Chapter I: Front Matter

OF

POPULAR LITERATURE

_Science and Arts_

1877

W. & R. CHAMBERS

LONDON & EDINBURGH]

Edinburgh:
Printed by W. and R. Chambers.

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[Transcriber's Note: This cross reference of issue number to page number was provided by the transcriber.

Issue Pages Date
No. 680. 1-16 January 6, 1877
No. 681. 17-32 January 13, 1877
No. 682. 33-48 January 20, 1877
No. 683. 49-64 January 27, 1877
No. 684. 65-80 February 3, 1877
No. 685. 81-96 February 10, 1877
No. 686. 97-112 February 17, 1877
No. 687. 113-128 February 24, 1877
No. 688. 129-144 March 3, 1877
No. 689. 145-160 March 10, 1877
No. 690. 161-176 March 17, 1877
No. 691. 177-192 March 24, 1877
No. 692. 193-208 March 31, 1877
No. 693. 209-224 April 7, 1877
No. 694. 225-240 April 14, 1877
No. 695. 241-256 April 21, 1877
No. 696. 257-272 April 28, 1877
No. 697. 273-288 May 5, 1877
No. 698. 289-304 May 12, 1877
No. 699. 305-320 May 19, 1877
No. 700. 321-336 May 26, 1877
No. 701. 337-352 June 2, 1877
No. 702. 353-368 June 9, 1877
No. 703. 369-384 June 16, 1877
No. 704. 385-400 June 23, 1877
No. 705. 401-416 June 30, 1877
No. 706. 417-432 July 7, 1877
No. 707. 433-448 July 14, 1877
No. 708. 449-464 July 21, 1877
No. 709. 465-480 July 28, 1877
No. 710. 481-496 August 4, 1877
No. 711. 497-512 August 11, 1877
No. 712. 513-528 August 18, 1877
No. 713. 529-544 August 25, 1877
No. 714. 545-560 September 1, 1877
No. 715. 561-576 September 8, 1877
No. 716. 577-592 September 15, 1877
No. 717. 593-608 September 22, 1877
No. 718. 609-624 September 29, 1877
No. 719. 625-640 October 6, 1877
No. 720. 641-656 October 13, 1877
No. 721. 657-672 October 20, 1877
No. 722. 673-688 October 27, 1877
No. 723. 689-704 November 3, 1877
No. 724. 705-720 November 10, 1877
No. 725. 721-736 November 17, 1877
No. 726. 737-752 November 24, 1877
No. 727. 753-768 December 1, 1877
No. 728. 769-784 December 8, 1877
No. 729. 785-800 December 15, 1877
No. 730. 801-816 December 22, 1877
No. 731. 817-832 December 29, 1877

End of Transcriber Note.]

INDEX.

FAMILIAR SKETCHES AND ESSAYS.

Page

Air and Water Pollution (W. C.), 513

Boarding-out System (W. C.), 353

Charley Ross (W. C.), 305

Christmas-time, 801

Cornish Haven, a, 449

Costers and their Donkeys (W. C.), 753

Derelicts, 97

Experiences of a Knocker-up, 721

Fairbairns, Story of the (W. C.), 417

Female Professionals (W. C.), 65

Gaelic Nuisance, the (W. C.), 689

Good Manners, 390

High-mettled Racer, the (W. C.), 209

Holiday in the Lake Country, 369

Hygeia: a Model City of Health, 33

Kingsley (Charles) at Home, 497

Live to a Hundred, To (W. C.), 113

'Lives o' Men,' 193

Ludicrous, the, 287

'Making Pretend,' 257

Marvel of Artistic Genius, 241

Names (W. C.), 177

Peter Botte (or Pieter Both), 465

Predominant Delusions (W. C.), 481

Rabbits, About (W. C.), 145

Rich Folks, a Word on, 625

Rob Graham: a Tweedside Reminiscence (W. C.), 129

Romance of Accident, 817

Royal Game of Golf, 705

Seventy Years Since, 385

Sir Walter Scott and his Dogs (W. C.), 273

St Kilda, Life in, 284, 312, 331

Strange Family History, 529

Sunny Days on the Thames, 321

Thrift and Unthrift (W. C.), 641

Treatment of Animals (W. C.), 545

'Village Home,' a, 433

Vital Force, 293

Wasted Existence (W. C.), 17

Waste of Life, 173

Window Willie (W. C.), 337

Wooden Leg, the (W. C.), 81

POETRY.

