
                                                                 EXHIBIT 23.1


INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment
No. 3 to Registration Statement No. 33-63024 of Dean Witter, Discover & Co.
("DWDC") on Form S-8 (relating to the DWDC Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan,
DWDC Employees Replacement Stock Plan and DWDC 1993 Stock Plan for Non-
Employee Directors) of our reports dated February 21, 1996, appearing in and
incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of DWDC for the
year ended December 31, 1995.




New York, New York
February 18, 1997






