The Atlantic Monthly, 1857-1909: Yankee Humanism at High Tide and Ebb

Contents:
Introduction: Overview, 1857-1909
The Founding of the Atlantic (1857): Boston's High Tide
James Russell Lowell (1857-1861): Yankee Humanist
James T. Fields (1861-1871): The Publisher as Editor
William Dean Howells (1871-1881): Editorial Realist
Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1881-1890): Editorial Aesthete
Horace Elisha Scudder (1890-1898): Missionary of Yankee Culture
Walter Hines Page (1898-1899): Progressive Editing
Bliss Perry (1899-1909): Liberal Humanist in the Progressive Era