The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Atlantic Monthly, Volume 8, Issue 49, November, 1861, by VariousThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Atlantic Monthly, Volume 8, Issue 49, November, 1861Author: VariousRelease Date: March 3, 2004 [eBook #11415]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 8, ISSUE 49, NOVEMBER,1861***E-text prepared by Joshua Hutchinson, Tonya Allen, and Project Gutenberg Distributed ProofreadersTHE ATLANTIC MONTHLY.A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE, ART, AND POLITICS.VOL. VIII.—NOVEMBER, 1861.—NO. XLIX.GEORGE SAND. "Deduci superbo Non humilis mulier triumpho."These words are applied by Horace to the great Cleopatra, whose heroic end he celebrates, even while exulting in heroverthrow. We apply them to another woman of royal soul, who, capitulating with the world of her contemporaries, doesnot allow them the ignoble triumph of plundering the secrets of her life. They have long clamored at its gates, longshouted at its windows, in defamation and in glorification. Ready now for their admission, she lets the eager public in; butwhat they were most intent to find still eludes them. In the "Histoire de ma Vie" are the records of her parentage, birth,education. Here are detailed the subtile influences ...