The Dial/Volume 15/Number 173

The Dial, Volume 15
Number 173 (September 1, 1893)
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No. 173.
SEPTEMBER 1, 1893.
Vol. XV.

Contents.


PAGE

A MIDWAY REVIEW 105

THE AUGUST CONGRESSES 107

COMMUNICATIONS 108

"The Use and Abuse of Slang." Brander Matthews.

The "New Theology" and Quackery. Leon A. Harvey.

An Unauthoritative Authority. R. O. Williams.

THREE NEW BOOKS ON INDIA. E. G. J. 110

THE NEW WITCHCRAFT. Joseph Jastrow 113

AN AUSTRALIAN BUILDER. John J. Halsey 114

ENGLISH PROSE LITERATURE. Oliver Farrar Emerson 116

BRIEFS ON NEW BOOKS 118

Exquisite reprints of classic English fiction.—A fanciful scheme for the study of psychology.—Mr. Mabie's literary essays.—A sympathetic biography of Dr. John Brown.—A satisfactory biography of the Earl of Aberdeen.—Greek and Latin Palæography.—An excellent hand-book of American history.—A thousand-page history of the Fair.

BRIEFER MENTION 120

LITERARY NOTES AND NEWS 121

TOPICS IN LEADING PERIODICALS 122

LIST OF NEW BOOKS 122