# Littell's Living Age/Volume 160
### No. 2063. — January 5, 1884.

Contents.
* Wraxall’s Memoirs, Temple Bar
* The Baby's Grandmother - Part I., Blackwood's Magazine
* The Literature of Seven Dials, by B. G. Johns, National Review
* In the Wrong Paradise, by A. Lang, Fortnightly Review
* A Florentine Tradesman's Diary - Part I., Saturday Review
* A Dancing Epidemic, Chambers' Journal
* The Clerical Caste in Scotland, Spectator
Poetry.
    Olivia and Dick Primrose, by Katharine Tynan, Tinsley's Magazine
    A Christmas-Day Memory, by Sarah Doudney, Sunday Magazine
    September Woods, by T. C. Irwin, Tinsley's Magazine
    The Anchor, by H. M. C., Sunday Magazine
Miscellany.
    Edition of Locker's "London Lyrics"

### No. 2064. — January 12, 1884.

Contents.
* Evolutionary Ethics and Christianity, by Goldwin Smith, Contemporary Review
* The Baby's Grandmother - Part II., Blackwood's Magazine
* Literary Forgeries, by A. Lang, Contemporary Review
* J. Addingyon Symonds, by Prof. Villari, La Nuova Antologia
* A Highland Shealing, Temple Bar
* Thomas Hood, Saturday Review
* The Geology of the Libyan Desert, by W. T. B., Nature
* The Princess Alice, Saturday Review
* The Upper Currents of the Atmosphere, Nature
* The Tennyson Peerage, Spectator
* The Java Disaster, by Capt. W. J. Watson, Nature
Poetry.
    Drawn Blank, All The Year Round
    The Autumn Message, All The Year Round
    Albano, by Rennell Rodd, Spectator
    Contrasts, by Ada Louise Martin, Longman's Magazine
Miscellany.
    A Leper Farm in Cyprus
    The Jay and Poets, Gentleman's Magazine

### No. 2065. — January 19, 1884.

Contents.
* Ancient International Law, by H. Brougham Leech, Contemporary Review
* The Baby's Grandmother - Part III., Blackwood's Magazine
* Greenstead Church, by John Ashton, Gentleman’s Magazine
* Marshal Berwick, Temple Bar
* A Maiden Fair - Part II., by Charles Gibbon, Good Cheer
* Outcast Russia, by P. Krapotkine, Nineteenth Century
* The Oaks of Sherwood Forest, Forestry
Poetry.
    Sing, Little Bird, by Fanny Forrester, Chambers' Journal
    Missed, by S. Clarke, Chambers' Journal
    Baron Honor, Punch
    Sunset, by Herman Merivale, Spectator

### No. 2066. — January 26, 1884.

Contents.
* A Life of Lord Lyndhurst, Times
* A Maiden Fair - Part III., by Charles Gibbon, Good Cheer
* A Recent Visit to the Boers, by R. Loyd-Lindsay, Nineteenth Century
* Scraps from the Chronicles of Venice, by Amy Layard, National Review
* Dream-Space, by Richard A. Proctor, Gentleman’s Magazine
* Old Lady Mary: a Story of the Seen and the Unseen - Part I., Blackwood's Magazine
* Last Reminiscences of Anthony Trollope, Temple Bar
* A Florentine Tradesman's Diary - Part II., Saturday Review
* Canon Liddon on Secularism, Spectator
Poetry.
    Progress, or Retrogression, by A. G. B., Spectator
    On the Death of Richard Doyle, by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Athenæum
    Rondeau, by Austin Dobson

### No. 2067. — February 2, 1884.

Contents.
* Lord Melbourne: a Sketch, by Cowper, Nineteenth Century
* Old Lady Mary: a Story of the Seen and the Unseen - Part II., Blackwood's Magazine
* History in Little - Part I., Gentleman's Magazine
* The Soudan and its Future, by Sir Samuel Baker, Contemporary Review
* The Baby's Grandmother - Part IV., Blackwood's Magazine
* Earthquake Weather, Cornhill Magazine
* Old Writers and Modern Readers, Saturday Review
* The Secrecy of Modern Despotism, Economist
* The Happiness of Some Women, Spectator
* Helen’s Tower, Good Words
Poetry.
    Laurestinus, All The Year Round
    Izaak Walton, by T. Westwood, Athenæum
    Not until Next Time, by R. D. Blackmore, Blackwood's Magazine
Miscellany.
    Mahometan Prayers for the Queen, by Frederick E. Sawyer, Notes and Queries

### No. 2068. — February 9, 1884.

Contents.
* The Outdoor Poetry of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, by Vernon Lee, Contemporary Review
* The Wizard's Son - Part XXI., Macmillan's Magazine
* The Eton Days of Sir Stafford Northcote, Temple Bar
* The Baby's Grandmother - Part V., Blackwood's Magazine
* Camp Life on the Prairies, by Arthur H. Paterson, Macmillan's Magazine
* Statues and Monuments of London, by G. Shaw Lefevre, Nineteenth Century
* British Guiana, Month
* Traditional History of Hagar’s Well at Mecca, Lancet
Poetry.
    Poetry and the Poor, by W. Walsham Bedford, Spectator
    A Year’s Wooing, by H. L. R., Chambers' Journal
    Stanzas for Music, by Mrs. Kemble
Miscellany.
    American Streets, Our American Cousins
    A Deserted City

