September 1916

Articles

• Has the War Affected the Weather?

  In the midst of World War I, a meteorologist considered whether explosions at the front lines were causing extra precipitation.

  Alexander McAdie

• A Literary Clinic

  In a satirical dialogue from 1916, a bibliotherapist detailed how to treat ailing “patients” with tailored book recommendations.

  Samuel McChord Crothers

• The Contributors' Column--September Atlantic

• Joffre: A Portrait in Miniature

• War and Human Progress

  James Bryce

• The Acropolis and Golgotha

  Elizabeth Dudley

• Marya

  Elsbeth Hasse Andrae

• Newark Bay

  H. G. Dwight

• Sing Sing: An Evolution

  Frank Marshall White

• Drift

  R. K. Hack

• Goodness and Religion

  Bernard Iddings Bell

• Birthright

  John Drinkwater

• The Mind of Woman

  Havelock Ellis

• Little Selves

  Mary Lerner

• To One 'Ashamed of Being an American'

  M. A. De Wolfe Howe

• 'Kultur' in American Politics

  Frank Perry Olds

• The Second Year

  J. B. W. Gardiner

• Brusiloff: Man and General

  Charles Johnston

• Men of the Tara

  Lewis R. Freeman

• Oh! Let Us Be Joyful!

• How Many Monkeys Are You?

• Phantoms All

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