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74] many papers on classical philology, and devoted many years to a proposed Latin-English lexicon, planned, then afterwards abandoned, by the Clarendon Press.

Mr. Walter Besant, the English novelist, who attended the recent Authors' Congress at Chicago as a delegate from the British Society of Authors, has written the following appreciative letter to the President of the Auxiliary Congresses, by whom it is given to the public.

CHARLES C. DONKEY, Esq.,

President World's Congress Auxiliary.

DEAR SIR: At the moment of leaving Chicago and the Literary Conference, I beg permission, in the name of Dr. Sprigge and myself, and of the organization which we represented at your Congress, to convey to you as president, and to the committee of organization of the Literary department, first, our most sincere congratulations on the success of the Congress which is to-day concluded; second, our most sincere thanks for the arrangements made for the reception of the English contributors, and for the great personal kindness shown to us and the trouble taken for us.

Many papers were read most helpful and suggestive; a great stimulus has been given to the consideration of all subjects connected with the advance of our common literature a literature growing daily more international, while on both sides of the Atlantic it will preserve its natural distinctions. I venture to express the earnest hope that in the interests of both countries the papers read and the speeches made during this week may be edited i.e., reduced and condensed and published, and sent to all the principal libraries in the world of the Republic and the English Empire.

Permit me, sir, if I may do so as a simple visitor, without the appearance of impertinence, to congratulate your splendid city on the place which this Exposition has enabled it to take among the great mother cities of the world. Among all your business activities, and in the eager pressing forward of your people, rejoicing in a vigorous youth, confident in a splendid future, reckless of what they spend because of the strength and resources within them, I rejoice to find springing up a new literature. Whatever be the future of this literature, which rises on the frontier line of East and West, it will be at least free from the old traditions. I wish for your authors that independence which we in the old country are straggling to conquer; at least it will be their fault if they do not achieve it at the outset not the fault of the national character, nor the fault of this Literary Congress.

I leave your city with memories of the greatest kindness and hospitality. I can never sufficiently thank my friends here for their friendliness. I carry away a delightful memory, not so much of a Chicago rich, daring, young, and confident, as of a Chicago which has conceived and carried into execution the most beautiful and poetic dream a place surpassing the imagination of man, as man is commonly found and a Chicago loving the old literature, discerning and proving that which is new, and laying the foundations for that which is to come, a Chicago which is destined to become the centre of American literature in the future.

I remain, dear sir, your obedient servant, WALTER BESANT.



TOPICS IN LEADING PERIODICALS.

August, 1893.

Academic and Technical Instruction. N. S. Shaler. Atlantic.

Animal Speech. E. P. Evans. Popular Science.

Art and Shoddy. Frederic Harrison. Forum.

Astronomy in America. E. S. Holden. Forum.

Auxiliary Congresses, The. Dial.

Belcher, Jonathan, Royal Governor of Massachusetts. Allan.

Breathing Movements. Illus. T. J. Mays. Century.

California, Division of. M. M. Estee, Abbott Kinney. CaVn.

Chinese Six Companies. R. H. Drayton. Californian.

Congress and the Financial Crisis. Forum.

Cup Defenders. Illus. W. P. Stephens. Century.

European Literature of a Year. Dial.

Evolution and Man. Paul Shorey. Dial.

Explorer, Tasks for the. A. Heilprin. Forum.

Fez. Illus. Stephen Bonsai. Century.

Frogs' Color Changes. Illus. C. M. Weed. Popular Science.

Greenwich Village. Illus. T. A. Janvier. Harper.

Honey and Honey Plants. G. G. Groff. Popular Science.

How My Character Was Formed. Georg Ebers. Forum.

Italian Gardens. Illus. C. A. Platt. Harper.

Japanese Art, Contemporary. Illus. E. F. Fenollosa. Century* Joan of Arc. Octave Thanet. Dial.

Journalism, Inside Views of. Forum.

Kentucky Beauties. Illus. Sarah H. Henton. Californian*

Learn and Search. Rudolph Virchow. Popular Science.

Letters of Phillips Brooks to Children. Century.

Lightning, Protection from. Illus. Popular Science.

Mark Twain's Recent Works. F. R. Stockton. Forum.

Material and Spiritual. Graham Lusk. Popular Science.

Murat, Prince and Princess, in Florida. Century.,

Navajo Blankets. J. J. Peatfield. Californian.

Newnham College's First Principal. Atlantic.

Newspaper Correspondents. Illus. Julian Ralph. Scribner*

North, Marianne, Further Recollections. Dial.

Oil on the Sea. Illus. G. W. Littlehales. Popular Science*

Petrarch's Correspondence. Atlantic.

Plant and Animal Growth. Manly Miles. Popular Science*

Sealing in the Atlantic. Popular Science.

Siam. Illus. S. E. Carrington. Californian.

Taylor, Zachary. Illus. Annah R. Watson. Lippincott.

Tolstoy the Younger and the Famine. Illus. Century.

Tramp Census and Its Revelations. J. J. McCook. Forum*

Tunis, Riders of. Illus. T. A. Dodge. Harper.

Washington and Baltimore Sanitation. J. S. Billings. Forum*

Washington in 1860-1. H. L. Dawes. Atlantic.

Weismann's Theories. Herbert Spencer. Popular Science*

Witchcraft Revival. Ernest Hart. Popular Science.

World's Fair Types. Illus. J. A. Mitchell. Scribner.

Zorn, Anders. Illus. Mrs. S. van Rensselaer. Century.

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