Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science - Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 17, No. 97, January, 1876, by Various, Edited by John Foster Kirk This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 17, No. 97, January, 1876 Author: Various Release Date: August 4, 2004 [eBook #13116] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE OF POPULAR LITERATURE AND SCIENCE, VOL. 17, NO. 97, JANUARY, 1876*** E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Sandra Brown, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team Transcriber's Note: The Table of Contents and the list of illustrations were added by the transcriber. LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE OF POPULAR LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. VOLUME XVII. PHILADELPHIA: J.B. LIPPINCOTT AND CO. 1876 TABLE OF CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS THE CENTURY: ITS FRUITS AND ITS FESTIVAL. I.--GENERAL PROGRESS. 9 UP THE THAMES THIRD PAPER. by EDWARD C. BRUCE. 21 LINES WRITTEN AT VENICE IN OCTOBER, 1865. by FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE.35 SKETCHES OF INDIA. I. 37 LADY ARTHUR EILDON'S DYING LETTER. by THE AUTHOR OF "BLINDPITS." 52 THE HOUSE ON THE BEACH. by REBECCA HARDING DAVIS. 72 A DEAD LOVE. by F.A. HILLARD. 80 GENTILHOMME AND GENTLEMAN.