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Atlantic Classics

The Atlantic was a popular periodical with a wide range of essays and stories. In an effort to remain current, many strong and valid submissions ended up being pushed aside. The Atlantic Classic was an experimental publication, drawing on some sixteen of these good but rejected essays. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (7 hr 45 min)

Chapters

Preface

Dogs and Men By Henry C. Merwin

Jungle Night By William Beebe (1867-1962)

The Devil Baby at Hull-House By Jane Addams (1860-1935)

Every Man's Natural Desire to be Somebody Else By Samuel McChord Crothers (1857…

The Temple's Difficult Door By Robert M. Gay

Exile and Postman By Jean Kenyon Mackenzie

The Life of Adventure By Edgar J. Goodspeed

An Indictment of Intercollegiate Athletics By William T. Foster (1879-1950)

Car-Window Botany By Lida F. Baldwin

Studies in Solitude By Fannie Stearns Gifford

The Greek Genius By John Jay Chapman (1862-1933)

In Praise of Old Ladies By Lucy Martin Donnelly(1870-1948)

A Memory of Old Gentlemen By Sharlot M. Hall (1870-1943)

Viola's Lovers: A Study in the New Morality By Richard Bowland Kimball

Haunted Lives By Laura Spencer Portor (1872-1957)

The Acropolis and Golgotha By Anne C. E. Allinson

The Baptizing of the Baby By Elizabeth Taylor (1856-1932)