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LITERATURE AND LITERARY PROGRESS IN 1863. 



or Cupid in Shoulder Straps; a "West Point 

 Love Story," by Hearton Drille. 



A large proportion of the original, as well as 

 iiuuiy of the reprinted novels, are published in a 

 cheap form, either as octavo or 16mo pamph- 

 lets ; the latter having been for the past year 

 the more popular. These small 16mo pamph- 

 let novels should properly be called novellettes, 

 rather than novels. They consist of from 04 

 to 100 pages, and are sold at ten cents. There 

 are now five publishing houses issuing books 

 of this class, and one house has published sixty 

 or more novels, besides other books sold at the 

 same price. The extent of the sales is very 

 great ; the more popular works of the series 

 reaching a sale of 75,000 or more copies. The 

 titles of these cheap novels we cannot give ; a 

 few of them are by good writers, and possess 

 a fair share of merit, but the larger portion, 

 both of the octavo and 16mo cheap novels, 

 are of the sensational school, and decidedly 

 trashy. The principal authors of these cheap 

 productions are Dr. J. H. Robinson, Edward S. 

 Ellis, W. J. M. Reynolds, " May Carleton," N. C. 

 Iron, "Warren St. John, John S. "Warner, Syl- 

 vanus Cobb, Ned Buntline (E. Z. C. Judson), 

 Pierce Egan, Mrs. J. Sadlier, Mrs. E. D. E. N, 

 Southworth, Mrs. M. A. Denison, Mrs. Ann S. 

 Stephens, and Mrs. Metta V. Victor. 



Of the reprints of the year, many are of a 

 high character, and some will undoubtedly be 

 numbered among English classics. "We can 

 hardly predict such permanent success for the 

 works of Miss M. E. Braddon, eight of whose 

 novels appeared during the year, or for those 

 of Mrs. Henry "Wood, who furnished the public 

 with eleven novels, all of which found a large 

 and ready sale. Such rapid production is 

 hardly compatible with that careful writing 

 which alone lives longer than a generation. 

 Of other reprints, the most important were : 

 " No Name," and " Sights Afoot," by "Wilkie 

 Collins; "Very Hard Cash," by Charles Reade, 

 " Barrington, A Novel," by Charles Lever ; 

 "Dark Night's Work," and " Sylvia's Lovers," 

 by Mrs. Gaskell ; " At Odds," by the Baroness. 

 Tautphceus; " The Conscript ; a Tale of War," 

 by Alex. Dumas ; " Fanchon the Cricket," by 

 George Sand (Madame Dudevant) ; " Strange 

 Adventures of Capt. Dangerous," by George 

 Augustas Sala; " A Glimpse of the "World " by 

 Miss Sewell ; " Chronicles of Carlingford," and 

 " Heart and Cross," by Mrs. Oliphant ; " Na- 

 thusius ; or Above her Station," by Mrs. Her- 

 mann Philip ; ' "Wanderings of a Beauty," by 

 Mrs. Edwin James; "A Tangled Skein," by 

 Albany Fonblanque, Jr.; "The Fairy Book," 

 by Mias D. M. Muloch; "The Story of Eliza- 

 beth," by Miss Thackeray; "Lost nnd Saved," 

 by the Hon. Mrs. Norton ; " Romola," by Goo. 

 Elliot (Miss Evans) ; " Austin Elliot/' by 

 Henry Kingslcy ; " The Ring of Amasis," by 

 " Owen Meredith" (Robert Bulwer Lytton) ; 

 " Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings," by Charles Dick- 

 ens; "Bensley; a Story of To-Day," by the 

 author of" Life Before Him ;" " Live it Down," 



by J. 0. Jeaffreson ; " Martin Pole ; a Novel," 

 by John Saunders ; " The Nose of a Notary," 

 by Edmund About; " Mary Lyndsay ; a Novel," 

 by Lady Emily Ponsonby ; " Rumor," by Miss 

 Elizabeth Sheppard; "Rachel Ray; a Novel," 

 by Anthony Trollope ; " St. "Winifred's, or the 

 "World of School," by T. "W. Farrar; "Boys at 

 Chequasset," and " Faith Gartney's Girlhood," 

 by an anonymous author; "Queen Mab,-' by 

 Julia Kavanagh ; " Held in Bondage, or Gran- 

 ville de Vigne," by " Ouida ;" " Pique, a Novel ;" 

 "Thrice Lost; a Novel;" "The Cruellest 

 "Wrong of All," by the author of " Margaret ;" 

 " Skirmishing," and " Who Breaks Pays," by 

 an anonymous author. 



To attempt to give the names of all the Ju- 

 venile Books published during the past year, 

 would require far more space than we have at 

 command. The activity displayed in the prep- 

 aration and publication of works of this class 

 during the year is entirely without precedent. 

 In general, they have not been reprints, and 

 many of them are from the pens of our ablest 

 writers. Among the most successful Ameri- 

 can writers of juvenile books, have been : T. 

 S. Arthur, whose valuable works may be 

 reckoned by scores ; L. M. Sargent, whose 

 Temperance Tales have been universally popu- 

 lar ; the brothers Jacob and John S. C. Abbott, 

 the most prolific of writers for children and 

 youth ; Rev. D. C. Eddy, D. D., author of the 

 Walter Series ; George J. Taylor, Esq. ; " Oli- 

 ver Optic" (William T. Adams) ; Rev. William 

 M. Thayer, author of the Pioneer Boy Series ; J. 

 T.Trowbridge,author of "Father Brighthopes ;" 

 Rev.William P. Breed ; JohnTodd, D.D. ; Mrs. 

 Madeline Leslie ; Mrs. Dr. Prentiss, author of 

 " Little Susie's Six Birth days," &c. ; "Aunt Fan- 

 ny " (Mrs. Fanny Barrow), author of the Night- 

 cap and Mitten Series ; Mrs. M. A. Denison; Mrs. 

 Jane D. Chaplin ; Miss Sarah W. Lander ; Miss 

 Caroline E. Kelly; Miss Harriet B. McKeever; 

 Miss Virginia F. Townsend ; Mrs. C. M. Kirk- 

 land; Miss L. M. Alcott; Mrs. L. C. Tuthill ; 

 "Mrs. Manners" (Mrs. Maria T. Richards); 

 " Constance Graham ; " " Nellie Graham ; " 

 " Gertrude Graham ;" " Annt Friendly ;" Cath- 

 arine D. Bell ; Mrs. F. J. Burge Smith ; C. M. 

 Tro w bridge ; Mrs. S. C. Mayo; Annie W. 

 Abbot ; Mary J. Halpine ; " Rena Ray ;" Anna 

 M. Hyde; Sarah A. Myers; "Ethel Lynn;" 

 Jennie M. Parker ; Caroline Chesebro ; Emma 

 Marshall ; the author of " Irish Amy ;" the 

 author of "Kitty's Victory;" the author of 

 " Kate Morgan's Soldiers ;" Nellie Browning, 

 and Phoebe Harris Phelps. 



Of the Juvenile reprints, four each are from 

 the pen of the indefatigable A. L. O. E. ; R. M. 

 Ballantyne, well known as an author of stories 

 of juvenile adventure ; Rev. P. B. Power, and 

 Emma Macallan ; and Miss Planche, Miss 

 Yonge, Henry Mayhew, W. G. Kingston, Rev. 

 Chas. Kingsley, Sarah F. Tytler, A. de Brechat, 

 Fred. Gerstaecker, Mayne Reid, John G. Ed- 

 gar, Rev. W. K. Tweedie, D.D., Coventry Pat- 

 more, and Miss Charlesworth, each one or more. 



