Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 310, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1912 — FROM A LITERARY DICTIONARY. [ARTICLE]

FROM A LITERARY DICTIONARY.

HEART-INTEREST—A poor but beautiful girl loves a rich and handsome man, or vice versa. They marry. HERO —A man who achieves the Impossible, but neglectß the obviously probable and does not bring the story to an end in chapter 2. HEROINE —An Imaginary woman, who is beautiful at 7 a. m. HISTORICAL NOVEL—A book that is not as misleading as some histories. ILLUSTRATIONS—Pictures drawn by an artist who has forgotten to read your manuscript. JUVENILE STORY—A book in which a boy is gifted with secondsight, clairvoyance, 40 horse power and tremendous acumen. NOVEL Seventy-five thousand words telling that two men love a woman and one of them marries her.