March 1873

Articles

• The Quarrel of Jefferson and Hamilton

  “When Hamilton pronounced the word government, he meant something radically different from Jefferson’s idea of government.”

  James Parton

• The Madonna of the Future

  Henry James Jr.

• A Poem

• The Abbé Galiani

  Edward Howland

• My Sparrows

  Kate Hillard

• Robert Owen at New Lanark: A Chapter of Autobiography

  Robert Dale Owen

• Best

  Rose Terry Cooke

• A Good Word for Quacks

  Edward Spencer

• Life Under Glass

  George A. Shove

• Heartbreak Hill

  Celia Thaxter

• A Chance Acquaintance

  William Dean Howells

• John Reed's Thoughts

  Bayard Taylor

• Recent Literature

• Art

• Music

• Science

• Politics

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