THE

ATLANTIC MONTHLY,

A MAGAZINE OF

Literature, Art, and Politics.

VOLUME XV.

BOSTON:

TICKNOR AND FIELDS,

135 Washington Street.

LONDON: TRÜBNER AND COMPANY.

1865.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by

TICKNOR AND FIELDS,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District ofMassachusetts.

University Press:

Electrotyped by Welch, Bigelow, & Co.,

Cambridge.

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