Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.fadedpage.net A NOVELIST ON NOVELS _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ NOVELS: A BED OF ROSES THE CITY OF NIGHT ISRAEL KALISCH[1] THE MAKING OF AN ENGLISHMAN[2] THE SECOND BLOOMING THE STRANGERS' WEDDING OLGA NAZIMOV (Short Stories) MISCELLANEOUS: WOMAN AND TO-MORROW ANATOLE FRANCE DRAMATIC ACTUALITIES THE INTELLIGENCE OF WOMAN ETC. [Footnote 1: Published in the U.S.A. and Canada under the title, 'Until the Day Break'] [Footnote 2: Published in the U.S.A. and Canada under the title, 'The Little Beloved'] A NOVELIST ON NOVELS BY W. L. GEORGE LONDON: 48 PALL MALL W. COLLINS SONS & CO. LTD. GLASGOW MELBOURNE AUCKLAND Copyright 1918 NOTE The chapters that follow have been written in varying moods, and express the fluctuating feelings aroused in the author by the modern novel and its treatment at the hands of the public. Though unrelated with the novel, the chapters on 'Falstaff,' 'The Esperanto of Art,' and 'The Twilight of Genius' have been included, either because artistically in keeping with other chapters, or because their general implications affect the fiction form. A half of the book has not before now been published in Great Britain and Dominions. CONTENTS PAGE A DECEPTIVE DEDICATION 1 LITANY OF THE NOVELIST 24 WHO IS THE MAN? 62 THREE YOUNG NOVELISTS: 1. _D. H. LAWRENCE_ 90 2. _AMBER REEVES_ 101 3. _SHEILA KAYE-SMITH_ 109 FORM AND THE NOVEL 118 SINCERITY: THE PUBLISHER AND THE POLICEMAN 124 THREE COMIC GIANTS: 1. _TARTARIN_ 147 2. _FALSTAFF_ 161 3. _MUeNCHAUSEN_ 177 THE ESPERANTO OF ART 191 THE TWILIGHT OF GENIUS 208 A Deceptive Dedication I