Dial, The

The, a famous American quarterly published for four years in Boston. It was a literary journal, and the recognized organ of the Trancendentalists. The first editor was Margaret Fuller, who, assisted by Ripley, Emerson, and others, filled the position from 1840 to 1842. Emerson was the editor during 1842-44. In 1902 The Dial was reprinted with an introduction by G.W. Cooke.