Free-floating ornament
Man engulfed in flames
Artist: Charles Ricketts
<a href="https://archive.org/details/dial_01/page/n81/mode/2up"><em>The Dial</em>, Volume 1, Back Cover</a>
<a href="https://1890s.ca/dial-volumes/">Dial Volumes at <em>Yellow Nineties 2.0</em></a>
Charles Shannon at The Vale
August, 1889
Public Domain
Toronto Metropolitan University Archives & Special Collections
<i><a href="https://1890s.ca/dial-volumes/">Dial Digital Edition</a>,</i><span> edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2018-2020. </span><i>Yellow Nineties 2.0,</i><span> Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2019.</span>
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Sensations
The story or prose poem describes the sensations of a man during a violent thunderstorm.
Short Story or Prose Poem
Author: Unattributed, but likely Charles Ricketts
Artist: Charles Ricketts
<a href="https://archive.org/details/dial_01/page/n69/mode/2up"><em>The Dial</em>, Volume 1, pp. 34-36</a>
<a href="https://1890s.ca/dialv1-sensations/">"Sensations" at <em>Yellow Nineties 2.0</em></a>
Charles Shannon at the Vale
August, 1889
Public Domain
Toronto Metropolitan University Archives & Special Collections
<i><a href="https://1890s.ca/dial-volumes/">Dial Digital Edition</a>,</i><span> edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2018-2020. </span><i>Yellow Nineties 2.0,</i><span> Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2019.</span>
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The Cup of Happiness
Allegoric play about virtue and fulfillment.
Fantastic Dramatic Dialogue
Artist: Charles Ricketts
<a href="https://archive.org/details/dial_01/page/n57/mode/2up"><em>The Dial</em>, Volume 1, pp. 27-33</a>
<a href="https://1890s.ca/dialv1-ricketts-happiness/">"The Cup of Happiness" at <em>Yellow Nineties 2.0</em></a>
Charles Shannon at the Vale
August, 1889
Public Domain
Toronto Metropolitan University Archives & Special Collections
<i><a href="https://1890s.ca/dial-volumes/">Dial Digital Edition</a>,</i><span> edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2018-2020. </span><i>Yellow Nineties 2.0,</i><span> Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2019.</span>
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Notes
Brief notes about theatre and art exhibitions in London, Brussels, Paris.
Review
Author: Reginald Savage
Artist: Charles Ricketts
<a href="https://archive.org/details/dial_01/page/n45/mode/2up"><em>The Dial</em>, Volume 1, pp. 23-26</a>
<a href="https://1890s.ca/dialv1-savage-notes/">"Notes" at <em>Yellow Nineties 2.0</em></a>
Charles Shannon at the Vale
August, 1889
Public Domain
Toronto Metropolitan University Archives & Special Collections
<i><a href="https://1890s.ca/dial-volumes/">Dial Digital Edition</a>,</i><span> edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2018-2020. </span><i>Yellow Nineties 2.0,</i><span> Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2019.</span>
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A Glimpse of Heaven
A young girl waits outside a pub for her drunken father on a cold night and dies. An angel takes her up to heaven.
Short Story, Fantasy
Author: Charles Ricketts
Artist: Charles Ricketts
<a href="https://archive.org/details/dial_01/page/n41/mode/2up"><em>The Dial</em>, Volume 1, pp. 19-22</a>
<a href="https://1890s.ca/dialv1-ricketts-heaven/">"A Glimpse of Heaven" at <em>Yellow Nineties 2.0</em></a>
Charles Shannon at the Vale
August, 1889
Public Domain
Toronto Metropolitan University Archives & Special Collections
<i><a href="https://1890s.ca/dial-volumes/">Dial Digital Edition</a>,</i><span> edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2018-2020. </span><i>Yellow Nineties 2.0,</i><span> Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2019.</span>
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The Great Worm
The Asian fairy tale of the “great worm”, which satirizes bureaucracy and the inability to accommodate the sublime/picturesque in ordinary life.
