Chapter III: Principal Lines of Development of the Novel of Roman Life

FROM 1834 TO THE PRESENT DAY 33

A. Novels of Roman Life which Show Evidence of the
Scholarship of Great Preachers 34

B. Thoroughness in Scholarship, Resulting in Part
from the Influence of Such German Scholars as
Becker—Becker’s “Gallus” 62

C. German Followers of Scott—The German Novel of Roman
Life; Its Influence on the English Novel 65

D. Two Pedantic Novels of Roman Life 73

E. Novels Written by So-called “Popular” Novelists Who
Rely on the Melodramatic for Their Appeal; the
Development of the “Popular” Novel of Roman Life
from 1843 to the Present Day 75

F. Influence of French Novels of Roman Life 90

G. Novels Written by Teachers of Roman History or of
the Classics 96

H. Novels Written by Authors Who Have Portrayed Roman
Life from an Esthetic Viewpoint 108