Show SIX BEST NOVELS EVIDENTLY for a change chango of subject sub- sub and some mental recreation the Philadelphia Public Ledger has bas started a n table round-table argument by propounding to a n number of the tho literati this question What are the tho six sL best novels in the language 1 Tho The result is what might be ex expected expected when the dog star is in tho the ascendancy a a widely scattered red difference dif dU- ference of opinion some somo facetious some somo critical and some Bome hypercritical About the most remarkable and nearest approach to unanimity was that out of six who took themselves seriously four named Tom Jones as first choice Meredith Nicholson the tho Hoosier author who has Ims contributed somewhat to the tho making of bO books ks hands in a alist alist list nominating Tom Jones Ivanhoe Ivanhoe Ivanhoe Ivan hoe Vanity Fair Talo Tale of Two Tto Cities The uThe Scarlet Letter and Tho The Rise of Harry Leon Wilson Vilson of of Monterey sweeps the library shelves clean at atone atone atone one swoop by the tho p positive ithe assertion that there are not six sL best novels in tho English la language guage e adding with refined indignation nor should we ve e 1 find them All of which is very ery interesting for diversion but about as ns beneficial as tho the discussion some years ago over Dr Eliot's six-foot six library But it is harmless amusement like choosing candidates for tho the Hall of Fame Fam and rind might be classed among the tho indoor sports that are good the tho year round 1 |