Philosophy of the Short-Story e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Has been paid to the history of fiction and to the principles of narrative art. In many of the leading American uni versities the modern novel has been serving as the subject for lectures and as the material for private study, in the course of which the Short-story received afair share of consideration. No doubt, it is in consequence of this incessant discussion of modern fiction and of its methods that the author and the pub lishers have been made aware of a de mand for the present essay, with such revision and annotation as might render it more useful, not only to the earnest student, but also to the casual reader.