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ON THE ART OF
WRITING FICTION
[Illustration:
ON THE ART
OF
WRITING
FICTION
WELLS GARDNER DARTON & C^o
LONDON & WESTMINSTER
]
[Illustration: 1894]
CONTENTS
I. W. E. NORRIS
Style in Fiction _Page_ 1
II. Mrs. PARR
A Story to Tell 16
III. L. B. WALFORD
The Novel of Manners 22
IV. S. BARING-GOULD
Colour in Composition 35
V. KATHARINE S. MACQUOID
On Vision in Literature 46
VI. MAXWELL GRAY
On the Development of Character in Fiction 60
VII. THE AUTHOR OF “MADEMOISELLE IXE”
The Short Story 75
VIII. Mrs. MOLESWORTH
On the Art of Writing Fiction for Children 84
IX. Professor A. J. CHURCH
The Historical Novel 98
X. Professor ROBERT K. DOUGLAS
The Ethical Novel 109
XI. L. T. MEADE
From the Editor’s Standpoint 124