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overlooked。 

     I think many  will be surprised to find how large a proportion of our 

best writers ��English and American�� have entered the domain of Historical 

or   Semi´Historical   Romance。          Scott�察  �Thackeray�察  �Dickens�察  �George   Eliot�察�

Charlotte Bronte�察�George Meredith�察�R。 L。 Stevenson�察�Hawthorne�察�Peacock�察�

Charles Kingsley�察�Henry Kingsley�察�Charles Reade�察�Anthony Trollope�察�Mrs。 

Gaskell�察�Walter Besant�察�Lytton�察�Disraeli�察�J。 H。 Newman�察�J。 A。 Froude�察�and 

Walter Paterthese are a few of the names which appear in the following 

pages�察    �while   Tolstoy�察   �Dumas�察    �Balzac�察   �George     Sand�察  �Victor    Hugo�察   �De 

Vigny�察  �Prosper   Merimee�察  �Flaubert�察�Theophile   Gautier�察  �Freytag�察  �Scheffel�察�

Hauff�察     �Auerbach�察     �Manzoni�察      �Perez    Galdos�察    �Merejkowski�察       �Topelius�察�

Sienkiewicz�察�and Jokai are�察�perhaps�察�the chief amongst those representing 

Literatures other than our own。 

     ;The   Last   Days   of   Pompeii�察─   �The   Gladiators�察─   �Hypatia�察─   �Harold�察─�

;Ivanhoe�察─   �The   Talisman�察─   �Maid   Marian�察─   �The   Last   of   the   Barons�察─�

;Quentin      Durward�察─      �Romola�察─       �The    Cloister   and    the  Hearth�察─     �The 

Palace   of   the   King�察─   �Westward   Ho� ┌察        �Kenilworth�察─   �The   Chaplet        of 

Pearls�察─     �A    Gentleman       of   France�察─     �John     Inglesant�察─     �The    Three 

Musketeers�察─ �Twenty Years After�察─   �Woodstock�察─ �Peveril of   the  Peak�察─�

;Old   Mortality�察─   ─  �The   Betrothed   Lovers;   �─�I   Promessi   Sposi;���察   �Lorna 

Doone�察─ �The Refugees�察─ �In the Golden Days�察─ �The Courtship of Morice 

Buckler�察─   �Dorothy   Forster�察─   �The   Men   of   the   Moss   Hags�察─   �Esmond�察─�

;The     Virginians�察─     �Heart    of  Midlothian�察─     �Waverley�察─      �The    Master    of 

Ballantrae�察─ �Kidnapped�察─   �Catriona�察─   �The   Chaplain of   the   Fleet�察─   �The 

Seats of the Mighty�察─ �Barnaby Rudge�察─ �A Tale of Two Cities�察─ �War and 

Peace;what visions do these mere titles arouse within many of us�                     �And�察�

though most of the books given in my list cannot be described in the same 



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glowing terms as the masterpieces just named�察�yet many ;nests of pleasant 

thoughts; may be formed through their panionship。 

     Hitherto allusion has been mainly in the direction of modern authors�察�

and I would now say a word or two in regard to those of an earlier period 

who     are   also   represented。      Defoe�察     �Fielding�察   �Richardson�察     �Goldsmith�察�

Smollett�察  �Frances   Burney�察  �Samuel   Lover�察  �John   Galt�察  �Maria   Edgeworth�察�

Susan   Ferrier�察  �William   Godwin�察  �Mary   Shelley�察  �Fennimore   Cooper�察  �J。   G。 

Lockhart�察     �Leigh    Hunt�察  �Thos。    Moore�察    �Harriet   Martineau�察    �J。  L。  Motley�察�

Horace Smith�察�Charles Lever�察�Meadows Taylor�察�and Wm。 Carleton��these 

��in greater or less degree�� notable names were bound to have a place�察�and�察�

ing to less distinguished writers�察�I may mention the brothers Banim�察�

Gerald   Griffin�察  �Mrs。   S。   C。   Hall�察  �Lady   Morgan�察  �the   sisters   Porter�察  �W。   G。 

