The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866Front matterReading editionChapter navigation22 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterA Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics.THE SURGEON'S ASSISTANT.ON TRANSLATING THE DIVINA COMMEDIA.WOMAN'S WORK IN THE MIDDLE AGES.PASSAGES FROM HAWTHORNE'S NOTE-BOOKS.UNIVERSITY REFORM.THE VOICE.LIFE ASSURANCE.A DISTINGUISHED CHARACTER.THE BOBOLINKS.Chapter XXXIXChapter XLTHE CHIMNEY-CORNER FOR 1866.AN ITALIAN RAIN-STORM.INCIDENTS OF THE PORTLAND FIRE.MY LITTLE BOY.LAKE CHAMPLAIN.YESTERDAY.THE JOHNSON PARTY.REVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES.RECENT AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics.All chapters and sections (22)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsA Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics.THE SURGEON'S ASSISTANT.ON TRANSLATING THE DIVINA COMMEDIA.WOMAN'S WORK IN THE MIDDLE AGES.PASSAGES FROM HAWTHORNE'S NOTE-BOOKS.UNIVERSITY REFORM.THE VOICE.LIFE ASSURANCE.A DISTINGUISHED CHARACTER.THE BOBOLINKS.Chapters3940Other sectionsTHE CHIMNEY-CORNER FOR 1866.AN ITALIAN RAIN-STORM.INCIDENTS OF THE PORTLAND FIRE.MY LITTLE BOY.LAKE CHAMPLAIN.YESTERDAY.THE JOHNSON PARTY.REVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES.RECENT AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS.THEA Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics. →