THE
ATLANTIC MONTHLY
A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE, ART, AND POLITICS.
VOL. XIV.—AUGUST, 1864.—NO. LXXXII.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by TICKNOR AND FIELDS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
[CHARLES READE.]
[HOW ROME IS GOVERNED.]
[CONCORD.]
[WHAT WILL BECOME OF THEM?]
[HEAD-QUARTERS OF BEER-DRINKING.]
[FRIAR JEROME'S BEAUTIFUL BOOK.]
[LITERARY LIFE IN PARIS.]
[THE LITTLE COUNTRY-GIRL.]
[SWEET-BRIER.]
[HOUSE AND HOME PAPERS.]
[THE HEART OF THE WAR.]
[OUR RECENT FOREIGN RELATIONS.]
[REVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES.]
[RECENT AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS]
CHARLES READE.
Some one lately took occasion, in passing, to class Charles Reade with the clever writers of the day, sandwiching him between Anthony Trollope and Wilkie Collins,—for no other reason, apparently, than that he never, with Chinese accuracy, gives us gossiping drivel that reduces life to the dregs of the commonplace, or snarls us in any inextricable tangle of plots.