September 1881

In This Issue
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Articles
The Future of Harvard Divinity School
“Christian unity has become essential to withstand the assaults of irreligious agnosticism, materialism, and infidelity. … A service of this kind could be rendered to the Christianity of the future only by the theological and ecclesiastical department of a great non-sectarian and undogmatic university.”
The Attempt on the President's Life
A reflection on the assassination of President James Garfield, published as he lay on his deathbed
Dr. Breen's Practice
Koshchei the Deathless; Or, the Diffusion of Fairy-Tales
Harvest Noon
In Exile: A Story in Two Parts. Part Ii
Housekeeping Hereafter
The Portrait of a Lady
Post Prandial: Phi Beta Kappa. 1881
The Katrina Saga: In Two Parts. Part I
The Dramas of the Elder Dumas
Mr. Howells's New Book
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
Some Recent Biographies
The English Colonies in America
Transcendental Physics
The Contributors' Club
Books of the Month
