[7] Prefatory Letter to Peveril of the Peak.
[8] Scott’s Introduction to Ivanhoe.
[9] Mr. Borden’s list of novels of Roman life by foreign authors is:
Nero: Ernst Eckstein, (1889)
A Thorny Path: George Ebers, (1892)
Quo Vadis: H. Sienkiewicz, (1895)
The Death of the Gods: D. Merejkowski, (1901)
[10] The Progress of Romance (1785).
[11] General Preface to the Waverly Novels.
[12] For a more complete outline of the tendencies of the romance at this time, see The Development of the English Novel: Wilbur L. Cross.