Autumn in the Woods, 608

City Weed, a, 448

Coming Flowers, To the, 144

Deserted Garden, the, 624

Desolate, 800

Duffers Yet.--By Two 'Long Spoons,' 707

'Ever Believe Me Affectionately Yours,' 400

Fairies, the, 384

Fall of the Year, the, 640

Language of Flowers, the, 416

Leaf Prophetic, the, 32

Lenachluten, a Waterfall in Argyleshire, 368

Let Bygones be Bygones, 816

Monument and Turf, 736

Mountain Lamb, Lines to a Late-born, 64

My Baby, 496

My Sweetheart, 576

Pet Dove Killed by a Dog, On a, 432

Reinterment of John Hunter, 96

Robin Redbreast, To My, 752

Rocky Boulders of Cornwall, 160

Roll-call of Home, the, 832

Sisters, 288

Song of the Carilloneur, 48

---- ---- ---- Irwell, 515

Sonnet, 224

Sunset, 592

Spring Showers, 256

Sweet Love and I, 656

Thomas Tyrie, Lines to the Memory of, 192

Tomb and the Rose, the, 240

Walmer Life-boat, the, 464

POPULAR SCIENCE.

'Bell-animalcules,' 190

Changes of Colour in the Chameleon, 575

Colour-blindness, 152

Electricity as a Light-producer, 667

Errors concerning Animals and Plants, 110

Fossil Men, 200

French Notes, 607

Froth, 447

Germ Theory Again, 717

Odd Fishes, 78

Photographic Progress, 134

Porcelain-painting, 169

Prism, the, 341

Science and Arts--62, 126, 206, 269, 334, 413, 477, 542, 621,
685, 748, 829

Sea-eggs, 325

Telegraph, Singing and Talking by, 554

Telegraphy and War, 737

Telephone, the, 811

Voice, Curiosities of the, 471

TALES AND OTHER NARRATIVES.

ADMIRAL'S SECOND WIFE, THE--
I. Surmises, 633
II. A Quiet Evening at Home, 635
III. At Government House, 636
IV. Laura brought to Task, 650
V. The Question Answered, 651
VI. Family Counsel, 652
VII. Coming Home, 664
VIII. Return of the _Leo_, 665
IX. Tangled Threads, 682
X. Only Two Letters! 696
XI. The Charade Party, 698
XII. Other Events of that Evening, 712
XIII. Confession, 714
XIV. Through the Grim Gates, 724
XV. News at Last, 725

Archie Raeburn, 47

Bunch of Keys, a, 785

Cast of the Net: the Story of a Detective Officer, 756, 775, 789, 803

Cousin Dick, 424

Cross-purposes, 441, 457

Curate's Holiday, a, 11, 28, 43, 58

Dawn to Sunset--548, 563, 579, 595, 611, 627, 643, 659, 675, 691, 708

Diamond cut Diamond, 600

Difficult Question, a, 808, 819

Dream and its Consequences, a, 821

Duke's Piper: a Story of the West Highlands, 376, 392, 410

Faithful unto Death, 401

Fanchette, the Goat of Boulainvilliers, 365

Gold-mine Experiences, 154

Gordon, 793

Hidden Box, the, 769

Inn at Bolton, the, 745

Irish Mistake, an, 237

LAST OF THE HADDONS, THE. By Mrs Newman, Author of _Too Late_, &c.
I. 'Incongruous Materials,' 1
II. Success, 20
III. Flitting, 35
IV. Fairview, 37
V. 'I am Lilian,' 53
VI. First Impressions, 67
VII. Vanquished, 82
VIII. 'Through the Valley of the Shadow,' 85
IX. Arthur Trafford's Chivalry, 99
X. Marian, 116
XI. Cross-purposes, 137
XII. Under-currents, 146
XIII. Arthur Trafford's Tactics, 148
XIV. A Revelation, 164
XV. Robert Wentworth's News, 180
XVI. Marian's Rise in Life, 197
XVII. Mrs Tipper to the Rescue, 210
XVIII. Marian's Generosity, 227
XIX. Mrs Chichester's Arrangement, 243
XX. Mrs Tipper at Home, 259
XXI. Our Experiment, 276
XXII. More Weak than Wicked, 279
XXIII. Nancy Dean, 295
XXIV. A Death-blow, 308
XXV. In the Lane, 323
XXVI. Preparation, 339
XXVII. Philip, 354
XXVIII. Congratulations, 371
XXIX. Philip and Robert, 387
XXX. Mrs Trafford's Happiness, 406
XXXI. At the Stile, 420
XXXII. Bent, but not Broken, 436
XXXIII. 'A Woman's Errand,' 452
XXXIV. Two Letters, 468
XXXV. A Twelvemonth After, 483
XXXVI. Wages, 499
XXXVII. Rest and Peace, 515

Legend of 'The Forty-five,' 683

Major Hammond's Ring, 617

Masonic Incident, 524

Minding the Bairn, 222

Mrs Petre, 104, 123

NEARLY WRECKED--
I. The Betrothal, 728
II. The Parting, 731
III. Wilfred's Letter, 739
IV. The Journey, 740
V. Saved, 741

Queer Clue, a, 488, 504

Ready-money, 75

Rob Graham: a Tweedside Reminiscence (W. C.), 129

Romance of a Lodging, 344, 359

Shamrock Leaves--
A Wedding, 654
A Wake, 671

'Softie's' Dream, the, 761

Strong-minded Woman, the, 170, 185

Such Old Friends, 202

SUNSHINE AND CLOUD.--In Two Parts.