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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
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface
04:52 - Chapter 2
Dogs and Men By Henry C. Merwin
34:23 - Chapter 3
Jungle Night By William Beebe (1867-1962)
40:28 - Chapter 4
The Devil Baby at Hull-House By Jane Addams (1860-1935)
36:24 - Chapter 5
Every Man's Natural Desire to be Somebody Else By Samuel McChord Crothers (1857-1927)
26:16 - Chapter 6
The Temple's Difficult Door By Robert M. Gay
23:14 - Chapter 7
Exile and Postman By Jean Kenyon Mackenzie
19:38 - Chapter 8
The Life of Adventure By Edgar J. Goodspeed
20:53 - Chapter 9
An Indictment of Intercollegiate Athletics By William T. Foster (1879-1950)
40:29 - Chapter 10
Car-Window Botany By Lida F. Baldwin
17:40 - Chapter 11
Studies in Solitude By Fannie Stearns Gifford
15:45 - Chapter 12
The Greek Genius By John Jay Chapman (1862-1933)
57:38 - Chapter 13
In Praise of Old Ladies By Lucy Martin Donnelly(1870-1948)
14:38 - Chapter 14
A Memory of Old Gentlemen By Sharlot M. Hall (1870-1943)
10:33 - Chapter 15
Viola's Lovers: A Study in the New Morality By Richard Bowland Kimball
16:52 - Chapter 16
Haunted Lives By Laura Spencer Portor (1872-1957)
38:00 - Chapter 17
The Acropolis and Golgotha By Anne C. E. Allinson
27:25 - Chapter 18
The Baptizing of the Baby By Elizabeth Taylor (1856-1932)
19:59