# The Atlantic Monthly/Volume 17

January–June 1866
THE
ATLANTIC MONTHLY,
A MAGAZINE OF
Literature, Science, Art, and Politics.
VOLUME XVII.
BOSTON:
TICKNOR AND FIELDS,
124 Tremont Street.
LONDON: TRÜBNER AND COMPANY.
1865.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by TICKNOR AND FIELDS,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
University Press: Electrotyped by Welch, Bigelow, & Co., Cambridge.
Issues
* Number 99 (January 1866; pages 1–128)
* Number 100 (February 1866; pages 129–256)
* Number 101 (March 1866; pages 257–384)
* Number 102 (April 1866; pages 385–528)
* Number 103 (May 1866; pages 529–656)
* Number 104 (June 1866; pages 657–772)
CONTENTS.
| | | Page |
| Amazonian Picnic, An | Mrs. Agassiz | 313 |
| Bad Symptoms | Edward Spenser | 768 |
| Beauty and the Beast | Bayard Taylor | 13 |
| Booth, Edwin | E. C. Stedman | 585 |
| Chimney-Corner for 1866, The. I., II., III., IV., V., VI. | Mrs. H. B. Stowe | 88, 214, 345, 490, 577, 737 |
| Court-Cards | Charles J. Sprague | 178 |
| Communication with the Pacific | C. C. Coffin | 333 |
| Doctor Johns. XII., XIII., XIV., XV., XVI., XVII. | Donald G. Mitchell | 69, 204, 323, 466, 552, 707 |
| English Opinion on the American War | W. M. Rossetti | 129 |
| Fenian "Idea," The | Frances Power Cobbe | 572 |
| Freedman's Story, The, I., II. | William Parker | 152, 276 |
| Griffith Gaunt: or, Jealousy. II., III., IV., V., VI., VII. | Charles Reade | 100, 221, 365, 507, 596, 751, |
| Gypsies, The Origin of the | G. W. Hosmer | 167 |
| Harmonists, The | Author of "Life in the Iron-Mills" | 529 |
| High Tide of December, The | """" | 47 |
| In the Hemlocks | John Burroughs | 672 |
| Kingdom Coming, The | Gail Hamilton | 81 |
| Landscape Painter, A | Henry W. James | 182 |
| Late Insurrection in Jamaica, The | G. Reynolds | 480 |
| Last Days of Walter Savage Landor. I., II., III. | Kate Field | 385, 540, 684 |
| Lucy's Letters | Anne M. Brewster | 64 |
| Madam Waldoborough's Carriage | J. T. Trowbridge | 407 |
| Mephistophelean | Charles J. Sprague | 632 |
| Monuments, Question of | W. D. Howells | 646 |
| Nantucket | F. Sheldon | 296 |
| Passages from Hawthorne's Note-Books. I., II., III., IV., V., VI. | | 1, 170, 257, 422, 565, 725 |
| Pioneer Editor, A | | 743 |
| Poor Chloe | Mrs. L. M. Child | 352 |
| President and Congress, The | E. P. Whipple | 500 |
| Quicksands | Mrs. C. A. Hopkinson | 657 |
| Ramble through the Market, A | B. W. Ball | 268 |
| Reconstructionists, Three Months among the | Sidney Andrews | 237 |
| Sainte-Beuve | John Foster Kirk | 432 |
| Snow-Walkers, The | John Burroughs | 302 |
| Struggle for Shelter, A | Caroline P. Hawes | 456 |
| Tied to a Rope | Charles J. Sprague | 721 |
| Were they Crickets? | | 397 |
| What will it cost us? | E. H. Derby | 621 |
| Wilderness, The | J. T. Trowbridge | 39 ​ |
| Poetry. |||
| Abraham Davenport | John G. Whittier | 539 |
| Among the Laurels | Mrs. Akers | 594 |
| Bells of Lynn, The | H. W. Longfellow | 47 |
| Castles in the Air | W. C. Bryant | 11 |
| Dead Ship of Harpswell, The | John G. Whittier | 705 |
| De Spiridione Episcopo | C. G. Leland | 454 |
| Giotto's Tower | H. W. Longfellow | 724 |
| In the Sea | Hiram Rich | 344 |
| Killed at the Ford | H. W. Longfellow | 479 |
| Mountain, The | E. C. Stedman | 734 |
| Mr. Hosea Biglow's Speech in March Meeting | James Russell Lowell | 635 |
| My Annual | O. W. Holmes | 395 |
| Old Man's Idyl, An | Richard Realf | 266 |
| Riviera di Ponente | J. F. Clarke | 202 |
| Snow | T. B. Aldrich | 364 |
| To Hersa | | 311 |
| To-morrow | H. W. Longfellow | 552 |
| Two Pictures | John G. Whittier | 149 |
| Wind the Clock | Hiram Rich | 80 |
| Reviews and Literary Notices. |||
| Andrews's South since the War | Andrews's South since the War | 778 |
| A Noble Life | A Noble Life | 650 |
| Bigelow's Address on the Limits of Education | Bigelow's Address on the Limits of Education | 251 |
| Bowles's Across the Continent | Bowles's Across the Continent | 524 |
| Brownson's American Republic | Brownson's American Republic | 523 |
| Clark's Mind in Nature | Clark's Mind in Nature | 649 |
| Croquet, Manuals of | Croquet, Manuals of | 772 |
| Doolittle's Social Life of the Chinese | Doolittle's Social Life of the Chinese | 779 |
| Foote's War of the Rebellion | Foote's War of the Rebellion | 653 |
| Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates | Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates | 779 |
| Herman; or, Young Knighthood | Herman; or, Young Knighthood | 246 |
| Hittell's Resources of California | Hittell's Resources of California | 522 |
| Holcombe's Literature in Letters | Holcombe's Literature in Letters | 650 |
| Jean Ingelow's Songs of Seven | Jean Ingelow's Songs of Seven | 122 |
| Lecky's Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe | Lecky's Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe | 248 |
| Life and Letters of Frederick W. Robertson | Life and Letters of Frederick W. Robertson | 119 |
| Life of Michael Angelo | Life of Michael Angelo | 124 |
| Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds | Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds | 525 |
| McGilchrist's Richard Cobden | McGilchrist's Richard Cobden | 253 |
| Meta Lander's Esperance | Meta Lander's Esperance | 525 |
| Perry's Human Hair | Perry's Human Hair | 255 |
| Piatt's Poems | Piatt's Poems | 653 |
| Savage's History of the Boston Watch and Police | Savage's History of the Boston Watch and Police | 122 |
| Sarmiento's Vida de Abran Lincoln | Sarmiento's Vida de Abran Lincoln | 252 |
| Smiles's Lives of Boulton and Watt | Smiles's Lives of Boulton and Watt | 384 |
| Taylor's Story of Kennett | Taylor's Story of Kennett | 775 |
| Towle's History of Henry the Fifth | Towle's History of Henry the Fifth | 651 |
| Tuckerman's Criterion | Tuckerman's Criterion | 651 |
| White's Poetry of the Civil War | White's Poetry of the Civil War | 774 |
| Whittier's Snow-Bound | Whittier's Snow-Bound | 383 |
| Winifred Bertram | Winifred Bertram | 384 |
| Works of Edmund Burke, The | Works of Edmund Burke, The | 122 |
| Recent American Publications | Recent American Publications | 125, 256, 655 |