March 1879

In This Issue
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Articles
The Natural History of Politics
“Peculiarities of place, which have served so great a need in offering a choice to the selective forces that have elevated man, are still of invaluable use in giving the variety of characteristics that are required in the endless adaptations necessary in the making and keeping of a nation.”
The Chamber Over the Gate
A poem
A Roman Holiday Twenty Years Ago
The Ballad of Christopher Aske: (Catholic Rebellion of 1536)
Ghost Stories
The Great Revolution in Pitcairn
Faint Heart
Rosamond and the Conductor
Our Land Policy
Bayard Taylor
The Lady of the Aroostook
Presidential Electioneering in the Senate
The Landmarks
Americanisms
The Contributors' Club
Recent Literature
The New York Catholic Cathedral: Correspondence
