Word: novel
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...have received from the publishers, Dodd, Mead and Co., a copy of "Kate Carnegie," Ian Maclaren's first long novel...
...most striking and realistic characters he has ever undertaken. All who have read Irving's story will be eager to hear the opera. The cast will be the same as for the first production the past winter, including the winsome children, whose singing and acting are novel and pleasing...
...words upon the theory of this form of literary art. The conte, as the French call it, the short story, as we call it, has not flourished and does not flourish in England. English writers too often make their tales seem like chapters from a three volume novel, or at least like awkward attempts at the novellete. They should, on the contrary, restrict the time of the story to a short space, and nothing like development of character should be attempted. Conspicuous examples of the best sort of short stories observe this unity of character and give the reader...
Next week the Castle Square singers will take up for the first time Donizetti's thrilling grand opera, "Lucia Di Lammermoor." This opera is founded on Sir Walter Scott's novel "The Bride of Lammermoor," and the scene is laid in Scotland during the seventeenth century. The heroine, Lucy Ashton, is beset by evil throughout the opera, and finally murders her husband and dies. The final scene is the death of her lover, who stabs himself...
...Elizabeth Stuart Phelps in a uniform edition, will undoubtedly gratify the authoress's many admirers. Mrs. Ward has long since been accorded an exhalted position in American literature, and she has merited it in every way. Her latest book, "A Singular Life," is said to be the best American novel since the days of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." It is already in its fifteenth edition and the demand for it is still very great...