Description: Hard to find complete 63-page issue of Boston's Living Age for 13 January 1877 is in very good condition. See photo #2 for complete contents. Highlights include: A long (13-page) essay (unsigned) on "The Microscope and Its Revelations." This in review of new works illuminated by new scientific discoveries in books by T.H. Huxley (The Border Territory between the Animal and the Vegetable Kingdom), Charles Darwin (two books, including those on Insectivorous Plants and on Climbing Plants), John Lubbock, Charlton Bastian, Tyndall and others. An essay called "Poetry and Civilization" on a volume of new poems by Edward Dowden. A long essay (26 pages) called "Our Artic Voyage." This on the voyage of the "Discovery" to the Artic by its chaplain, Charles E. Hodgson. French author Emile Souvestre's "A Peasant Prometheus." This translated for the Living Age. Other articles, book notes, poems, etc.
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Features: 1st Edition
Publication Frequency: Weekly
Topic: Literature/Poetry/Exploration
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Language: English
Publication Year: 1877
Publication Name: The Living Age (Boston)
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