Fairy Tale
Author: John Gray
Artist: Charles Ricketts
<a href="https://archive.org/details/dial_01/page/n33/mode/2up"><em>The Dial</em>, Volume 1, pp. 14-18</a>
<a href="https://1890s.ca/dialv1-gray-worm/">"The Great Worm" at <em>Yellow Nineties 2.0</em></a>
Charles Shannon at the Vale
August, 1889
Public Domain
Toronto Metropolitan University Archives & Special Collections
<i><a href="https://1890s.ca/dial-volumes/">Dial Digital Edition</a>,</i><span> edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2018-2020. </span><i>Yellow Nineties 2.0,</i><span> Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2019.</span>
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Les Goncourt
Critical essay comparing the lack of popularity of the Goncourt brothers to their appreciation by a few and analyzing their influence on realism, the appreciation of Japanese art, and the study of women.
Critical Essay
Author: John Gray
Artist: Charles Ricketts
<a href="https://archive.org/details/dial_01/page/n27/mode/2up"><em>The Dial</em>, Volume 1, pp. 9-13</a>
<a href="https://1890s.ca/dialv1-gray-goncourt/">"Les Goncourt" at <em>Yellow Nineties 2.0</em></a>
Charles Shannon at The Vale
August, 1889
Public Domain
Toronto Metropolitan University Archives & Special Collections
<i><a href="https://1890s.ca/dial-volumes/">Dial Digital Edition</a>,</i><span> edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2018-2020. </span><i>Yellow Nineties 2.0,</i><span> Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2019.</span>
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A Simple Story
Bishop Hilarion visits Batlida in her hut, accompanied by her son Felix, a priest, on their way to the Seven Isles to baptize those living there. Batilda bakes cakes to honour the visit. The Bishop blesses and teaches the community before departing.
Prose Folk Tale
Author: Charles Shannon
Artist: Charles Ricketts
<a href="https://archive.org/details/dial_01/page/n19/mode/2up"><em>The Dial</em>, Volume 1, pp. 5-8</a>
<a href="https://1890s.ca/dialv1-shannon-simple-story/">"A Simple Story" at <em>Yellow Nineties 2.0</em></a>
Charles Shannon at the Vale
August 1889
Public Domain
Toronto Metropolitan University Archives & Special Collections
<i><a href="https://1890s.ca/dial-volumes/">Dial Digital Edition</a>,</i><span> edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2018-2020. </span><i>Yellow Nineties 2.0,</i><span> Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2019.</span>
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Puvis de Chavannes
Critical essay on the Symbolist painter Puvis de Chavannes; discusses the relation of ornament and symbol to the natural world.
Critical Essay
Author: Charles Ricketts
Artist: Charles Ricketts
<a href="https://archive.org/details/dial_01/page/n15/mode/2up"><em>The Dial</em>, Volume 1, pp. 1-4</a>
<a href="https://1890s.ca/dialv1-ricketts-puvis/">"Puvis de Chavannes" at <em>Yellow Nineties 2.0</em></a>
Charles Shannon at The Vale
August, 1889
Public Domain
Toronto Metropolitan University Archives & Special Collections
<i><a href="https://1890s.ca/dial-volumes/">Dial Digital Edition</a>,</i><span> edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2018-2020. </span><i>Yellow Nineties 2.0,</i><span> Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2019.</span>
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Free-floating ornament
Butterfly Engulfed in Flames
Ornament on verso of Table of Contents, centred on a blank page. The image shows a butterfly, whose wings are decorated with stars and hearts, emerging from a chrysalis of flames. Charles Ricketts's initials appear in a small box below the image.
Artist: Charles Ricketts
<a href="https://archive.org/details/dial_01/page/n11/mode/2up"><em>The Dial</em>, Volume 1, vi</a>
<a href="https://1890s.ca/dial-volumes/">Dial Volumes at <em>Yellow Nineties 2.0</em></a>
Charles Shannon at The Vale
August, 1889
Public Domain
Toronto Metropolitan University Archives & Special Collections
<i><a href="https://1890s.ca/dial-volumes/">Dial Digital Edition</a>,</i><span> edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2018-2020. </span><i>Yellow Nineties 2.0,</i><span> Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2019.</span>
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