Simms�察  �George   Croly�察  �Albert   Smith�察  �G。   R。   Gleig�察  �W。   H。   Maxwell�察  �Sir 

Arthur     Helps�察   �Eliot   Warburton�察     �Lewis     Wingfield�察    �Thomas      Miller�察  �C。 

Macfarlane�察�Grace Aguilar�察�Anne Manning�察�and Emma Robinson ��author 

of   ;Whitefriars;��。      To   G。   P。   R。   James�察  �Harrison   Ainsworth�察  �and   James 

Grant I have previously alluded。            It has been my endeavour to choose the 

best examples of all the above´named novelistsa task rendered specially 

difficult in some cases by the fact of immense literary output。                  Doubtless 

not a   few  of the   works so chosen   are   open to  criticism�察 �but they  will   at 

least serve to illustrate certain stages in the growth of Historical Romance。 

With     the  exclusion     of  Mrs。    Radcliffe�察   �Mrs。    Marsh�察   �Mrs。    Gore�察  �Lady 

Blessington�察     �Lady     Fullerton�察   �Mrs。   Bray�察   �and   Mrs。   Child�察   �few   will�察  �I 

imagine�察�find fault�察�but writers like Miss Tucker ��A。 L。 O。 E。�� and Miss 

Emily   Holt   still   find   so   many   readers   in   juvenile   quarters�察  �that   it   has 

required   a   certain   amount   of   courage   to   place   them   also   on   my   Index 

Expurgatorius�        �Turning once again to writers of the sterner sex�察�I have 

ruled out C。 R。 Maturin�察�G。 W。 M。 Reynolds�察�and Pierce Egan�察�Junr。�察�and 

��quitting the ;sensational; for the ;mildly entertaining;�� out of the Rev。 J。 

M。    Neale's    many    historical    tales  I  have   selected    only   one;Theodora 

Phranza�察─�which�察�besides being well written�察�has the merit of dealing with 

a    somewhat      neglected     period。     Stories     possessing     a  background       of 

History are to be found in ;Tales from Blackwood�察─�as also in ;Wilson's 

Tales of the Borders�察─�but their extremely slight character seemed scarcely 



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to   justify  insertion�察  �while   not   even   the  high   literary  position   attained   by 

him   on   other   grounds   reconciled       me   to   either   of   Allan  Cunningham's 

novels;Sir Michael Scott; and ;Paul Jones。; 

     Of    the  Foreign     novelists    appearing     in  my   list�察 �several   have    been 

already named�察 �but   Marchese   D'Azeglio�察 �F。  D。  Guerrazzi�察 �Cesare   Cantu�察�

;W。 Alexis;   ��G。   Haring���察  �H。   Laube�察  �Louise   Mulbach   ��Klara   M。   Mundt���察�

Nicolas Josika�察�Viktor Rydberg�察�Hendrik Conscience�察�Xavier B。 Saintine�察�

Amedee   Achard�察  �and   ;Erckmann´Chatrian;   here   call   for   notice   as   not 

ing under strictly Contemporary classification。                  I would forestall the 

criticism   that   two   writers   have   been   passed   over   whose   fame   is   greater 

than    any   of  those    just  mentioned�察    �viz。�此  �Stendhal;      ��Henri   Beyle��    and 

Alphonse Daudet。          Beyle's ;La Chartreuse de Parme�察─�though containing 

the    oft´praised    account     of  Waterloo�察    �is  far   more    Psychological      than 

Historical�察�and Daudet's ;Robert Helmont�察─�while it depicts ��under Diary 

form��   certain   aspects   of   the    Franco´German   War�察  �has   hardly   any   plot 

running   through   it。     As   the   Waterloo   and   Franco´German   War   periods 

were     amply     illustrated    in   numerous      other    novels    of   more    assured 

suitability�察�I had the less hesitation in deciding against the two works just 

named。      In   the   selections   from   Foreign   Historical   Fiction   nothing   more 

has been attempted than to include the leading examples�察�most of these�察�it 

will be found�察�have been translated into English。 

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