WITH this number The Atlantic Monthly ends its fortieth year. On the 29th of April, 1857, Longfellow wrote in his journal: " Lowell was here last evening to interest me in a new magazine, to be ...

At the end of 2005, The Atlantic Monthly will move from Boston to Washington, D.C.—commencing a new chapter in its history. As the magazine looks ahead to a new era in the nation's capital, now ...

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* In 1941, The Atlantic Monthly became the first English-language magazine to publish the writings of Vladimir Nabokov, now perhaps best known for his controversial novel Lolita, which The ...

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Any hyperfixation on wellness can be draining and futile; an endless search for answers to one’s ailments might be alluring, ...

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The first issue of The Atlantic Monthly came into subscribers' hands in November of 1857, and it can fairly be said that the cover did not scream for attention. On it was a small centered image of ...

In these drawers were packed away old numbers of the Atlantic Monthly. Our father’s subscription to the magazine began with its first number, that of November, 1857.

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