Show scott as a historical novelist BY THOS PERKY mr matthew arnold knitli perfect justice denies blat to bo ture EO ono had namely the exial ence q in scott poetry but in his there is something or the easy abundance which marks the greek bard this unlimited fertility of invention the representation sen tation of diverse slaves of tion haa been made one ot the arguments in favor of dividing liming a number of poets the honors given to a single dit it is precisely one of the peculiarities of genius to be able to do eingle handed what can bo done if at all only by a ordinary men and ft is not liard under which an argument bo made against tho that guy mandring Mann ring and queintin Quei itin durward were written by tie person 11 is above all allm fal ibar ib mr iii 11 no don that won ott h i enli position nothing bout r more striking than his imagination it seldom soars to the tragic height hut K still lc i flag in his treatment of historical i li historians boef hey should look upon he of be past had written abour wars and treaties he set before hi the feelings of the people the histories waitr ri h ant century hid iorii factory from abo fact taint while they research they no definida de finita statement ot tle underlying cantes that giai they touched only the outside oj things but Scott and indeed in liis way told what atie people felt scott anthe pt lirine and he represented them living on hia crowded it be safely said that there i oo 00 his torian who has not felt hia influence augustin thierry nc his indebtedness to the gret ro manter in the warmest calling him the greatest master that nas ever been 12 abe matter of historical drin aaion september atlantic |