The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 - A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics

THE STORY OF A YEAR. THE FROZEN HARBOR. AT ANDERSONVILLE. DOCTOR JOHNS. ANCIENT MINING ON THE SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR. TO A POET ON HIS BIRTHDAY, NEEDLE AND GARDEN. MEMORIES OF AUTHORS. OUR OLDEST FRIEND. EDWARD EVERETT. NOTES OF A PIANIST. THE CHIMNEY-CORNER. THE POPULAR LECTURE. THE HOUR OF VICTORY. THE CAUSES OF FOREIGN ENMITY TO THE UNITED STATES. REVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES. RECENT AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS. My story begins as a great many stories have begun within the last three years, and indeed as a great many have ended; for, when the hero is despatched, does not the romance come to a stop? In early May, two years ago, a young couple I wot of strolled homeward from an evening walk, a long ramble among the peaceful hills which inclosed their rustic home. Into these peaceful hills the young man had brought, not the rumor, (which was an old inhabitant,) but some of the reality of war,a little whiff of gunpowder, the clanking of a sword; for, although Mr. John Ford had his campaign still before him, he wore a certain comely air of camp-life which stamped him a very Hector to the steady-going villagers, and a very pretty fellow to Miss Elizabeth Crowe, his companion in this sentimental stroll. And was he not attired in the great brightness of blue and gold which befits a freshly made lieutenant? This was a strange sight for these happy Northern glades; for, although the first Revolution had boomed awhile in their midst, the honest yeomen who defended them were clad in sober homespun, and it is well known that His Majesty's troops wore red. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 30265
Author: Various
Release Date: Oct 16, 2009
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Language: English