The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865Front matterReading editionChapter navigation23 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterA Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics.PART I.WILHELM MEISTER'S APPRENTICESHIP.TWILIGHT.NEEDLE AND GARDEN.Chapter IXSCIENTIFIC FARMING.DOCTOR JOHNS.NATURAL HISTORY OF THE PEACOCK.UP THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER.A NEW ART CRITIC.[F]THE LUCK OF ABEL STEADMAN.AT BAY RIDGE, LONG ISLAND."RUNNING AT THE HEADS":THE CHIMNEY-CORNER.LITTLE FOXES.—PART VII.A VISIT TO THE EDGEWORTHS.ON A PAIR OF OLD SHOES.ODE RECITED AT THE HARVARD COMMEMORATION,OUR FUTURE MILITIA SYSTEM.REVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES.RECENT AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics.All chapters and sections (23)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsA Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics.Parts1Part 1 · Other sectionsWILHELM MEISTER'S APPRENTICESHIP.TWILIGHT.NEEDLE AND GARDEN.Part 1 · Chapters9Part 1 · Other sectionsSCIENTIFIC FARMING.DOCTOR JOHNS.NATURAL HISTORY OF THE PEACOCK.UP THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER.A NEW ART CRITIC.[F]THE LUCK OF ABEL STEADMAN.AT BAY RIDGE, LONG ISLAND."RUNNING AT THE HEADS":THE CHIMNEY-CORNER.Parts7Part 7 · Other sectionsA VISIT TO THE EDGEWORTHS.ON A PAIR OF OLD SHOES.ODE RECITED AT THE HARVARD COMMEMORATION,OUR FUTURE MILITIA SYSTEM.REVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES.RECENT AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS.THEA Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics. →