May 1883

In This Issue
Explore the May 1883 print edition below. Or to discover more writing from the pages of The Atlantic, browse the full archive.
Articles
Niagara Revisited,—Twelve Years After Their Wedding Journey
A short story
Colonialism in the United States
“We alone can use properly our own resources; and no work in art or literature ever has been, or ever will be, of any real or lasting value which is not true, original, and independent.”
The Floods of the Mississippi Valley
“The perfect control of the Mississippi system of waters is perhaps the greatest engineering problem that our race has ever had to attack.”
The Flaneur
A poem
Daisy Miller: A Comedy. In Three Acts
The Pennyroyal
Life
A Landless Farmer: In Two Parts. Part I
The Pauper Question
Winter-Killed
The "Harnt" That Walks Chilhowee
College Athletics
The Rain and the Fine Weather
Willow
President Monroe
Mr. Quincy's Reminiscences
Woodberry's History of Wood-Engraving
Symonds's Renaissance in Italy
Recent American Fiction
The Contributors' Club
Books of the Month
