''Current Literature'' is an American magazine published in

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from 1888 to 1925. Its first owner and editor, Frederick Somers, debuted the

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in July 1888. Editors and contributors included:

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, Bliss Carman, Leonard D. Abbott, William Bayard Hale, William George Jordan, George Sylvester Viereck, and

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(1903-04). ''Current Literature'' was intended initially "to deal with current literature in an eclectic way." As the publication developed over time, it began to resemble an illustrated news magazine in form and content, a process that was accelerated in March 1903 when the publication absorbed a younger competing publication, the Boston-based ''

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.'' This gradual transition from popular literary magazine to illustrated news monthly was consummated in 1913 with a name change to ''Current Opinion.'' With the exception of a single skipped issue, ''Current Opinion'' remained in continuous monthly publication until its termination in April 1925, when the publication was absorbed by its rival, ''

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.''"Current opinion (New York, N.Y.)"
Library of Congress online, ISSN 2159-0923, OCLC 01565663.

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