MY CONTEMPORARIES IN FICTION

By David Christie Murray

LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1897


Contents

[ INTRODUCTORY ] [ MY CONTEMPORARIES IN FICTION ] [ I.—FIRST, THE CRITICS, AND THEN A WORD ON DICKENS ] [ II.—CHARLES READE ] [ III.—ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ] [ IV.—LIVING MASTERS—MEREDITH AND HALL CAINE ] [ V.—LIVING MASTERS—RUDYARD KIPLING ] [ VI.—UNDER FRENCH ENCOURAGEMENT—THOMAS HARDY ] [ VII.—UNDER FRENCH ENCOURAGEMENT—GEORGE MOORE ] [ VIII.—MR. S. R. CROCKETT—IAN MACLAREN ] [ IX.—DR. MACDONALD AND MR. J. M. BARRIE ] [ X.—THE PROBLEM SEEKERS—SEA CAPTAIN AND LAND CAPTAIN ] [ XI.—MISS MARIE CORELLI ] [ XII.—THE AMERICANS ] [ XIII.—THE YOUNG ROMANCERS ]