Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1890 — “BEST” NOVELS. [ARTICLE]

“BEST” NOVELS.

A List of Noted Works of Fiction in Various Tines. In the May number of the Book Buyer, Rossiter Johnson, in answer to a correspondent, gives the following list of • ‘best” novels, but wishes a “perhaps” understood with each re. ply: The best sensational novel U Collins’ “The Woman in White;" the best historical novel is Scott’s “Kenilworth;” the best dramatic novel Is Bronte’s “J ane Eyre;’’ the best marine novel is Cooper’s “Red Rover;” the best country-life novel is Blackmore’s “Lorna Doone;’’ the best military novel is Lever’s “Charles O’Malley;’’ the best religious nov»» Is Kingsley’s “Hypatia;” the best sporting novel is Whyte Melville’s “Digby Grand;” the best political novel is Disraeli’s * *Coningsby;'’ the best novel written for a purpose is Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin;’’ the best imaginative novel Is Hawthorne’s “Marble Faun;’’ the host pathetic novel is George Eliot’s “Silas Marner;" the best ihixnorous novel is Dicken’s “Pickwick;" the best Scotch novel is Scott’s “Rob Roy tho best English novel is George Eliot’s “Adam Bede;” the best American novel is Hawthorne’s “Scarlet Letter;” and the best novel of all is Thackeray’s “Henry Esmond." It should bo said that Mr. Johnson considered only those novels that were -s riticn in tho English language. You would not think times we r e so hard if you watch the loads of Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Slippers, Tinware, &c., carried away from the Chicago Barga'n Store.