A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales
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A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales is by Jonathan Nield. The contents list is arranged by period, with headings such as "Pre-Christian Era", "First Century" and "Second Century". An epigraph credited to "Carlyle on the Waverley novels" says "the bygone ages of the world were actually filled by living men, not by protocols, state-papers, controversies, and abstractions of men." The writer offers a definition: "A Novel is rendered Historical by the introduction of dates, personages, or events, to which identification can be readily given."
The writer says certain novels "do not come within the scope of my definition; but this is just why I have added a 'Supplementary List' of semi-historical tales." The text names "OLD ST. PAULS" by Harrison Ainsworth, followed by "Time of Charles II." The text also lists articles, among others an "Article on 'Historical Novels,'" by H. James, jun., in The Nation.
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- Jonathan Nield
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