THE

ATLANTIC MONTHLY.

A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics.

VOL. XVI.—SEPTEMBER, 1865.—NO. XCV.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by Ticknor and Fields, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

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Contents

[COUPON BONDS.]
[WILHELM MEISTER'S APPRENTICESHIP.]
[TWILIGHT.]
[NEEDLE AND GARDEN.]
[SCIENTIFIC FARMING.]
[DOCTOR JOHNS.]
[NATURAL HISTORY OF THE PEACOCK.]
[UP THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER.]
[A NEW ART CRITIC.]
[THE LUCK OF ABEL STEADMAN.]
[AT BAY RIDGE, LONG ISLAND.]
["RUNNING AT THE HEADS."]
[THE CHIMNEY-CORNER.]
[A VISIT TO THE EDGEWORTHS.]
[ON A PAIR OF OLD SHOES.]
[ODE RECITED AT THE HARVARD COMMEMORATION.]
[OUR FUTURE MILITIA SYSTEM.]
[REVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES.]
[RECENT AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS.]