December 1883

In This Issue
Explore the December 1883 print edition below. Or to discover more writing from the pages of The Atlantic, browse the full archive.
Articles
Recollections of Rome During the Italian Revolution (Part III)
The third in a three-part series of reflections on religion and governance in the papal city
Mary Moody Emerson
“What a subject is her mind and life for the finest novel! When I read Dante, the other day, and his paraphrases to signify with more adequateness Christ or Jehovah, whom do you think I was reminded of? Whom but Mary Emerson and her eloquent theology?”
A Roman Singer
The Initiate
O-Be-Joyful Creek and Poverty Gulch
The World Well Lost
Newport
Bermudian Days
Some Alleged Americanisms
Luther and His Work
Social Washington
Mr. Longfellow and the Artists
Foreign Lands
Recollections of a Naval Officer
Recent Poetry
The Contributors' Club
Books of the Month
