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Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 7, Issue 42, April, 1861
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Title: Atlantic Monthly, Volume 7, Issue 42, April, 1861
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THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY.
A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE, ART, AND POLITICS.
VOL. VII.--APRIL, 1861.--NO. XLII.
APRIL DAYS.
"Can trouble dwell with April days?"
_In Memoriam._
In our methodical New England life, we still recognize some magic in summer. Most persons reluctantly resign themselves to being decently happy in June, at least. They accept June. They compliment its weather. They complained of the earlier months as cold, and so spent them in the city; and they will complain of the later months as hot, and so refrigerate themselves on some barren sea-coast. God offers us yearly a necklace of twelve pearls; most men choose the fairest, label it June, and cast the rest away. It is time to chant a hymn of more liberal gratitude.
There are no days in the whole round year more delicious than those which often come to us in the latter half of April. On these days one goes forth in