some of the writers feature great, mark twain, nathanial hawthor hawthorne, ralph weigh dough emerson. joining us is the editor, james and editor scott. thank you for joining us. before we delve into the issue iftsd, the co-member rative issue, let's talk about the atlantic. "the atlantic" has a great history. how does abolition and the abolitionist movement play into the founding of the magazine. >> we had a wonderful time putting this issue together because we love these pieces and gave us an opportunity to connect with the founding of the magazine. started in 1857 in boston. the magazine was basically created by a group of writers who came together with two fundamental purposes. one was to capture what they saw as an emerging american voice in letters. the other, including their own voices, and was to abolish slavery. they were very committed to abolitionists. in 1857 this is a very radical idea still. they were interested in promoting the founding of the magazine what they called the american idea. they didn't exactly define what they meant but they regarded slavery as anti-ethica