The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics

"The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867" by Various is a compilation of literary works that captures the essence of its time through essays, articles, stories, and poems covering diverse subjects like art, literature, science, and politics reflecting the cultural and societal norms of that era. The magazine begins serializing "The Guardian Angel," a story set in a close-knit village, that tells the story of Myrtle Hazard, a young woman at the center of a tense love triangle between Murray Bradshaw and Clement Lindsay, where raw emotions of ambition and jealousy come to the surface, revealing the character's complex desires and conflicts, driving the reader into a world where love and ambition are at odds.