May 1920

Articles

• The Crisis of Western Civilization

  “Such has been the tragic destiny of Europe from the French Revolution to the Russian Revolution: as soon as an idea of fraternity among men appears, wars, within and without, break forth anew, implacable and never-ending.”

  Guglielmo Ferrero

• Carelessness: A Million-Dollar Fire Hazard

• The Atlantic's Bookshelf

• Darkwater

  R. B. P.

• Russia as an American Problem

  R. H. L.

• Miss Lulu Bett

  W. F.

• The Inside Story of the Peace Conference

  V. S. C.

• The Golden Whales of California, and Other Rhymes in the American Language

  H. B. B.

• Sheila Intervenes

  H. T. F.

• Malay Days

  William Beebe

• The Menace of the World

  Sisley Huddleston

• A Year Later

  John Sheridan Zelie

• 'Polite Society'

  Grundy

• After Reading 'Mons, Anzac, and Kut'

  Owen Wister

• Justice

  Marianne Gauss

• Henry Adams

  Gamaliel Bradford

• The Skylark Temperament: A Sketch in Peasant Russia

  Edwin Bonta

• Of Brave Horatius, and Elsie's Brand-New Baby: From the Journal of Opal Whiteley

  Opal Whiteley

• Democracy and Education

  Nathaniel Horton Batchelder

• Spring in the Study

  Olive Tilford Dargan

• My Bow Saves Egypt

  Robert Haven Schauffler

• The Modern Missionary

  Howard S. Bliss

• A Portuguese Cinema

  Joseph Seronde

• German Reflections

  Paul Rohrbach

• A Small but Costly Crown

• Asparagus for Dinner

• The Contributors' Column

Get the digital edition of this issue.

Subscribers can access PDF versions of every issue in The Atlantic archive. When you subscribe, you’ll not only enjoy all of The Atlantic’s writing, past and present; you’ll also be supporting a bright future for our journalism.

SubscribeAlready a subscriber? Sign In