OF

POPULAR LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.


APRIL, 1875.
Vol. XV, No. 88



TABLE OF CONTENTS Page

AUSTRALIAN SCENES AND ADVENTURES.

CONCLUDING PAPER.[ 393]

THE GOLDEN EAGLE AND HIS EYRIE
by W. A. BAILLIE-GROHMAN.
[ 407]

THREE FEATHERS by WILLIAM BLACK.

CHAPTER XXIX MABYN DREAMS.[415]

CHAPTER XXX FERN IN DIE WELT.[420]

CHAPTER XXXI "BLUE IS THE SWEETEST."[ 424]

CHAPTER XXXII. THE EXILE"S RETURN.[ 428]

SONNET by F. A. HILLARD.[433]

NICE by R. DAVEY.[434]

THE RASKOL, AND SECTS IN RUSSIA.

I. ORIGIN OF THE RASKOL.[ 444]

II. OPPOSITION TO MODERN CIVILIZATION.[ 451]

III. INTERNAL DIVISIONS.[ 457]

ELEANOR'S CAREER by ITA ANIOL PROKOP.[ 463]

AN AMERICAN LADY'S OCCUPATIONS SEVENTY
YEARS AGO by ETHEL C. GALE.
[ 475]

A MARCH VIOLET by EMMA LAZARUS.[ 481]

WHAT IS A CONCLAVE? by T. ADOLPHUS TROLLOPE.[ 482]

MONSOOR PACHA by GEORGE H. BOKER.[ 491]

HOW HAM WAS CURED by JENNIE WOODVILLE.[ 492]

ON THE STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS
by KATE HILLARD.
[ 497]

OUR MONTHLY GOSSIP.

ARTISTS' MODELS IN ROME by T. A. T.[ 507]

FAUST IN POLAND by E. C. R.[510]

A LETTER FROM HAVANA by F. C. N.[ 511]

FRENCH SLANG by F. A.[514]

NOTES.[517]

LITERATURE OF THE DAY.[ 518]

Books Received.[ 519]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

[FOREST OF COCKATOOS.]

[SYDNEY.]

[ASTROLABE AND ZÉLÉE ON CORAL REEFS]

[CANNIBAL FIRES.]

[MONUMENT TO BURKE AND WILLS.]

[BAS-RELIEF: RETURN TO COOPER'S CREEK.]

[BAS-RELIEF: DEATH OF BURKE.]

[BAS-RELIEF: FINDING OF BURKE.]

[VALLEY OF LAUNCESTON, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.]

[COURSE OF THE TAMAR, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.]

[GORGE OF THE TAMAR, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.]

[HOBART TOWN.]

[ON THE WAY TO THE WOOD-DRIFT.]

[OUR ARRIVAL AT THE DRIFT-KEEPER'S COTTAGE.]

[INTERIOR OF TOMERL'S COTTAGE.]

["FIXING THE BOAT-HOOK INTO AN INDENTATION, I PULLED MYSELF IN."]

[ENTERING THE EYRIE.]

[FOOTNOTES.]