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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.
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