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The World's Columbian Exposition, which will be held in Chicago in 1893, will be eminently a gathering of the people. It will be, therefore, a most appropriate time to study the lore and literature of the people. An opportunity to assemble for this purpose is now offered, to those interested in the study of Folk-Lore, under the auspices of the World's Congress Auxiliary, formed for such purposes, with the support of the Exposition Authorities and the recognition and approval of the Government of the United States.

To this end, the Local Committees below named, and an Advisory Council, chosen from persons eminent in Folk-Lore Studies, both in the American States and abroad, have been appointed to organize a Folk-Lore Congress, to meet in Chicago during the summer of 1893.