royal Residents, London Quarterly Review
* The French Clergy Exiles in England, A.D. 1792-1797, by Frederick George Lee, D.D., National Review
* Desiccated Human Remains, Nature
* The Astronomical Observatory of Pekin, Nature
Poetry.
    The Chevalier's Lament, Jacobite Songs
    Loss, by A. G. B., Spectator
    Gain, by A. G. B., Spectator
    Divided, by F. P., Academy

### No. 2320. — December 15, 1888.

Contents.
* Provincial Life under the Roman Republic, Quarterly Review
* A Little Maid, an Old Maid, and the Major - Part I., by Joyce Darrell, Argosy
* The Memoirs of the Comte de Brienne, by Ferdinand Rothschild, Nineteenth Century
* Queen Christina of Sweden - Part I., by Arvede Barine, translated by Mrs. E. W. Latimer, Revue des Deux Mondes
* Professions for Dogs, by C. F. Gordon Cumming, Blackwood's Magazine
* A Visit to Monserrat, by Annie Bentley, Temple Bar
* The Praise of Insensibility, Spectator
* A Competitive Examination in Turkey, St. James's Gazette
Poetry.
    The Death of Antony, by W. W. Story, Blackwood's Magazine
    Autumn Voices, by F. W. B., Spectator
    Lady Jane Grey to the Flowers and Birds, by Eugene Lee-Hamilton
Miscellany.
    A New Departure in Legal Education, British Medical Journal

### No. 2321. — December 22, 1888.

Contents.
* The Genesis of the Puritan Ideal, by A. M. Fairbairn, Contemporary Review
* A Little Maid, an Old Maid, and the Major - Part II., by Joyce Darrell, Argosy
* Queen Christina of Sweden - Part II., by Arvede Barine, translated by Mrs. E. W. Latimer, Revue des Deux Mondes
* The Scottish Horace Walpole, Macmillan's Magazine
* Quinine, by Alex. H. Japp, Gentleman's Magazine
* The Increase in Wheat-Growing, Economist
Poetry.
    "Florence the Beautiful", by Herman Merivale, Spectator
    Refugium Peccatorum, by Samuel Waddington, Academy
    Eternity, by Louis Belrose, Jun., Open Court
Miscellany.
    An Adventure with a Crotalus

### No. 2322. — December 29, 1888.

Contents.
* A Page of Afghan History, by Sir Lepel Griffin, Asiatic Quarterly Review
* Jin, by H. Musgrave, Longman's Magazine
* William Whewell, D.D., by J. S. P., Temple Bar
* A North-Country Flood, by H. D. Rawnsley, Murray's Magazine
* Mrs. Browning, Macmillan's Magazine
* Contemporary Life and Thought in France, by G. Monod, Contemporary Review
* Salt-Manufacture, Chambers' Journal
* Modern Aspect of Longevity, English Illustrated Magazine
Poetry.
    A Prayer to Athena, by Emily Pfeiffer, Academy
    The Merry-go-Round, by Roden Noel, Academy
    Autumn, 1888, by William Toynbee, Spectator
    A Night Thought, Cornhill Magazine
Miscellany.
    A Hindoo's Appeal for a Holiday