October 1862

Articles

• The Battle Autumn of 1862

  John Greenleaf Whittier

• Autumnal Tints

  “A great many, who have spent their lives in cities, and have never chanced to come into the country at this season, have never seen this, the flower, or rather the ripe fruit, of the year.”

  Henry David Thoreau

• Leamington Spa

  “An abode here is a genuine seclusion; for the ordinary stream of life does not run through this little, quiet pool, and few or none of the inhabitants seem to be troubled with any business or outside activities.”

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

• David Gaunt: Part Ii

• Euphorion

• House-Building

  J. Elliot Cabot

• Mr. Axtell: Part Iii

• Sanitary Condition of the Army

  Edward Jarvis

• An Arab Welcome

• Elizabeth Sara Sheppard

• Resources of the South

  Elias Hasket Derby

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