September 1884

Articles

• The Volcanic Eruption of Krakatoa

  “On the afternoon of the 26th there were violent explosions at Krakatoa, which were heard as far as Batavia. High waves first retreated, and then rolled upon both sides of the strait. During a night of pitchy darkness these horrors continued with increasing violence, augmented at midnight by electrical phenomena on a terrifying scale.”

  E. W. Sturdy

• The Despotism of Party

  “The majority in each party should again control its action, and the minority should frankly obey.”

  Herbert Tuttle

• In War Time

  Silas Weir Mitchell

• Mediæval and Modern Punishment

  E. P. Evans

• Silence

  Julia C. R. Dorr

• Old Salem Shops

  Eleanor Putnam

• The Anatomizing of William Shakespeare

  Richard Grant White

• Under the Maples

  Mary Treat

• A Legend of Inverawe

  C. F. Gordon Cumming

• The Piping Shepherd

  Katharine Pyle

• Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham

  F. Parkman

• The Lakes of Upper Italy

• The Story of the English Magazines

  Charles E. Pascoe

• Elizabeth

  Lucy Larcom

• Not Mute, but Inglorious

  Julie K. Wetherill

• To . . .

  Paul H. Hayne

• A Literary Curiosity

• Recent Fiction

• A Bibliographical Rarity

• The Contributors' Club

• Books of the Month

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