Atlantic Monthly

American monthly magazine that began in November 1857. It is also known as The Atlantic.

It is a literary and cultural magazine, with frequent articles in the fields of political science and foreign affairs, as well as book reviews and short stories.

The magazine made the first publications of Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (on February 1, 1862), and William Parker's the Freedman's Story (in February and March, 1866). It has also published many of the works of Mark Twain, including one that managed to escape publication until 2001.

Its annual ranking of the 25 most selective colleges in the United States, where were as follows in 2003:

1. 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
   2. Princeton University
   3. California Institute of Technology
   4. Yale University
   5. Harvard University
   6. Stanford University
   7. Columbia University
   8. University of Pennsylvania
   9. Brown University
   10. Swarthmore College
   11. Washington University
   12. Amherst College
   13. University of California, Berkeley
   14. Duke University
   15. Dartmouth College
   16. Pomona College
   17. University of California, Los Angeles
   18. Rice University
   19. Williams College
   20. Georgetown University
   21. Cornell University
   22. Claremont McKenna College
   23. Harvey Mudd College
   24. College of William and Mary
   25. Middlebury College