, 1873-03-14
TIE NOVEL.

Course was delivered to q full house last even
ing, in the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church. b
| Prof. Swing, on "The Novel" The speaker
whose entrance was greeted with hearty ap
! p1auso, said:
Although tho world has, for O hundred year
or more, been smiling at the clergy for their dis
| position to begin each discourse with the his
tory Of creation, yet after this long smile, it i
necessary often to go back and find the source O.
whatever stream is flowing at our feet. Eacl
branch Of literature rises in some peculiar at
tribute OF human character The fact Of societ,
| makes necessary q literature Of the law. Theo
logical literature rises in tho mountains Of Ma
tural Religion, and thence flowing down into tht
broad valleys OF Professionalism or Roman
ism, and sweeping through those districts
empties at last into the New Testament beyond
the limits Of this century.
The literature ne call history is the result 0,
human memory. When the brute dies he takes
his world with him. His SUCCESSOR begins the
world anew. When man dies his SUCCESSOR remem-
beIs where his father left OF. This remembrance
il history. Thus all wisdom il justified Of her
children In such world the novel meets us,
and, with smile asks US It we can tell the rear
son OF her existence.
II you will journey through the old civilized
times and ages, you will perceive here and there
in galleries, in temples, in palaces, in old homes
Of Cicero or Dsmosthenes, d beautiful human
head in marble or gold, Or painted upon Canvass.
The forehead is not high. The bair wayea
slightly across it, and is heavy and dc1- The
eye is not go full Of philosophy as Of soul. The
cheek, the nose, the mouth, the neck, the should
GRE are the final conclusion OF ali study as to the
aonhocles called IL Antirone :T5a EneaLs Iii.
ed il ADhrodite. The Romans Minerva nanta
bebeld it as Beatrice. Tho Bible bnilt paradise
for it, and called it Eve, OF TINT phe-
creature is the estisfacfory e1r1an,t;on
and amo1e .nn1oov R,,t hv 1ba wdrd roraa
wa rnean on1v tha Graat cart4s1 1nnt;Ea ~ 49,
nn1se a. tha pode1 thread tV1,;ch ts;res ha.n+ -.
to the fabric Tithont mating m ia vhn1a ~
the VAN or voof Hara Ria maakar ahoved
the ;nf1nenca ~ woman in a,c!erv nd thao
xent m to sav fha ,rhnla wor1d ~ ~ .na 1a+]
tars rests mon a fasis NJ sentiment a1d tha
novel is on1y an exhaiation riena liz a. a m;st Int
fron, this santinantai aaa Tho o-ast H;rJno
world nrodnced svstero ~ morale and accon.
pliahed eomethiug IN the sciences @ bnt reached
no rcan.nre hecaF,se wnnoan bs5 ,ot vat 49,,
pormltted to reveal her son1 bnt Than tha het-
ter days OF Greece came she spread her
wings, and became an angel of good, and
made BY the speaker here @ to GreeI pIays vhich I
Ware on1v nnye1s in Terae and then aa}d t1ea whs1
tho idoolipu VI tho cloosico declined romance be-
came silly ode Of Horace or love song Of Abel
ard. Woman does not compose the subiect-mat-
ter Of tie novel Politics, srts. religion. land
Bcape, customs, pass along in splendid pageant-
" within the book. one atmosphere enTalons
it, called Eve, or Evnngeline; or Lucille. The
nane changes but tho fascination Is perpetual
While Madame Recamier lived, scholars, gener-
ais. emperorB, clergymen, convened 1t her
house to discuss literature, science, art,
theology, peace, and war. Not that
h1adame Recamier ever said anything valuable
u loved anyone deeply, but because tho banner
ot her beauty and friendship Was flag good to
inspire the soul. She having died, the men met
40 more, not that truth had been exhausted, but
because the heart had been emptied OF charm
ny ENHANCEMENT.
Each novel has it's hero, indeed, but it is not
oossible for the masculine face to shed light
holy enough to 1tumine such world as We now
contemplate. Art has never spent much time
'ver the masculine face. It has painted Hin
,rvaa and Zenoblas and Ewes, but when it has
:onae to man it has generally produced Her
'ules, and furnished him with club.
1tar OF fiction, the speaker passed on to show
hat the more the noVel makes OF woman only
bread to bind to other cases, the
,reater the book. The sensation
lovels are only the development Of =
ourtship amid difficulties. They are genius
Employed in putting OF q wedding until the in
erYening obstacles in the shape Of poison and
indians and bandits have made history enough
0 furnish copy for volume. Then comes d
Fedding or funeral.
Richter gathers up in his Titan all the
'est thoughts be had upon life. Auerbach had
taMn on tho liberty OF AmeI1ca, the greatness
t Franklin and Lincoln MannA ia q girl by
'nosa side re cit in Villa Eden, while
luefnach teacnes al nus 3 ideas to our soul
= uekens me poor men, tne outraged eadren
= earth; come Up 10 Just Judge and md re-
ress. u 1nacAeray inc "otlo 10 subjected to
;, nyoros1at1o pressure tnat reVeais the weak
laces IN the material OF Wnich men men and
zomen ar9 made. In eeorge Macoonald religion
Iestntaa.
N az tne Halkg OF u19 tncre arc TWO styles,
ne n1en ana tne 1ow. Ihe W1s OF Ceryantes 1s
lgh, OF Raoelala low. In the realm OF fiction,
:; = eAse"ne1e, mere Is tne placK and the "hlte
ne novel OF tne low scnoo1 neafs tho same rs
ssl9n 20 me 1aeM type mat the drama OF poor
:oan lsascs % Monkens sqstans to the lmPeraona-
E9ns ~ :: y! -, aaoA@e hlssor! ana EoWan booth-
- 10 tns c9,npined VOICES 81 o. CIVILIZATION that
axe ,aAe W .ne nunan a 1ea1s. Inc tree that Wound
toM ~ wen must nave hgnt ana ar al around it.
...1I tt1 plssunes tna. ~ can move the
'ol1o. iet u pus " 1tseil upon Atrca and New
ea. n.y. a1u ~ VII oe g5aa 10 come PACK TO SIN