The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14 (December 1858) is an issue of the distinguished American magazine founded the previous year in Boston. From the start the Atlantic published the leading writers of the age and engaged the literary, artistic, and political questions of the nation, helping to shape American intellectual life.
This number gathers fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews that reflect the taste and concerns of mid-nineteenth-century America. It is a valuable primary source for the study of the country’s literary and cultural history. This free EPUB download is cleanly formatted for any e-reader.