The Dial Magazine: Selected Table of Contents, Vol 76

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The Dial Magazine:
A Selected, Annotated Table of Contents,
Vol 76 (January - June 1924)

76.1 (January 1924)

Fsp. Mattaus Gruenewald, "Standing Saint"
Glenway Wescott, "Bad Han" 1-28 (Story)
E.E. Cummings, Four Poems 29-32
E.E. Cummings, "Portrait of the Artist" (oil) f.p. 32
Mary M. Colum, "An American Criticism: Van Wyck Brooks" 33-41
Miguel de Unamuno, "The Cavern of Silence" (story) 42-48
William Carlos William, "Full Moon" (poem) 48
Gaston Lachaise, "A Bronze" f.p. 48
W.C. Blum, "The Perfumed Paradise of Death" 49-52 (on E. E. Cummings)
Eric Gill, Three Woodcuts, f.p. 52
John Eglinton, "Dublin Letter" 53-7
Thomas Mann, "German Letter" 58-65
Alyse Gregory, "Artist Turned Prophet," Rev. of four books by D.H, Lawrence, 66-72
H.L. Menken, Rev. of Stephen Crane by Thomas Beer 73-4
Edmund Wilson, Rev. of A Lost Lady by Willa Cather, 79-80
Marianne Moore, "Well Moused, Lion," Rev. of Harmonium by Wallace Stevens 84-91
Briefer Mention, 92-5. Includes Cane by Jean Toomer, 92
Comment, 96-7 (Announcement of Van Wyck Brooks as recipient of Dial Prize for 1923)
Gilbert Seldes, "The Theater," 98-9
Henry McBride, "Modern Art" 100-2 (influence of Picasso)
Paul Rosenfeld, "Musical Chronicle" 103-6 (Bloch and Strawinsky)

76.2 (February 1924)

Fsp. Marc Chagall, "The Market" (color)
Laurence Buermeyer, "Some Popular Fallacies in Aesthetics" 107-21 (Discussion of Craven and Fry)
Heinrich Mann, "Virgins" (story) 123-32
Marie Laurencin, "A Girl" f.p. 136
Glenway Wescott, "Bad Han" II, 137-58
Edwin Arlington Robinson, "As It Looked Then" (poem) 158
Edward Munch, "The Last Hour" (woodcut) f.p. 159
Raffaello Piccolli, "Italian Letter"159-667 (Croce; Francesco Flora)
Alexander Eliasberg, "Russian Letter" 168-79
Thomas Craven, "Living Art," Rev. of Scofield Thayer's volume of reproductions from The Dial Collection,180-3. O'Keeffe cited as an interesting contrast to Marie Laurencin, 182.
J. Middleton Murry, "Moralizings on Morand," Rev. of Open All Night by Paul Morand, 184-7
Herbert J. Seligmann, "D. H. Lawrence," Translator,: Rev. of Lawrence's translation of Mastro-Don Gesualso by Giovanni Verga, 191-3
J. Middleton Murry, "The Weariness of Ivan Bunin" 194-7 Briefer Mention, 198-202.
Pablo Picasso, "Le Menage des Pauvres" (Oil) and pencil Drawing, f.p. 202
Announcement, 203-4 (of exhibition of Dial Collection)
Aristide Maillol, "Femme Accroupie" (Sculpture) f.p. 204
Gilbert Seldes, "The Theater," 205-6 (George M. Cohan)
Henry McBride, "Modern Art" 207-9 (The Dial folio; includes list of artists: Duncan Grant, Demuth, Marin)
Paul Rosenfeld, "Musical Chronicle" 210-2 (Strawinsky in New York)

76.3 (March 1924)

Fsp. Maurice de Vlaminick, "Rue a Nesles" (color)
Thomas Mann, "Death in Venice" tr. by Kenneth Burke, 213-35
Thomas Craven, "Psychology and Common Sense" 236-42 (repudiating charge he copied theories from Fry)
John Marin, Three Watercolors f.p. 243
Bertrand Russell, "A Motley Pantheon," 243-5 (criticism of nineteenth-century writers)
E.E. Cummings, "Charles Spencer Chaplin" (drawing) f.p. 248
G. Santyana, "The Sorrows of Avicenna" 250-6
Herbert Read, "The Definition of Comedy" 257-64
Jack Yeats, Two Drawings, f.p. 264
Paul Morand, "Paris Letter" 265-73 (situation in Germany; Proust, Apollinaire)
Robert Morss Lovett, Rev of Horses and Men by Sherwood Anderson, 274-6
Edmund Wilson, "Mrs. Wharton's Age of Faith," Rev. of A Son at the Front by Edith Wharton, 277-80
A.E. Gallatin, Rev of Some Unknown Drawings of Aubrey Beardsley, 280-82
Carl Van Vechten, "The Lady Stuffed with Pistachio Nuts" Rev. of Jennifer Lorn by Elinor Wylie, 283-6
Briefer Mention, 287-90; includes The Heir by V. Sackville-West, 288; His Religion and Hers by Charlotte Perkins Gilman; The Dominant Sex by Mathilde and Mathias Vaerting
Comment, 291-2 (inaccuracies in New York Times review of Dial folio)
Gilbert Seldes, "The Theater,"293-4
Henry McBride, "Modern Art" 295-7 (Kuniyoshi)
Paul Rosenfeld, "Musical Chronicle" 298-300 (Varese)

