The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics

"The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866" by Various, is a compilation of diverse essays exploring the landscape of literature, science, art, and politics during the 1860s. This particular volume opens with an analysis of how the English viewed the American Civil War, contrasting the sentiments towards the Union and the Confederacy. The writings capture individual viewpoints on crucial social and political issues of the era, such as the complicated debate surrounding slavery and the reasons behind the Southern states' decision to secede. One article examines the spectrum of English feelings about the war, with the writer, an Englishman sympathetic to the North, dissecting his society's divided opinions, from moral support for the Union to secret approval of slavery. It also considers the extensive disagreement across England about the internal conflict, exploring the possible effects and the entitlements linked to a major disturbance within a nation historically tied to Britain.