The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 11, No. 63, January, 1863, 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, Vol. 11, No. 63, January, 1863 A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And PoliticsAuthor: VariousRelease Date: May 21, 2004 [EBook #12412]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ATLANTIC MONTHLY ***Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, Tonya Allen and PG Distributed Proofreaders. Produced from page scans provided byCornell University.THEATLANTIC MONTHLY.A MAGAZINE OFLITERATURE, ART, AND POLITICS.VOL. XI.—JANUARY, 1863.—NO. LXIII.HAPPIEST DAYS.Long ago, when you were a little boy or a little girl,—perhaps not so very long ago, either,—were you never interrupted inyour play by being called in to have your face washed, your hair combed, and your soiled apron exchanged for a cleanone, preparatory to an introduction to Mrs. Smith, or Dr. Jones, or Aunt Judkins, your mother's early friend? And afterbeing ushered in to that august presence, and made to face a battery of questions which were either above or below yourcapacity, and which you consequently despised as trash or resented as insult, did you not, as you were gleefullyvanishing, hear a soft sigh breathed out upon the air,—"Dear child, he ...