Phelps, W. L. Essays on Modern Novelists. (Howells, Mark Twain.) 1910.
Individual Works
The field is so extensive that no lists of works by the authors mentioned are included here. The novels selected for reading can be taken from the specific references in the text. All the works are in print and easily available.
Magazine Articles
The magazine articles on fiction are extremely numerous. From among those since 1900 the following are of special interest:
1900–1904. New Element in Modern Fiction. N. Boyce. Bookman, Vol. XIII, p. 149. April, 1901.
Novel and the Short Story. G. Atherton. Bookman, Vol. XVII, pp. 36–37. March, 1903.
Novel and the Theater. Nation, Vol. LXXII, pp. 210–211. March 14, 1901.
1905–1909. Confessions of a Best-Seller. Atlantic, Vol. CIV, pp. 577–585. November, 1909.
Convention of Romance. Bookman, Vol. XXVI, pp. 266–267. November, 1907.