THE LONDON MAGAZINE OF Light Literature. VOL. I. FROM NOVEMBER, 1875, TO MAY, 1876, INCLUSIVE. BODLEIAN LOS 8 NA OXFOL LONDON: J. HADDON AND CO., BOUVERIE STREET. 1876. CONTENTS OF VOL. I. PAGE ADVENTURE with the Devon- shire Savages, by Francis G. 313 393 Andrew Ducrow, by Reginald 461 Billiards, More about, by Cap- 527 Bohemia, Ancient Literature of, by Evelyn Carrington ... 379 503 174 Stephen J. Mackenna ... 221 45 309 DEVONSHIRE Savages, an Ad- venture with, by Francis G. 313 461 EVERYDAY Criticism 477 FATHER, a, of the Fourteenth 301 Forest, Midnight in the, by Francis G. Heath 365 Forster, John, by G. Barnett Smith 372 Foundered in Fair Weather, by Lady Duffus Hardy 32 Frauds of London a hundred years ago, by James Hutton 191 Gossip about Billiards, by Cap- Irish Reporter, some Recollec- tion of, by F. J. MacCarthie 269 LITERARY Gossip 551 years ago, by James Hutton 191 Man of Letters, a 520 Midnight in the Forest, by 365 More Secrets than One, by 242, 321, 401, 485 287 356 95 Not Proven, by Emma Watts 106 PAGE PAGE Our Spelling Bee 386 Oxford Union, a Night at...... 69 Poe's “Politian,"by J.H.Ingram 47 Answered, by Cecy Offord... 199 Cupid's Conceits, by A. J. 371 38 257 Mrs. Linnæus Banks 92 418 18 171 362 300 Salon, in the, by Austin 362 218 of a, by John T. Dexter..... 419 culous, by William Gilbert... 279 Up Hill for a Wife, by Ella J. Voice, a, from the Soup Plate, by Charles Townley ...345, 465 by the author of Comin' 161 Winter at Hazelbarn, by * Red 116 429 THE LONDON MAGAZINE. VOLUME 1.—No. I. NOVEMBER, 1875. WHAT THE PRINCE WILL SEE IN INDIA. SHE British public knows very little about India, important part of the empire as it is, and till the intention of the Prince of Wales to visit it was announced, the thirst for information on that subject was easily slaked. The impression of most educated people was that India was a country of riches and splendour, tigers and elephants, doolies and coolies, curry and cutcherry, mild Hindoos and savage Sepoys, punkahs and howdahs, Ryots and Rajahs. In short, a very blurred, confused picture was that which the mention of India called up before the mind's eye of the average Briton, and his explanation of the various figures would have been somewhat vague. He would have been puzzled to decide whether the doolies carried the coolie, or the reverse, and would have a hazy idea that cutcherry, like curry, was an oriental dish. A little epheme. ral curiosity about that aggregate of countries and nations called British India has of late been excited simply by the Prince's intention to “do” it, and for a short time the empire once ruled by the Great Mogul and now administered by competition wallahs, will be the fashion. Perhaps, therefore, the reader may like to gather some general notion of what the Prince will see and do. My space is limited, so I cannot pretend to do more than skim the surface and deal with the subject in a desultory way. Anything like a systematic article on the royal visit would cover all the leaves in this magazine, and I am not at all sure whether it would be worth the while of any one to write it. My intention is much less pretentious, being merely to describe a few of the scenes which the royal party will probably behold. VOL. I. 1 |