The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-06-16
A Chapter on Lies.
rABRl SOLOMON SCHNEIDER GIVES SOME
INTERESTING EACTS


Boston scholar has contributed a most
uttIesting paper to a recent issue of the
Arena on lying, in which he takes the
new realistic story, ''Who Lies as a
ttxt BY special permission we are en-
blri to publish this notable paper.
Ii may appear Pathological to speak of
ne purpose and the ''motive' of a
literary work in one breath: still there is
, distinction separates the former
,.alistc school of novel writers from the
u,drrn realistic school. 1t would be I'M
hist to say that writers like Sir Walter
~.s1t. Eugene Sue. Alexander Dumas,
E4thold Auerbach, and others have
brd a ''purpose' when writing their
naeucy, is indeed wanting in them
j rharactelizes the works of realistic
-'lls. Charles Dickens. who may be
ned the connecting link between these
schools. -the novelist of the transit
period, adds distinct motive to
purpose, when he attacks the mis-
.Hlc school system of his time. or the
manity with which the submerged
-~es are treated or when he ridicues
hypocrisy of charitable institutions
~.u by step we can thus trace the evolu-
.l ri the motive in the progress of
.n ealistic literature OF our time
Tine l.ifpSt cont ri butiOD pf this character
tion embodying strong ''motive,
u.,, been presented to the reading public
-luugh the Arena Publishing Company,
ND Boston, i'll their tfty-cent series of
i-'rous works by leading thinkers. The
authors, Emil Blum. PHI. D.. and MI. Sig
4uand b. Alexander have correctly called
II IN Interrogation. They desire to
a attention to one of the most serious
aobiems of life; they hurl an accusation
NJ pUr modern civilization, against which
~ rtence is not an easy task: they cast
lash light upon society, and show the
lQtren foundation upon which it rests.
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representing various walks of life,
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