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1863-04 The Atlantic Monthly Magazine Contents April 1863

1863/04 — Contents as follows:

  • On the Vicissitudes of Keat’s Fame by Joseph Severn
  • A Spasm of Sense by Gail Hamilton
  • Betrothal by Proxy
  • My Ship by A. West
  • Resignation by The Author of ‘Recreations of a Country Parson’
  • The Flag by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe
  • Wet-Weather Work by Donald G. Mitchell
  • Golden Wedding by M.D. Conway
  • The Silurian Beach by Professor Louis Agassiz
  • Coralie by F. G. Tuckerman
  • Important Article: Sojourner Truth, The Libyan Sibyl by Harriet Beecher Stowe – According to the Sojourner Truth website, Stowe, who had published the bestselling Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852 was visited by Truth the following year. “Stowe apparently saw Truth as a primitive original, fitting the ex-slave into her romanticized view of blacks in general.” After describing Truth to sculptor William Wetmore Story, Story used Stowe’s vision of Truth as the basis for his statue, “The Libyan Sibyl.” This article by Stowe describes her 1853 meeting with Truth and how the sculpture came to be. The newspapers picked up on it and began referring to Truth as the “Sibyl” afterwards.

    Because of this article this issue is one of about a dozen issues of The Atlantic Monthly singled out as notable by Dr. Steven Lomazow in his indispensible volume, American Periodicals: A Collector’s Manual and Reference Guide.

  • American Horticulture
  • The East and the West by Theodore Winthrop
  • Personal Reminiscences of the late Henry Thomas Buckle by Charles Hale
  • Cavalry Song by E. J. Cutler
  • No Failure for the North by Francis Wayland, Jr.
  • Reviews and Literary Notices
  • Recent American Publications

    • 1889-01 North American Review Contents for January 1889

    1889/01 – Contents as taken from the front cover and contents page inside are as follows:

  • Naval Wars of the Future by Admiral David D. Porter
  • The Stage and Society by Mary Anderson
  • Letters to Prominent Persons — No. 7: Parting Words to the Secretary of State by Arthur Richmond
  • Wit and Humor–Old and New by Edmund Kirke
  • Is Yellow Fever Contagious? by John B. Hamilton, Supervising Surgeon-General U.S. Marine Hospital Service
  • The Greater Half of the Continent by Erastmus Wiman
  • A Captain’s Work by Captain Charles William Kennedy, Late Commander of the “Germanic”
  • The Next National Reform by Allen Thorndike Rice
  • Two New York States by Lucien Sanial

    • Robert Elsmere’s Mental Struggles:

  • Reverend Edward Everett Hale
  • Marion Harland
  • Reverend Joseph Cook
  • Julia Ward Howe
  • The Right Honorable W.E. Gladstone (Republished)
  • A Possible War by G.T. Ferris
  • Restriction or Prohibition? by Henry Stockbridge
  • Are Workingmen Culprits? by Linus S. Webb
  • Inebriety as a Disease by Edward C. Mann
  • Book Reviews