February 1868

In This Issue
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Articles
The Encyclopedists
An author assesses the importance of the landmark Encyclopédie and the three men who created it
George Silverman's Explanation (Part two)
A short story
Does It Pay to Smoke?
By an old smoker
The Destructive Democracy
“There never yet existed a conservative party which did not turn out to be as thoroughly devoted to destruction as if it had been animated by the sentiments of barbarians moving through a civilized country.”
Characteristics of Genius
Orion
A Week in Sybaris
The Victim
Beaumont and Fletcher, Massinger, and Ford
Flotsam and Jetsam: Part Ii
Doctor Molke's Friends
The Romance of Certain Old Clothes
The Meeting
Four Months on the Stage
Lessing's Nathan the Wise
Ohio in the War; Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers
Four Years Among Spanish Americans
Book of the Artists. American Artist Life, Comprising Biographical and Critical Sketches of American Artists: Preceded by an Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of Art in America
Ye Legende of St. Gwendoline
The Turk and the Greek; Or Creeds, Races, Society, and Scenery in Turkey, Greece, and the Isles of Greece
