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1889-02 The Atlantic Monthly Magazine Contents February 1889

1889/02 — Contents as follows:

  • A Winter Courtship by Sarah Orne Jewett
  • Butterflies in Disguise by Samuel H. Scudder

  • Passe Rose – Chapters 17-19 – by Arthur Sherburne Hardy
  • Eurylochus Transformed by Wendell P. Stafford
  • A Plea for Humor by Agnes Repplier
  • The Tragic Muse – Chapters 4-6 – by Henry James
  • Under Which King? by Harriet Waters Preston
  • The Spirit of American Politics as Shown in the Late Election by Charles Worcester Clark
  • The Gift of Fernseed by Harry Perry Robinson
  • Address to the Assembly at the Opening of the Players’ Club in New York by T.W. Parsons
  • The New Talking-Machines by Philips G. Hubert, Jr. – About Thomas Edison and early phonographs
  • Brianda de Bardaxi by Henry C. Lea

  • Letters of Felix Mendelssohn
  • Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries
  • Illinois Life in Fiction
  • The Contributor’s Club
  • Books of the Month

    • 1889-12 North American Review Contents for December 1889

    1889/12 – Contents as taken from the front cover and contents page inside are as follows:

    The Question of Divorce:

  • An Anglican Statesman’s View by W.E. Gladstone
  • A Supreme-Court View by Associate-Justice Bradley
  • A Senator’s View by Senator Dolph
  • A Reply to Mr. Edison by George Westinghouse, Jr. – 12 pages
  • Republican Tactics in the House by Roger Q. Mills
  • A Good Word for Jews by Karl Blind
  • The Best Fields for Philanthropy by Andrew Carnegie – 17 pages
  • German Opera and Everyday Life by Walter Damrosch

  • The Incapacity of Business Women by Marion Harland
  • An English View of the Civil War — Conclusion by Viscount Wolseley
  • Lord Wolseley Answered by General James B. Fry
  • Why Am I an Agnostic? Part 1 by Robert G. Ingersoll – 9 pages

    • The New Method of Voting:

  • Senator-Elect Charles T. Saxton
  • The Governor of Massachussets
  • The Governor of Connecticut
  • General William Mahone

    • Notes and Comments:

  • The American Consular Service by George M. Towle
  • A Legislative Kindergarten by N.H. Dole
  • How to Suppress Quackery by Dr. Edbert Guernsey
  • A Chance for Millionaires by Henry E. Rood

    • 1918-02 The American Magazine Contents for February 1918

    1918/02 — Cover illustrated by J. Knowles Hare

    Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

  • Frontispiece: Illustrating “New York and Return” by Clarence F. Underwood
  • The Sword of Jesus by Harold Bell Wright is the first article by Wright written for any magazine
  • Harold Bell Wright – A Portrait in Alco Gravure
  • The Mayo Brothers – Portraits in Alco Gravure
  • “Dr. Will and Dr. Charlie” – The Story of the Mayo Brothers by Mary B. Mullett
  • New York and Return – A Love Story by Holworthy Hall and illustrated by Clarence F. Underwood
  • What I Have Learned from Abe Lincoln – Illustration by Paul Meylan
  • Bud Jones–Small Advertiser — A Story by William Dudley Pelley and illustrated by Norman Price
  • Future Life Contest — Top 5 Prizewinners
  • Edison – The “Original Man from Missouri” — by William Maxwell with a latter from Arthur Brisbane, illustrated with a photograph
  • Thomas A. Edison – Portrait in Alco Gravure
  • Ina Claire – Portrait in Alco Gravure
  • Plays Worth Seeing This Winter by Walter prichard Eaton
  • A Kind of Dog-Gone Christian – A Story by Arthur Preston Hankins with illustrations by F.E. Schoonover
  • The Making of George Groton — A novel by Bruce Barton and illustrated by Paul Stahr
  • Sid Says: If you aren’t fighting–are you worth fighting for?
  • Abner Larned, Who Knows How to Sell Things by N.B. Beasley
  • The Crisis in Room 25 – A dog story by Samuel A. Derieux with illustrations by J. Knowles Hare

    • Interesting People:

  • May Peterson by Betty Shannon
  • Frank Brown by Carl Gregg Doney
  • Leo Feist by E.M. Wickes
  • Charles H. Purdy by Bertha Snow Adams
  • Prize Contest Announcement: Why I Like My Job
  • Mistaken For My Wife’s Son by George H. McClellan
  • Getting Ahead
  • The Family’s Money