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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...unexcelled. There are presented: A poem, "Fancy or Fact," by James Russell Lowell; a paper, "Our Hundred Days in Europe," by Oliver Wendell Holmes; and an article by Horace Scudder on "Longfellow's Art." "The Second Son" is continued, and Marion Crawford offers three new chapters of "Paul Platoff." Mr. Bliss Carman, a special student at Harvard, writes a pleasing poem, and there is a satisfactory review of the new novel, "Agnes Surriage." On the whole, the number is an extremely powerful...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The "Atlantic Monthly." | 2/22/1887 | See Source »

...Atlantic Monthly for February continues a continuation of the joint story by Mrs. Oliphant and Mr. Aldrich. Whittier presents a pleasing poem, "A Day." Crawford continues Paul Platoff and John Fiske with his usual clearness offers an admirable paper on "The Federal Convention." The most notable paper, however, is the long expected poem by James Russell Lowell, "Credidimus Jovem Regnare." Among other papers are "Two Serious Books" by Harriet Waters Preston. "A Bird of Affairs" by Olive Thorne Miller and the first part of a story, "The Lady from Maine," by Lawrence Saxe. Mr. Winter and Mr. Langdon and Susan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Atlantic Monthly. | 1/24/1887 | See Source »

...Atlantic Monthly for January is a highly interesting number. A fourth paper on the "French and English" is presented by Mr. Hamerton. Marion Crawford begins a new story, "Paul Platoff." A strong paper on "Alexander Hamilton," a new story, "The Second Son," by M. O. W. Oliphant and T. B. Aldrich, "Marginal Notes from the Library of a Mathematician" by A. S. Hardy, are noticeable among the other papers of the number. A review of Stockton's stories and book notices complete the issue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Atlantic Monthly. | 12/18/1886 | See Source »

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