THE NOVELIST'S VADE MECUM.
(Compiled by a Publisher with strong views on the Subject.)
Question. Which do you prefer—a novel in three volumes, or in one single tome?
Answer. That is a matter that entirely depends upon terms.
Q. Then you are indifferent as to length?
A. In everything save the figures of a cheque.
Q. But is not Art your first consideration?
A. Certainly, when it leads to a substantial balance at my bankers.
Q. Then you write for your living?