. William De Morgan and his wife . the two in the library stood:It Never Can Happen Again, she sighed : It was Somehow Good ! De Morgan was extremely anxious to ascertain the resultof publishing his book in two volumes in defiance of the fiatof the hbraries. If any discussion arises from it which enablesme to say my say audibly on the subject of the arbitrary limita-tion of the length of books, I shall consider that the sacrificehas not been in vain, he said ; for he remained convinced thatthe tendency of such action was to make the literature of thefuture superficial by forcing it in
. William De Morgan and his wife . the two in the library stood:It Never Can Happen Again, she sighed : It was Somehow Good ! De Morgan was extremely anxious to ascertain the resultof publishing his book in two volumes in defiance of the fiatof the hbraries. If any discussion arises from it which enablesme to say my say audibly on the subject of the arbitrary limita-tion of the length of books, I shall consider that the sacrificehas not been in vain, he said ; for he remained convinced thatthe tendency of such action was to make the literature of thefuture superficial by forcing it inevitably into a groove, so thatall writers, whatever the nature of their abihty, would perforceaim at being impressionist rather than profound, at achievinga brilliant t(nuy de force rather than any faithful picture of life. For all the cleveraUty of such novels, he conceded, — andno word suits them better than the one Charlotte Bronte coined—their characters are apt to be vivacious passing acquaintances,not lifelong cc ^ ^ cP c o nS o o K a. 04 a be c 0 c 0) v t^ it <; ■j; ^ i-C -<-i X ^ iZ o^ —. ^* ■ u a c ^ is ^ 2 0 ^ S — ^ 3 ^~ ^ a d 0 >. __^ ■o 3 •^ *j 05 3 ■ B •^ CS iC a u CS o bO J3 0 <s IS Q QB o ^ ^ BLIND JIM AND LUCINDA 321 But his conclusion in regard to the experiment was disap-pointing. It is the old cry for cheapness, he discovered, com-fort and luxury—even the quality of the contents do not weighin the balance, and to his cousin Miss Seeley he wrote :— The book is boycotted by four of the largest libraries,ostensibly for being too dear, and in two volumes. I dontthink it matters, because it is all the same to me whether 100people read circulating library volumes or 10 buy copies forthemselves. As for the other 90, if they like having their booksIndex Expiirgatoriussed by these chaps, they must please them-selves—I should transfer my subscription to less Papal libraries. Heinemann has offered to supply the book to th
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