### No. 2069. — February 16, 1884.

Contents.
* Daily Life in a Mediæval Monastery, by Augustus Jessop, Nineteenth Century
* The Wizard's Son - Part XXII., Macmillan's Magazine
* The Inspiration of Death in Folklore, British Quarterly Review
* A Study from Turgenieff, Scottish Review
* The Literature of Introspection. - Two Recent Journals, by M. A. W., Macmillan’s Magazine
* The Four Silverpennys, Temple Bar
* The Corps Fuchs, Saturday Review
* Winter Life at Spitzbergen, Nature
* Houses with Secret Chambers, Chambers' Journal
* Deep-Sea Lighthouses, Iron
Poetry.
    The Golden Year, by Tennyson
    Thoughts at Sunrise, Spectator
    Schubert’s Symphony in B Minor, by H. Havelock Ellis, Academy
Miscellany.
    The Epitaph on the Countess of Pembroke, by Henry Salusbury Milman, Academy

### No. 2070. — February 23, 1884.

Contents.
* The Literary Life of Anthony Trollope, Edinburgh Review
* Beauty and the Beast - Part I., by Sarah Tytler, author of "Citoyenne Jacqueline," "Lady Bell," etc., Good Words
* The Copts and El-Islam, Quarterly Review
* Virgil and Agriculture in Tuscany, by Janet Ross, Longman’s Magazine
* English Hegelianism and its Religion, Church Quarterly Review
* The "Vagabonds" of Siberia, Globe
* The Cliff-Houses of Canon de Chelly, Chambers' Journal
* German Students’ Duels, Saturday Review
Poetry.
    Forbidden, All The Year Round
    Wind-Voices, All The Year Round
    The Dew-Fall, by F. W. Home, Academy

### No. 2071. — March 1, 1884.

Contents.
* The Uncertainties of Science, London Quarterly Review
* Valerie's Fate - Part I., by Mrs. Alexander, author of "The Wooing O't," etc., Gentleman's Annual
* Fray Gerundio - a Clerical Don Quixote, Church Quarterly Review
* The Baby's Grandmother - Part VI., Blackwood's Magazine
* A Walk to Coomassie, by Godfrey Y. Lagden, Nineteenth Century
* "Chinese Gordon" - Part I., All The Year Round
* Recreations of Men of Letters, All The Year Round
* The Character of Dogs, by Robert Louis Stevenson, English Illustrated Magazine
* Christianity and Politics, Spectator
Poetry.
    "Love's Watch", by George Logan Moore, A.B., Chambers' Journal
    "Love's Transfiguration", by George Logan Moore, A.B., Chambers' Journal
    Old Age, by Lord Rosslyn
    The River’s Song, by Sarah Doudney, Sunday Magazine
    The Two Rivers, by Herbert New, Spectator
    A Daisy, by William Allingham, Athenæum

### No. 2072. — March 8, 1884.

Contents.
* The English Church in the Eighteenth Century, Quarterly Review
* The Wizard's Son - Part XXIII., Macmillan's Magazine
* Sir Theodore Martin’s Life of Lord Lyndhurst, Blackwood’s Magazine
* Valerie's Fate - Part II., by Mrs. Alexander, author of "The Wooing O't," etc., Gentleman's Annual
* The Pottery Districts of Fiji, Leisure Hour
* The True Story of Adam Bede, by A. Johnson, Sunday Magazine
* The Defence of Canton, China Mail
Poetry.
    Pessimism, by J. S. B., Blackwood’s Magazine
Miscellany.
    A Virtual Reward Office, Cassell's Family Magazine
    The Finances of China

### No. 2073. — March 15, 1884.

Contents.
* The Guide of Islam, by C. R. Conder, Fortnightly Review
* The Baby's Grandmother - Part VII., Blackwood's Magazine
* "Chinese Gordon" - Part II., All The Year Round
* Valerie's Fate - Part III., by Mrs. Alexander, author of "The Wooing O't," etc., Gentleman's Annual
* Reminiscences of Jamaica - Part I., All The Year Round
* History in Little - Part II., Gentleman's Magazine
* Bears and Wolves, Belgravia
* Christian Agnosticism, by H. G. Curteis, Nineteenth Century
* Tropical Fruits, St. James's Gazette
* Gales and Hurricanes, Spectator
Poetry.
    A Ballad of Memorie, by Janet Hamilton, Good Words
    A Secret, All The Year Round
    To Wordsworth, by Herbert B. Garrod, Spectator
Miscellany.
    The Legends of King Arthur, Cassell's Library of English Literature

### No. 2074. — March 22, 1884.

Contents.
* On the Inspiration of Scripture, by Cardinal Newman, Nineteenth Century
* Dr. Ball, Argosy
* On Rainbows, by Professor Tyndall, Nineteenth Century
* "Old Mr. Binney", Temple Bar
* Reminiscences of Jamaica - Part II., All The Year Round
* Turkish Arabia, by Trevor Chichele Plowden, Fortnightly Review
* Charles Cotton, by M. G. Watkins, Gentleman’s Magazine
* The Tale of Tristram and Iseult, by Mathilde Blind, National Review
* George Eliot’s Essays, Athenæum
* Club Gambling in the Last Century, All The Year Round
* Tea: Its Culture and Consumption, St. James's Gazette
Poetry.
    "The New William Tell", by Sir Henry Taylor
    A Winter Lesson, by J. T. Burton Wollaston, Cassell's Magazine
    Le Libraire aux Chalands, by Marc Monier, Notes and Queries
    Gales, Punch

### No. 2075. — March 29, 1884.

Contents.
* The Aristocracy of Letters, by Alfred Austin, National Review
* The Wizard's Son - Part XXIV., Macmillan's Magazine
* My Schooldays from 1830 to 1840, by George Granville Bradley, Nineteenth Century
* Gracie, Temple Bar
* The Brutes on their Master, by H. D. Trail, Nineteenth Century
* The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Spectator
* The Monk-Fish,
Poetry.
    Marshal Belle-Isle’s Retreat from Prague, by Frederick the Great, Spectator
    The New Lucian, by Edwin Arnold, Spectator
    Old-Year Leaves, by Elliot Stock