# Littell's Living Age/Volume 150
### No. 1933. — July 2, 1881.

Contents.
* On some National Characteristics of European Society, by Karl Hillebrand, Contemporary Review
* The Freres - Part XIII., by Mrs. Alexander, author of "The Wooing O't", Temple Bar
* A Last Word on Disraeli, Contemporary Review
* Mattie: the History of an Evening, Blackwood's Magazine
* The Wit and Humor of Lord Beaconsfield, by Walter Sidney Sichel, Macmillan's Magazine
Poetry.
    Norwegian Sonnets, by J. Logie Robertson, Blackwood's Magazine
Miscellany.
    Mind in Work, Lancet
    Bucharest Earthquake

### No. 1934. — July 9, 1881.

Contents.
* The Revision of the New Testament, by Theodore Walrond, Macmillan's Magazine
* The Shut-up Houses - Part I., by Isabella Fyvie Mayo, author of "The Occupations of a Retired Life," "The Mystery of Dr. Hardy's Marriage," etc., Argosy
* Sir Henry Taylor on Carlyle's "Reminiscences, by Henry Taylor, Nineteenth Century
* The Visions of Sane Persons, by Francis Galton, Fortnightly Review
* A Japanese Bride, by M. Betham-Edwards, the author of "Kitty", Fraser's Magazine
* "Boycotted", by W. Bence Jones, Contemporary Review
* A Pilgrimage to Cyprus In 1395-6, by J. Theodore Bent, Fraser's Magazine
Poetry.
    On a June Morning, by A. H. B., Chambers' Journal
    Love and Pain, by U. A. T., Cornhill Magazine
    "I hold that day apart from all my days", by W. A. Sim, Fraser's Magazine
Miscellany.
    Superstition in Japan, by W. H. Patterson

### No. 1935. — July 16, 1881.

Contents.
* The Unity of Nature - Part X., by George Campbell, the Duke of Argyll, Contempory Review
* The Shut-up Houses - Part II., by Isabella Fyvie Mayo, author of "The Occupations of a Retired Life," "The Mystery of Dr. Hardy's Marriage," etc., Argosy
* In Umbria, by Vernon Lee, Fraser's Magazine
* Mere Chatter, Temple Bar
* Personal Reminiscences of Lord Stratford and the Crimean War - Part I., by James Henry Skene, author of "Frontier Lands of the Christian and the Turk," "Rambles in Syrian Deserts," etc., Temple Bar
* The Intelligence of Ants - Part I., by George J. Romanes, Nineteenth Century
* The Arabs of the Desert, Spectator
* The Small Squires of a Century Since, Spectator
* A Squire's Note-Book in the Seventeenth Century, Saturday Review
Poetry.
    Longings, by Sarah Doudney, Sunday magazine
    A Plea, by Emily Pfeiffer, Spectator
    Garnered, by Rea, Cassell's Magazine
Miscellany.
    Charles Edward Stuart, Count d'Albanie, Illustrated London News

### No. 1936. — July 23, 1881.

Contents.
* A Talk about Odes, Blackwood's Magazine
* How She Told a Lie, by Dinah Craik, the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman,", Sunday Magazine
* Richelieu, by Walter Herries Pollock, Temple Bar
* Hindu Households, by W. Knighton, Fortnightly Review
* My Poor Little Kite, by Adrien Robert, translated from the French by Mrs. W. E. Latimer
* Among the Dictionaries, Cornhill Magazine
* Consolations, Fraser's Magazine
Poetry.
    An Old Song, by Lydia Hope, Sunday Magazine
    The Wye, by George Woosung Wade, Chambers' Journal
Miscellany.
    Decline of the Italian Race, Builder
    London Fogs in 1660

