Show dickens nearly popular as a bible bibi dickens public passes beyond ahe the bounds of the british empire T there ere ls ig america with its eighty five millions of people and its widespread its fervent regard for dickens there la france where daudet could write little nell and paul dombey came to me as a a revelation of purity and innocence moc no cence euce there Is germany where as bunsen said dickens compels tears and laughter amongst germans as amongst hla his own people there Is russia where tolstoi relates that he be found the christmas carol in the cabins of the humblest serfs berts and where oliver twist and nicholas are read in seven different translations in the realms of the czar it Is futile to multiply evidences of the universality of the genius of dickens next to the bible and shakespeare his books enjoy the widest popularity strond strand |