Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . Lord Tennyson 290 HISTORY OF ENGLAND [1837-1901. Carlyle, Cardinal Newman, and John Ruskin are mastersof prose, and certain to be remembered. Among the books of whose making there is no end, thenovel holds the most prominent place. Scott, Dickens,Thackeray, and George Eliot have long been our best known writers of fiction, fourauthors who are so dissimilarthat the popularity of all is,in itself, a proof that the novelis enjoyed by all kinds ofpeople.
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . Lord Tennyson 290 HISTORY OF ENGLAND [1837-1901. Carlyle, Cardinal Newman, and John Ruskin are mastersof prose, and certain to be remembered. Among the books of whose making there is no end, thenovel holds the most prominent place. Scott, Dickens,Thackeray, and George Eliot have long been our best known writers of fiction, fourauthors who are so dissimilarthat the popularity of all is,in itself, a proof that the novelis enjoyed by all kinds ofpeople. But the object of thenovel of to-day is not merelyto give pleasure. Fiction is nolonger a source of amusementand nothing more; it has be-come a useful servant. Perhapsthe most excellent feature ofthis ascendency of the novelis that we require our fictionto be true to life. Adventuresmust be probable, charactersmust be consistent, and the historical novel, if it wouidhave more than a passing fame, must be the work of thestudent as well as the teller of stories. 274. Jubilee years.—The fiftieth anniversary of Victoiiasaccession to the throne was celebrated in 1887 by a brilhantmilitary
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