76.4 (April 1924)

Fsp. Pablo Picasso "Enfant au Cheval"
Conrad Aiken, "Emily Dickinson" 301-8
Henry J. Glintenkamp, Three Woodcuts, f.p. 308
Thomas Mann, "Death in Venice" III, tr. by Kenneth Burke, 311-33
Padric Colum, "A Note on Hawaiian Poetry" 336-9
Padric Colum, "Three Hawaiian Poems" 340-42
Aristide Maillol, Three Sculptures, f.p. 342
Marianne Moore, "Sir Francis Bacon," 343-6
Edwin Arlington Robinson, "Not Always" (poem) 346
James Stephens, "Irish Letter," 347-52 (George Moore)
Bertrand Russell, "Does Ethics Influence Life?" Rev. of Civilization and Ethics by Albert Schweitzer, 353-56
Thomas Craven, "Making Modernism Difficult," Rev. of Western Art and the New Era by Katherine S. Dreier, 357-60
Cutherbert Wright, "The Best Butter?" Rev. of two books by James Branch Cabell
Francis Birrell, "The Art of "pology" Rev. of books about WWI by Churchill and Asquith, 364-9
Briefer Mention, 37-3; includes Poems by Katherine Mansfield 372.
Comment 374-9 (Yale Review's publication of excerpts from Middleton Murry's journal attacking E. E. Cummings)
Laurence Buermeyer, " Communication,"380-2 (Response to critique by Craven)
Gilbert Seldes, "The Theater," 383-4
Henry McBride, "Modern Art" (Sargent)
Paul Rosenfeld, "Musical Chronicle" 388-90

76.5 (May 1924)

Fsp. Henri Matisse, "Woman with Goldfish" (color)
E.M. Forster, "Eliza in Chains" 391-403
Thomas Craven, "Henri Matisse" 404-6
Elie Faure, "The Gods" 409-20
Rockwell Kent, Two paintings f.p. 422
Thomas Mann, "Death in Venice" V, tr. by Kenneth Burke,423-44
Hermine David, Three Woodcuts f.p. 444
Stefan Zweig, "Romain Rolland After the War" (essay) 445-48
Paul Morand, "Paris Letter," 449-51
Hamish Miles, "E.M. Forster," Rev. of three books, 452-6
Kenneth Burke, "Immersion" Rev. of I A Book by Djuna Barnes, 460-1
Briefer Mention, 465-8
Comment, 467-73 (Discussion of magazines: Nation, New Republic, Yale Review, Vanity Fair; reference to Clive Bell; angry at his review of Dial portfolio in April Vanity Fair; points out his friend Duncan Grant is in it; pissed at criticism of Wyndham Lewis. Bell i.d. as lover of Bonnard)
Gilbert Seldes, "The Theater" 474-5
Henry McBride, "Modern Art" 476-8 (Sargent)
Paul Rosenfeld, "Musical Chronicle" 478-80 (Strawinsky, "Le Sacre")

76.6 (June 1924)

Fsp. Pierre Bonnard, "Scene Villageoise" (color)
Maxim Gorky, "Reminiscences of Leonid Andreyev." Tr. By S.S. Koteliansky and Katherine Mansfield, 481-92
Pablo Picasso, Three Pencil Drawings, f.p. 492
William Butler Yeats, Four Poems (including a brief Introduction and "Leda and the Swan" ) 493-501
Roger Fry, "Mr. Epstein's Sculpture" 502-6
Jacob Epstein, Three Sculptures, f.p. 506
Elie Faure, "The Gods," 507-9
James Stephens, "Irish Letter" 523-8
Hugo von Hofmannsthal, "Vienna Letter"529-34
Conrad Aiken, "Disintegration in Modern Poetry," Rev. of Birds, Beasts and Flowers by D.H. Lawrence, 535-40
Gilbert Seldes, "A Popular Novel," Rev. of The Rover by Joseph Conrad, 541-3
Herbert J. Seligmannn, Rev. of Port of New York by Paul Rosenfeld, 544-7 (mentions O'Keeffe in passing)
Briefer Mention 559-62
Gilbert Seldes, "The Theater" 563-4
Henry McBride, "Modern Art" 565-7 (new amateurs; slams Epstein)
Comment, 568-70 (critique of New Republic)

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