Woo The Muse Of The Odd.

French Novels Generally Treat Of The Relations Of Women To The World And To Lovers, After Marriage; Consequently There Is A Great Deal In French Novels About Adultery, About Improper Relations Between The Sexes, About Many Things Which The English Public Would Not Allow.

In The World Of Reality The More Beautiful A Work Of Art, The Longer, We May Be Sure, Was The Time Required To Make It, And The Greater The Number Of Different Minds Which Assisted In Its Development.

Woo The Muse Of The Odd.

The Great Principle Of Western Society Is That Competition Rules Here As It Rules In Everything Else. The Best Man - That Is To Say, The Strongest And Cleverest - Is Likely To Get The Best Woman, In The Sense Of The Most Beautiful Person.

But Every Great Scripture, Whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, Or Chinese, Apart From Its Religious Value Will Be Found To Have Some Rare And Special Beauty Of Its Own; And In This Respect The Original Bible Stands Very High As A Monument Of Sublime Poetry And Of Artistic Prose.