be wondered at, when we consider
that we have an unequaled homogeneous population with a similar
common-school education. In looking over publishers' lists I am
constantly coming across good books out of print, which are practically
unknown to this generation, and yet are more profitable, truer to life
and character, more entertaining and amusing, than most of those fresh
from the press month by month.
Of the effect upon the literary product of writing to order, in obedience
to a merely commercial instinct, I need not enlarge to a company of
authors, any more than to a company of artists I need to enlarge upon
the effect of a like commercial instinct upon art.
I am aware that the evolution of literature or art in any period, in
relation to the literature and art of the world, cannot be accurately
judged by contemporaries and participants, nor can it be predicted. But
I have great expectations of the product of both in this country, and I
am sure that both will be affected by the conduct of persons now living.
It is for this reason that I have spoken.
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Dudley Warner
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