The Atlantic Monthly, Devoted to Literature, Art, and Politics: December, 1861 (Volume VIII, Number 50).

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861. Paperback. Small 4to. Original printed tan wrappers. Pp. 649-77, iv, (8pp ads). Good plus. Outer wrappers (only) rather edgeworn and lightly soiled, but overall tight, clean, nice. Item #33759

Handsome early issue of this long-lived monthly, which began in November 1857. Contents include "Agnes of Sorrento" (Harriet Beecher Stowe), "Union and Liberty" (Oliver Wendell Holmes), "A Legend of the Lake" (John Greenleaf Whittier), "A Field Night in the House of Commons" (Francis Wayland) and more. This issue includes the index for all of Volume VIII.

Price: $35.00