Show fewer works of fiction it t is interesting to notice th thit hilt it fewer new works of fiction were issued last year than in the year before tho the modest total of 2 2108 in 1903 1906 fell to 1862 in 1907 theology hom however ever wont rent up considerably and one may imagine that literature dealings with the new theology may have taken the place of fiction history and biography leaped leand from to or including new editions aiom to this too must have helped to account for the falling off in novels tor for it will mill bo be remembered that there was an extraordinary num ber of popular biographies full of 0 scandal and gossip dear to the lover over of 0 light fiction |