The Literary Digest: A Weekly Compendium of the Contemporaneous Thought of the World. Vol. XVI, No. 5 for January 29, 1898. Contains pages 121-150. Softcover, staple-bound. Contains all pages (around 30) plus both covers. Measures about 9 1/8" x 12 1/16".

This copy is in super condition for its age. There is some tanning and occasional edge-tears to the covers. There are no pen/pencil notations or cut-outs. There is small address label on the front cover with just the person's name (Danl Roberts) and city (Burlington VT).

Topics discussed in this issue include American views of the Dreyfus case, then ongoing in France; the choices facing Judaism as the religion confronted industrialization; portraits of six recent Presidential appointees; and -- topical today -- whether The Odyssey was written by a young woman.

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