The Worthy Novel

The novel that is worthy of the name, and which is calcnlated to reader a broader service than the pecuniary compensation of its anthor, is the one which takes the problems of life as they present themselvea to us all, and by the examplt of the characters portrayed teaches us the way to their proper solution; tliat presents us with types of manly and wonianly eharacter that may inspire tht reader to enralation of their excellences and that is withal a natural, helpftil concrete story of a life of lives. Suph a novel is woith 11 the literary freaks that ever have been or ever will be ducod.- !