### No. 1937. — July 30, 1881.

Contents.
* The Early Life of Thomas Carlyle, by J. A. Froude, Nineteenth Century
* Cousin Felix - Part I., by Beatrice May Allhusen, the author of "Miss Molly," "Delicia," etc., Temple Bar
* The Late Governor of Madras, by Alexander Graig Sellar, Fraser's Magazine
* The Freres - Part XIV., by Mrs. Alexander, author of "The Wooing O't", Temple Bar
* Tunis, Blackwood's Magazine
* Sir Walter Scott and his Mother, by John Oldcastle, Good Words
* Timoleon, by R. C. Dublin, Macmillan's Magazine
Poetry.
    The First English Poet, by William Allingham, Macmillan's Magazine
    London Birds, by E. M. Harris
    Timoleon, by R. C. Dublin, Macmillan's Magazine

### No. 1938. — August 6, 1881.

Contents.
* Denmark, by David Wedderburn, Fortnightly Review
* In Trust. A Story of a Lady and her Lover - Part I., by Mrs. Oliphant, Fraser's Magazine
* Home and Foreign Affairs, Fortnightly Review
* The Freres - Part XV., by Mrs. Alexander, author of "The Wooing O't", Temple Bar
* Holiday Customs in Italy, by E. M. C., Cornhill Magazine
* Notes from a German Village, by W. Steadman Aldis, Contemporary Review
* Stray Leaves of History, Temple Bar
* The Late Andrew Wilson, Blackwood's Magazine
Poetry.
    A Sunflower, by M. B., Macmillan's Magazine
    Lords and Ladies, by Somerville Gibney, Tinsley's Magazine
Miscellany.
    Condors at Rest, Home Words

### No. 1939. — August 13, 1881.

Contents.
* Italy; her Home and Foreign Policy, by A. Callenga, Fortnightly Review
* In Trust. A Story of a Lady and her Lover - Part II., by Mrs. Oliphant, Fraser's Magazine
* Samuel Pepys, by R. L. S., Cornhill Magazine
* Cousin Felix - Part II., by Beatrice May Allhusen, the author of "Miss Molly," "Delicia," etc., Temple Bar
* Besieged in the Transvaal. The Defense of Standerton - Part I., Blackwood's Magazine
* A Siberian Exile Eighty Years Ago, Temple Bar
* M. Dufaure, Pall Mall Gazette
* The Return of the Jews to Spain, Le Journal des Débats
Poetry.
    Nestlings, by F. C. A., Chambers' Journal
    The Morning World, by Mrs. Craik
    Nightfall, by Harriet Kendall, Chambers' Journal
Miscellany.
    The White Alligator

### No. 1940. — August 20, 1881.

Contents.
* A New Study of Tennyson - Part III., by J. C. C., Cornhill Magazine
* In Trust. A Story of a Lady and her Lover - Part III., by Mrs. Oliphant, Fraser's Magazine
* Hector Berlioz: a Biography, by W. E. H., Cornhill Magazine
* At a German Silver Wedding, by G. B. Stuart, Argosy
* Greek Dinners, by F. A. Paley, Fraser's Magazine
* Mr. Carlyle and Mr. Chalmers, by Editor, Good Words
* Burmese Bells, by Shway Yoe, St. James's Gazette
* Up-Stairs in Westminster Abbey, Saturday Review
* The Destruction of Small Birds on the Continent, Pall Mall Gazette
* Untrodden Ways, Pall Mall Gazette
* A Congress of Domestic Economists, Saturday Review
* Fish Mortality in the Gulf of Mexico, Nature
Poetry.
    The Tale of a Comet, by C. P. Cranch, The Parisian
    Margery Daw, by F. E. Weatherly, Temple Bar
    "The Swan, when Feeling that its Hour is o'er", by Camoens, translated by J. J. Aubertin

