January 1881

Articles

• James Garfield: A Look Ahead

  "He is a scholar who for thoroughness and breadth of culture has had no equal in the White House since the younger Adams. ... He is a closer student of political economy than any president the country has ever had." As James Garfield entered the White House, an Atlantic contributor made cheerful predictions for the upcoming four years—not knowing that the new president would be assassinated after just six months in office.

• The Portrait of a Lady

  Henry James Jr.

• The Long Dream

  Will Wallace Harney

• Illustrated Books

• Zola's Essays

• Some Political Novels

• Books for Young People

• Horace Bushnell

• The Origin of Religion

• The Contributors' Club

• Books of the Month

• Ye Tombe of Ye Poet Chaucer: Westminster Abbey

  Edmund Clarence Stedman

• Smith

  Thomas Bailey Aldrich

• Getting Married in Germany

• A Winter Journey in Colorado

  N. S. Shaler

• The Wives of Poets

  William M. Rossetti

• A Symposium of Sixty Years Ago

  Harriet W. Preston

• Sociology and Hero-Worship: An Evolutionist's Reply to Dr. James

  John Fiske

• Within the Gate: L. M. C

  John Greenleaf Whittier

• Friends: A Duet

  E. Stuart Phelps

• Sara Bernhardt

  Richard Grant White

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