The Atlantic Monthly

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics

When we returned from our journey, Lulu was among the first to greet us, and with a cordial animation quite unlike the gentle, dawdling way she used to have. Indeed, I was struck the first evening with a new impulse, and a healthful mental current, that gave glow and freshness...