### No. 1941. — August 27, 1881.

Contents.
* Madame de Stael: a Study of her Life and Times, Quarterly Review
* In Trust. A Story of a Lady and her Lover - Part IV., by Mrs. Oliphant, Fraser's Magazine
* Personal Reminiscences of Lord Stratford and the Crimean War - Part II., by James Henry Skene, author of "Frontier Lands of the Christian and the Turk," "Rambles in Syrian Deserts," etc., Temple Bar
* The Freres - Part XVI., by Mrs. Alexander, author of "The Wooing O't", Temple Bar
* President Garfield, Nineteenth Century
Poetry.
    Voices of the Sea
    Lines by the Late Dean of Westminster, Spectator
    Two Ottoman Poems, Academy
       On Autumn, by Gazel of Baqi
       Prince Bāyezīd, Son of Sultan Suleymān I., by Gazel of Shayi

### No. 1942. — September 3, 1881.

Contents.
* Edward Gibbon, Blackwood's Magazine
* In Trust. A Story of a Lady and her Lover - Part V., by Mrs. Oliphant, Fraser's Magazine
* Walks in England, Quarterly Review
* The Freres - Part XVII., by Mrs. Alexander, author of "The Wooing O't", Temple Bar
* From the Cambridge Lecture-Rooms: Bonaparte, by J. R. Seeley, Macmillan's Magazine
* A Quakers' Graveyard, St. James's Gazette
* The Last Journey of Pius IX., St. James's Gazette
* A German Cremation Hall, Pall Mall Gazette
Poetry.
    The Giver and the Taker, by John G. Whittier
    Holidays, Blackwood's Magazine
    Lines on a White Cyclamen Brought from Jerusalem, by Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, Bart., late Regius Professor of Poetry at Oxford, Good Words

### No. 1943. — September 10, 1881.

Contents.
* Florence, Quarterly Review
* In Trust. A Story of a Lady and her Lover - Part VI., by Mrs. Oliphant, Fraser's Magazine
* Two Theories of Poetry, by Arthur Tilley, Macmillan's Magazine
* Sketches and Reminiscences by Ivan Tourgenieff, by C. E. Turner, Macmillan's Magazine
* New Aspects of German Life, by E., Pall Mall Gazette
Poetry.
    A Night in June, by Alfred Austin, Macmillan's Magazine
    Nightfall, by Mary Rowles, Sunday Magazine

### No. 1944. — September 17, 1881.

Contents.
* The Future of Islam - Part I., by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, Fortnightly Review
* In Trust. A Story of a Lady and her Lover - Part VII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Fraser's Magazine
* Lawn Tennis and its Players, by Robert D. Osborn, Contemporary Review
* Besieged in the Transvaal. The Defense of Standerton - Part II., Blackwood's Magazine
* The Lafayette Family, by Auguste Macarde, Figaro
* Protective Diseases, Spectator
* Masked Heartlessness, Spectator
* The Grievance of Being Overestimated, Spectator
* Summer Coolness in Poetry, Spectator
* The Great Southern Comet of 1880, by A. M. Clerke, Fraser's Magazine
* Camping out on the St. Lawrence, Pall Mall Gazette
Poetry.
    Out West, by Herman C. Merivale, Spectator
    By the Sea, by S. K. Phillips, Tinsley's Magazine
Miscellany.
    The Newly-Opened Pyramids, Builder
    John Sobieski Stuart and Charles Edward Stuart, Academy

### No. 1945. — September 24, 1881.

Contents.
* Schliemann's "Ilios:" the Site of Homer's Troy, Quarterly Review
* In Trust. A Story of a Lady and her Lover - Part VIII., by Mrs. Oliphant, Fraser's Magazine
* Scottish, Shetlandic, and Germanic Water Tales - Part I., by Karl Blind, Contemporary Review
* Recollections of George Borrow, by A. Egmont Hake, Athenæum
* Women at Fifty, Spectator
* Brigands and their Captives, Public Opinion
* An Ancient Illyrian Capital, Pall Mall Gazette
Poetry.
    The Death of Achilles, by O. Ogle, Spectator
    The Wheat in Blossom, by R. Cooper, Good Words