February 1866

In This Issue
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Articles
The Freedman’s Story
An escaped slave tells his story—including his account of his violent showdown with slave-catchers in Pennsylvania.
Three Months Among the Reconstructionists
In 1865, an Illinois-based journalist wrote a scathing report on post-Civil War life in the South
Behind the Freedman's Story
Who was "E.K."? Did William Parker really write The Freedman's Story? The story behind the story of escaped slave and militant black activist William Parker
Passages From Hawthorne’s Note-Books (Part II)
Personal musings from the renowned American author
English Opinion on the American War
Two Pictures
The Origin of the Gypsies
Court-Cards
A Landscape Painter
Riviera Di Ponente
Doctor Johns
The Chimney-Corner for 1866: Ii. The Transition
Griffith Gaunt; Or, Jealousy
Herman; Or, Young Knighthood
History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe
An Address on the Limits of Education, Read Before the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Vida De Abran Lincoln, Décimosesto Presidente De Los Estados Unidos, Precedida De Una Introduccion
Richard Cobden, the Apostle of Free Trade: His Political Career and Public Services
The Human Hair, and the Cutaneous Diseases Which Affect It: Together With Essays on Acne, Sycosis, and Cloasma
