August 1886
In This Issue
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Articles
The Indian Question in Arizona
“Let every man judge for himself which horn of the dilemma is humanity, and which is barbarism.”
Domestic Economy in the Confederacy
“While war in the abstract had been vaguely apprehended for a generation, war in the concrete took the South, as all unpleasant things are apt to take optimistic human nature, by surprise.”
The Golden Justice
On the Benefits of Superstition
Endymion
Six Visions of St. Augustine
To the Memory of Helen Hunt Jackson: A Dedication
The Two Browns
The Princess Casamassima: Book Fourth
A Volume of Dante
In the Clouds
To Q. H. F. (Alcaics by Accent)
Individual Continuity
Recent Light Literature
Furness's Othello
Joel Barlow
The Contributors' Club
Books of the Month











