The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866

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Various. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866

CHILDHOOD: A STUDY

HER PILGRIMAGE

FARMER HILL'S DIARY

DIARY

THE DARWINIAN THEORY

VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE WOMAN QUESTION

SCARABÆI ED ALTRI

MIANTOWONA

PASSAGES FROM HAWTHORNE'S NOTE-BOOKS

X

THE NORMAN CONQUEST

THE NOVELS OF GEORGE ELIOT

GRIFFITH GAUNT; OR, JEALOUSY

CHAPTER XLI

THE USURPATION

REVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES

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April 13, 18—.—Captain Welles was here this morning, advising daddy to buy a horse-cart. Frederic favors it; but daddy doesn't approve of newfangled contrivances. He says we can do as we always have done, viz., carry the grain to mill on horseback, or, when there's a heavy load, take the oxen.

Captain Welles's kindness to me is wonderful, considering that I can in no way favor him, being poor, and without knowledge, and wellnigh friendless. He talked with me to-day, while I was working on the fences, about my mind and my soul, and also about getting along in the world. He counselled me to keep a diary, mentioning many advantages arising therefrom. As what I write is only for my own eye, I will put down that he warned me against being vain of a comely face.

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Elinor looks troubled.

They tell me of a great revival here, the like of which was never known.

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