The Atlantic Monthly.

The Atlantic Monthly for February continues a continuation of the joint story by Mrs. Oliphant and Mr. Aldrich. Whittier presents a pleasing poem, "A Day." Crawford continues Paul Platoff and John Fiske with his usual clearness offers an admirable paper on "The Federal Convention." The most notable paper, however, is the long expected poem by James Russell Lowell, "Credidimus Jovem Regnare." Among other papers are "Two Serious Books" by Harriet Waters Preston. "A Bird of Affairs" by Olive Thorne Miller and the first part of a story, "The Lady from Maine," by Lawrence Saxe. Mr. Winter and Mr. Langdon and Susan Fenimore Cooper offer very interesting papers and the number is completed by a notable review of Crowell's addresses and the "The Contributors Club" with the usual book notices.