The Dial/Volume 15/Number 169

THE DIAL

A Semi-Monthly Journal of

${\mathfrak {Literary}}$ ${\mathfrak {Criticism,}}$ ${\mathfrak {Discussion,}}$ ${\mathfrak {and}}$ ${\mathfrak {Information.}}$

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EDITED BY {Volume XV.
FRANCIS F. BROWNE. {No. 169. 10 cts. a copy.} Office: 24 Adams St.
82. a year.} Stevens Building.

CHICAGO, JULY 1, 1893

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Contents.

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2. THE LITERATURE CONGRESSES ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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3. CHRONICLE AND COMMENT ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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4. COMMUNICATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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5. Perhaps an Error. R. O. Williams.

6. IN KASHMIR AND WESTERN TIBET. E. G. J. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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7. THE WORKS AND WORK OF FRANCIS GALTON. Frederick Starr ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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8. THE HOMERIC QUESTION ONCE MORE. Paul Shorey ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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9. THE SOCIAL SPIRIT IN AMERICA. Joseph Henry Crocker ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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10. BRIEFS ON NEW BOOKS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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11. An excellent American Guide-Book.—The author of The Christian Year.—A useful book on Persian Literature.—A correspondent of Jane Welsh Carlyle.—Philosophy and Social Science.—Studies of Democracy in Poets.

12. BRIEFER MENTION ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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13. LITERARY NOTES AND NEWS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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14. TOPICS IN LEADING PERIODICALS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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15. LIST OF NEW BOOKS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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