The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865Front matterReading editionChapter navigation21 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterA Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics.WITH THE BIRDS.GOLD EGG.—A DREAM-FANTASY.OUT OF THE SEA.MY STUDENT LIFE AT HOFWYL.THE GRAVE BY THE LAKE.Chapter VChapter VINOTES OF A PIANIST.DIPLOMACY OF THE REVOLUTION.OUR BATTLE-LAUREATE.DOCTOR JOHNS.THE CHIMNEY-CORNER.LITTLE FOXES.—PART IV.NEEDLE AND GARDEN.Chapter VCASTLES.FAIR PLAY THE BEST POLICY.REVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES.RECENT AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics.All chapters and sections (21)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsA Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics.WITH THE BIRDS.GOLD EGG.—A DREAM-FANTASY.OUT OF THE SEA.MY STUDENT LIFE AT HOFWYL.THE GRAVE BY THE LAKE.Chapters56Other sectionsNOTES OF A PIANIST.DIPLOMACY OF THE REVOLUTION.OUR BATTLE-LAUREATE.DOCTOR JOHNS.THE CHIMNEY-CORNER.Parts4Part 4 · Other sectionsNEEDLE AND GARDEN.Part 4 · Chapters5Part 4 · Other sectionsCASTLES.FAIR PLAY THE BEST POLICY.REVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES.RECENT AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS.THEA Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics. →