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A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales

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[An exceptionally good article. The writer states his case clearly
and forcibly, and his argument is all the more convincing by reason
of its moderation.]

Article on "The New Historical Romances," by W. D. Howells, in The
North American Review, December, 1900.

The Essay on "The Historical Novel" in Prof. J. Brander Matthews'
"The Historical Novel and other essays" (Scribner's, 1901).

[Originally appeared in The Forum, September, 1897. Represents
that School of Criticism which is most adverse to Historical
Romance. Some of the Professor's remarks convey the impression
that he disbelieves in ANY reconstruction of the Past; such an
attitude is, surely, unfavourable to History itself, which is
always more than any mere statement of "facts."]

The List of Historical Novels in Mudie's Library Catalogue (The New
Enlarged Edition, January, 1902).

[Non-selective, but useful more especially on account of its
Topographical arrangement.]

The list of Historical Tales given in J. S. Lindsey's "Certificate
Note-Book of European History, 1814-1848." (Heffer & Sons,
Cambridge, 1902).

"History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century," by
Henry A. Beers (Kegan Paul & Co., 1902).

[Contains some valuable direct criticism. See especially Chapter
I.]

The "Dedicatory Epistle" in Scott's "Ivanhoe."

The very brief but exceedingly suggestive opening section in
Chapter I. of Charles Reade's "The Cloister and the Hearth."

The Preface to Scheffel's "Ekkehard."



NOTE.

Some of the American Public Libraries (notably Boston) have issued
useful Lists of Historical Novels.

Two works--announced for a considerable time--I should have been
glad to consult; these are Mr. P. L. Ford's "The American
Historical Novel" (Macmillan), and Mr. E. A. Baker's "Guide to
Fiction" (Sonnensehein). The last-named volume will, I understand,
contain a section devoted to Historical Romance.

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