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Harlan A. Marshall / AP On Keeping the Fourth of July
The Atlantic contemplates the beginnings of American imperialism and the waning of patriotic spirit in 1902.
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Rush to Judgment
There may be more—and less—behind the high-profile news account of a boy's setting himself on fire
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The Centenary of Longfellow
An Atlantic writer celebrated the life and literary career of the American poet on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
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Mr. Kipling's Five Nations
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The Death of the President
“In witnessing the slaying of our Chief Magistrate by an anarchist, we are sharing in the evil inheritance of Old World tyranny and absolutism.”
