POPULAR LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.
Reading edition
February, 1876.
Vol. XVII.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE CENTURY--ITS FRUITS AND ITS FESTIVAL.
II.--AMERICAN PROGRESS. 137
UP THE THAMES.
CONCLUDING PAPER, by EDWARD C. BRUCE. 154
THE POET'S PEN, by F.A. HILLARD. 171
SKETCHES OF INDIA.
II. 172
FRA ALOYSIUS, by EMMA LAZARUS.183
A FEW HOURS IN BOHEMIA. 185
PROFESSOR AND TEACHER, by JAMES MORGAN HART.193
CONTRASTED MOODS, by CHARLOTTE F. BATES. 203
THE ATONEMENT OF LEAM DUNDAS.
by MRS. E. LYNN LINTON, AUTHOR OF "PATRICIA KEMBALL."
CHAPTER XXI. —CHANGES.204
CHAPTER XXII. —EDGAR HARROWBY. 209
CHAPTER XXIII. —ON THE MOOR.215
CHAPTER XXIV. —THE CHILD FINA.221
LETTERS FROM SOUTH AFRICA, by LADY BARKER.226
ON SANKOTA HEAD, by ETHEL C. GALE. 234
AT THE OLD PLANTATION.
TWO PAPERS.—II., by ROBERT WILSON. 241
OUR MONTHLY GOSSIP.
A GERMAN AGRICULTURAL FAIR. 250
A PAIR OF WHEELS AND AN OLD PARASOL. 252
MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES, by R.A.F. PENROSE.256
OUR EARLY NEWSPAPERS. 260
LITERATURE OF THE DAY. 262
Books Received. 264
ILLUSTRATIONS
POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING AT WASHINGTON.
THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON AND CARPENTERS' HALL, WHERE THE FIRST COLONIAL CONGRESS MET.
HOE'S NEW PERFECTING PRINTING-PRESS, PRINTING 12,000 DOUBLE MPRESSIONS PER HOUR, AND THE OLD EPHRATA PRESS.
THE CITY OF TOKYO, THE LARGEST STEAMSHIP BUILT IN AMERICA, AND FITCH'S STEAMBOAT, THE FIRST CONSTRUCTED.
THE COTTON GIN.
GRAIN ELEVATOR.
INTERIOR OF A POSTAL CAR.
PROF. S.F.B. MORSE, THE INVENTOR OF THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
THE SCHOOL-HOUSE OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT.
WINDSOR CASTLE, FROM ETON.
MORTON CHURCH.
MILTON'S PEAR TREE.
GRAY.
BEACONSFIELD CHURCH.
TOMB OF BURKE.
HEDSOR AND COOKHAM CHURCHES.
ETON COLLEGE AND CHAPEL.
ETON COLLEGE, FROM NORTH TERRACE, WINDSOR.
STAINES CHURCH.
NORMAN GATE AND ROUND TOWER, WINDSOR.
HERNE'S OAK.
EAST FRONT, WINDSOR CASTLE.
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S BUILDING, WINDSOR.
EARL OF SURREY.
WINDSOR CASTLE, FROM BISHOPSGATE.
LOCK AT WINDSOR.
THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.
ELMS NEAR THE HERONRY.
HINDU TEMPLES NEAR POONA.
GÓNDS.
CENOTAPHS IN THE VALLEY OF THE TONSA.
THE GAUR, OR INDIAN BISON.
BANJARIS.